Angul, a centrally located district in the State of Orissa came into existence on April 1, 1993. Area wise, it is the 11th largest district of Orissa. Angul, situated on the National Highway No 42 is accessible from all parts of the state. Angul has contributed to the rich and glorious culture along with socio-economic development of Orissa. Vast coalmines of Angul fetch huge revenue return to the government. The district is the abode of big industries like National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Heavy Water Plant, Talcher etc. Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers rush through the district making it fertile.
Angul district joined the information & communication technology era with establishment of National Informatics Centre, Angul District Unit. Creating mass awareness of informatics culture among the officials of District Administration and other district level departments, NIC Angul has become the hub of all major e-Governance activities in the district with the successful implementation of many ICT projects. The official website of Angul district http://angul.nic.in contains vital information about the district.
NIC District Centre, equipped with the state-of-the-art hardware has been catering to IT support services for the District Administration, DRDA, district level offices of Government of Orissa.
Excerpt of the Letter from Sh. S. N. Girish, IAS, Collector & DM, Angul I am very happy to know that the “INFORMATICS” is going to publish the success story of implementation of various e-Governance Projects of Angul District. The official website of the district http://angul.nic.in which has been designed, developed and hosted by NIC, Angul District, already crossed 1 lakh visitors and it successfully represents “e-Angul” to the whole world.
NIC Angul District Unit has always played a pivotal role for spreading informatics culture in Angul District. The active support rendered by NIC, Angul during the just concluded Election-2009 was commendable and it helped District Administration to conduct the election process in a more organized and impartial manner.
I appreciate the efforts made by Sh. S.K.Chatterjee, DIO, NIC, Angul for his contributions & active support to District Administration, Angul in all spheres to make e-governance a true success in Angul District.
Major e-Governance Initiative in Angul
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) (http://nrega.nic.in): This web based e-Governance application has been successfully implemented in Angul to monitor different works, preparation of muster roll and UC etc.
SAMPARK: This Citizen Interface Counter is established in all Tahasils. The citizen can get ROR Copy, Caste & Residential certificates etc. Online mutation entry can also be made in this counter without delay by using “BHULEKH” Software.
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) & Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS): These software have been successfully implemented and used by District Social Welfare Office, Angul.
Election Computerisation: NIC Angul supported District Administration in Election Computerisation work for various phases of election during Lok Sabha & Assembly Election - 2009.
e-Gazetteer: The CDROM Version of District Gazetteer, the first e-Gazetteer of the district is a reflection of history, economy, society, culture, polity, and education of modern Angul.
Sh. Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister, Orissa inaugurating the e-Gazetteer of Angul District
Land Records: Under a major e-Governance initiative in Angul, Land Records Project has been taken as a Pilot Project by DIT, Government of India.
Agriculture Sector under Transparency & Accountability Programme: Angul District has been selected as Pilot District for development and implementation of a Web based Information System http://ori.nic.in/agrisnet in Agriculture Sector under Transparency & Accountability Programme.
AGMARKNET: The AGMARKNET software has been successfully implemented at different RMCs in the district (Angul, Talcher, Jarapada) for entry of daily arrivals of quantity & rates of different commodities. It enables to see the rates of different markets throughout the country.
CONFONET: CONsumer FOrum NETwork project has been implemented in Angul to keep track of all consumer cases and their judgments.
Small Savings Information System: This system is implemented & used by Small Savings Section of Collectorate, Angul to monitor detail collection & deposit position under different small saving schemes.
Public Grievance Cell Monitoring System: It has been implemented at Collectorate, Angul to generate reports such as Officer wise pending list, Category wise list, Grievance list & other report etc. helping the Administration to monitor public grievances in a more effective manner.
Gun Licence Information System: This database system helps District Administration to monitor & prepare reports of Gun licence holders of the District, renewal of Gun Licences etc.
Urban BPL Census: The software has been successfully implemented for different urban local bodies of the District including Talcher & Angul Municipality and Athamallik NAC.
District Court Computerization: NIC Angul extends all necessary support to the District Court on their Computerization activities. The Judicial Officers & staff of District Court have been trained on operation of e-Court project.
DIC Computerisation: District Industries Centre has been computerised to monitor details of Small Scale Industries (SSI) gone into production, PMRY schemes etc.
Computerization of DRDA: Rural Development Project Monitoring System (Ruralsoft), Panchayat Raj Accounting System (Priasoft), BPL Census Computerisation, Gramsat Implementation at DRDA & Blocks are being coordinated by NIC.
NIC Video Conferencing Studio: The Video Conferencing Studio has been established at NIC, Angul & it is extensively used by District Administration and other Government departments for monitoring of various developmental activities in the district.
Training: Regular training is being provided to the staff of District Collectorate and other offices on use of ICT in administration and for various Application packages.