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Automation

The Commission is on course for Computerization of the Examination activities and the Office activities. The total cost of the project is Rs. 35 Lac and shall be carried out in two phases. In the financial year 2002-2003 the Government of Punjab allocated Rs.15 lacs for automation/ computerization of the office of Punjab Public Service Commission, Patiala. The Department of Information and Technology, Government of Punjab invited the bids for Automation/ Computerization. Subsequently, the job has been assigned to the M/s Semiconductor Complex Limited, Mohali. The Phase-I shall cost Rs. 19,11,340/-. One IBM @ 205 Server, 4 IBM Net Vista PC’s, 1 Laser Printer, 1 Dot Matrix Printer, 1 Deskjet Printer, 1 Scanner & 5 UPS alongwith the Networking components have been ordered. The main aim of this project is to cope with the increasing volume of applications through automated handling so as to reduce the processing time and send communications faster and error free. Presently the Commission has "EXAMINER" Software System for examination based activities only. Application forms for all recruitment including the interview-based selections will be scanned by using the high speed OMR technology. This will also eliminate the errors due to manual Data Entry. Other benefits of this system will be accurate and faster generation of Admit Cards, Attendance lists, Seating Plans, Date Sheet and Error-free list of doubtful cases.

The Phase-II shall cost Rs. 12,66,000/-. The Finance and Accounts modules, Stores and Purchase Functions and Dak/Grievances Monitoring modules shall be integrated in to the system. The Government of Punjab has ensured the Commission to give the balance amount of Rs. 2 Lac in the ensuing financial year i.e 2006-07.