Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated e-Office in Sindhudurg District Collector office on 24-12-2012 in the presence of Industry Minister Shri Narayan Rane, Revenue Minister Shri Balasaheb Thorat, Chief Secretary, IT Secretary, SIO, NIC Maharashtra and District Collector, Sindhudurg. District Collectors of remaining 34 districts also attended the inauguration through VC via NICNET. Sindhudurg district is the first district in the country to implement Electronic Office including the 8 Tehsil level offices. The e-Office implementation team from NIC was felicitated by the Hon’ble CM. He appreciated the role of NIC in e-Governance initiatives during the press conference held on the occasion. SIO Maharashtra in his address referred to the initiatives of the CM in rolling out of e-Office in PMO and Cabinet Secretariat during his tenure in Union Government.