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VOL. 27 No. 4, April 2019
In Focus
PFMS Page 21
NIC’s 1st Technology Conclave District Mahabubnagar
VIVID 2019 Online Examination System
Digital India Awards National Power Portal
Goa State Anubhav Portal
INFORMATICS
Volume 27 No. 4, April 2019
PATRON well-planned mechanism, engagement and stability lay the
Dr. NEETA VERMA foundation of successful governance. Having revolutionised
the way government functions, the deployment of ICT has led
ADVISORY PANEL to impactful solutions for citizens and other stakeholders, and
Rama Nangpal it has also fostered strategies to ensure transparency in the
G.K. Gaur government’s internal processes. Finance Sector of the
government is one such area where ICT has played a significant role by
Nagesh Shastri
developing a system to monitor the flow of funds to the beneficiaries of
Nandita Chaudhri
different welfare schemes. An insightful Cover Story on NIC’s Public
Financial Management System (PFMS) has been featured in this issue of
EDITOR INFORMATICS.
Mohan Das Viswam
The last few months witnessed a number of nationally important events
ZONAL EDITORS that kept the atmosphere buzzing at NIC. Having hosted its first ever Tech-
Dr. Dibakar Ray nology Conclave, NIC collaborated with industry experts to deliberate on
Reuban K. various ICT solutions for enhanced e-Governance. The inaugurations of
Kavita Barkakoty Command & Control Centre and Centre of Excellence in ‘AI’ by the
Sarbjeet Singh Hon’ble Union Minister, Electronics & Information Technology and Law
A.K. Dadhichi & Justice at NIC HQ were momentous in the timeline of the organisation.
While the 3rd edition of VIVID reassured NIC’s commitment to keep
WEB VERSION inspiring its officers, the 5th edition of Digital India Awards showcased
Sunil Sunsunwal tremendous development in the application of ICT. Similarly, the 2nd
Pankaj Kumar National Workshop on Central Public Procurement Portal paved the way
to ponder on future-driven strategies.
Archana Sharma
It is worthwhile to mention, an interaction session was held by Director
CONTENT & DESIGN SUPPORT General, NIC, with Senior Officers on New Year day to take a glance of
Leena Khurana the projects implemented last year and discuss the way forward. The
Rohit Maurya Spotlight section of this issue features all these stories in detail.
PRINT, CIRCULATION & DISPATCH NIC e-Governance projects in the State of Goa have been focused in From
Sudarshan Singh Balouria the States section. District Informatics section talks about ICT advance-
Anita Bhardwaj ments in Mahabubnagar District of Telangana. Articles covered in the
e-Gov Products & Services section are Online Examination System of
PUBLISHED BY NIC, National Power Portal and Anubhav Portal. Appscape details seven
National Informatics Centre Apps introduced recently. Accolades, International e-Gov Update and In
Ministry of Electronics & IT The News sections also bring to you some interesting reads as always.
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01 Cover
11
02 Editorial
03 Contents
SPOTLIGHT
04 NIC’s first Technology
Conclave
07 VIVID 2019
09 Digital India Awards
11 Inauguration of NIC’s
Command & Control Centre
12 Inauguration of NIC’s Centre 37-40 IN FOCUS
of Excellence in ‘AI’
13 DG interacts with Senior NIC 21 Public Financial
Officers Management System (PFMS)
40
E-GOV PRODUCTS & SERVICES
FROM THE STATES
31 Online Examination System
14 Goa: Aspiring to be the IT of NIC (OESNIC)
Hub of India
33 National Power Portal
DISTRICT INFORMATICS 35 Anubhav Portal
19 Mahabubnagar, Telangana
37 APPSCAPE
09-10
41 INT’L E-GOV UPDATE
43 IN THE NEWS
47 ACCOLADES
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NIC’s first Technology
provided by NIC to the Centre, States and
Districts. He said, “With national e-Gov-
ernance plans, NIC has developed
Conclave held
nation-wide projects such as e-Hospital,
e-Courts, National Knowledge Network,
National Data Centre etc.”
Profound discussions enabled knowledge The next session on the Conclave’s theme
sharing on harnessing advanced technologies was taken by Shri D.C. Misra, DDG, NIC,
and Shri Ganesh Ramamurthy, Managing
and making India a digitally empowered nation VP, Gartner, deliberated on “Transition-
ing to the Digital Future: What Govern-
Dr. Neeta Verma speaking during the inaugural session of Technology Conclave 2019
pearheading deliberations on topics related to the application of ment Must Do Now?” He suggested
the impact of ICT on e-Gov- emerging technologies. government organisations to take full
ernance, NIC hosted its first advantage of digital data to optimise,
ever Technology Conclave at Extending welcome to the dignitaries and transform and create entirely new services
Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, participants, Dr. Neeta Verma, in her while renovating backend systems.
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi address, highlighted the role of NIC in
from 22nd to 23rd January 2019. Themed driving the use of ICT. She said, “NIC has
as “Technologies for NextGen Govern- been instrumental in steering the applica-
ance”, the two-day event was organised tion of ICT at various levels in the
by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), government. This leverages Digital India,
constituted by NIC, to help project teams a flagship programme of the government
in the development of strategic solutions. to transform India into a digital nation.”
Shri Ajay Sawhney, IAS, Secretary,
Ministry of Electronics and Information The speech was followed by a keynote
Technology, inaugurated the Conclave by address by Dr. Anand Desh-
lighting ceremonial lamp, along with Dr. pande who emphasised on
Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC, Dr. the importance of Artifi-
Savita Dawar, DDG & Chair, TAG, NIC, cial Intelligence and
and Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Machine Learning in
Chairman and Managing Director, Persis- building a
tent Systems. software-driven
government for effec-
The event witnessed an enthusiastic tive governance.
participation of NIC officers from all
over the country and erudite speakers, Shri Ajay Sawhney also
the technology experts from the IT addressed the gathering and
industry, who deliberated on various appreciated the technical support
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Speakers of Technology Conclave (above), Invited guests and audience (below)
“Big Data and Advanced Analytics” was Cities: The nexus of citizens, govern- “AI & ML on the Cloud”, while Shri
the theme of the following session, which ment, data and technology”. Vishal Dhupar, MD, Asia South,
was taken by Shri Lenin P, DDG, NIC, NVIDIA, put forth insights on “Is India
and witnessed deliberations from Shri Underscoring potential avenues to tap Ready for AI Disruption?”
Aniruddha Deswandikar, Director, Data “Artificial Intelligence and Machine
& AI, Microsoft on “Transform your Learning”, the next session was taken by The second day of the Conclave began
Data Estate using Big Data & Analytics” Shri G K Gaur, DDG, NIC. Shri Manav with a keynote address session taken by
and Mr. Salmon Sim, Regional VP, Sehgal, Head (Solution Architecture), Shri Nagesh Shastri, DDG, NIC. The
APAC - Hitachi Vantara, on “Smart Amazon Internet Services, spoke about keynote address was delivered by Shri
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Lalitesh Katragadda, Founder, Indihood, Smt. Ratnaboli Ghorai Dinda, DDG, NIC.
who shared views on “Transforming Speaking on “Culture & Technology: Why
India with Technology and Policy”. the modern threat landscape demands
both?”, Mr. Nick Savvides, Chief Tech-
Shri Vishnu Chandra, DDG, NIC, took nology Officer, Symantec, Asia-Pacific,
the next session on “DevOps/ Agile” focussed on Pervasive Security Culture
during which, Shri Vinod Shankar and other potential aspects. Shri
Narayanan, ThoughtWorks Technolo- Balasubramanya Ramananda,
gies, deliberated on “Government Going
Agile”, while Shri Manjunath Bhat,
Senior Director Analyst for DevOps,
Gartner, spoke about “From Fragile to
Agile: Leading Cultural and Technology
Change for DevOps”.
Cloud technology was also among the
prime areas of focus during the Technol-
ogy Conclave. Underscoring the same, a
session on “Cloud Native Scalable
Applications and Microservices” was
taken by Smt. Shalini Mathrani, DDG,
NIC. Mr. Benjamin Henshall, Country
Manager, Red Hat India & South Asia,
deliberated on “Cloud Native Applica-
tions and Microservices and its
Relevance for Government Sector”,
while Shri Santanu Roy Chowdhury,
Technical Specialist Lead, Intel, talked
about “Software Defined Agile Infra-
structure for Cloud Native Application”.
Dwelling on the protection of network
systems against any kind of threat or note, with the event
misuse, the next session, taken by Shri R. highlights and closing remarks
S. Mani, DDG, NIC, was based on “Soft- shared by Dr. Savita Dawar,
ware-Defined Infrastructure/ Network DDG & Chair, TAG, NIC and Shri
Security”. The topic “Software-defined S B Singh, DDG, NIC, respectively. Dr.
Infrastructure - The new reality of Neeta Verma, DG, NIC, also shared her
Business Transformation” was elaborated feedback about the event and appreciated
by Shri B S Nagarajan, Senior Director & all the speakers for sharing invaluable
Chief Technologist, VMWARE India, insights. Dr. R K Mishra, Senior Techni-
while Shri KPM Das, Cyber Security and Architect, McAfee, also delivered a speech cal Director, NIC, delivered the Vote of
Trust officer, Cisco Systems, spoke at on “Trend and Predictions on Cyber Thanks.
length about “Securing the Public Sector: Security”.
A DIGITAL INDIA Imperative”. The webcast video covering the entire
Such pragmatic discussions paved the event is available at http://webcast.gov-
Since online systems are extremely prone way towards tapping the latest of technol- .in/techconclave-2019/.
to cyber attacks, there is a need to imple- ogies and operating the government
ment cyber security controls. Contemplat- processes more efficiently. The Technol- With inputs from
ing the same, the next session was taken by ogy Conclave concluded on a successful Dr. R.K. MISHRA, NEW DELHI
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2019 Held in New Delhi
Hon’ble Union Minister, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Digital India journey has evinced
encourages DIOs to explore potential avenues global interest and people are eager to
learn from Indian experience. There is
and bring about a wave of digital change digital appetite and DIOs have to work
as part of a larger team of the country.
We have to take India higher.
mented across the country through various
District Offices. She also encouraged DIOs
to tap emerging technologies for the
enhancement of services.
On the occasion, a Digital India Compendi-
um on ‘Digital Bharat, Saksham Bharat’,
making citizens conversant with the success
story of Digital India, was released by the
Hon’ble Minister.
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad also presented-
NIC TechGov Awards and Swachhata
Awards to the winning NIC teams from
State & District Offices and State Centres
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurating the event, along with Shri Ajay Sawhney and Dr. Neeta Verma
respectively.
he third edition of VIVID Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Union Minister, Launches by the Hon’ble
(Vision Insight and Voices as Electronics & Information Technology and Minister
India goes Digital), the Law & Justice, along with Shri Ajay Sawh- Manifesting the active contribution of NIC
National Meet on Grassroot ney, IAS, Secretary, Shri Pankaj Kumar, to the aim of Digital India, the following
Informatics, was organised by Additional Secretary, Shri Gopalakrishnan launches were made by Shri Ravi Shankar
the National Informatics S., AS & FA and JS (Emerging Technolo- Prasad.
Centre (NIC) at Stein Auditorium, India gies), Smt. Simmi Chaudhary, Economic
Habitat Centre, New Delhi from 21st to Adviser and Group Coordinator, MeitY, Dr. ••AI based Digidhan Mitra Chatbot
22nd February 2019. VIVID, an annual Omkar Rai, Director General, STPI, Dr. ••Technology Incubation and Develop-
National Meet to conduct healthy interac- Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC, Smt. ment of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) Scheme
tions with NICians, includes District Nandita Chaudhri, DDG, NIC and Smt. ••Centres of Excellence on
Informatics Officer (DIO) Meet and Rama Nangpal, DDG, NIC. 2IOT Open lab, STPI Bengaluru
Awards Ceremony to reward the contribu- 2ESDM Incubation, STPI Bhubaneswar
tion of officers positioned at various Highlighting the important role played by 2Emerging Technologies, NASSCOM,
District Offices across the country. DIOs in the application of ICT services, Dr. Gandhinagar
Neeta Verma, in her welcome address, 2Emerging Technologies, NASSCOM,
The event was inaugurated by Shri Ravi elaborated digital programmes being imple- Visakhapatnam
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Many projects are attaining
nation-wide footprints. We need to
work on some key points, including the
adoption of the Indian Enterprise
Architecture and the use of open APIs.
Appreciating the efforts of DIOs and
exhorting them to stay enthusiastic about
their work, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said,
“VIVID has been designed to empower and
give you exposure.”
The Hon’ble Minister further added, “NIC The Hon’ble Minister motivated DIOs to cial Intelligence and TechGov. The third
has the responsibility to deploy technology devise strategies for the growth and expan- session comprised of sub sessions on
for improving governance and make growth sion of these sectors using low-cost technol- Introduction to NIC TechGov Challenge
more inclusive and sustainable. Digital ogies. and introduction to PRISM, Introduction to
India initiative should be seen beyond IT TULEAP – a platform for Collaborative
and governance. The Hon’ble Prime Minis- Shri Pankaj Kumar also addressed the Development, MinT: Mining Tool –
ter has taken an initiative to empower gathering and focussed on the issue of TechGov Innovation Winner, and Device
ordinary people. NIC has the responsibility connectivity with DIOs. He said that Integrator –TechGov Innovation Winner.
to make people use digital technology with information on the issues or challenges The second day also witnessed delibera-
the objective of bridging rural-urban gaps faced by them should be obtained. tions by NIC Officers on Government
and also ensuring that the national efforts to Instant Messaging (GIM), Gov Mail – New
bring about transparency in governance are The dignitaries were honoured with VIVID Features, Big Data and Analytics –
reached.” 2019 mementoes and Smt. Rama Nangpal Challenges & Issues, and Opportunities for
gave the Vote of Thanks. Advanced Analytics in Government.
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad drew attention of
DIOs to three areas i.e., Agriculture, Prima- Thereafter, technical sessions were held by With inputs from
ry Education and Healthcare in the country. NIC Officers on Software Quality, Artifi- MEDIA INTERACTION & PROTOCOL DIVISION, NIC
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad launching TIDE 2.0 Scheme
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conferred
Hon’ble Union Minister appreciates winners,
guides towards innovations and making digital activity happening around the globe.
But, there are two types of player encourag-
India a centre of data analytics ing this IT ecospace in the world, one, who
are talked about, others, those who are the
silent workers. Whenever I talk about
Digital Inclusion, my idea about this has
been that unless those who are working
silently on the ground are recognised,
appreciated and rewarded, Digital Inclusion
will not become a success. And, your
presence today, and the Awards being given
today are a recognition.” The Hon’ble
Minister encouraged officers to come with
innovative ideas as to how to make India’s
data a real asset whereby India emerges as a
big centre of data analytics.
In her address, Dr. Neeta Verma said, “NIC
has been constantly striving to provide
state-of-the-art infrastructure to the govern-
ment and is the first to introduce technolo-
gies such as VSAT in the government.” She
further added, “Our pan India infrastructure
not only connects every government
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad presenting the Awards
institution in the country, but all the G2G
communication happens through this
ational Informatics Centre R.S. Mani, DDG, NIC and Smt. Alka network working at the backbone.”
(NIC) hosted the fifth edition Mishra, DDG, NIC. The event was attended
of Digital India Awards at by officers from MeitY, other Ministries, Smt. Kiran Soni Gupta said, “Technology
Stein Auditorium, India State Government and NIC and people from has become so central in our lives. We see
Habitat Centre, New Delhi on industry & media. in today’s world, the boundaries of the
22nd February 2019. The digital world are ever expanding. Digital
event was inaugurated by Shri Ravi Shankar In her welcome address, Smt. Alka Mishra India, the silent revolution initiated by NIC
Prasad, Hon’ble Union Minister, Electron- underscored the instrumental role played by few decades ago is in full bloom today.
ics & Information Technology and Law & NIC in supporting the Digital India initia- Besides creating a lot of opportunities,
Justice, along with Shri Ajay Sawhney, tive of the government and gave an Digital India does have challenges as well.
IAS, Secretary, Dr. Gulshan Rai, National overview of the Digital India Awards. But, it has transformed our lives. Right from
Cyber Security Coordinator, Smt. Kiran our personal to professional lives, we have
Soni Gupta, Additional Secretary and Highlighting the changing landscape of the seen that how the interface between govern-
Financial Advisor, Ministry of Electronics digital age, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, in his ment and citizens have changed over the
& IT and Ministry of Youth Affairs and address, said, “Whenever I reflect upon the years.”
Sports, Smt. Simmi Chaudhary, Economic IT ecosystem of the world, I find three
Advisor and Group Coordinator, MeitY, Dr. things. One is innovation, the second is Dr. Gulshan Rai also addressed the gather-
Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC, Shri empowerment, and third, a new kind of ing. He expressed, “I fully appreciate the
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initiatives and products, which are going to
be announced and released. The Hon’ble
Prime Minister has said in various forums
that this country is going to be Five
Trillion-Dollar Economy and recently, the
Hon’ble Minister has also released a report
on Trillion-Dollar Digital Economy. These
are very realistic figures, and if we convert
into this, we are aiming for a 20% digital
economy. Our digital economy is some-
where around 8.7% of the Indian GDP. We
are almost going 1.5 times faster than the initiatives taken by the State Governments encourage digital initiatives in the North-
global digital economic growth.” and Central Ministries to improve the east, were also selected by the jury.
delivery of services, the fifth edition
Shri Ajay Sawhney said, “We have witnessed the conferring of Awards in eight On the occasion, the following releases
gathered here to acknowledge the efforts categories i.e., Emerging Technology, Best were also made by the Hon’ble Minister:
put in by large number of teams across the Mobile App, Exemplary Online Service,
length and breadth of increasingly Digital Open Data Champion, Web Ratna – Minis- ••Digital India Coffee Table Book
India, and to celebrate many of the success- try/Department, Web Ratna – State/UT, ••Digital India Awards Compendium
es that we have achieved during this period. Web Ratna – District, and Outstanding ••STQC Accessibility Certification
The task that Digital India sets for itself is a Digital Initiative by a Local Body. The ••Scheme
humongous task. We have seen projects nominations underwent a multi-tier evalua- ••Unified Messaging Platform
growing from isolated examples to cover tion process and they were screened by IIT ••Public DNS Service
full states and the entire country.” Delhi. Thereafter, they were placed in front ••Cyber Crisis Management Plan 2019
of an esteemed jury, which was chaired by ••(CCMP) and Guidance Framework for
Digital India Awards, a biennial event, have Shri Ajay Sawhney and comprised of senior ••the CCMP
been institutionalised under the ambit of the government officials, academia & industry Concluding the ceremony, Smt. Alka
National Portal of India to promote a culture experts. Mishra delivered the Vote of Thanks.
of innovation and digitalisation within
government departments that strive for Two Jury Choice Awards as well as Special
making services accessible to citizens. Mention Awards for the Northeast, in line With inputs from
Recognising a number of e-Governance with the government’s Act East Policy to DIGITAL INDIA AWARDS TEAM, NIC
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad releasing the Compendium on Digital India Awards
10 informatics.nic.in | April 2019Spotlight
NIC's Command &
the country. CCC has been set up keeping
in view the requirement of a centralised
facility to seamlessly monitor the availa-
Control Centre
bility of all these Centres and Cloud
Services. It is noteworthy that over
10,000 e-Governance applications are
inaugurated
being hosted by these Centres.
The Hon'ble Union Minister underscores the
need to monitor the Cloud & Data
Infrastructure of NIC In a motivational address, Shri Ravi
Shankar Prasad dwelt on employing latest
of technologies and showed a way
forward to accelerate the pace of opera-
tions. The Hon’ble Minister said, "Over a
period of time, with the spread of Digital
India Initiatives, applications have scaled
manifold, and there was a need to set up a
specialised centre to provide nation-wide
view for ICT infrastructure for an effec-
tive monitoring and performance manage-
ment to ensure availability & smooth
functioning of all critical services."
The Hon’ble Minister also added, “The
new technologies have the potential to
transform societies and usher in an era of
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister, during the presentation session
transparency and efficient governance.”
hri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Advisor, MeitY & Ministry of Youth
CCC is providing users with a customised
Hon’ble Union Minister, Affairs and Sports, Dr. Neeta Verma,
dashboard of Network Management
Electronics & Information Director General, NIC, Shri Pankaj
System (NMS) to enable them to monitor
Technology and Law & Justice, Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, Shri
their respective applications. NIC is also
inaugurated the Command & Gopalakrishnan S., AS & FA and JS
providing Application Performance
Control Centre (CCC) at NIC (Emerging Technologies), MeitY and
Management (APM) through CCC to
Headquarters, New Delhi on 10th January other senior officers from the Ministry.
improve the availability, performance and
2019, in the presence of Shri Ajay Sawh-
functioning of critical applications.
ney, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Electron- NIC has been offering services to the
ics and IT (MeitY), Smt. Kiran Soni government through its 4 National Data With inputs from
Gupta, Additional Secretary and Financial Centres and 30 Mini Data Centres across ANIL RATHORE, NEW DELHI
Smt. Shalini Mathrani, DDG, along with Shri Anil Rathore, TD, apprising the Hon’ble Minister of the activities of CCC
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NIC’s Centre of
Excellence in ‘Artificial
Intelligence’
inaugurated by Hon’ble
Union Minister, Shri
Ravi Shankar Prasad
NIC’s Centre of Excellence in ‘AI’ will
set up a platform equipped with
supercomputing facilities for fast
The Centre will enable the formulation of AI tracking applications of AI in
e-Governance adoption in Govt.
strategies for responsive governance projects.
iving a boost to the e-Govern- tional Secretary, Shri Gopalakrishnan S.,
ance strategies driven by AS & FA and JS (Emerging Technologies)
Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other senior officers from the Ministry Recognition, Speech Recognition &
the Centre of Excellence of Electronics and Information Technolo- Synthesis, Deep Learning and Chatbot/
(CoE) of NIC was inaugurat- gy (MeitY), were also present on the Voicebots.
ed by Shri Ravi Shankar occasion.
Prasad, Hon'ble Union Minister, Electron- Underscoring the role of AI for an
ics & Information Technology and Law & With an aim to work closely with Minis- efficient e-Governance, Shri Ravi
Justice, at NIC Headquarters, New Delhi, tries and Government Departments, CoE Shankar Prasad said, “CoE in AI is
on 10th January 2019. Shri Ajay Sawhney, has been established to focus on the areas designed to promote innovation in appli-
IAS, Secretary, Dr. Neeta Verma, Director of Machine Learning, Natural Language cation of AI to take e-Governance servic-
General, NIC, Shri Pankaj Kumar, Addi- Processing (NLP) & AI in Text, Image es to the next level. NIC has done a few
proof of concepts in image analytics as in
Swachh Bharat Urban, numeric modelling
as in power, text classification and
summarisation etc., which will find an
echo in similar use cases in other Minis-
tries and Departments.”
“Artificial Intelligence and deep learning
can prove to be very helpful in detecting
duplication under various e-Governance
services, which will help the government
save a lot of money”, the Hon’ble Minis-
ter added.
A few Proof of Concepts were demon-
strated in the AI Lab and a Reference
Book on the Use of AI Technologies in
eGovernance Application was also
released on the occasion.
Dr. Neeta Verma briefing about the activities of CoE to the Hon’ble Minister With inputs from
SHARMISTHA DAS GUPTA, NEW DELHI
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DG interacts with
platforms. I am glad to see that a lot of
those platforms have come to the age and
some of them have actually achieved
Senior NIC Officers
nationwide, pan India presence. If you
look at eOffice, eProcurement, eHospital,
eCourts, Sarathi and Vahan, a lot of
products that took off last year have the
on New Year Day potential of taking the pan India status.”
Appreciating the committed efforts made
The year begins on a significant note with by NIC Officers, DG encouraged all to
stay dedicated to the organisation with the
same enthusiasm. She also threw light on
launch of standardised NIC Logo the setting up of a media group to spread
awareness about the projects undertaken
by NIC.
The launch of standardised NIC Logo
was also one of the significant happen-
ings during the meeting. Highlighting the
need to enhance NIC’s visual identity, a
presentation on Logo Standardisation was
given by Shri Mohan Das Viswam, Sr.
Technical Director, UxDT Division. He
spoke about the need of standardisation
and the application of logo variants on
different platforms like websites, social
media, publications, event backdrops etc.
Thereafter, Dr. Savita Dawar, DDG, gave
a presentation on R&D Activities in NIC,
in which she spoke about the ongoing
research and development in various
groups such as Data Analytics Centre,
Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security,
OTG, Computer Aided Design (CAD),
Geographic Information System (GIS)
and National Knowledge Network
Dr. Neeta Verma, DG, NIC, launching the standardised NIC Logo, along with Shri D.C. Misra, DDG, NIC
(NKN).
ew Year is the time to Extending New Year wishes to all, Dr. NIC has been spearheading the govern-
reassure commitment to Neeta Verma, in her inspirational ment’s digital initiatives with full vigour
attaining future goals while address, spoke about the latest achieve- and the same was apparent from the
cherishing the past accom- ments concerning the previous year. DG inauguration of multiple projects during
plishments. As 2019 rolled expressed, “When we began our journey, the last year. Such momentous events like
in, Dr. Neeta Verma, Direc- our focus was mobile first, and then we Launch of Digital NIC, Collaboration
tor General, National Informatics moved to cloud first. In 2018, we were with Sri Lanka for NKN Peering, Launch
Centre (NIC), convened a meeting of primarily trying to focus on digital of Digital Payments Dashboard, Launch
Deputy Director Generals, Heads of of eWay Bill, Felicitation Ceremony for
Groups and Senior Informatics Officers OpenGovDataHack National Challenge
for deliberations on the highlights of and so on, were covered in a presentation
NIC’s digital initiatives in 2018 and the showcasing the glimpses of NIC in 2018.
aspirations set for the current year. Held
at NIC Headquarters, on the joyous Shri V.K. Tyagi, Technical Director,
occasion of the New Year, the meet- thanked all the Officers for their partici-
ing’s live webcast was attended by pation.
NICians from various locations such as
Patna, Hyderabad, Imphal, Ranchi, Shri Mohan Das Viswam, Sr. TD, presenting the With inputs from
standardised Logo of NIC
Haryana and Gandhinagar. MEDIA INTERACTION & PROTOCOL DIVISION, NIC
April 2019 | informatics.nic.in 13From the States
GOA STATE
where finger print scanning and physical
verification are mandatory. The project
has been developed by Software Devel-
opment Unit (SDU), NIC Pune as part of
On a progressive path to become the next IT G2C and G2G services.
Hub of India Impact
••The execution of deeds for registration
is now done in a ten-minute time window.
Edited by
ARVIND KUMAR DADHICHI ••Online payment of registration fees is
integrated with e-Challan Payment
NIC Goa State Centre is the mmensely popular as a Gateway.
bustling tourist destination, the ••Property registration is made simple
leading solution provider of smallest yet vibrant state of and hassle free.
India, Goa, has a lot of recog-
nition to its credit. Boasting of ••Need to interact with SRO officials is
ICT services in the State. eliminated. Citizens need to visit regis-
over 80 miles of coastline,
trar’s office only for the final stage of
Aimed at better e-Governance, natural beauty, magnificent
registration.
heritage sites and churches, and much
the initiatives by NIC Goa have more, the State has strongly established ••Property registration process is simpli-
itself in the hospitality sector. Currently fied for citizens.
earned several prestigious ranked 19th in the country as far as Ease
of Doing Business is concerned, Goa is
accolades to its credit. South now not only touted as a hottest travel
destination in the country, but is also
Goa is a unique District in India rapidly progressing to be an upcoming
Information Technology Hub and
where a complete Data Centre Start-up haven. The same has got a boost
after the relaunch of the IT Policy in July
is provided by the District 2018. Goa was the first State to achieve
100% digitisation of Land Records way
Magistrate. back in 2001. NIC Goa has been working
with a firm commitment to make the State
a technologically rich destination where
citizens can avail ICT services to the
maximum. Some of the important and
large-sized ICT projects implemented by
NIC Goa are as follows.
My heartiest congratulations to NIC Goa
National Generic Document on being an invaluable partner of the
Registration System (NGDRS) Government of Goa in the various e-Gov-
The State Registration Department, ernance initiatives. With e-Challan
Government of Goa has marked their Payment Gateway, about 75% of all the
presence under Digital India Programme government receipts are now received
by launching National Generic Document through online mode. Directorate of
Registration System (NGDRS) Accounts makes approximately 98% of
(https://ngdrsgoa.gov.in), which is a payments electronically. The recently
national initiative by NIC. It uses a launched NGDRS, State GST System and
powerful algorithm to determine proper- Excise System have made a good impact.
PRASHANT THETE ty/ land valuation, automatic stamp duty This year, for the first time, Goa has had a
Sr. Technical Director and registration fee on the basis of market fully digital Budget. Goa SPARROW
& SIO value. This project was inaugurated by System has made a high impact on
pk.thete@nic.in moving towards the paperless office. All
Shri Nilesh Cabral, Hon’ble Minister of
these measures are helping us achieve
Power, Non-Conventional Energy, Law
our dream of Digital India.
and Judiciary, Government of Goa, on 4th
February 2019. All 12 talukas in both
PARIMAL RAI, IAS
districts have completely switched over to
ARCHANA P.
NGDRS and are working seamlessly right Chief Secretary
NAGVEKAR
Technical Director from online registration, online payment, Government of Goa
archana.nagvekar@nic.in taking appointment for final registration
14 informatics.nic.in | April 2019From the States
orders are available.
Civil Criminal Both ••Database and application are migrated
to NIC cloud services for uninterrupted
Original - 9575 (67.76%) services.
••The entire database is synced with
Appeal - 912 (6.45%) National Judicial Data Grid. Case statuses,
judgments, causelists, daily proceedings
Application - 1236 (8.75%) (roznama) and daily orders are instantly
available to litigants and lawyers.
Execution - 2407 (17.03%)
On similar lines, Case Management and
Information System (CMIS) and The
Impact Analysis (CIS NC V3.0) CONFONET, which deal with quasi-judi-
cial machinery, are implemented in Goa.
Goa Assembly Budget mented in the District and Subordinate
Courts of Goa. Developed by NIC, SDU, e-Challan Payment Gateway
On 30th January 2019, Late Shri Manohar Pune as part of G2G and G2C services,
Parrikar, Hon’ble Chief Minister and A common platform for all Goa Govern-
this application (http://ecourts.gov.in)
Finance Minister of Goa, presented a ment receipts, e-Challan Payment
meets functional requirements of the
100% Paperless Budget – an initiative of Gateway Portal (https://egov.goa.nic.in-
registry of District and Subordinate
Green Budget, for the first time ever in /echallanpg) is a G2C service that makes
Courts with respect to filing and registra-
Goa History. All the Budget documents the operation of online payments possible
tion of cases, preparation of causelists,
were made available to all Ministers and through a single platform. Developed by
publishing of orders and judgments. CIS
MLAs during the session on their NIC Goa, the system is integrated with the
shares case status, roznamas, judgments,
Notebooks and Tablets. Later, the entire State Bank of India Multiple Option
orders and causelists through a website for
Budget was made available on the website, Payment System (SBI MOPS), and it
the benefit of litigants and legal fraternity.
especially designed for the Budget. provides Internet Banking, Credit Card and
Touch screen based information kiosks Debit Card options of over 60 banks.
A web-based software for preparing have also been installed at the respective Impact
entire activities of the Budget till court complexes for lawyers and litigants
presentation at Legislative Assembly and ••75% online payments are made on an
to view judgments, daily orders, case average.
a Mobile App were developed by NIC status and causelists. A Mobile App has
Goa. All the budget related documents of been developed and hosted in Play Store ••The success rate of online payments is
the current year and previous years are to help lawyers and litigants get informa- 85% on an average.
available at the website (http://www.go- tion about case statuses and causelists. ••As of now, 23 departments are provid-
abudget.gov.in) and Mobile App Digital display boards have been installed ing online payment services.
(GoaBudget). at various places outside court halls ••There are more than 300 online servic-
within respective court complexes to es available to citizens, businesses and
Case Information System showcase proceedings in court halls. employees.
National Core V.30 (CIS NC V3.0) ••The system is a green and paperless
Considering the reliable and high band- Benefits initiative of the Government of Goa.
width availability, first time in India, ••Options to prepare decree of award, Bulky bank scrolls have been replaced by
cloud-based CIS V3.0 has been imple- digital edition of judgments and final e-scrolls.
Smt. Mridula Sinha and Shri Govind Gaude launching Fair Price Shop Automation
e-Challan Payment Gateway Team receiving the CSI-Nihilent Award in Kolkata Project in Goa
April 2019 | informatics.nic.in 15From the States
Fair Price Shop Automation change in MRP etc.) returns filing, tax collection, ward offices
Project ••No Objection Certificate (all kinds of and tax payer units, ledgers, assessment
NOC) of tax payers based on returns and tax
Connected with ePoS devices at Fair payments, refund processing etc.
Price Shops, the Fair Price Shop (FPS) ••Permit (new permits for imports
Automation Project (https://epos.hary- within the country, abroad etc.) The GST Mobile App has been made
anafood.gov.in/goa/) was launched by ••Manufacturing unit (complete work- available on Google Play Store with
Smt. Mridula Sinha, Hon’ble Governor of flow from raw material, bottling and complete workflow and acts as an
Goa and Shri Govind Gaude, Hon’ble warehouse entry to exit) alternative to the existing application
Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer
Affairs, Government of Goa, on 11th
••Online web portal for public was system hosted on the web.
launched on 28th March 2018. It helps Impact
December 2018. Developed by NIC browse excise department related infor-
Andhra Pradesh, the project has been mation. ••Completely paperless, anywhere and
undertaken as G2C and G2G service. “on the go” operation
••GEMS Mobile App (available on Play
Store and for official use only) ••E-sign and digital signatures are incor-
The Public Distribution System (PDS) porated.
functions through a network of FPSs. The
sale of essential commodities as per the Impact ••Easy tracking of non-filers of returns
entitlement of ration card holders takes ••Green office, elimination of paper
place at an FPS, as per the retail price ••Reduced application processing time
Goa Road Transport
fixed by the State Government. FPS from weeks to few hours
Department
automation is the last mile activity under NIC Goa has successfully implemented
the end-to-end computerisation of TPDS. ••An applicant can submit label images
digitally as a part of Ease of Doing the following eTransport services.
Business.
Features Vahan 4
••Internationally recognised GSI
••Biometric authentication of benefi-
Barcode helps identify genuineness of the Developed by NIC New Delhi, Vahan 4
ciary using Aadhaar (https://vahan.parivahan.gov.in) is a
permit.
••Capturing sales transactions data at ••Linking of permits and endorsement
G2C service, designed to manage new
FPS vehicles’ registrations for the Regional
details have helped avoid multiple truck Transport Offices (RTOs).
••Capturing receipt of commodities at entries against one permit.
FPS Impact
••Generation of various MIS reports Goa GST System ••Nearly 80% of registration data is
A tab based Intranet Application for digitised and made available through
Impact National Register.
Goods and Services Tax for the Depart-
••Right beneficiaries of PDS get their ment of Commercial Taxes, Government ••Introduction of POS has reduced
dues. of Goa, Goa GST System (http://go- manpower requirement to handle cash.
••No pilferage of materials at the FPS agst.gov.in) was made operational on 1st
July 2017, with the concept, “work from Sarathi 4
Goa Excise Management anywhere”. Developed by NIC Goa, this Developed by NIC Andhra Pradesh,
System (GEMS 2.0) G2G and G2B system has been designed Sarathi 4 (https://sarathi.parivahan.gov-
in accordance with GST Acts/ Rules and .in/sarathiservicecov) is a G2C service,
Goa Excise Management System (GEMS is in sync with the Central GST System. designed to manage driving licenses at
2.0) (https://egov.goa.nic.in/excise - for This suite offers services like registration, RTO offices.
public, https://goaexcise.gov.in - for
department) was released recently. It
provides over 55 online services to
stakeholders like production module (raw
material, blinding, bottling, warehouse,
transport permit), recording/ renewal of
labels, license/ renewal for production,
warehouse, retails, import/ export and
NOC, permit for import/ export of spirit/
alcohol/ liquor etc.
Features
••License (registration, issuance, renew-
al and withdrawal of excise license)
Shri Parimal Rai, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Goa, inaugurating GEMS 2.0
••Label (registration of new brands,
16 informatics.nic.in | April 2019From the States
download certificates on the payment of
required fee.
••The system provides a contactless,
cashless and faceless process.
Goa Land Records Project
(DHARANI)
Developed by NIC Goa as part of G2C
and G2G services, DHARANI
(https://egov.goa.nic.in/dslr) is a
complete integrated textual Land Records
Management System implemented in the
State of Goa.
Features
Shri Govind Gaude, Hon’ble Minister for Art and Culture, Goa, inaugurating the workshop on e-Granthalaya
••Record of Rights (Form I & XIV -
Rural) and (Form D – Urban)
••Mutation is done digitally.
Impact issuance of NOC for water and electrici-
ty connection. This system has been ••Integrated with the Property Registra-
••Nearly 90% data of driving licenses tion System, which facilitates automated
have been digitised. Details are made developed by NIC Goa as part of G2C
services. initiation of mutations once the property
available through National Register. is registered.
••Licenses can be processed across 28 Impact ••Used for crop survey during Kharif
states in India without NOC. and Rabi seasons
••Transparency, efficiency and account-
eTransGoa/ Goa Transport Portal/ ability in Panchayat Administration has ••Web-enabled touch screen kiosk
Checkpost Goa been achieved. interface is available to public.
eTransGoa is a workflow-based system ••Citizen records are maintained online ••Citizen Service Centres provide copy
related to RTA & STA permits. Goa Trans- and up-to-date. of ROR to public.
port Portal (https://www.goatrans-
port.gov.in) provides general information Municipal Services on Impact
about the Transport Department and UMANG App ••5,10,000+ RORs issued so far through
Checkpost Goa is meant to monitor vehicle An initiative of the Ministry of Electron- DHARANI Rural
checkpost related activities. Developed by ics and Information Technology (MeitY) ••2,00,000+ mutations processed till
NIC Goa as part of G2G, G2B and G2C and National e-Governance Division date using DHARANI Rural/Urban
services, all the three systems have been (NeGD), Unified Mobile Application for
operational since the mid of 2018. New-age Governance (UMANG) ••Online payments have made it simple
(https://web.umang.gov.in) provides a for citizens.
Impact
single platform to all the Indian citizens
••Online payment feature has helped to access government services. Devel- Immigration, Visa,
reduce public movement to RTO offices oped by NIC Delhi and Goa as part of Foreigners Registration &
and thus, malpractices in the department. G2C services, this system also includes Tracking (IVFRT)
••At check posts, daily tax collection services linked to Urban Local Govern- Undertaken by the Ministry of Home
from nearly 125 vehicles entering the ment Bodies. Locally developed web Affairs, IVFRT (https://www.boi.gov.in)
state has gone up to Rs. 1.5 lakh. services were exposed to be consumed by is a Mission Mode Project, based around
UMANG App. Users can search and the core values of security, facilitation,
Infogram view birth and death certificates after enablement and streamlining of proce-
Infogram is an integrated solution imple- submitting the mandatory fields. dures for foreign visitors. Various
mented to efficiently manage functions Benefits modules implemented in the State of Goa
in a village panchayat with respect to the ••Citizens have an easy access to birth are Immigration Control System (ICS),
registration of births & deaths, house tax and death certificates registered at any of eVisa, eLanding Card (eLC), eFRRO,
& light tax collection, lease rent collec- the 15 registering authorities in the State. C-Form, S-Form, Prior Reference Check
tion, issuance of construction licenses, (PRC), Nationality Status Verification
trade licenses, and issuance of various ••Citizens can verify the correctness of (NSV), Online Indian Citizenship and
certificates like residence certificate, certificates. Unique Case File (UCF). The project has
income certificate, character certificate, ••Once the process of digital signing of been developed by NIC New Delhi as
caste certificate etc., and also the legacy data is completed, citizens can part of G2C services.
April 2019 | informatics.nic.in 17From the States
online submission of water cess.
CM Dashboard
NIC Goa has provided 17 services under
various projects on DARPAN portal
(http://ga.cmdashboard.nic.in), which
has been developed by NIC UP as part of
G2B services. Some notable services are
e-Challan receipt, revenue collection,
excise permits, daily GST collection,
Vahan and Sarathi, mother and child
tracking, PDS, municipal administration
etc.
Shri Prashant Thete, SIO, NIC Goa, speaking during the launch of OCMMS
Accolades
Benefits software is UNICODE Compliant and ••SKOCH Award of Merit for e-Challan
••A secure and integrated service deliv- thus, supports data entry in local languag- Payment Gateway in New Delhi, Septem-
ery framework that facilitates legitimate es. As on date, 224 libraries in Goa are ber 2015
using e-Granthalaya application. To
travellers while strengthening security
extend this application to the grassroots
••CSI-Nihilent Award in Project
••Electronic Tourist Visa/ Electronic Category for e-Challan Payment Gateway
level institutes, a two-day workshop was in Kolkata, January 2018
Landing Card for foreigners from select- organised and inaugurated by the Chief
ed countries Guest, Shri Govind Gaude, Minister for ••Express Computer Award for Enter-
••Generation of UCF by consolidating Art and Culture, Government of Goa. prise Apps for e-Challan Payment
the complete travel history information of Gateway in Indore, February 2018
foreigners/ Indian nationals travelling to The latest version of e-Granthalaya i.e., ••SKOCH Order of Merit for GEMS in
and from India, thereby enabling better Version 4.0 is a 'Cloud Ready Applica- New Delhi, September 2015
risk profiling by security agencies tion' and provides a web-based data entry ••Technology Sabha Award in August
solution in enterprise mode with a 2018, initiated by the Indian Express
Impact centralised database for a cluster of librar- Group
ies. Considering the good connectivity in
••Efficient and effective tracking of
the entire State of Goa, this centralised ••CSI Nihilent E-Governance “Award
foreigners in India of Excellence” under best Department
application will be hosted at State Data
••Immigration clearance has been facili- Category for 2009-2010 for Goa Land
Centre (SDC) so that each institute can be
tated by issuing eLanding Card by setting Records Project (DHARANI)
provided with a unique instance.
up mobile counters for foreigners/
tourists visiting India on short-term visit. Online Consent Summary
Management & Monitoring NIC Goa is making rapid strides in ICT
On similar lines, e-Sanad, an online System (OCMMS) projects. From mainframe based GPF and
system for Attestation and Apostille of High Tension Electricity Billing to the
NIC has developed OCMMS application online payments of today, Information
Documents, has been developed for using (https://goaocmms.nic.in/) for Goa State
documents abroad. Arms License Technology in Goa has gone through the
Pollution Control Board, under the Minis- entire gamut of development. It is
Issuance System (ALIS) and try of Environment, Forest and Climate
Inter-operable Criminal Justice System noteworthy that citizen-centric services
Change, and it was inaugurated on 10th can now be availed from the comfort of
(ICJS), used for digitising and October 2018. Nearly 16 services have
interlinking the data exchange among the one’s home, thus reducing the overall
been taken onboard, thereby facilitating carbon footprints of modernisation. With
Courts, Police, Prosecution, Forensic, the industry to apply for these services the implementation of major projects
Prison, Juvenile Justice and Finger Print online through this portal. The Application highlighted above, NIC Goa State Centre
are implemented in Goa. has been developed by NIC New Delhi as is well-tuned with the national vision of
part of G2B services. Digital India.
e-Granthalaya
Developed by NIC New Delhi as part of Some of the services offered by this
For further information, please contact:
G2C services, e-Granthalaya application are Consent for Establish-
ment, Common Consent Application, Lab STATE INFORMATICS OFFICER
(https://egranthalaya.nic.in/) is useful NIC Goa State Centre
for the automation of in-house activities Analysis Report, Inspection Report, H-Block, Paraiso-De-Goa, Porvorim
of libraries and to provide various online Closure Direction for Industries, Online GOA - 403521
member services. The software provides Consent Fees, Lab Fees, water cess and Email: sio-goa@nic.in
built-in Web OPAC interface to publish other fees, Online Filing of Annual Phone: 0832-2410816
library catalogue over the internet. The Reports Form – IV and Form – V, and
18 informatics.nic.in | April 2019District Informatics
District Mahabubnagar,
Telangana
Setting new horizons towards digital
empowerment and enhanced e-Governance
Edited by
REUBAN K
NIC Mahabubnagar District ahabubnagar is the largest
district of Telangana State
Centre has been spearheading in terms of area covered and
is also known as Palamoor. NIC Mahabubnagar District Centre is
the implementation of ICT Mahabubnagar district playing a key role in the implementation
headquarters town was of eOffice Project in all the Departments
services in the District with named after Mir Mahabub Ali Khan, the of Mahabubnagar and is active in the
Nizam of Hyderabad. It is bounded on the promotion of e-Governance. The
great zeal, thereby helping the north by Ranga Reddy district of Telangana, Centre's determination and initiatives
on the east by Nagarkurnool district of taken in Mahabubnagar have created a
District Authorities establish a Telangana, on the south by Wanaparthy and conducive atmosphere for the imple-
mentation of several e-Governance
Jogulamba-Gadwal districts of Telangana
projects and paved the way for the
better connection with citizens. and on the west by Raichur and Gulbarga District Administration to do more in
districts of Karnataka State. this area by providing accurate,
A number of projects, speeding transparent and responsive informatics
Beautiful temples, forts, museums, backwa- services to the District.
up e-Governance in the District, ters and other attractions in the District
make it one of the most desired tourist The keenness and proactive support
have also helped citizens find a attractions in South India. While the District from NIC officials to roll out various
already enjoys a thriving tourism economy, e-Governance projects, sharing of
faster way of approaching the the District Authorities have also been government information through the
consistently engaged in the enhancement of District website and active support
authorities and getting quick citizen-centric services. It is noteworthy that during General Elections have been
quite commendable.
NIC Mahabubnagar District Centre has
resolutions. been dedicatedly working with the Authori- I appreciate their efforts and regular
ties in the implementation of ICT services, contributions towards the promotion of
thereby contributing to better e-Governance ICT culture and making e-Governance a
in the District. true success in the District. The District
unit of NIC has taken significant strides
ICT Initiatives in the District since then and helped the District
Administration in bringing about a
District Website qualitative change. I really look forward
NIC Mahabubnagar District Centre under- to the NIC team to act up to highest level
takes the regular maintenance and updation by their sincere and strenuous efforts
of District Administrations website and wish them all the best in their
M. SATYANARAYANA present and future assignments. This
MURTY (https://mahabubnagar.telangana.gov.in),
was possible through collaborative
Tech. Director & DIO as per the latest information received from
msmurty@nic.in efforts of District Administration and
the District Administration. Mahabubnagar NIC.
District was conferred with ‘Webratna
District – Gold’ award in Digital India
Awards 2018 ceremony held in New Delhi D. RONALD ROSE, IAS
on 22nd February 2019. The Award was District Magistrate & Collector
RAVI BANDI presented for newly improved bilingual Mahabubnagar, Telangana
Scientist-B & ADIO (English and Telugu) website, based on
ravi.bandi@nic.in S3WaaS (Secure, Scalable and Sugamya
April 2019 | informatics.nic.in 19District Informatics
Shri D. Ronald Rose, IAS and NIC Officials during Digital India Awards 2018 Inauguration of eOffice at District Chief Planning Office
Website as A Service framework). The e-Hospital Officials, offices etc., directly through the
revamped website provides enhanced An innovative ICT-driven solution for App. The Feedback and Suggestion section
user-friendly functionalities and interfaces, hospitals, e-Hospital (http://ehospital.gov- helps citizens post complaints, feedback,
in compliance with the Guidelines for Indian .in) is a Hospital Management System, issues and suggestions, along with photo-
Government Websites (GIGW) standard specifically meant for hospitals in the graphs, to concerned authorities in just a
website norms and robust security standards. government sector. This generic software few clicks. The App can be downloaded
covers major functional areas such as from Google Play Store, and it has over
Shri D. Ronald Rose, IAS, District Collec- patient care, laboratory services, workflow 5000 users as on date.
tor, Shri. M. Satyanarayana Murty, District based document information exchange,
Informatics Officer and Shri. Ravi Bandi, human resource and medical records DM-Dashboard/ Darpan
Additional District Informatics Officer, management of a hospital. It is a A dashboard showing an analytical view of
received the award from Shri Ravi Shankar patient-centric system rather than a series of projects, Darpan (https://ts.dmdash-
Prasad, Hon’ble Union Minister of add-ons to a financial system. board.nic.in) is meant to provide the
Electronics & Information Technology and District Administration the status of differ-
Law & Justice. e-Hospital has been implemented at ent departmental activities with architecture
Government General Hospital, Mahabubna- for presenting dashboard in respect to the
Some of the salient features of the website
gar, Area Hospital, Narayanpet and monitoring of schemes at District level. The
are:
Community Health Centres of Kosgi, dashboard architecture has been hosted on
2•Contemporary look and feel 2•Re- Makthal, Badepally and Koilkonda right common framework for the entire country.
sponsive design 2•Integrated search from 24th April 2017. The District Collector can monitor activities
2• Sugamya easy accessible 2•Infrastruc- of all the departments by using DM Dash-
ture included 2•Seamless cyber security Mahabubnagar District board Login i.e., Telangana DARPAN.
2•Standardised information architecture Mobile App
2•Easy content management system Released by Mahabubnagar District Land Records Updating
Administration, Telangana State, Mahabub- Programme
eOffice nagar District’s Mobile Application aims to NIC Mahabubnagar District Centre helped
eOffice (https://mahabubnagar.eoffice. provide citizens with a tool to connect and the District Administration in the Purifica-
telangana.gov.in) has been implemented at interact with the District Authorities. Devel- tion of Land Records and technical training
55 departments of Mahabubnagar District. oped with technical support from NIC on the same has been provided to various
The new eOffice system is an integrated file Mahabubnagar, the Android application has revenue teams.
and records management system that allows dual language (English + Telugu) function-
employees to manage content, search for ality, and it can be used for accessing Digital India Activities
data internally and collaborate. The file information about the District like District
system also enables electronic movement Administration, contact numbers, tourism ••NIC District Centre plays a major role in
and tracking of files, along with the archival around Mahabubnagar etc. increasing computer awareness among
and retrieval of data. Training on eOffice has government staff and providing them
been provided by Shri Ravi Bandi to seven Citizens can explore the Messages section training for an effective utilisation of
Probationary/ Trainee IAS Officers from to receive important updates, news alerts, government facilities. Workshops, training
2016 Batch, along with District Collector announcements etc., sent by Mahabubnagar programmes and multimedia presentations
and Joint Collector, Mahabubnagar. District Administration. The information are conducted on regular basis.
centre is a handy feature that enables the ••A large number of trainings on cashless
Mahabubnagar is the first District in Telan- browsing of all the important information transactions have been organised for
gana State to implement eOffice at more and resources about the District and employees and students to promote digital
departments. provides access to the contacts of District payments.
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