The Internet will soon power the tender process in Jharkhand as the state initiates e-governance in a big way.

Under the e-nivida (tender) project of the Jharkhand IT department, work orders for which tenders are announced would be available on the state government website

Chief Minister Arjun Munda is expected to inaugurate the project later this month. The website will have all the information, such as tender dates, tender amount and nature of work, that a contractor may wish to know before bidding.

"The e-tender has been planned like the one by the Delhi government, but it's not totally based on the Delhi government concept," R.S Sharma, state IT secretary, told.

The Information and Public Relation department (IPRD) will be the nodal agency for releasing tenders on the website and updating it besides publishing the tenders in newspapers.

All departments have been asked to send their tenders to IPRD.

Now a contractor who misses a tender in the newspapers can simply log on to the state government website.

"Putting tenders on the website will make the process more transparent. Allegations of managing tenders that appear in the media will end," an IPRD official said.

According to Sharma, "The concept of e-tender has been liked by 10 other states and they are working on it. We have tested the e-tender on the website."