The Centre proposes to make it mandatory for union and state departments to deliver public services like licences and money payment in electronic mode within five years of enactment of Electronic Services Delivery (ESD) Bill.

The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has issued draft ESD Bill and seeks stakeholders comments till April end.

As per the draft, services like receipt of forms and applications, issue or grant of any licence, permit, certificate, sanction or approval and the receipt or payment of money, should be delivered in electronically within five years from the date Parliament clears this Bill.

The bill is expected to go for Cabinet approval in June.

"It will take about two weeks to analyse the comments. In another two weeks we expect that it will get the legal vetting. Then we will be ready to move it to the Cabinet for its approval," a DIT official said.

As per the draft, every government department will have to publish the services to be delivered in electronic mode along with the timeline for its implementation within 180 days of the enactment of the Bill.

Under the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP), the government is setting up IT infrastructure and Common Service Centres (CSCs) across the country to deliver public services on a digital platform.

At present, people can avail various government services through internet like application for passport, Permanent Account Number (PAN) card, railway reservation ticket and others.