BSF goes digital; Chidambaram inaugurates e-office project

• Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday inaugurated a Rs. 229- crore e-office project for the Border Security Force (BSF) aimed at providing easy online access to personnel and administrative works.
• The Intranet Prahari Project (IPP) has been extended up to 237 locations of the BSF and will benefit about 1.98 lakh personnel of the force.
• It has many applications and one of the greatest interest for the 1.98 lakh personnel is all their personal information will be available [on the system]. Salary allowances, tax deductions, leave position and all that. On the administration side, it will computerise the whole accounts system, the movement and deployment of forces