E-stamps will soon be available from ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) in Bihar. This will provide convenience to the common people. At present, this machine will be installed as a test at the state headquarters in Patna. On getting successful results, it will be installed at all registration offices and other places. Giving this information, Secretary of the Excise and Prohibition Department, Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said that the state government plans to completely implement the e-stamp system by removing the physical stamp.

Bihar will become the first state in the country

Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said that this machine will be like an ATM that withdraws money. He said that the system of selling stamps from such vending machines is not available anywhere in the country till now. Bihar will be the first state in the country to do this. The Secretary said that at present e-stamps are being sold through co-operative banks. The department wants that the system of purchasing e-stamps should be made more convenient for the people.

Currently, the sale is done through franking machine
Secretary Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said that for the convenience of the general public, judicial stamps worth Rs. 1000 are being sold through franking machine. E-court fees are sold through franking machine in 40 civil courts and registration offices including the High Court. Old office buildings and archives are being renovated and new office buildings are being constructed.