The citizens of Orissa state can hereinafter have a sigh of relief to pay transport fees. Online payment system has come in handy for them, making the state as the first one to introduce online payment for tax, application, processing of license and issue of vehicle permits. Termed as e-DISHA, the online system offers value based for the people of Orissa. It will be easily accessible and largely available. The users of this system can have the necessary data for reference at any time.
The system is operative under the tie-up with Smart Chip Ltd through a dedicated portal. The official bankers for this system is State Bank of India. To avail this facility, the users must possess an account with SBI on Net Banking facility. At a later stage the system will be co ordinated with other banks. The Transport department of Orissa state has been in the practice of employing the services of Private Public Partnership, through the assistance of SmartChip. The e-Governance activities are carried out through these means. Now on everything goes under smart card process.