Bhilwara has earned a prominent spot on the industrial map of India. It has emerged as India’s largest manufacturer of fabrics. Also known as textile city of India, it is a famous industrial town in Rajasthan with presence of renowned industrial groups. The fabric is exported to countries like Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Nepal, South Africa, USA, Canada, etc. The district has taken large strides in ICT and leading e-Governance from the front.

A rich repository of information, http://bhilwara.nic.in assists citizens in getting acquainted with the District Administration. Apart from providing the details related to industry, tourist places, climate, history, citizen charter, etc., it also provides information regarding various initiatives undertaken by District Administration for the benefit of citizens.

ONKAR SINGH, IAS, District Collector & DM BHILWARA: National Informatics Centre, Bhilwara is playing a pivotal role in implementing citizen centric good governance in Bhilwara District since its inception. The district unit of NIC has taken significant strides since then & has helped us in bringing about a qualitative change in the administration of the district. The district website maintained by NIC has proved to be very useful and informative. I also appreciate the efforts made by Mr. Arun Banger, DIO-NIC, Bhilwara and his team in the APNA KHATA Project and making this a success story for the District Administration. I congratulate the entire team of NIC Bhilwara for their contributions and active support to District Administration for promotion of ICT culture in the district. I wish the team all the best in their present and future assignments.

KEY ICT INITIATIVES

  1. Land Record Computerization (APNA KHATA):

With all the 16 Tehsils of the district moved online, the Apna Khata system delivers instant, accurate & updated ROR to the citizens. A touch screen kiosk has been installed at District Centre through which citizens can get latest information of their land records. Bhilwara Tehsil of district has been issuing Digitally Certified ROR (Record of Rights) to the citizens.

  1. Prashashan Gavon ke Sang (PGKS-2013):

Started on 10th Jan, 2013, 383 camps have been organized under the initiative in different blocks and Panchayat Samitis. All the grievances, redressals and decisions made during the camps were fed online to provide timely and accurate progress report to the District Administration for decision making. About 40,000 mutations were opened, and more than 36,000 Nakals were issued during the process.

  1. Special Pension Maha Abhiyan:

Started in April, 2013, under the abhiyan more than 1.25 lakh applications have been disposed. Out of this, 1.10 lakh applications have been sanctioned and made online.

  1. Rajasthan Guaranteed Delivery of Public Service Act 2011:

The Government of Rajasthan has enacted the RGDPS Act, 2011 to ensure that public services are delivered to the citizens in a transparent, timely, efficient and responsible manner. Currently, 153 important services of 18 departments are incorporated in the act. In Bhilwara district, all offices have started MIS Entry on the RGDPS portal and received more than 4.5 lakh applications from which approx 4.30 lakh applications have been disposed off.

  1. Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS):

It is an e-Government initiative for effective, accountable and transparent Public Finance Management. It is a web based system which includes budget planning, estimates preparation, fund management, treasury functions etc. IFMS has been implemented successfully in treasury and all sub treasuries of the district.

  1. SUGAM-RPG (http://sugamrpg.raj.nic.in):

It is a web based grievance redressal system which is monitored regularly by District Administration for the redressal of public grievances.

  1. Pay-Manager (http://paymanager.raj.nic.in):

This is web based system to generate the pay bills of employees in the district. Training of more than 200 DDOs has been conducted to work on this module and now technical support is being given to the officials for the generation of pay-bills.

  1. Sugam Single Window:

This system facilitates citizens in getting varied services (various type of certificates viz. SC/ST/Bonafide/OBC, etc) at one place. More than 1.70 lakh certificates have been issued so far to the citizens.

  1. General Elections:

Support has been provided for successful conduction of Lok Sabha, Assembly, NagarPalika and Panchayati Raj elections encompassing various polling activities and result declaration process.

  1. Arms License Monitoring System:

This application keeps updated record of Arms licenses registered by the District Administration.

  1. SAMADHAN:

This application is used to keep track of daily JAN-SUNWAI held by the District Magistrate. This software keeps record of the petitioner and the action taken on his/her application. This system works as a Local Grievance Management System.

  1. IT Awareness Trainings:

From time to time, various IT awareness trainings have been organized for the officials to train them to work on new projects as well as enhance their knowledge of the ICT tools and technology.

  1. Video Conferencing Service:

It is being conducted regularly as per the schedule received from the concerned department and District Administration.

  1. District LAN Network:

A high speed network line of 100 Mbps capacity is provided to all the departments in the district. LAN network consists of more than 125 nodes connected to each other and maintained by the District NIC Centre.

  1. Achievements:

l District owns first place among all districts in implementing APNAKHATA project in the state of Rajasthan with all the Tehsils moved online in record time. l District NIC Centre received appreciation from District Administration for continuous support and timely & effective reporting during PGKS Abhiyaan, 2013. l Under Pria-Soft Accounting Project more than 350 Gram Panchayats Accounting data has been made online for the year 2011-12.