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Vol. 29 No.3, January 2021 ISSN 0971-3409
An e-GOVERNANCE PUBLICATION FROM NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE https://informatics.nic.in
eAbgari p.26 eCabinet p.30 PSC-Soft p.34
Volume 29 No.3, January 2021 Editorial Content
A
PATRON wards and recognition are vital to human endeav- Spotlight
Dr. NEETA VERMA ours, especially when it is about services to the
Digital India Awards 04
ADVISORY PANEL nation. They not only help in boosting morales,
Nagesh Shastri but also motivate all stakeholders to learn from
Shalini Mathrani and draw inspiration to keep excelling in deliver-
From the States
I.P.S. Sethi ing superior products and services. The element of
Ajay Singh Chahal celebration and fanfare that is usually associated with every Andhra Pradesh 10
ceremony to felicitate achievers also serves as a significant
EDITOR Chhattisgarh 16
Mohan Das Viswam milestone in itself by helping organizations to take a pause, to
reflect upon the journey so far, and to get recharged with re-
ZONAL EDITORS newed zeal for continuing the ascent towards higher summits.
Dr. Dibakar Ray District Informatics
Reuban K. The Digital India Awards, a prestigious initiative of NIC,
Changlang 20
Kavita Barkakoty MeitY, is held once in every two years. Incepted in 2009, this
Sarbjeet Singh initiative is to recognize achievements of government entities Kamareddy 22
A. K. Dadhichi
in designing, developing and implementing citizen-centric dig- Khargone 24
WEB VERSION ital solutions. The sixth edition of the Digital India Awards held
Sunil Sunsunwal few days ago, is a spotlight story of this new year issue of In-
DESIGN SUPPORT
formatics. The issue presents an array of interesting articles. e-Gov Products & Services
Mukesh Bharti, Rohit Maurya Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh are the states covered this
eAbgari 26
time in From the States section. The three award winning dis-
PRINT, CIRCULATION & DISPATCH tricts; Changlang Kamareddy and Khargone are exclusives in eCabinet 30
Anita Bhardwaj
the District Informatics. Load Testing as a Service and Securing PSC Soft 34
PUBLISHED BY Mobile Apps are the features in the Technology Update section
National Informatics Centre this time. PSC Soft-HP, eCabinet and eAbgari are the articles
Ministry of Electronics & IT covered in the e-Gov Products & Services section. The regular Technology Update
Government of India
sections such as Accolades and In The News bring you some
A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Testing as a Service 37
New Delhi-110003, INDIA useful reads.
Hope you enjoy reading this issue. Here’s wishing you a Securing Mobile apps 40
CONTACT ADDRESS
INFORMATICS very happy and prosperous New Year. Please do take care and
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Spotlight
Digital India
Awards 2020
The Digital India Awards 2020 ceremony (sixth edition)
took place virtually on 30th December, 2020 and the
awards were conferred by the Hon’ble President of India,
Shri Ram Nath Kovind from Rashtrapati Bhawan via vid-
eo conferencing (VC), in the presence of Hon’ble Union
Minister of Law & Justice, Communications and Electron-
ics & Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad,
Secretary (MeitY) Shri Ajay Sawhney, Additional Secre-
tary (MeitY) Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Director General NIC Dr.
Neeta Verma, esteemed Jury members and other govern-
ment officials from various Central and State Ministries,
Departments, Districts & other government entities. Due
to the ongoing pandemic, the event witnessed enthu-
siastic participation from multiple locations including
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi and VC locations at Bhopal,
Chennai, Kolkata and Patna.
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Spotlight
Instituted in 2009, the Digital India Awards event is organised by NIC, MeitY,
biennially. The Awards aim to recognize brilliance in digital governance initia-
tives by government entities at all levels including Central, State, District and
local bodies.
The Hon’ble President addressed the virtual gathering and congratulated the
winning teams while commending the role of NIC in proactive implementation
of platforms such as Aarogya Setu, e-Office and video conferencing services
backed by a robust ICT infrastructure that has helped the country reduce the
pandemic hardships. Hon’ble Union Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Secre-
tary (MeitY) Shri Ajay Sawhney and Director General NIC Dr. Neeta Verma made
their speeches during the occasion.
The Digital India Awards 2020 winners included 22 digital governance initia-
tives/ products by various government entities under 6 categories. Jury Choice
awards were given to ArogyaSetu and eOffice. It is noteworthy that the entire
process of Digital India Awards, right from inviting nominations to Jury interac-
tions to the final conferring of awards was held online.
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From the States
Andhra Pradesh State
Building the State through digital eGovernance
N
ational Informatics Centre, Andhra Pradesh
has always been in the forefront in guid-
ing the State Government with regard to
the computerization of the processes in various
Government Departments. NIC, Andhra Pradesh
played a key role in design, development and
implementation of many flagship Projects for the
State besides implementing the several e-Gover-
nance Projects for the Central Government De-
partments and Public Sector Undertakings. After
bifurcation of the State in 2014, the usage of new
technology has picked up momentum and NIC
Andhra Pradesh is playing a key role in many of Land, a scarce natural resource, has
the new initiatives being taken up by the State been regarded as a measure of wealth,
The State of Andhra Pradesh has Government. Apart from software development status and power, from the time imme-
for various State Departments, the NIC Andhra morial. A good land records system is the
made significant contributions in Pradesh State Centre is providing several ICT Ser- necessity for any harmonious and pro-
vices such as Videoconferencing, Email Services, gressive society. A modern, comprehen-
various sectors over the decades. sive and integrated land record system to
Network Services and NKN.
With the advent of Information provide citizen centric services has been
ICT Initiatives in the State developed in Andhra Pradesh, about 2.70
Technology Age, the State has Apart from developing and implementing eGov crore survey numbers. Some of the high-
applications and other customised software, a host of lights are Meebhoomi, Sarkarbhoomi,
started making good use of the Services are offered at the NIC state centre. These in- e-Passbook, loan charge module, services
clude Video Conferencing and Virtual class rooms and
through Meeseva, auto mutation, RSR
Technology in more efficient supporting various ICT initiatives for state and central
data purification, Aadhaars seeding, water
tax levying and collection, sharing of land
government organizations in Andhra Pradesh. In ad-
running of the Administration and information to different departments, to
dition, Data Centre Services, Network & Internet Ser-
arrive the list of beneficiaries under cen-
in the implementation of various vices, Email Services, NKN Services are also provided.
tral and state Government schemes.
Video Conferencing and Virtual class rooms Government of Andhra Pradesh has
Government Schemes. After the VC services are being provided by NIC AP to cen- taken up Resurvey activity in the entire
Bifurcation of the State in 2014, tral and state government offices in the state head- state, after a century. Land Records is the
quarters and 13 districts. VC services were extensively basic source of information for resurvey,
the State has embarked on a used by state government during the Covid-19 Pan- so that textual and spatial data would be
demic. During period of March – November 2020 a integrated. It is planned to create an inte-
new beginning and has taken up total of 2342 conferences with duration of 4017 hours grated system covering Revenue, Survey
were conducted with 41 VVIP sessions including 2 and Registration departments together,
many developmental activities in sessions of Hon’ble President of India with Hon’ble for hassle free and speedy delivery of ser-
Governor of AP , 9 sessions of Prime Minster of India vices to public as well as other land related
right earnest. The State has also with Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and 30 ses- Government departments.
sions of Cabinet Secretary with Chief Secretary of AP. NIC Andhra Pradesh, the techni-
initiated several new projects cal partner for Land Records Programme,
Network/NKN Services: has been playing significant role in many
aimed at Ease of Doing Business After new state center is established, Network ways to achieve the above goal by ex-
operations Center (NoC) started functioning at APSC, tending services. I appreciate NIC-Andhra
and faster dissemination of Amravati. NKN PoP is established at AP Secretariat Pradesh team, headed by Dr. E. Iniya Neh-
services to the Citizens. by shifting backbone links from NKN Hyderabad to ru, SIO for their positive contribution and
NIC, AP with an established redundant 1 Gbps links proactive ICT services.
from Hyderabad & Chennai NKN POPs. All the 13 dis- I look forward for their continued sup-
trict links were shifted to NIC AP from Hyderabad with port in future as well, and wish them all
redundancy links from Hyderabad, Chennai, Banga- the best in their endeavours.
lore & Bhubaneswar NKN POPs. AP NoC was created
with operations including maintenance of AP state
NICNET operations, ISP coordination and Cisco and
NEERABH KUMAR PRASAD, IAS
Chief Commissioner of Land Administration
Dr. E. Iniya Nehru Juniper device installation/up-gradations.
Dy. Director General & Special Chief Secretary
& SIO Messaging & Data Center services: Government of Andhra Pradesh
nehru@nic.in NIC. AP is successfully providing complete email
10 informatics.nic.in January 2021From the States
services in the state including on-boarding and mi- NIC AP State Centre for payment of compensation
gration of mailbox and domains to NIC email services to the eligible project displaced families and proj-
for paid and free users including state government ect affected families by constructing the Nuclear
departments, corporations and universities. Email Power Plant at Kovvada, Srikakulam District. Bene-
troubleshooting along with DNS record up-dation, ficiaries are identified by the District Administration
security controls, e-forms support, application inte- and the data had been captured through the web
gration and user coordination is regularly carried out. applications. Android application is developed for
NIC SMS services for AP state including application Aadhaar Authentication of the beneficiaries to pay
integration is being taken up. Data center services the compensations for different awards. Modules
like VM Hosting, Network and Storage services. Provi- under Punarvas project are Land Acquisition, Land
sioning testing and development platforms for open Alienation, RRAward, Structure and Tree Compensa-
source application developers based on Linux envi- tions. Same is replicated for BRR Vamsadhara project
ronment like Ubuntu, CentOS. Providing system and of Srikakulam District. It received National e-Gover-
Andhra Pradesh has always been in security administration services like OS tuning, Web nance award 2018 (Gold Category) under District level
the fore front of adopting ICT for e-Gover- deployment, App deployment, SSL services and Audit. IT Initiatives.
nance and Citizen services. After bifurca-
D-Krishi (e-Seed - Aadhaar Enabled
tion of Andhra Pradesh, when the Andhra
Pradesh Government decided to shift its Seed Distribution System) e-Pds -Targeted PDS system
Capital to Amaravathi, NIC quickly rose to Distribution of Seeds on subsidized rates to NIC Andhra Pradesh has developed fully auto-
the occasion and provided all necessary farmers had been a hectic task for the past few years. mated Public Distribution system from Supply chain
ICT support by way of providing much To ensure smooth distribution of seed to eligible Management to Distribution of food grains to BPL
needed NKN connectivity and other com- farmers, NIC, AP has developed and implemented an Families . Andhra Pradesh NIC digitized and gener-
puting facilitates, NICs E-mail, VC facilities, Aadhaar enabled seed distribution system. Based ated about 1.44 crore Rice cards with 100% Aadhaar
e-Office etc., and facilitated smooth tran- on the total extent held by the farmer, eligibility of seeding and 99.9 % ekyc verification. It has fully au-
sition of Governance. seeds to be issued is decided by the system. The tomated 29,783 Fair price shops catering to 4.3 crore
TPDS is one of the flagship pro- farmer can avail the seeds in person or can authorize people. All the transactions are based on Biometric
grammes and having achieved 100% Aad- his/her family member to take the seeds after a suc- authentication and can draw any where in the state
haar enabled public distribution, it has cessful biometric authentication at the counter. On under portability option. All the transactions are cap-
immensely helped in curbing leakages. successful Aadhaar authentication using NIC ASA ser- tured real time through e-pos machines. Ration is
During COVID-19, we could successfully vice, system allows to issue coupon with pre-printed also being issued to MDM and Aganwadi schools. All
reach the needy families through a ro- number allotted for each counter in each mandal. the entitlements, allotment of stocks, RO generation ,
bust system developed by NIC AP. Andhra The coupon is submitted at the godown to take issue of stocks, issue of food grains, and closing bal-
Pradesh is the first State in the Country the delivery, where, the QR image on the coupon is ances are fully automated with real time reports at
issuing rice cards within 10days of applica- scanned to populate the number automatically. various level. Andhra Pradesh e-Pds system has won
tion anywhere in the State through Gram/ many state and national level awards.
Ward Secretariats with 100% eKYC verifi- Impact
cation in a very transparent manner with
the help of NIC, AP.
• Around 20 lakh farmers across the state getting the CARD (Computer-aided
Andhra Pradesh has also become the
seed in a hassle free manner every season since
2017.
Administration of Registration
first state to adopt One Nation One Ration
card in the Country • Bogus Pattadar pass books and Double benefit Department)
eliminated. CARD provides a transparent method of valua-
• Middlemen and Recycling of stocks avoided. tion of properties and calculation of stamp duties,
KONA SASIDHAR, IAS • No long queues at any point of time simplified the registration procedures, enhanced
Secretary (FAC), Information • All eligible farmers covered speed, reliability and consistency of the system. It
Technology, Electronics and
Communication Department &
• Very positive response from Media/ Farmers/ Pub- reduced delays by replacing the manual systems of
lic Reps copying, indexing and accounting. Scanning of doc-
Secretary & Commissioner of Civil
uments replaced manual copying. Retrieval of the
Supplies
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Punarvas and PM Kisan documents and obtaining copies is made instanta-
Punarvas Project is designed and developed by neous. The overall effect is a smooth public interface.
Hon’ble President of India interacting with Hon’ble Governor of Andhra Pradesh through VC supported by NIC, Andhra Pradesh
January 2021 informatics.nic.in 11From the States
Department. 4. Reforms for simplifying the Existing
Laws, Rules and Procedures and 5. Innovations
Special features
• Each Government land is uniquely identifiable, by
34 different categories with 2.70 Crores Survey Nos.
• Records are digitally signed by competent authority
• Approvals in the workflow are done with bio-met-
ric authentication and digital certificates
• FMBs, Village Maps, Adangal, 1B
• Single source of truth to many Government stake-
holders
• Downloadable e-Passbooks with QR code
Arogya Setu app and S3 portal has • Bhushodak mobile app to verify the genuineness I am extremely happy to say that MED-
helped AP Government in contact tracing of the data, from the central server HAS developed by NIC has been providing
and medical resources effectively at hos- • e-Crop booking through webland data, being used transparent, smooth and effective mech-
pitals. NIC Andhra Pradesh state center assessment of crop sown, damage, if any, and crop anism in bringing end-to-end solution
has provided excellent support to AP Gov- insurance seamlessly. Dr.NTRUHS has been benefit-
ernment during Covid-19 pandemic in by • Payment of Direct Benefit transfer to the beneficia- ed a lot with the digital workflow among
providing uninterrupted video conference ries of PMKISAN and YSR Rythu Bharosa Academics, Admission, Examination,
services which helped us to effectively co- • Collection of Water tax Confidential, Finance and Administration
ordinate during Covid-19 pandemic at AP. • Issue of different land related certificates through wings.
Now, our government is planning to im- CSCs
plement eHospital application across all • Integration of Revenue and Registration under
GGH & PHC in the state. Auto mutation Dr. SYAMA PRASAD PIGILAM
Vice Chancellor
Achievements
BHASKAR KATAMNENI, IAS • Computerised Adangals issued through CICs till
Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences
Vijayawada
Commissioner, Health & Family Welfare date : 2.77 Crores
Government of Andhra Pradesh • Record of Rights(ROR-1B) Certificates issued till
date : 2.66 Crores
• Mutations and Printing of Title Deed cum PPB established in 1986 at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Recent Initiatives : 52.5 Lakhs It conducts various courses like UG/PG Degree/
• Auto Mutation, CRDA Integration, CFMS Integration, • Rectifications of Entries in Record of Rights PG Diploma/Post Doctoral Fellowship/Ph.D under
Sada Bainama : 54 Lakhs Medical/Dental/AYUSH/Nursing/Physotherapy/Para
• Online EC & CC, Inventory Stamps Module, Any- • Addition of Survey nos. in Adangal and 1B Medical streams. There are 292 colleges affiliated to
where Registration, Ease of Doing Business ( EODB) : 2.86 Lakhs Dr. NTRUHS. It has been provided NKN connectivity
• Registration Services at Gram Sachivalaya • Number of Views of Public Portal (Meebhoomi) with BSNL and STPI as backup for providing band-
: 10.6 Crores width. NIC is also taking steps for e-Counselling to
Land Records Management • Number of Auto mutations Done Since Oct 2019 the admissions of Medical/Dental/AYUSH courses
System : 2.45 Lakhs from next year.
AS part of Good Governance, the Government • Major component for achieving Ease of Doing Key Features of MEDHAS
has given utmost importance for simplification of
Business Rank. • e-Affiliation ( Colleges Affiliation Monitoring Mod-
MEDHAS – Medical Education &
Government procedures and to achieve complete ule)
transparency in administration. Keeping in view of • E-Admission ( Students Admission Monitoring
the same, Revenue department has initiated various Health Administrative System Module)
set of reforms by way of : MEDHAS is an end-to-end solution provided by • E-Pareeksha ( Examination Monitoring Module)
1. Digitization of Land records, 2.Purification, NIC-APSC for Dr.NTR University of Health Sciences (Dr. • E-QPODS (Electronic Question Paper Online Deliv-
3.Computerization of various services of Revenue NTRUHS) which is the first Health University in India ery System)
Launching of Online Original Degree, Official Transcript and Migration Certificate (OD+OT+MC)
for MBBS students of DrNTRUHS using ServicePlus on 14-08-2020 by Dr. K.Syamal Prasad,
D-Krishi - Process Flow Hon’ble VC, Dr. K.Sankar, Registrar of Dr. NTRUHS with Dr. E.IniyaNehru,DDG&SIO
12 informatics.nic.in January 2021From the States
Chief Minister of AP, Shri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurating Auto Mutation Project on 11/02/2020 with Shri Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, Hon’ble Minister for
Registration and Stamps, Shri Neerabh Kumar Prasad, IAS, CCLA & Spl. Chief Secretary, Dr. E.Iniya Nehru, DDG & SIO, NIC, AP and other higher officials.
• E-Results (Results Processing and Publishing Mod- ical Colleges, Medical Students and the APMC to POLYCET entrance exam. State Board of Technical Ed-
ule) make the entire workflow in digital mode. ucation and Training is the user department, which
• E-Services ( Online Certificates Delivery Monitoring • Renewal of Registration certificate. Issue of NOC, conducts the Polytechnic Entrance Test (POLYCET)
Module through ServicePlus) Temporary Registration, Issue of Good Standing for admission into 3, 3½ years polytechnic diploma.
• E-Sandesh ( Messaging to Principals/Students Certificate Simply from anywhere with internet facility, student
Monitoring Module) can have on the spot Hall Ticket in the desired town
• E-OPTMIS ( Online Payment Transactions Monitor- WaterSoft of his choice by paying the requisite fee through pay-
ing Module) WaterSoft – is a comprehensive web based ment gateway.
• E-Chanakya ( Employees Administration Monitor- MIS designed & developed by NIC, APSC for the
ing Module) Department of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation , WEB Counseling
• E-GPF ( GPF Monitoring Module) Govt of AP . The application software integrates all This application is for admission of the candi-
• E-Office ( Online File Movement Monitoring Mod- the RWSS offices and its laboratories of across the dates to the various professional courses based on
ule) State of AP including the RWSS head office and the their rank in the respective entrance examination,
Secretary ‘s office. This application aims to bring in reservation, gender, local/Nonlocal etc and their or-
APMCORS- Andhra Pradesh accountability and transparency. The application der of preference given for the colleges and courses.
Medical Council Online under one name WaterSoft is being continuously
subject to changes with many more new enhance-
This activity is supervised by the department, Andhra
Registration System
Pradesh State Council of Higher education (APSCHE)
ments to the existing modules and development of and monitored by the Conveners appointed by the
Andhra Pradesh Medical Council is a Body corpo- new modules to suit the requirement of the field lev- APSCHE for each CET (Common Entrance Test).
rate established by an Act of the State Legislature. el users to the strategic users for monitoring , plan-
The Council was first constituted by a notification ning and decision making . The application can be Jeevandan
issued in G.O.Ms.No.662 on 19th December, 1991. NIC accessed with the url : http://rwss.ap.nic.in. A Portal to facilitate the management of Cadaver
has been entrusted the Online Registration activities
Online Filing of Applications for
organ harvesting and transplantation on an end-to-
of APMC in January 2020 which includes importing all end basis. It provides information and alerts to us-
existing registration into live. NIC –APSC developed a
web based application to make the digital work flow
POLYCET entrance exam ers on a real time basis, ensuring efficiency, effective-
ness and transparency in the entire operations which
of different stake holders – Medical College Princi-
This application program is to file the applica- are part of the Jeevandan Scheme and is built on an
pals , Students, Doctors and APMC Staff.
tion, facilitates the candidate to pay the requisite N-tier.
Salient Features: fee, automatic Exam Centre Allocation and Hall Tick- Online transparent end-to-end solution to facil-
• End to End Solution for all stakeholders like Med- et down load for the candidates who wants to write itate the Management of Cadaver Organ Harvesting
Watersoft Application Features Key Statistics of Watersoft
January 2021 informatics.nic.in 13From the States
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh interacting with Prime Minister of India and other Hon’ble Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh inaugurating official website of
Chief Ministers during Covid-19 Pandemic through NIC VC Services Andhra Pradesh High Court
and Transplantation has been designed developed
and deployed successfully.
Digital Panchayat Services ning the CIS core application and other peripheries.
Permanent servers are to be set up at High Court for
Commissioner Panchayat Raj and Rural Develop-
running peripheries and CIS. New VMs are setup at
e-Office ment, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh has initiated Digital
Panchayat services to provide Online Gram Pancha-
National Data Centre, Shastri Park, New Delhi for de-
eOffice is a step forward into an era of paperless ploying website and related applications for dissem-
yat Services and to offer technology. PRRD is offering
administration in Government of Andhra Pradesh. ination of information.
series of APIs to Government Departments (G2G) as
It is a Digital Workplace Solution that has replaced The main application & peripheries implement-
part of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB ). Entrepre-
the existing manual handling of files and documents ed at High Court are Core Information System (CIS)
neurs can obtain “No Objection Certificate for Small,
with an efficient electronic system and various peripheries such as KIOSK application,
Medium and Large Scale Industries” through Single
eOffice is being implemented in all the depart- SR, IA, USR Allotment, Scrutiny of Vakalat, File Move-
Desk Portal of Industries and Commerce department.
ments of AP. Secretariat, 13 Districts and 83 HoDs/ ment etc.
Marriage Registration APIs for Pellikaanuka Scheme
157 AOs / 23 SUs. At present, there is no physical file Hon’ble Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Jus-
for financial assistance to marginalized families and
movement in the Government. ITE&C Dept have suc- tice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari has launched the
cessfully implemented the project and are extended to offer Marriage Certificate. Citizen can also obtain
Birth and Death Certificates, Marriage Certificates Website of High Court on 08th January, 2020 in the
to 1,428 departments in Districts up to Gram Pancha-
and NOC for Small Medium and Large Scale Indus- august presence of Hon’ble High Court Judges, Regis-
yats level and has created a total of 66,07,427of files
tries services at “Grama Sachivalyams”. trar General & CPC, Registrars of High Court, Assistant
in both State and District level.
Citizen can avail Gram Panchayat services Registrar IT and Dr. E. Iniya Nehru, Deputy Director
Pension Settlement and through Internet. The list of Statutory Services of General and SIO, NIC, Andhra Pradesh. Website for
High Court of Andhra Pradesh was redesigned as per
Management Information
Gram Panchayat are 1). House Tax Payments 2).
Property Valuation Certificate 3). Water Tap Connec- the GIGW standards
System (PSMIS) tion 4). Trade License 5). Mutation 6). NOC for Small, During the COVID-19 pandemic, NIC AP High Court
This application is to calculate and release the Medium and Large Scale Industries 7). Marriage Cer- team has developed e-Filing software. This system
pensionary benefits to the retired/nominee of the tificate 8). Building Permission 9).Layout Permission. is designed as per the request of Hon’ble Chief Jus-
deceased State Government Employees, Central gov- tice of Andhra Pradesh. E-filing system was launched
ernment employees deputed for State (IAS, IPS, and AP High Court to facilitate Advocates and other people. E-filing of
IFS) and Judicial employees of the State. This applica- NIC, AP is providing IT support for implementing court cases is newly implemented at High Court of
tion is used by the Account General’s office who is the e-Court Services, CIS and other peripheries devel- Andhra Pradesh. After seeing its success and huge
releasing authority of the pensionary benefits. Right oped by e-Committee, NIC – Pune and NIC Andhra response from the public, it was extended to Subor-
from registration of the case till dispose of the case Pradesh State Centre. The High Court servers were dinate Courts. A provision to know the Status of the
is taken care by the application temporarily installed at NIC AP State Centre for run- case filed is provided.
NIC Andhra Pradesh State Centre received the “Award of Excellence” during elets
Drugs control Administration web page National Water Innovation Summit 2020
14 informatics.nic.in January 2021From the States
During the COVID-19, virtual courts were imple- line and submit documents online. This has eliminat-
mented using various Blue Jeans in all the 19 courts. ed the process of student visit various ITIs for doc-
Five Video Conferencing studios are setup in the ument verification during this pandemic. APIs have
High Court for conducting State level and National been designed to get SSC marks data from board and
level VCs. update student details on central skill development
portal.
APBOCWWB (Andhra Pradesh Sarathi & Vahan
Building & Other Construction Sarathi and Vahan Services in Andhra Pradesh
Workers Welfare Board) has started to take its shape. Currently it is in testing
mode. The new e-KYC module which is going to be
The main objective is to automise the process
introduced in Andhra Pradesh is first of its kind.
of Distributing Benefits to Building & Other Con-
struction Workers under various schemes. This ap-
plication enables construction workers to register
ICJS – Interoperable Criminal
online for availing various govt scheme benefits, get Justice System.
enrolled for skill development training and submit The Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) elets Award certificate
request for claims and process the same through a is an initiative of the e-Committee to enable seam- websites and other applications. VPN provided to
work flow & role based system. less transfer of data and information among differ- staff to facilitate work from home during lockdown.
Construction Workers, Assistant Labor officer ent pillars of the criminal justice system, like courts, In addition to these, various indigenous s/w ap-
(ALO), Deputy commissioner of Labor (DCL) and police, jails and forensic science laboratories, from plications and mobile apps were developed by NIC,
Board Members are the actors of the system. Work- one platform. APSC and NIC District Centres to support different
ers apply for training and claims which are verified by Andhra Pradesh has recently bagged 2nd place Covid-19 related activities across the state.
ALO with in their jurisdiction and forwarded to DCL at in the awards announced by National Crime records
district & Board at Hq level for further process. Bureau – NCRB. Accolades
As on today around 20 Lakhs construction work-
ers are registered on this portal. During Covid-19 this e-Prisons • RWSS Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh
and NIC Andhra Pradesh State Centre received the
data has been extensively utilized to provide addi- Andhra Pradesh has 82 active prisons . central “Award of Excellence” during elets National Water
tional benefits to workers. prisons 4 District jails 8 PAC 1 and Spl. Prisons for Innovation Summit 2020
DCA (Drug Control
Women 2, Spl. Sub jails 11 , Sub jails 56. E-prisons
software is being implemented in these prisons and
• ePanchayat Puraskar – 2020 - Panchayat Enterprise
Suite & Digital Panchayat - Ministry of Panchayatraj
Administration System) digitized 11.00 lack back log cases. This software cov-
ers entire life cycle of a prisoner.
Puraskar for efficient usage of IT for 2018-19
Drugs Control Administration regulates sale and • eGovernance Award for Punarvas – Land Acqui-
distribution of drugs in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
It is work flow based software designed to automate
e-Prosecution sition & Rehabilitation at National e-Governance
award 2018 (Gold Category) under District level IT
All the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh are covered
process and issue / generate license online. Initiatives
with the e-Prosecution software and all the Public
This software facilitates online Submission of
prosecutors were trained to utilize the software for • CSI-Nihilent Award for the application DKrishi
Application, License fee Payment, Verification by offi-
cials, Grant / Renewal of Drug License, Amendments
information flow from FIR data, legal opinion to inte- • Hon’ble CM AP Appreciation to WEBLAND and
grate with e-Courts software. This software provides AePDS applications. Technical team received CM
to existing licenses, Application Status tracking and
easy access to the Director of Prosecutions at state appreciation and felicitation during November
monitoring etc., Drug Firm owners/directors apply
Head Quarters to monitor the progress of various 2018
online for various type of licenses like retail, whole-
sale, restricted, mobile, schedule by submitting de-
cases. • CSI-Nihilent Award for CARD(Computer Aided Reg-
istration Department)
sired documents online and making fee payment
online. This application is being used by 105 Drug
e-Forensics • National e-Governance Award (Gold Category) for
Andhra Pradesh is having 7 Forensic labs cur- the Loan Charge Module of Webland
Inspectors and 13 Assistant Directors across state. As
rently . e-Forensics software is being used by all the
on today around 45000 drug licenses are issued by
this system. APIs have developed for Authenticating
6 forensic labs and State Hq laboratory to register, Way Forward
acknowledge and report various samples sent from National Informatics Centre, Andhra Pradesh
Pharmacist Registration and Identifying Pharma-
the Investigating officers. State Centre has always been the backbone of the
cist Location to Pharmacy council. Another API is in
Special IT support during
the process of development for drug license issue major technology initiatives in the State and has
through single desk portal (SDP) of AP Govt as part been its technology partner in rolling out many Proj-
of EoDB. Outbreak of Pandemic COVID-19 ects. Looking ahead, the focus is on new paradigm
Ensuring round the clock networking and email shifts in terms of more efficient e-governance ser-
ITI Admission services, smooth execution of Video Conferencing vices delivery. We look forward to embrace emerg-
This application is designed to make meetings of Hon’ble PM, Hon’ble President with all ing technologies such as Edge Computing, Deep
ITI admission life cycle process online, simple and state CMs and UT Administrators regarding COVID-19 Learning, Blockchain, AI and ML, and using them ef-
transparent. Main modules of this application is Stu- were conducted at CM Camp Office for Hon’ble Chief fectively in the future Projects.
dent Application, Scrutinize the applications, Merit Minister, Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. Regular
list generation, Seat Matrix allocation, Seat Allotment review meetings through VC on Covid-19 by Central
and Admission Slip Generation. Around 500 ITIs of Cabinet Secretary with Chief Secretary, Health Sec-
both government and private institutes use this retary and Administrators of all States and UTs, DGP, For further information, please contact:
system for admission process every year. Normally we conducted through VC services provided by NIC STATE INFORMATICS OFFICER
around 50,000 students get admitted every year. APSC. NIC, 3rd Floor, R & B Building, MG Road
This year during Covid-19 period, special 24 x 7. NICNET /SWAN/NKN internet services Labbipet, Vijayawada
module has been designed for students to apply on- were ensured with constant monitoring of all the Andhra Pradesh - 520010
Email: sio-ap@nic.in, Phone: 040-23494300
January 2021 informatics.nic.in 15From the States
Chhattisgarh State
Digital Empowerment for State Administration during COVID-19 and beyond
C
arved out of the erstwhile Madhya Pradesh, the
Chhattisgarh state came into being on the 1st
NIC Chhattisgarh plays a vital November 2000. It is the 10th largest state in In-
dia in terms of area. The state is blessed with abun-
role in the ICT enablement of the dant natural beauty, waterfalls, rivers, caves, and vast
forests with a variety of wild life as well as diamond,
state government. During the iron, coal and bauxite mines. The ancient temples
COVID-19 pandemic, as has been and structures dating back to 5th century A.D. are the
surviving symbols of the state’s glorious history and
always, NIC has tremendously rich culture.
supported the state government ICT Initiatives in the State
to act in a brisk and effective CORONA Guidelines, Govt. of Chhattisgarh
The portal (http://gad.cg.gov.in/cgcorona/) as a
Chhattisgarh government launched
“Rajiv Gandhi KisanNyayYojna” in which
manner to counter the ill effects, single source for all government circulars and infor-
four thousand five hundred crore rupees
mation regarding SOP to handle the current COVID-19
and help the people adapt to pandemic was developed which is accessible to all
were transferred to the needy farmers, so
departments and public as well. The portal facilitates
that they could arrange the seeds, fertiliz-
the new normal while ensuring state as well as district officials to upload relevant
ers and other items for the next season.
circulars on the portal.
Similarly, in order to deliver free ration to
the uninterrupted government stranded migrants under “AtmaNirbharYo-
COVID-19 Monitoring System jna”, an App has been launched with the
business and public service. The System is used to monitor admission of help of NIC. Also launched were web page
Covid-19 positive patients either in identified hospi- and registration portal whereby migrants
tals or in Home Isolation. Facility is provided for com- can register themselves to provide details
mon man to get the sample test report on line. Till of their family members and get free ra-
date about 21 lakh SMS have been sent to the peo- tion. We appreciate the support of NIC
ple of Chhattisgarh and around 5 lakh people have Chhattisgarh throughout to make the ini-
downloaded their test report. tiatives a success.
Statistics as on 5.12.2020
• Total Tests 2500000
• Total Admissions 242418
KAMAL PREET SINGH, IAS
• Total Hospitalized 99225
• Total Home Isolations 140252
Secretary, Food
• Total Discharged 220177
Govt. of Chhattisgarh
• Total Death 2941
Features
Tracking persons with foreign, inter-state as well as
intra-state travel history, Home quarantining them as
• Analytical Dashboard and District/Hospital/ Lab per established protocols, followed by photo of dai-
wise Hospital Admission, Discharge /Death Report
ly visits by field level health staff etc. were captured.
• Home Isolation and Referred Patient Report
•
Shelter Camp Monitoring is facilitating tracking of-
Daily report of total test conducted
•
Govt. and Private shelter camps, Capacity, Minimum
Bed availability in Covid-19 Care Center
• Online Test Report and Test Report through SMS
Basic Facility, Ration provided and uploading of Daily
• Linked with Central ICMR Portal
Inspection Photo. Given the risk assessment, all the
Home Quarantine persons have been included in the
State Govt. is issuing COVID-19 pandemic daily
Media Bulletin based on data available in this portal. daily photo tracking system.
Dr. AK Hota
District Containment Plan and
Dy. Director General Districts are generating various reports on hospital-
& SIO isation and Home Isolation data.
ak.hota@nic.in
Quaiso Tracker Mobile Application
Photo-walaTracker: Quarantine Dhamtari District developed the GIS based Con-
Centre Monitoring System tainment plan which was effectively used in more
For Individual surveillance and tracking of home than 20 Districts of Chhattisgarh. District Contain-
quarantined individuals during the COVID-19 crisis, ment Plan has Geo-referenced maps of Hospitals
YV Sreenivasa
District Mahasamund has deployed an ingenious (Govt. & Private) built on Arc GIS platform.
Rao
mechanism, which integrates the efforts of field lev- District containment plan contains:
•
Sr. Technical Director
yvsrao@nic.in el health staff with an online, simple-to-use facility. Logistics details i.e. Medical equipment available
16 informatics.nic.in January 2021From the States
modes, NIC Chhattisgarh has designed an online
portal powered by ServicePlus during first lockdown
and was launched on 2nd April 2020. The site offers
various payment modes like UPI, Net banking, Credit
Card, Debit Card and branch payment.
• Total Donations Received Rs. 29,65,301.00
• No. Of Donors 471
Mobile app for free food
distribution monitoring
A Mobile app was developed for the Social Wel-
fare department, to collect the online information of
free food distribution in the state to the needy and
Chhattisgarh government wishes to homeless persons during the Covid-19 outbreak. The
compliment for the support and assis- distribution was carried out by the department in all
tance rendered by the team NIC during districts and blocks of the state. The app facilitates
the COVID-19 unprecedented situation the district officials to feed the information of the
as well as lockdown period. In numerous District Containment Plan and Quaiso
location of the food distribution, number of persons Tracker Mobile Application
ways Chhattisgarh government Labour de- benefitted along with the photographs.
partment has reached out to the stranded • Total No. of Food packets Distributed 13,16,669 RojgarSangi Mobile App
migrant workers throughout the country The mobile app along with Chhattisgarh State
and this was all Possible for prompt and e-SAGA (e-Shramik Aawas- Skill Development Authority (CSSDA) portal facili-
laudable support and action as well as an
untiring effort of NIC Chhattisgarh. They Gaman Application) tated the skilled people looking for job and also the
Labour Department, being the nodal authority Employers to get registered and be connected based
were more than willing to support us. I on the skillset mapping. Both the applicants and em-
wish the team all the very best in future. for welfare of workers, was supported by NIC Chhat-
ployers have the facility to send messages to each
tisgarh with various online applications for effective
other through the app itself.
•
management of movement of migrant workers. e-SA-
Total Workers under Format-A 6308
•
GA supported migrants to provide their travel re-
Workers under Format-B 27481
SONMONI BORAH, IAS quests to enable department to arrange train facility
• Registrations through CSSDA portal 96902
Secretary, Labour
Govt. of Chhattisgarh
for them. Module was also developed for keeping re-
cord of all migrant workers coming through different
• Registrations through App 21631
trains to Chhattisgarh from other states.
Padhaayi Tunhar Duaar
• Persons registered to arrive in Chhattisgarh NIC, Chhattisgarh worked with the Department of
up to PHC, CHC, SHC level. 2,96,902 School Education to continue educational activities
• Manpower availability • Person registered depart from Chhattisgarh 22,739 during the pandemic by developing cgschool.in por-
• SOPs and Health advisories issued by ICMR and • Number of trains organised 86 tal and Mobile App under the project “Education at
State Health Department. • Number of passengers commuted 1,09,389 Doorstep”. The site was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief
Based on the District Containment Plan, a mobile Relief Camp Entry Module was developed to keep Minister of Chhattisgarh on April 6th, 2020 and be-
application was developed to keep records of 403 record of all workers who stayed in the relief camp came an immediate success with more than two lakh
Quarantine centers and home isolated people within established by Government and NGOs. Workers were teacher registrations and 24.52 lakh student regis-
district. categorized in two formats i. Workers Stayed in relief trations. ‘Education at Doorstep’ is a comprehensive
Online donations for Chief
camps (Format-A) and ii. Workers stayed in Camps academic cycle management system which includes
organized by factory owners and by contractors (For- text book delivery, lecture videos for each chapter,
Minister’s relief fund mat-B). The Call Center Helpline Module was devel- online classes, assignments for each student, stu-
To accept the online payment through various oped to collect problems and complaints of workers dent homework management and student doubt
related to food and shelter etc. clearance.
CORONA Guidelines web page COVID-19 Monitoring System web page
January 2021 informatics.nic.in 17From the States
IGKV’s Student App tisgarh. It is highly beneficial for students, employ-
ees and farmers of Chhattisgarh. IGMIS MOBILE APP
e-KrishiPathshala IGKV introduces the next generation experience to
The App facilitates students of Indira Gandhi enhance quality and effectiveness of education and
KrishiVishwavidyalay (IGKV), to carry out learning ac- learning on favourite mobile/ tablet devices. It pro-
tivities online in the prevailing pandemic times. Fac- vides access to student profile, registration card, fee
ulty members can upload study materials (in Hindi receipts, result notifications and an employee corner.
& English), Assignments, video lectures, create exam-
ination question papers and fix exam schedule. They Home Valuation Module for CGBSE
can also evaluate assignments, answers and record Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education, Rai-
the marks for each student. They can also respond pur (CGBSE) needed to evaluate the answer sheets
to student queries. of High School and Higher Secondary School Exam-
Students on the other hand can view the video ination for academic year 2019-20. Due to COVID-19
lectures of their courses uploaded by the professors pandemic NIC, Chhattisgarh has provided solution
of their college as well as other colleges affiliated to to evaluate answer sheets by teachers from their Individual surveillance and tracking,
IGKV. They can download assignments, appear for ex- homes. For this, teachers were provided login-id so of home quarantined individuals during
ams online at specified time and upload the answer they can enter required details for Home Valuation. the COVID-19 crisis, in as non-obtrusive
papers. They can post their queries regarding any Valuation officer could maintain the stock of answer a manner possible, while maintaining the
topic pertaining to their registered courses and get books categorized on subject and class. Detailed integrity of daily home-visits by a health
the responses of the concerned professors. Mock test instructions and OTP based profile features are pro- worker is a good and effective practice ini-
facility has also been provided to enable students vided on the portal. The valuation module facilitated tiative by District Mahasamund with the
prepare for the examinations. the department with ease of use and safe to work help of NIC District Centre in Chhattisgarh.
pattern.Comprehensive dashboard is provided to all
E-Counselling module 29 valuation offices/ districts and Head Office.
The system aims at streamlining the admission • Total teachers registered 7492
process during Covid-19 period in all phases of coun- • Total answer sheets evaluated 3377328 KARTIKEYA GOEL, IAS
Collector & District Magistrate
seling and Post counseling of IGKV while providing
100% transparency in the entire process. Seat allo- Monthly Assignment Module Mahasamund
cation is done as per the merit, reservation policies CGBSE has started online streaming of classes
and choices exercised by the candidates in IGKV. For for students of 10th and 12th Class. NIC Chhattis-
UG, PG & PhD, the candidates have to apply online garh has developed monthly assignment module
for counseling and deposit the fees through SBI pay- for students based on which teachers can evaluate
ment gateway to finally seek their admission as per student’s progress. This web-based system provides
tion, Visa Extension, Exit Permit and other services
the rules. a comprehensive solution to manage and enhance
continued without any hindrance during COVID-19
the assignment and marks entry of every subject in
Integrated Management every month.
lockdown period. Online service certificates were
•
rendered to applicants through email. IVFRT system
Information System (igmis ) Total students marked for assignment 8,28,992
•
helped in Inter-country movement of stranded for-
Total assignments submitted
(https://igkvmis.Cg.Nic.In) eigners.
• Sep 20 4357654 (94%)
Inter-operable Criminal Justice
IGMIS was conceived as a framework incorporat- • Oct 20 3989252 (86%)
ing fully digitized solutions for all activities of Indira
Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalya (IGKV), Raipur. It is a Immigration Visa and Foreigners System (ICJS)
web-enabled, role and work-flow based ERP solution
for IGKV to accomplish activities like counselling, ed-
Registration & Tracking System ICJS portal was accessible to all the police sta-
tions of state during lockdown period for dynamic
ucation, examination, research, extension, establish- (IVFRT) searching and integrated view of ICJS pillars data-
ment, finance, web portal etc. This integrated system Online C-Form module of the system was uti- base. e-Forensics Application under ICJS project was
enables e-Governance in 31 Colleges, 8 Research Sta- lized for generating details of foreigners staying in in continuous use in Forensic Science Laboratories
tion, 20 KVK situated in most remote places of Chhat- different Hotels, Guest Houses etc. Online Registra- for registration and monitoring of the cases.
Padhaayi Tunhar Duaar web page Video Conferencing meetings Report
18 informatics.nic.in January 2021From the States
ISFMS Services Components of Excise
Video Conferencing Services All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) : NKN
connectivity made the social distancing possible.
tiative of Chhattisgarh State Excise leveraging state-
of-the-art modern technology to provide end-to-end
Chhattisgarh is in the 4thposition among top 10
Covid-19 portal of AIIMS, Raipur was extensively used. solution in workflow based manner. It comprises of
states in average Studio utilization during Covid-19.
Automated Supply Chain Management for excisable
NIC CG provided extensive Videoconferencing facility
support from 28 districts and 22 studios of Govt. of-
eKosh goods, Tracking duty evasion by generating a 360 de-
Integrated State financial management system gree profile of the Excise Licensees, Issue Permits &
fices at Raipur which includes Raj Bhawan, CM office,
(ISFMS) is an IT-based budgeting and accounting Passes for movement of excisable goods, Pendency
Mantralay etc.VC of Hon’ble CM with Hon’ble Prime
system that manages spending, payment process- checker for tracking process pendency at all hierar-
Minister and Hon’ble Governor with Hon’ble Presi-
ing, budgeting and reporting for governments and chical levels.
dent were organised regularly during COVID-19.
other entities. Components include computerization
• Total number of studio based VC during lockdown
of Treasuries, eBudget, KarmikSampda, ePayroll, eP- ERP Solution for C.G. Text Book
Corporation, Raipur
1600
ension, ebill, vendor Payment System, Pension and
• Total Studio participated 71
Cyber Treasury.
• Desktop VC 600 Intelligent & Integrated Book Printing & Distri-
• Number of Sites participated 13609 Seamless operations of bution Process Management System has been im-
• plemented covering Online Tender Management
Treasuries during Covid-19
Total Site hours 19267
with respect to paper suppler/Paper Mill, Printer,
NKN Connectivity period Transporter, and Paper Depot, Book Depot Manage-
NKN Connectivity at Universities/Institutes ment. Printers Window facilitates tender login, paper
NIC CG provided the facility to Treasury Officials
played a vital role during Covid-19. Also keeping the Demand generation, Challan generation for dispatch
for work from home using OTP-Based authentication
network up was a big challenge for NIC as most of of book as provided by distribution section. Book-
in cyber treasury application. DDOs prepared the
the officials were working from home. 24/7 roster seller can register and buy books online. Automatic
bills and sent the scanned copy to Treasury. The new
was prepared to monitor the links for smooth con- discount is applied depending on the order quantity.
option of voluntary contribution was enabled in the
nectivity. Keeping Covid-19 situation in view, eBook (Online
e-payroll module and a provision was made to de-
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) : Sci- Flip book) facility has been developed which requires
posit the said amount in the CM Relief Fund under
entists of University using NKN connectivity could less bandwidth to load the book page by page for
the Cyber Treasury. Budget was uploaded for the new
prepare more than 100 research papers and submit- reading by the school students.
financial year and the budget distribution module
ted for publications. was opened for budget controlling officers. Beneficiaries of the solution
Indra Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh : • 5161958 Students
Most of the foreign students were stuck in the hostel Excise • 4720 State Govt. High Schools
s during lockdown and they regularly used NKN link. e-Excise is a strategic administrative reform ini- • 2662 -Cluster of Schools
ERP Solution for C.G. Text Book Corporation Key features of Single Window System
Continued on Page 33
January 2021 informatics.nic.in 19District Informatics
Changlang District
The ICT initiatives in The Land of Bio-diversity
T
he Changlang District, which is one of the
eastern most districts of India, located in the
During Covid-19 pandemic period south-eastern corner of Arunachal Pradesh,
having international boundary with Myanmar (Bur-
ICT services of the National ma) in the east and the south. It has an area of 4,662
sq. Km and a population of 1, 48,226 persons as per
Informatics Centre Changlang 2011 Census. Changlang District was created as the
10th District of the Arunachal Pradesh on 14 Novem-
District Centre became all the ber 1987 by carving out part of Tirap District.
more important. The District NIC District Centre, Changlang
Centre in collaboration with With its inception in July 1989 NIC Changlang
district Centre started its journey with just one NIC
the State Centre implemented officer and a single 386 machine with a handful of
terminals. However, the modest resources did not Changlang NIC Website has become a
various services, which facilitated come in its way towards providing ICT support to the single window platform for accessing var-
district administration and in implementation of ICT ious citizen services, certificate applica-
emergency movement of people based citizen services and government schemes in tions, Tender notices, Beneficiary details
the district. Being one of the remotest districts of the of Government schemes and tourism re-
and goods. Support was also lated information & services.
country with no other ISPs, in the early years NICNET
provided to help the District played a pivotal role in providing Internet services to 24x7 IVR helpline for public grievanc-
district administration and other departments in the es, e-passes and online portal for goods
Administration in enabling large- district. At present it is one of the most active Dis- delivery during Covid-19 pandemic have
trict Centers in the State in terms of providing NICNET catalysed online delivery of citizen ser-
scale Testing and Contact Tracing. Connectivity and comprehensive e-Government Ser- vices.
vices to the citizen. This has brought transparency in work-
ing of local administration and ushered in
Major ICT Initiatives in the digital governance.
District
In addition to its usual Video Conferencing ser-
vice and NICNET service, which interconnect vari-
ous departments of the District Administration, NIC
Dr. DEVANSH YADAV, IAS
Changlang also provides a bouquet of e-Government
Deputy Commissioner
Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh
services for benefit of the people of the district. Most
important among them are:
Schedule Tribe certificate, Income certificate, De-
pendent certificate, Permanent and Temporary Resi- • A web portal was also launched for online deliv-
dent certificates, Character certificate, Birth & Death ery of essential goods from local shops to citizens
certificate, Marriage certificates, Government ID Card, during COVID-19 early lockdown time.
Inner Line Permit, Vehicle Registration Certificate,
Driving Licences, Aadhaar services, Arms Licence, etc. • Aarogya Setu Dashboard and App were used for
During Covid-19 pandemic period ICT services of contact tracing information.
the District Centre, become all the more important. • Constant coordination and support to Medical
District Centre in collaboration with the State Cen- officers in uses of Web portal and mobile App for
tre implemented various services, which facilitated transferring Rapid Antibody Test and RT-PCR data
emergency movement of people and goods. Support to ICMR portal for probable +ve/-ve cases, through
Radhe Hinda was also provided by the District Centre to help the Medical officer’s mobile phones.
Technical Director & DIO District Administration in enabling large-scale Test-
radhe.hinda@nic.in ing and Contact Tracing. Some of the important ser- • Constant coordination and support to Medical
vices provided during this period are - officers in monitoring, addition and updating of
• E-Pass application for essential Services imple- COVID-19 dedicated facilities, updating of positive
mented, for Vehicle Pass, Medical emergency Pass cases, etc.
and other entry Passes during COVID-19 lockdown
KESHAV SINGH
GAUTAM
time.
District Website
STA & ADIO • Mobile app for inviting orders and essential items A major initiative of the NIC District Centre is
keshav.singh.gautam@nic.in delivery service during COVID-19 lockdown. the District Website developed on S3WaaS Platform.
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