More than 920,000 e-transactions at Traffic Directorate last year | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

More than 920,000 e-transactions at Traffic Directorate last year | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

E-transactions within the Traffic Directorate soared last year with 81 per cent of directorate services being carried out electronically. This information was revealed by Brigadier Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulwahab Al Khalifa, Director General of the General Traffic Department yesterday. More than 920,000 e-transactions were carried out last year, highlighting the Kingdom’s success saga in E-Governance. The Director-General affirmed the continuation of development plans and vision set by Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa to ensure the investment of technology towards the development of electronic services following Bahrain Vision 2030. Brig Shaikh Abdulrahman indicated that the main objective of developing the traffic system is to reduce the transaction time using electronic applications through the e-government website bahrain.bh. As per the latest iGA statistics, government apps for smart devices recorded a 141 per cent increase in the number of users, reaching 1,349,000. Transactions during 2021 topped 937,000, an increase of 84pc. More than BD54 million was collected in revenue, an increase of 98pc due to newly launched apps for smart devices. iGA Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al Qaed pointed out that iGA is committed to achieving the leadership’s vision and implementing the directives of the Supreme Committee for Information and