The scheme entails computerisation of work for generating admit cards, processing application forms and preserving examination-related data in electronic form. The computerisation work, after completion, would also allow job aspirants to submit application forms online.

IT department principal secretary C K Mishra told TOI the task of executing the Rs 7-crore scheme would be given to Beltron. The technical approval for this ambitious scheme was earlier taken from Beltron. "We did this because the scheme has to be implemented by Beltron and it could have told us about its technical viability," Mishra said.

Beltron sources said, tenders would soon be floated for inviting bids from agencies specialising in such a work as BPSC handles huge data with lakhs of applicants applying for the examinations conducted by it. "We will see to it that the work is assigned to the agency which is capable of providing a glitch-free system," added the source.

BPSC apart, the IT department has also sanctioned a scheme for computerisation of Lalit Narayan Mishra Institute of Economic Development and Social Change. One of the premier B-schools of eastern India, the institute offers MBA and MCA courses.