New Delhi: The Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramaniam inaugurated the Video Conferencing Facility of the National Informatics Centre on August 22, 1997. Inaugurating the Facility Mr. Subramaniam said that by linking various Government Departments with State Secretariats, the Video Conferencing Facility would improve Government efficiency, provide better service to citizens and bring in transparency. It will be highly beneficial especially in disaster management. Such as Flood Relief where several State and Central Agencies have to work in tandem. The live interactive session through the multi-point Video Conferencing was briefly addressed by Commerce Secretary PP Prabhu, Chief Economic Advisor Shankar Acharya, Rajasthan Chief Secretary ML Mehta in addition to the Cabinet Secretary, from their respective Offices. Currently, NIC has set up the facility in 11 departments of the Central Government, 5 State Secretariats and 7 in IT Promotion Centres of NIC located at the State Capitals.