Chandrababu Naidu directs officials to clear e-files within 24 hours, push digital governance

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu stressed the request for faster governance done technology-driven administration, directing officials to guarantee that e-files are cleared wrong 24 hours to amended nationalist work delivery.

On the 2nd time of the Collectors’ Conference astatine the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat connected Friday (May 8, 2026), reviewing file clearance systems, AP Aware and the State Data Lake initiatives, the Chief Minister expressed restitution implicit the crisp simplification successful record disposal timelines, from respective days earlier to a substance of hours successful galore departments.

He congratulated Ministers, District Collectors, SPs and secretaries who demonstrated speedy disposal of e-files, and praised Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand Sai Prasad for clearing a ample measurement of files successful an mean clip of conscionable 10 hours.

Officials informed the league that, compared to the past 3 months, the mean record clearance play crossed the State had travel down sharply from astir 10 days to conscionable 2 days. The improvement, they said, was mostly owed to changeless monitoring and reappraisal astatine the Collectors’ Conferences chaired by the Chief Minister.

Mr. Naidu besides pulled up respective Collectors, SPs and Joint Collectors who were lagging successful record disposal, asking them to amended velocity and efficiency. He said faster record clearance straight translates into quicker nationalist services, and described it arsenic 1 of the astir important elements successful delivering effectual governance.

“The velocity of governance depends heavy connected the velocity of record disposal,” the Chief Minister said, adding that everyone from the Chief Secretary and departmental secretaries to officials astatine the mandal level indispensable summation ratio successful handling files.

Mr. Naidu directed officials to minimise the usage of manual files and determination astir wholly to integer governance done e-office systems. At the aforesaid time, helium said technology-driven medication indispensable clasp a “human touch” portion serving citizens.

The Chief Minister instructed departments to continuously show idiosyncratic show successful record clearance and place files successful districts that are inactive operating extracurricular the e-office system. He besides made it mandatory for district-level departments and Heads of Departments (HoDs) to make lone e-files going forward.

Calling for innovative governance astatine the grassroots level, Mr. Naidu urged Collectors to deliberation beyond accepted medication and follow originative approaches to amended governance and nationalist work transportation crossed the State.