Assam to introduce electronic file management system starting April

GUWAHATI: BJP-led Assam government has decided to introduce File Management System (FMS) to track government files electronically. State government has also decided to rename the Assam Secretariat as ‘Janata Bhavan’.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that under the FMS system a unique number will be generated for tracking each file in Assam Secretariat. The first component of the FMS will be introduced on April 1, 2017, while the second component of e-filing will be introduced subsequently. With the introduction of FMS, public will get acknowledgement of their application either through sms or e-mail.

The government has also decided to build an integrated complex in Majuli with an investment of Rs 278.21 crore. The complex will incorporate a modern circuit house, Centralised District Administration Office with all departmental offices, official residences with sports and educational complex.


A government-level communique is also initiated to construct Assam Houses in Pune, Chandigarh, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Cooch Behar.