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VOL 27 No.3 January 2019
In this Issue
#OpenGovDataHack Awards
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
District Hooghly
Suraksha Suite of Arunachal
Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin
Digital Forensics
In Focus
eTransport Page 21
National Homologation
Register
mParivahan
Analytics e-Challan
INFORMATICS
Volume 27 No. 3, January 2019
PATRON fforts and results go hand in hand. Goals cannot be accom-
Dr. NEETA VERMA plished unless contemplated and strategised well. As it contin-
ues rendering several ICT driven services to the nation by grace-
ADVISORY PANEL fully embracing the evolving technological environment, NIC
Rama Nangpal has accomplished many citizen-centric projects in the year gone
G K Gaur by. This issue of INFORMATICS brings to the fore a Cover Story on the
Nagesh Shastri implementation of a robust e-Governance framework, eTransport, to
Nandita Chaudhri automate the operations of Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) in various
states across the country.
EDITOR
Mohan Das Viswam eTransport Mission Mode Project, operational under the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways, aims at enabling convenience to citizens and
ZONAL EDITORS stakeholders, and bringing an effective monitoring approach to the author-
Dr. Dibakar Ray ities. The system is constituted by four components, Vahan, Sarathi,
Reuban K eChallan and mParivahan, operational through web portals and Mobile
Kavita Barkakoty Apps.
Sarbjeet Singh
A. K. Dadhichi The Spotlight section of this issue features the signing of an agreement
between NIC and the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco in
WEB VERSION the field of Modernization & use of IT in judicial system. It also covers a
Pankaj Kumar National Awards Ceremony held for the felicitation of #OpenGovData-
Hack winners. NIC e-Governance projects in the state of Uttar Pradesh
CONTENT & DESIGN SUPPORT and Karnataka have been focused in From the States section. District
Archana Sharma Hooghly of West Bengal has been featured in the District Informatics
section. Articles covered in the e-Gov Products & Services are Arunachal
Rohit Maurya
Suraksha Suite and Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. Appscape details
Leena Khurana
seven Apps introduced for citizens and the smooth functioning of specific
authorities. Accolades, International e-Gov Update and In The News
PRINT, CIRCULATION & DISPATCH
sections are here for you as always.
Sudarshan Singh Balouria
Anita Bhardwaj
Here is wishing you all a very Happy New Year. Let’s aspire high towards
success and happiness in our lives.
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01 Cover
DISTRICT INFORMATICS 36 APPSCAPE
02 Editorial
18 Hooghly, West Bengal
03 Contents
40 INT’L E-GOV UPDATE
IN FOCUS
SPOTLIGHT
21 eTransport MMP: Steering a
04 #OpenGovDataHack National 40 Smart Generation 42 IN THE NEWS
Awards Ceremony
07 India and Morocco join hands E-GOV PRODUCTS & SERVICES
on modernization of Judicial
System using IT 47 ACCOLADES
29 Suraksha Suite of Arunachal
31 Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin
FROM THE STATES
36-39
08 Uttar Pradesh TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
13 Karnataka 34 Digital Forensics
07
January 2019 | informatics.nic.in 03
Spotlight
government has provided two lakh datasets on open data
platform to create an opportunity for innovation. He also
said that the government supports the independence of
social media but utmost care should be taken to ensure
that it does not affect the national fabric.
The Hackathon was conducted in two phases and organ-
ised for Students, Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Start-ups,
Developers and Community to create innovative service
delivery Applications & Info-Graphics, thereby nurtur-
ing innovation. It was held in seven cities i.e., Surat,
Bhubaneswar, Patna, Jaipur, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad
Inaugurating the Awards ceremony, as well as online, and was run through the OGD event
portal, https://event.data.gov.in. Water & Sanitation,
Hon’ble Union Minister, Shri Ravi Transport, Education, Crime and Health were chosen
themes for the event.
Shankar Prasad felicitates winners The first phase was launched by Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad on 12th September 2017. It comprised of a
24-hour event during which, all the teams built Apps
and Info-graphics using the Open Government Data. 43
he Digital India initiative of the Government of best App Prototypes were selected by respective juries
India is progressively underway to make the from each city and were rewarded. In the second phase,
country a digitally empowered society and a the selected App Prototypes were taken forward for App
knowledge economy. Realising such a wide- Development. Each team was given three months of
spread aim of the Government, the Open Govern- mentorship/ incubation to develop the App before
ment Data (OGD) Team of the National Informat- submission. 36 Apps were submitted for evaluation and
ics Centre (NIC), collaborated with Internet & Mobile Associa- 20 Apps were selected for final Jury presentation by a
tion of India (IAMAI) and StartUp India, as part of the Startup National Screening Committee.
Ecosystem Development Programme, and
organised a Hackathon, "#Open-
GovDataHack" National Chal-
lenge across the country.
A National Awards Cere-
mony to honour the
winners of the Hacka-
thon was held at Stein
Auditorium, India Habi-
tat Centre, New Delhi on
1st November 2018. The
awardees were felicitated
by Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of
Law & Justice and Electronics
& Information Technology, in the
august presence of Shri S.S. Ahluwalia,
Union Minister of State, Electronics & IT, Shri Ajay
Sawhney, Secretary, Shri Pankaj Kumar, Additional
Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT and Dr.
Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC.
Congratulating the winners in his address, Shri
Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "IT professionals should
join hands with the government to make India a
digital society." He urged the IT community to reach
out to the deserving and underprivileged sections and
make them digitally literate. The Minister added that the
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January 2019 | informatics.nic.in 05
Spotlight
The esteemed Jury, under the Chairman-
ship of Shri Ajay Sawhney, Secretary,
MeitY, evaluated the shortlisted Apps and
selected winner, first runner-up, two
second runner-ups and eight consolation
awards, for which the National Awards
Ceremony was held. The event witnessed
a huge participation of around 400
people, including officers from the
Government and Academia, Students,
Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Start-ups,
Developers, Community, Media, awar-
dees and finalists for the #OpenGovData-
Hack National Awards Ceremony.
The Open Government Data Platform
(https://data.gov.in) India, an Open Data
initiative of the Government of India, is at
the forefront of promoting innovation in
Open Data ecosystem in the country. It
has been set up by NIC, in compliance
with the Open Data Policy– National
Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy
(NDSAP) whose objective is to provide a
platform for proactive access to Govern-
ment-owned shareable data. These data
sets are directly published on the platform
by the Government Departments.
Such initiatives by the government
provide an opportunity to young talents of
the country to showcase their skills and
introduce innovative ideas. The Awards
Ceremony concluded on a successful note
and it was followed by an insightful panel
discussion on “AI for futuristic use of
OpenGovData”. The session was attend-
ed by Shri Desi S Valli, Founder & CEO,
FOOP - from Netree, Shri Jatin Kataria,
Founder & MD, WE Group - Volcano of
GloCal Solutions, Shri Sandeep Amar,
Digital Leader and Founder, Inaaj, Shri
Saurabh Moody, Chief Data Scientist &
CEO, RealBox.ai and Shri Subrat Kar,
˪&RIRXQGHU &(29LGRRO\
With active deliberations from the indus-
try experts, the session provided
thought-provoking ideas and broad
perspective on the emerging trends in
Artificial Intelligence and the role of
Open Government Data challenges. Such
a discussion brought forward experiential
and rational viewpoints, which, if actual-
ised, could prove to be instrumental in
mutual growth and development.
With inputs from OGD TEAM, NIC HQ
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Spotlight
India and Morocco
join hands to
modernize Judicial ndia has a long history of
having International ties with
various nations for strength-
System using IT ening bilateral relationship
and cooperation. On 12th
November 2018, a Joint
Declaration of Intent (JDI) was signed
NIC and Ministry of Justice, Morocco sign between National Informatics Centre
(NIC) and the Ministry of Justice of the
a Joint Declaration of Intent Kingdom of Morocco in the field of
Modernization and use of Information
Technology in the judicial system. Dr.
Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC
and Mr. Erouihane Abderrafi, Director
of the Studies, Cooperation and Mod-
ernization Directorate, Morocco signed
the agreement in the august presence of
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble
Union Minister of Law & Justice and
Electronics & IT and Shri P.P. Choud-
hary, Hon'ble Minister of State of Law
& Justice, Government of India.
NIC, under the Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology, Govern-
ment of India, and the Ministry of Justice
of the Kingdom of Morocco agreed on
the importance of strengthening bilateral
cooperation between two countries in the
field of modernization and use of Infor-
mation Technology, especially in the
judicial system. Morocco has recognised
the experience of NIC in computing and
automation for the improvement and
Dr. Neeta Verma, DG, NIC and Mr. Erouihane Abderrafi, Director of the Studies, Cooperation and development of public services in sectors
Modernization Directorate, Morocco signing the JDI Agreement in the august presence of dignitaries such as legal and judicial. Both the
organisations have decided to cooperate
in this field in accordance with the appli-
cable domestic laws and regulations.
The guest delegation from Morocco also
visited NIC Headquarters on 13th
November 2018 and participated in a
detailed discussion chaired by DG, NIC.
The eCourts team, headed by Shri S.B.
Singh, DDG, gave a presentation on
eCourts and other judicial applications
implemented by NIC.
During the visit of delegation from Morocco at NIC HQ
With inputs from IPS SETHI, NEW DELHI
January 2019 | informatics.nic.in 07
From the States
UTTAR PRADESH
governmental processes by employing
latest of technologies.
NIC core services towards a
Striding to transform into “Uttam” Pradesh Digital Uttar Pradesh
of good governance Integrated Network Operations –
Information Highway to the entire
Government of Uttar Pradesh through
Edited by NICNET/NKN and UPNICNET
ARVIND KUMAR DADHICHI
••Internet connectivity provided to around
500+ State/ Central Government Depart-
The NIC Uttar Pradesh State ttar Pradesh is the most
ments ••Over 20000+ LAN Nodes in the
populous state in India
State. ••National Knowledge Network
Centre has been instrumental with over 200 million
(NKN) - Connecting knowledge institution
people. Beautiful attrac-
with Multi-Gigabit PAN India Network
in providing ICT-based efficient tions such as Taj Mahal,
••88 links to institutions under NKN have
one of the seven wonders
and assessable e-Governance of the world, located in Agra city, and been commissioned and made operational
religious places such as Mathura, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which include
services to citizens by Ayodhya, Vrindavan, Gokul and Varanasi 22 institutions that migrated from
make the state a favourite tourist destina- NMEICT. NKN Links have also been
implementing projects and tion. Besides, UP is also the largest extended to 75 NIC District Centres of UP.
producer of food grains in the country, and Videoconferencing
providing able technical accounts to have a share of 17.83% of its ••Studio-based videoconferencing services
total produce of food grains. in all 75 districts, 18 Commissionaires, 37
support to various initiatives of District Court & District Jails, High Court,
Although UP enjoys a prestigious status in BoR, CM Office, DGP Office, Commercial
the State Government. The all the verticals, it is worth highlighting Tax, State Election Commission etc.
e-Governance projects are not that the Government of UP has also made
notable accomplishments in ICT, which
only making lives of citizens have enabled the authorities to connect
better with citizens. Implementing
easier by taking services to advanced e-Governance projects in the
State, NIC has been channelising all such
their doorsteps, but have also technological endeavours with great
enthusiasm.
made the administration quick,
The NIC State Centre in Uttar Pradesh was
responsive, transparent, incepted in 1988 after which, NIC District
Centres were established in all the 75
hassle-free and easily Districts to mark the organisation’s promi-
nent presence in the state. NIC-UP has its
accessible. State Centre at Yojna Bhavan, located in the
premises of State Secretariat. NIC also has
its Centres at High Court, Lucknow & NIC has always played a pivotal role
Allahabad, Governor’s House, Chief Minis- in channelising the powers of
ter’s Office, Board of Revenue, APC Office, e-Governance to the masses of
Rural Development Department, Finance hƩĂƌWƌĂĚĞƐŚ͘/ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐŝŶĞͲ'Žǀ-
Department, Vidhan Sabha Library, Secre- ernance have enhanced the trans-
Dr. SAURABH tariat Buildings, IVFRT Varanasi, Chaud- ƉĂƌĞŶĐLJ ŝŶ ĐŝƟnjĞŶͲĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ
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Deputy Director General Bhavan, CGO Complex.
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Having leveraged IT for transparency and
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enhanced governance, NIC-UP has been
instrumental in architecting and implement- ANUP CHANDRA PANDEY, IAS
ing numerous e-Governance projects in the Chief Secretary
RAJEEV RASTOGI State. In joint collaboration with the State 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚŽĨhƩĂƌWƌĂĚĞƐŚ
Technical Director Government, the organisation has efficient-
rajeev.rastogi@nic.in ly led the automated operation of various
08 informatics.nic.in | January 2019
From the States
••Desktop-based videoconferencing provid- Government including CM Office, Chief be monitored effectively by the Hon’ble
ed to all District Magistrates and CDOs Secretary Office and Districts Offices Chief Minister.
••More than 300 videoconferencing More than 3,000 government employees ••To support dynamic real time monitor-
sessions per month resulting in the saving of trained to shift from manual file system to ing of projects, web services are consumed
36 crore per annum ••Webcast – On-demand the electronic version Digital Ids/ Emails at regular interval to display state specific
webcast services for important state events created for employees and digital signatures data at various micro and macro levels.
have been provided to sign the files
Domain Registration - gov.in: Digital electronically Inaugurated by Shri Yogi
Regular data updation is done at predefined
identity of UP Government frequency through APIs.
Adityanath, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar
Meghraj GoI Cloud - Optimum utilisa- Pradesh. ••DARPAN also addresses a wide range
tion of infrastructure, on-demand comput- of other objectives and monitors the strate-
ing services
NIC State Data Centre - Core of eHRMS (Manav Sampada) gy of the Government of UP, which can
check department activities in order to
e-Governance infrastructure for Uttar eHRMS Application was developed as a achieve service level targets.
product model for providing a generalised
Pradesh ••DARPAN is fully configurable for each
Cybersecurity - Safe and secure cyber- human resource management solution to and every state.
space for the entire NICNET community Government Departments to help them take
Email - Manages more than 30000+ right decisions at right time with proper CM Helpline & IGRS
email accounts of UP Government monitoring, manpower planning, employee
Training - Technical and project-based recruitment, postings, promotion and The CM Helpline Project is an extension to
trainings conducted for Central/ State transfer based on their skill sets. It caters to already running Integrated Grievances
Government employees online appointment orders, joining, reliev-
CM Helpline and IGRS Dashboard
ing, vacancy/ recruitment, leave manage-
PROJECTS EXECUTED BY ment etc.
NIC-UP Following is the current status of
e-Hospital eHRMS implementation in UP:
e-Hospital (Hospital Management System) 116 registered departments
is a workflow-based ICT solution for hospi- 2.03 lakh registered offices
tals in the government sector. This generic 805801 employee details entries
software covers major functional areas such 6.90 lakh service book details entries
as patient care, laboratory services, work-
flow-based document information DARPAN
exchange, human resource and medical An initiative of NIC-UP to efficiently
records management of hospitals. It is a display department information, DARPAN
patient-centric system, capturing details of (Dashboard for Analytical Review of
patients right from registration to patholo- Projects Across Nation) is a comprehensive,
gy, admittance in wards, treatment etc. This generic and configurable multilingual
system allows citizens to book online dashboard product for the Members of
appointments in hospitals, thereby reducing Parliament, Chief Ministers, Governors,
time and efforts in taking appointments with Chief Secretaries, Divisional Commission-
doctors in distant hospitals. ers and DMs/DCs across Districts and
The e-Hospital application has been imple- States. It facilitates the presentation of Redressal System in the state. It facilitates
mented in 38 Hospitals, 2 Institutes, 8 real-time data on Key Performance Indica- citizens to lodge their grievances/
Medical Colleges, total 48 hospitals in Uttar tors (KPIs) of selected schemes/ projects to complaints directly to the CM Office
Pradesh and has catered to 1.47+ crore senior functionaries of the State Govern- through a helpline number. The State
patients till December 2018. ment as well as District Administration, Government is in the process of setting up a
which can be used for planning, evaluation mega call centre with 500 call centre agents
e-Office and monitoring. It enhances analysis (CCAs) for registering the complaints.
through data collection by consolidating
e-Office is an initiative taken to infuse
multiple data sources into one centralised Citizens can file grievances anytime,
office automation in the governmental
and easy-to-access platform. Identifying referring to the concerned department and
office processes. It aims to improve produc-
trends in data to gain enhanced perspectives can also keep the track of grievances lodged
tivity, quality, transparency, resource, time
of projects, the dashboard allows users to till their final redressal. The system
management etc., by replacing the old
personalise their view to prioritise the highlights are:
manual process with an electronic File
Management System.
information they require. It is a single on-call platform for all types
Objectives: of grievance, demand and suggestion.
Following is the status of e-Office in Registration of complaints by dialing a
UP: •• To achieve consolidated and arranged toll-free number 1076 Grievances can
Implemented in 94 departments of State information in a single frame so that it can also be registered through Jansunwai web
January 2019 | informatics.nic.in 09
From the States
“Nivesh Mitra was launched by Shri
Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister,
Government of India on 21st Feb 2018.”
Salient features
Two-way interaction on digital platform
between entrepreneurs and departments
Online access, submission and processing
of application forms for setting up of indus-
tries/ enterprises Saves time, money and
energy as repeated visits to different depart-
ments are not required Automatic SMS
and e-mail response to entrepreneur generat-
ed at each stage Online tracking at all
levels and entrepreneur can respond to
Shri Rajnath Singh and Shri Yogi Adityanath, along with beneficiaries and other officials objections/ observations online
Till date, 9753 entrepreneurs have been
registered and 8547 have got their
portal (http://www.jansunwai.up.nic.in), UP e-District: Service delivery approvals or NOCs.
Mobile App and Janta Darbar of CM and to doorstep of citizens
other Officers at Departments/ Zones/ Ganga Haritima Abhiyan –
Divisions/ Districts, Tehsil Diwas/ Thana The UP e-District project provides 26 One Person One Tree
Divas/ CSC etc. Feedback of a complain- e-District Services and 229 Integrated
Services, under the Janhit Guarantee Act, to The Forest Department has launched an
ant is the criteria of final closure of a
online portal for “Ganga Haritima Abhiyan
grievance. Citizens’ satisfaction level is citizens from the eDistrict Centres and
Common Service Centres (CSCs) estab- – One Person One Tree” and it was inaugu-
checked by the Hon’ble CM and other
lished in districts and villages respectively. rated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister in
Ministers by calling citizens on regular basis.
Allahabad. The objective of this initiative
Received references: 1.05 crore, disposed The complete process right from the
is afforestation, public awareness, water
references: 99 lakh, disposal rate: 94% application to final delivery of certificates
has been automated. The web-based conservation and to check pollution on
Kissan Rinn Mocha Yojna application ensures 100% round-the-clock both sides of the river Ganga. Saplings will
(Farmer Loan Redemption electronic workflow and application be planted through government depart-
Scheme) tracking. Dashboard based MIS and escala-
The Government of Uttar Pradesh took a tion matrix ensure adherence to the service
decision to waive off the crop loan of small levels defined for each service and technol-
and marginal farmers across the State up to ogy such as digital signatures has been used
the limit of Rs. 1 lakh per farmer, arising for digitally approving the application and
from loans disbursed during 2008-2016. issuing the certificates.
Launched by Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Implementation Status
Home Minister, GoI, in the presence of
Hon’ble Chief Minister, UP, the scheme More than 13 crore certificates issued to
seeks to waive off loans of 86 lakh farmers people and integrated with DigiLocker
51,800+ CSCs extending e-District Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
(totaling to Rs. 30,729 crore), besides launching the portal
writing off Rs. 5,630 crore in non-perform- Services in rural and urban areas
ing assets (NPAs) of 7 lakh farmers. It was ments on both sides of the river. Farmers
a huge task with multiple stakeholders. So, Nivesh Mitra will be encouraged to plant saplings.
in order to infuse transparency in the It is a Digital Clearance System for all Approximately 9 crore plants will be plant-
system, NIC has developed a complete approvals from the Government of Uttar ed in a year. The entire scheme related
IT-based solution, integrating 56 Banks, Pradesh for setting up the industry. information would be made available to
District Revenue Officials, District Agricul- citizens on the web portal in order to infuse
ture Officials, Aadhaar and mobile details The partnership between the GoUP and an effective monitoring and implementa-
of the farmers so that the benefit reaches the investors is to be strengthened by providing tion of the initiative.
right and deserving farmers. relevant information and supporting
entrepreneurs in obtaining all the required The portal facilitates:
••IT intervention resulted in saving of nearly clearances and approvals, and also redress- Plantation of 9 crore saplings with
Rs. 11,000 crore for the state government. ing concerns and grievances with the support collaboration and participation of people
Current Status of all Departments, District Officials and Login for 86 Forest Divisions, 39 State
4403939 farmers benefitted (NPA + Industrial Associations, thus resulting in level Officers Plantation Monitoring
NON NPA) 24663.62 crore loan transformation of the state into a most System at Forest Division Level and State
amount redeemed sought after industrial hub across the globe. Level Sapling allotment from nursery to
10 informatics.nic.in | January 2019From the States
people Provision for uploading audio managing land spaces of the State, the Uttar eProcurement System etc. ••Integration
and video of events on the portal Pradesh State Government has adopted with Payment Gateway & SMS Gateway
technology for smooth processing of
PARIKSHA matters related to land records with full PRERNA (PRoperty Evaluation
transparency. The Digital Land Manage- & RegistratioN Application)
PARIKSHA (Paperless Recruitment for ment System deployed using technology
Intelligent Knowledgeable, Skilled and and workflow comprises several digital PRERNA is a web-based application,
Highly Able Candidate) is an IT-driven initiatives that include: designed to reorient the Stamps and Regis-
tration Department towards 100% automa-
product for recruitments against vacant posts Computerisation of Land Records/ tion, which will automate the complete
in the Government Departments/ Commis- RoR (Bhulekh) Computerisation of
sions/ Other Organisations/ PSUs etc., under property registration process in the state and
Revenue Court Cases (RCCMS)
also ensure the electronic delivery of
direct or examination mode. Complete Unique identity/ number for each registration documents and other related
process right from the application submis- Revenue Plot Aadhaar seeding and
services to citizens. The application aims to
sion to final selection has been automated. It shareholding in RoR Online applica-
has resulted in attracting more applications eliminate the drawbacks affecting the
tions for mutation and other permissions
from other states and also streamlined the conventional registration system. PRERNA
has been implemented in 362 SROs of 350
entire system, thereby making it more e-NagarSewa Tehsils and is capable of recording 60
transparent and easier for the candidates. It
has been developed under “Implementation Comprising 75 Districts with 18 Divisional different types of deed.
of National e-Gov App Store” and imple- Headquarters, Uttar Pradesh has an urban
mented in 15 recruitment bodies with more population of 4.44 crore. It has 653 Urban Mahila Samman Kosh Portal
than 3.89 crore registrations. Local Bodies. (MSK)
This Central Application is named as An online portal, designed and developed
Nearly 1.20 cr online applications of for Mahila Samman Kosh (U.P. Rani
UPSSSC, 1.02 cr of UPPSC, 81 lakhs of e-NagarSewa and has been conceived and
launched in order to provide services to the Lakshmi Bai Mahila Samman Kosh), is a
UPPRPB and more than 12 lakhs of priority project of the Government of UP. It
UPSESSB Allahabad under various adver- citizens of Uttar Pradesh and employees of
Urban Local Bodies. Latest trends and was conceptualised to provide medical and
tisements have been processed through monetary relief to women who are victims
PARIKSHA portal. technologies like SMS Integration,
Payment Gateways, USSD, Android Apps, of violence and also for maintenance,
education and reconstructive surgery of
AAPURTI- End to end comput- CSC Integration, IVR Call etc., have been
such victims and their minor children. MSK
erisation of TPDS operations used to address citizens. e-NagarSewa is a
also provides assistance to women/ girl
stable, reliable and scalable application,
AAPURTI - The web portal of Food & Civil which can cater to such a high population. children who may not be the direct victim of
Supplies Department, UP (http://fcs.up.gov- To provide seamless e-governance services violence but require critical social and
.in) has been designed as per Guidelines for to citizens, it is essential to have a better economic empowerment. Its features are:
Indian Government Websites (GIGW). The delivery mechanism and information ••Linked with Rajkosh for e-Pay-
web portal is bilingual (Hindi & English) management, and ensure citizen participa- ment/e-Receipt through Treasury
and responsive for compatibility with smart-
phones and tablets.
tion in governance. The Central Application ••Integration of various Stakeholders
has been developed for all Urban Local (Police, Medical, Legal, Probation, Treas-
Current statistics Bodies of the State. ury, District Administration and Public)
3,28,31,181 ration cards with
••Implemented in 60 AMRUT Towns ••Transfer of monetary relief to banks
(including 16 Nagar Nigams and 44 Nagar through PFMS
13,10,54,073 beneficiaries (units) have been Palika Parishads) ••Total 16 modules
digitised using online Ration Card Manage- including Birth & Death Registration, Till date, Approx Rs. 102.94 Cr. has been
ment System. Option for bulk Aadhaar Payment of Property Tax & Water Tax, disbursed to Acid Attacks, POCSO Cases,
Feeding has been provided. Aadhaar of Head Licences, Public Grievances System, Moni- Sexual Violence, Dowry Death Victims
of Family has been feeded in 3,20,20,467 toring of Projects, Stores Management &
(97.53%) ration cards. There are e-Parinayapatra
10,91,31,160 (83.27 %) beneficiaries (units) (Aadhaar-based Hindu Mar-
for which Aadhaars have been feeded. riage Registrations System)
Bulk verification of Aadhaar numbers e-Parinayapatra is a simple, unique and first
through UIDAI server is in progress.
Aadhaar verification has been done for of its kind registration system in the country
9,38,81,040 units out of which 3,26,90,021 through which registrants can get their
units have been seeded with Aadhaar. Marriage Certificates online without
approaching the Marriage Registrar Office.
They are required to authenticate their
Digital initiatives for Land details using Aadhaar and apply online
Management (BhuLekh) through the departmental website. In this
To provide transparency and reliability in process, the details of husband and wife are
January 2019 | informatics.nic.in 11From the States
captured from Aadhaar. Marriage Registra- ••Around 1.0 lakh home guards are Received appreciation from the Hon’ble
tion Certificates in Hindi and English are deployed monthly. So far, 31 lakh deployed Chief Minister for innovations in improving
instantly mailed to the registrants’ e-mail across 9600 duty places in 75 districts taxes through Vanijyakar Automation
accounts. through UPHAAR. System (VYAS) Received the Highest
Digital India Platinum Award for Exempla-
e-TULA (e-Transformation of UP Shasanadesh – Government ry Services for VYAS from the Hon’ble
Legal Metrology Administration) Order Portal of the State Minister of Electronics and IT, Govt. of
India Presented with Special Jury Digital
e-TULA (http://legalmetrology-up.gov.in) The Government Order (GO) Portal of the India Award for e-NagarSewa UP -
is a web portal used by the Department of State has been implemented to ensure the Electronic workflow-based reforms for
Legal Metrology (Weights & Measures), availability of all the orders released by the ULBs in Uttar Pradesh by the Hon’ble
Uttar Pradesh. This online system provides government in public domain. The portal Minister of Electronics and IT Conferred
various automated services to dealers, manu- provides a user-friendly interface to citizens with The Award of Excellence from the
facturers, repairers and traders of the State and officials to facilitate easy and quick Computer Society of India for VYAS in
who deal with weights and measures in one searching and downloading of GOs on CSI-Nihilent eGovernance Awards
form or other, director nominations, registra- various parameters. The Hon’ble Chief 2015-16 Conferred with The Award of
tion for packaged commodities, petrol Minister inaugurated the Online Shasan- Excellence from the Computer Society of
pumps, CNG, auto taxi, flow meter and adesh Summary Service facility wherein India for AAPURTI - Uttar Pradesh Public
storage tanks. GOs would be available on emails once a Distribution in CSI Nihilent e-Governance
person registers himself/ herself on the Awards 2015-16 Conferred with The
Online Transit Pass for Minerals website. Award of Appreciation from the Computer
The Department of Geology and Mining, Implementation Status Society of India for Rani Laxmi Bai Mahila
Government of Uttar Pradesh deals with the
allotment of leases for the purpose of mining
••Coverage: 445 sections of 95 Depart- Samman Kosh Portal in CSI Nihilent
e-Governance Awards 2015-16 Con-
ments of the State
of minerals on leased areas. Through this ferred with The Award of Appreciation
process, the government earns revenue of ••So far, total 47,369 GOs have been from the Computer Society of India for
more than Rs. 1500 crore every year. uploaded and 49, 63,514 GOs have been SAKSHAM- The Scholarship Project in
NIC-UP has developed an online system for downloaded/ viewed by the citizens. CSI-Nihilent eGovernance Awards
the allotment of licences (lease) and Apart from the above, NIC-UP has also 2015-16 Conferred with The Award of
issuance of eTransit Pass to the leaseholders successfully implemented Major Central Recognition from the Computer Society of
(lessee), transforming the entire manual Projects like e-Procurements (GEPNIC), India for Vidhan Sabha Prashnottar Pranali
lease system to an electronic form. e-Courts, SPARROW, VAHAN, SARATHI, in CSI-Nihilent eGovernance Awards
Launched by the Hon’ble Chief Minister in TPDS, Jeevan Pramaan, AEBAS, e-TAAL, 2015-16
June 2017, the portal also facilitates the DigiLocker, e-Prison, PRAGATI, MIS for
department to maintain the details of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Nation- Conclusion
leaseholders, allotment of mineral wise/ plot al Scholarship Portal (NSP), IVFRT etc. NIC has achieved notable successes in UP
number wise leases, accounting of royalty by successful implementation of various
and MIS for providing monitoring reports. Other projects commenced by the State
Government are e-Treasuries, e-Kuber, kinds of ICT Applications to serve the
The online e-Transit Pass having QR code government and citizens. But, there is a
etc., eliminates chances of issuance of SAKSHAM (e-Scholarship), Sarkari Awas
Abantan Pranali (Directorate of Estate), need to enhance the effectiveness and speed
invalid pass. of implementation of ICT projects to make
Vidhan Sabha & Vidhan Parishad Online
Current statistics Prasnottar Pranali, State Archives, UP State the governance more outcome-oriented.
All 1890 lease holders functioning Cooperative Election Commission, ICDS, Interventions are focused on BPR, adoption
through the portal Management of 3778 e-Counselling, e-Mandi, BhuNakha, SPRINT of innovative technologies such as Cloud
mines across the state Tracking of (Department of Sports & Youth Welfare), Computing, Block Chain, Data Analytics,
transportation of 22 minerals of these mines Education Recruitment System, Online AI, Digital Empowerment of Stakeholders
State Government earned 2170.00 crore Registration System of Pre IAS/PCS coach- and Redefining the Service Delivery Mech-
as royalty More than 63 lakh eMM11 ing for SC/ST/OBCs, Integrated Social anism to serve the people and stakeholders
(eTransit Pass) generated Pension System, Anti Bhu-Mafia Portal, through e-Governance and m-Governance
Madrasa Portal, Excise Lottery System, and realise the vision of DIGITAL INDIA
Home Guard Deployment Online Teachers Transfer System, Sanskrit more effectively.
System (UPHAAR) Secondary Education Board and many more.
For further information, please contact:
UPHAAR – UP Home Guard Automation
and Rotation System is a web-based Accolades and Awards STATE INFORMATICS OFFICER
NIC Uttar Pradesh State Centre
deployment system whose objective is to Received Rani Laxmi Bai Veerta Puras- 3rd Floor, Yojana Bhavan, Lucknow
radically improve fair deployment of home kar from the Hon’ble Chief Minister for UTTAR PRADESH - 226001
guards and automate the complete work- ICT innovations and developing interopera- Email: sio-up@nic.in
flow and internal processes with minimum ble systems of Police, Health, Finance and Phone: 0522-2238415
manual intervention. Women Welfare for women empowerment
12 informatics.nic.in | January 2019From the States
KARNATAKA
minimum 2 Mbps links or higher capacity
based on the usage and requirement.
Network connectivity is extended to
Vidhana Soudha, Secretariat, Educational
The “Silicon Valley of India” pioneers in Institutions, High Court of Karnataka,
Agriculture Department, Commercial
e-Governance with ICT excellence Taxes Department and various depart-
ments in the districts. About 157govern-
ment offices are connected through
Edited by NICNET in Karnataka.
REUBAN K
Videoconference setup and services
Studio-based multi-site videoconferencing
Playing a catalytic role in the arnataka is the eighth largest
systems constitute the communication
state of India and is located
promotion of IT amongst in the country's south
western region. Formed on
Government Departments, 1st November 1956, the state
was earlier known as the
State of Mysore, and was renamed Karna-
including the 30 District taka in 1973. Being a home to sculptured
temples, hill ranges, beaches and other
Offices, since 1987, NIC beautiful attractions, Karnataka is among
the most desired tourist destinations,
Karnataka has heralded many thronged by numerous travellers every
year.
state-of-the-art solutions to
Be it literature, music, or culture, the State
the information management has gained recognition in various fields.
The State capital Bengaluru is popularly
and decision support known as an IT Hub, and the role of
technology continues in the State with
requirements of the State and persistent efforts being made by the NIC Karnataka has been a pioneer
Government to make the lives of citizens ŝŶĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƟŶŐ͕ĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ͕ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ-
Central Government easier by providing them with digitally ŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƟŶŐ ŵĂŶLJ
empowered services. NIC has been ŇĂŐƐŚŝƉ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ŝŶ ĞͲ'ŽǀĞƌŶ-
Departments. zealously spearheading ICT initiatives in ĂŶĐĞ ĂƌĞŶĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƚĂƚĞ͘ ^ĞǀĂ
the State, which have helped the authori- ^ŝŶĚŚƵ͕ ^ĂŵƌĂŬƐŚĂŶĞ͕ ĞͲKĸĐĞ
ties speed up e-Governance projects and ^ƵŝƚĞ͕ ĞͲ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů͕ &Zh/d^͕ d͕
enabled them to maintain constant connec- EĂĚĂFrom the States
infrastructure. Executive Video Conferenc- backup, Precision Air Conditioning Students studying in Government First
ing Systems (EVCSs) supplement the main System, Secure Firewall and Intrusion Grade Colleges in Karnataka can view
videoconferencing studio. Desktop video- Protection Systems (IPSs), 104 numbers daily college timetable. They can also
conferencing on Vidyo Portal is also in of Rack Mount and Blade Servers, Server find which teacher takes the class and
operation for individuals. There are 6 Virtualisation, SAN storage with 250 TB lecture hall details. In case, a teacher is
videoconferencing studios in Bangalore raw capacity, Automated Tape Library absent or On Office Duty (OOD), the
and 30 Studios at NIC District Centres. The (ATL) for Data Backup, LAN Switches same will be available.
videoconferencing studios of Zilla and Fiber Switches for connectivity and My-Suru
Panchayats utilise NIC network. The Application Load Balancer.
Multipoint Control Unit (MCU), Radvision Operating System: Android Kitkat
SCOPIA100 MCU-24 and Polycom MCU NIC Swachhta Rankings Released by: Ministry of Panchayat Raj
(40 PortVidyo Router for Desktop VC) NIC Karnataka State Unit stood first in the Developed for Zilla Panchayat, Rural
constitute Videoconference Studios Ranking List awarded by NIC Headquar- Development and Panchayat Raj
Infrastructure. ters for Swachhta related activities among (RDPR), it enables mobile governance to
the NIC State Units on 1st October 2018. capture grievances of citizens in rural
NOC Services
areas.
All the NICNET links are being moni-
tored 24x7 from the NOC located at NIC Mobile Applications of NIC PDO Module
Koramangala. Karnataka Operating System: Android 2.33 and
Email Services Case Management - Karnataka High above
Court Released by: Rural Development and
NIC Karnataka extends NIC email servic- Panchayat Raj Department
es to the Government Organisations, as Operating System: Android, Minimum 2.2
per the NIC Email Policy. Released by: Ministry of Law and Justice This module is used as a bridge module to
The objective of the App is to disseminate Panchatantra, a web-based panchayat
Web Services and Security Audit automation module for Gram Panchayats
Services information related to cases and certified
copy applications filed in all the benches in Karnataka.
Designing, development, deployment and
hosting of many websites for Govern- of High Court of Karnataka. Users can Worksoft
ment Organisations are being taken up view or download judgments based on Operating System: Android 2.33 and
from time to time. Online Recruitment case number. above
Applications for various posts in different Supreme Court Case Management Released by: Rural Development and
departments are hosted. Development and Operating System: Android, Minimum Panchayat Raj Department
hosting of results for SSLC Board, PUC 2.2 The work soft system facilitates RDPR
Board and CET, KSEEB Board, Railway Released by: Ministry of Law and Justice department in following the procedure of
Recruitment Board, Employment and works execution and monitoring the
Training are also hosted as and when The objective of the App is to disseminate
information related to cases filed in the effective implementation of the same
required. The web applications are securi- under different schemes. The purpose of
ty audited mandatorily before hosting. Supreme Court of India. Using the App,
users can manage the portfolio of desired the Mobile Application is to update the
National Knowledge Network status of work by capturing its photo and
(NKN) cases. Statuses of these cases can be
checked in bulk. geo locations at initial, intermediary and
NKN provides high-speed, low-latency final stages.
fiberlinks of 100 Mbps/1 Gbps or higher Marketapp
to the Research/ Educational Institutions.
Swachh Bharat Mission Public module
Operating System: Android
It aims to interconnect all knowledge Released by: Agricultural Marketing Operating System:
institutions across the country to foster Android 2.33 and above
research and resource sharing through Daily market rates from 156 Agriculture Released by: Rural Development and
online collaboration. About 147 Produce Market Committee (APMC)/ Panchayat Raj Department
institutes are connected over NKN in Mandis in Karnataka are available for
registered users. At present, we have The purpose of the Mobile Application is
Karnataka. to update the status and verification of
2,18,000 farmers registered for this
Mini Data Centre purpose. Unregistered farmers can access work by capturing its photo and geo
More than 400 government websites and mobile-friendly Krishi Maratavahini location by the beneficiary.
G2G, G2C & G2B applications are Portal from the App for getting informa- Shop owner module
hosted in the Data Centre, and 24x7 tion related to daily market arrivals, Operating System:
services are provided. The facilities minimum, maximum and modal rates. Android 4.0 and above
include 1250 sq. ft. Server Farm Area,
state-of-the-art internet security and College Timetable Released by: Department of Food, Civil
Operating System: Android Supplies and Consumer Affairs
physical security with Access Control &
CCTV Surveillance, 2 X 100 KVA UPS Released by: Department of Higher This App allows shop owners to issue as
along with Diesel Generator (DG) Education well as to update ration transactions at
14 informatics.nic.in | January 2019From the States
their shops. Transactions happen through
biometric authentication or by showing
food coupons downloaded at any of the
Photo Bio Centres (PBCs) if biometric
authentication fails.
Key Projects of NIC Karnataka
e-Way Bill System
The e-Way Bill System (https://eway-
billgst.gov.in), as a part of Goods &
Services Tax (GST), was implemented in
Karnataka in September 2017, and was
launched for interstate movement of
goods throughout the country on 1st April Shri T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, IAS, Chief Secretary inaugurating the NeVA workshop,
2018. The intrastate e-Way bill genera- along with dignitaries
tion has been enabled for all the states and
UTs in a phased manner. More than 20 jointly sponsored by Central Government tions/ farmers producing organisations
lakh e-Way bills are generated every day, and State Government, is built with a covering the schemes executed by the
and as per records, nearly 5 cr. e-Way vision to help legislatures to go digital Department of Agriculture and allied
bills were generated in December 2018. and conduct business without paper. It departments. All these departments deal
2.10 cr of these bills are interstate while also aims to ensure the smooth flow of with farmers when it comes to providing
2.90 cr are intrastate. It is noteworthy that information between executive and benefits from the government in the form
more than 24 lakh e-Waybills have been legislature and disseminate the legislature of subsidy/ financial assistance. A well
verified by officers in a month. Besides, proceedings on the public domain on a organised and scrutinised farmer
over 27 lakh tax payers are registered and real time basis. NeVA Regional Work- database will avoid farmers from
over 38000 transporters have enrolled on shop was held for Karnataka Legislature running pillar to post for availing bene-
the system. from 2nd to 3rd November 2018. fits and resubmission of same set of
documents repeatedly. For depart-
GSTPro-2 (GST Processing and Farmer Registration & Unified ments, it helps in bringing transparency
Analytics System) Beneficiary Information System – in the selection of beneficiaries, avoid-
GSTPro system acts as an interface FRUITS ing chances of same beneficiary(ies)
between GST Common Portal System FRUITS (http://www.fruits.karnata- availing multiple schemes, avoiding
and Karnataka State Commercial Taxes ka.gov.in) is an e-Governance application chances of same beneficiary(ies) avail-
Department (CTD), and provides for managing farmers database and ing benefits for existing units, and also
back-end solutions to the State to perform benefits provided to individuals/ institu- help in enabling departments in achiev-
various GST related activities electroni-
cally and helps in carrying out procedure
based back-end activities. This system
also has a number of GST analytic reports Web
to help the officers analyse and detect tax Services
evasion.
CEO (Chief Election Office, Karna- Agriculture
taka)
The Assembly Election was held in May Horticulture
2018 to constitute the 15th Assembly
Electing Members for all 224 Assembly Animal
Husbandry Beneficiary
Constituencies of Karnataka. District Farmer Database
Information System for Election (DISE) Database
Sericulture
was implemented all over Karnataka to
randomise polling personnel, Electronic
Voting Machines and Micro-observers. Fisheries
NIC teams across the State also provided
technical support for counting of votes
and web dissemination of results in User Interface for
Common Farmer
almost real time. Registration & Farmer
Querying
Regional Workshop on NeVA
(National e-Vidhan Application)
FRUITS Architecture
The National Mission Mode project,
January 2019 | informatics.nic.in 15From the States
ernance applications to handle highly
Web sensitive property documents. These
Services workflow-based applications are meant
for Property Records Management in
Data Centre
BHOOMI-RoR Data Urban Local Bodies and Rural Villages in
Bank Karnataka, respectively. Both projects
Application Servers
RoR Data avoid legacy data entry, which is laborious
in nature and also exempt survey activities
Application, Test, CCE, Reports before implementation. All the property
Aadhaar Services
Insurance
Companies records are digitally signed by the compe-
AUA Auth. tent authority. e-AASTHI and
from NIC-HQ
Season wise Databases
e-SWATHU are best examples of incre-
Economics & mental model implementation of e-Gov-
Replication Statistics
KSNDMC Services ernance project. Most significant achieve-
ment of these projects has been the collec-
Weather Data tion of attributes, which help in creating
Dept. of
Database Replication Servers Agriculture/
Horticulture authenticated property document by
implementing good amount of govern-
ment process re-engineering. Both appli-
Database Integration Modules Crop Insurance Module Stakeholders cations have an online mutation module to
update the property records based on
registered and unregistered transactions
ing comprehensive and inclusive devel- module helps create and randomise the
and also facilitate handling of apartments,
opment by prioritising the farmers, crop cutting experiments and Mobile
which is the need of the hour. A facility to
based on previous benefits provided. Application is used to capture data during
create charges on the properties has
the experiment. Photos, video and GPS
enabled banks and financial institutions to
Approximately five lakh farmer registra- co-ordinates captured during the process
have more rights on the properties for
tions have been completed since April help avoid future disputes.
which they have advanced loans.
2018 in an incremental approach. Farm- Project Highlights
ers can raise requests online for registra- Awards for e-AASTHI: SKOCH Order
tion, modification of existing details etc. ••60 lakh enrolments since Kharif 2016 of Merit – 2017& e-SWATHU- SKOCH
Electronic integration has been achieved ••Non loanee enrolments increased to Order of Merit – 2017 and CSI-Nihilent
with Aadhaar, BHOOMI (land Records almost 88% of total enrolment in Rabi award for the year 2014-15.
System), Nada-Kacheri (Revenue depart- 2018, compared to mere 20% in Khariff
ments certificates issue system), Public 2016. Seva Sindhu
Distribution System (PDS) and Electors An initiative of the Government of
Photo Identity Card (EPIC) system. The ••Process cycle time for compensation
payment reduced almost by 10 months. Karnataka, Seva Sindhu (http://sevasind-
system also facilitates updation of details hu.karnataka.gov.in) aims to deliver
on benefits passed on to farmers by Integrated with Aadhaar for facilitating
Direct Benefit Transfer. services to the doorsteps of citizens. The
stake-holding departments based on project is getting integrated with various
registration id. Web APIs are available ••De-duplication of land achieved with service delivery channels, citizen service
for stake-holding departments’ applica- electronic data exchange with BHOOMI centres such as Bangalore One, CSC
tions to interact and exchange data. (RoR database) Centres, Karnataka One, Atalji Jana
••Crop cutting experiments conducted Snehi Kendra and Bapuji Kendras, and
Samrakshane using 14,000 mobile devices and facilitat- aims to bring all departmental services
Samrakshane (meaning protection in ed District Magistrates with an alert under one platform. The objective is to
English) (https://www.samrakshane.kar- system in case of exorbitant yield figures. provide services in a cashless, faceless
nataka.gov.in) is an end to end, ••User base of 9000+ bank branches, and paperless manner. It is a step towards
state-of-the-art e-Governance solution 1000 Raitha Samkaraka Kendras (RSKs), the provision of accessible, cost-effec-
and farmer-friendly system for crop insurance companies, 8000 CSCs and tive, accountable and transparent govern-
insurance enrolment, registering claims, departmental users ment services to citizens. Seva Sindhu
compensation calculation and payment of rides on ServicePlus framework,
compensation to farmers under the Crop Awards: National e-Governance award - designed and developed by NIC, which is
Insurance Schemes, Pradhan Mantri 2018, SKOCH Order of Merit - 2017, a unified platform based on multi-tenant
Fasal Bima Yojana(PMFBY) and Modi- Gems of Digital India Award - 2018 architecture for delivering electronic
fied Weather Based Crop Insurance services to citizens. As of now, 78 servic-
Scheme (MWBCIS).
e-AASTHI & e-SWATHU es have been deployed using ServicePlus
e-AASTHI (http://eaasthi.mrc.gov.in) framework, 22 services are ready for
The whole process of crop cutting experi- and e-SWATHU (http://e-swathu.kar. deployment and waiting for clearance
ments has been computerised. Web nic.in) projects are citizen-centric e-Gov- from concerned departments.
16 informatics.nic.in | January 2019From the States
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) “Aushada” - Online Drugs Sample AB-Arkid Card
It is a platform for enabling DBT through Supply Chain Management
Aadhaar based and non-Aadhaar based system
payments. Common tools for de-duplica- Aushada is an online software applica-
tion using Aadhaar number, name tion, which automates the procurement
comparison tools are facilitated. and distribution of free drugs by the
Karnataka State Drug Logistics and
Financial address validation in terms of Warehouse Society (KDLWS). Annual
checking for availability of Aadhaar requirement collection, scrutiny and
seeded bank account is another facility. finalisation of drugs requirement,
This platform will enable DBT for purchase order preparation, quality
citizens, availing benefits from all depart- check, warehouse inward and outward
ments of the State. Instead of each of the and hospitals inward and outward are its
Beneficiary Management Systems in the major modules. Email and SMS notifica-
State separately integrating with UIDAI, tions are sent for every transaction. The
NPCI and Treasury, they integrate with Aushada software is also being imple-
the DBT Platform. The DBT platform mented in two other departments, Direc-
integrates with Treasury system and also torate of ESIS Medical Services and
the banks for enabling Aadhaar based Veterinary Department.
payment. The payment response files
received are then shared with other K-KISAN (Karnataka – Krishi
beneficiary management systems. Thus,
DBT enables the State to monitor the
Information Services And
utilisation of funds earmarked for deliv- Network)
ery of benefits to citizens from a single K-Kisan (http://kkisan.karnataka.gov-
platform. The milk subsidy and student .in/) is an end to end software suite devel-
scholarship payment were made through oped to provide automation of work-
this platform this year. flows, data level integration and user EASE (Electronic Answer Script
interface at Raitha Samparka Kendra at Evaluation System): The answer book-
State Scholarship Portal for Hobli, Taluk and District levels. This lets of the candidates are evaluated
pre-matric students project has been awarded with ‘Gems of digitally. Answer booklets are scanned in
A single interface has been provided for Digital India Award-2018’ (Jury’s the scanning centres and the PDF docu-
all the four departments providing schol- Choice) for excellence in e-Governance. ments are saved at KSDC, and are made
arship to students namely Social welfare, available for the evaluators.
Tribal welfare, Minorities and Backward Ayushman Bharat – Arogya
Karnataka Revenue Court Case Monitoring
classes. This portal rides on digitised data
of students built by the Education Depart-
System (RCCMS): RCCMS is being
This application is meant for the enrol- implemented by all the Revenue/ Magis-
ment, which provides a unique ID to ment and issue of health card named terial Courts of Karnataka State. The
every student. These IDs are used by AB-ArK CARD (Ayushman Bharat–Aro- application enables the government to
students to register for scholarships. gya Karnataka Card), which is integrated automate monitoring of court processes.
Integration with Revenue Department with Aadhaar System (Biometric, OTP
software for automatic verification of Auth, QRCode) and Ration Card
caste, income based on the caste/ income Way Forward
(BPL/APL) Services. This Card will be
certificate number to access the eligibility used for obtaining the scheme benefits at Establishment of Centre of Excellence
and identify the scheme under which the government/ private empanelled hospitals for Blockchain technology e-Hospital
scholarship can be sanctioned is done. as per package rates. Approximately 8 instance for Karnataka State Creation
Verification of fresh/ renewal category is lakhs cards are delivered. The services of citizen database on the lines of
also automatically done by the software are delivered through 180 hospitals, 54 SAMAGRA Integration of FRUITS
by utilising data of the previous year’s Bangalore One centres and 44 Karnataka- with DBT and Crop Survey
beneficiary. Merit list generation and One centres.
identification of the cut off is done based
on the available funds. Thus, the entire DigiLocker: DigiLocker system has been For further information, please contact:
process of verification and eligibility implemented in the Department of Pre STATE INFORMATICS OFFICER
check is automated to a large extent by University Education to disseminate II NIC Karnataka State Centre
providing inputs to the approving authori- PUC marks cards through Aadhaar VI & VII Floor, Mini Tower
Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru
ty. About 55 lakh applications were authentication mode. The database is KARNATAKA - 560001
received this year. The scholarship stored in the Karnataka State Data Centre
system integrates with the DBT platform Email: sio-kar@nic.in
(KSDC) servers and a web service has Phone: 080-22863790
for payment. been enabled to access from DigiLocker.
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