The setting up of NIC in 1993 paved the way for e-governance activities, high-quality ICT infrastructure along with facilities like Project Development, Implementation, Consultancies, Video Conferencing, net connectivity etc. gave the administration much needed technical support in their effort to provide efficient, responsive & transparent governance to its citizens. Both centrally sponsored & locally developed ICT projects have been implemented in the district, major ones being computerization of Land Record, Registration Offices (e Panjeeyan) and District Courts (e courts) etc. MAJOR PROJECTS Computerization of Land Records (CLR): Bongaigaon was the first district in Assam to implement the CLR project successfully in Sadar Office, Sub-Divisional Office(C) and 3(three) Circles. The citizens can avail the facilities of the computerized system in their respective areas. As a special drive, Jama Wasil (a Revenue Collection Format) forms are generated directly from the CLR database and distributed to all offices concerned and Jamabandi (ROR) have been printed and distributed to all the pattadar (Land-holder) in the district under technical support & supervision of NIC. A total of 512 villages have been included under the special drive and about 4 Lakhs RORs have been distributed so far. Sql Server 2008 database has been used with ASP running with IIS web server. The system enables the revenue staff to enter Pattadar details, generate RoR that is Jamabandi from Chitha, perform mutation that is registration of new pattadar, partition etc. The application also enables the revenue office to generate different types of reports on daily, monthly and yearly basis. E-Panjeeyan: The e-Panjeeyan (Registration) project has been implemented in three Sub Registrar Offices (SRO) in the district where the citizens can get their property registered and the original deed is returned on the same day. Every month approximately 200 Sales Deeds are registered in each SRO office under the overall support and supervision of NIC. The system works on open source technology using Wamp Server – the windows web developemnt environment that allows to create applications with Apache2, PHP and MySQL database. The e-Panjeeyan helps in registering new deeds with details of applicants, witness along with photographs, thumb impression, scanned copy of deeds etc – all in digital format. e-Court : Under the e-Court project three judiciary Court Complex have been included viz. District & Sessions Judge, Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (Abhayapuri) and Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate(Bijni). Necessary ICT infrastructure like LAN, Judicial Service Center( JSC), etc. have been established The Case Information System (CIS) has been implemented which facilitates e-Filing of cases, case registration, daily proceedings, statistical reports, query, preparation of the master data, generation of cause list which is in turn uploaded on the judiciary web site - http://bongaigaonjudiciary.gov.in along with the judgments. The system uses open source technology LAMP - Linux, Apache, My SQL, & PHP /Perl - an ideal platform for rapid development of web based applications. Bakijai (Loan Recovery): For smooth monitoring of BAKIJAI system, an application has been developed in Visual basic & SQL Server 2008 database as backend and implemented in the district. The application has the facility to store the details of all debtors and their details regarding issue of NOC, notice, arrest warrant etc as per the rules of ‘Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913’. It helps to track Debtor details, amount to be recovered, Bank name etc. The details of Debtor are published on the District Web Site http://bongaigaon.gov.in. Public Distribution System (PDS): An application has been developed towards computerization of Ration Card incorporating features to capture the basic details of the beneficiary, printing of Cover Page, generating different reports for final print out of the Plastic Smart Card with family details etc. Approximately, details of 50,000 beneficiaries have already been entered and all have been uploaded on the security audited website - http://pds.bongaigaon.gov.in Elections: For proper tracking of voters details, Electoral Roll Management System (ERMS) developed by the State Centre has been implemented and data is captured in both Assamese and English. Summary Revision, Special Summary Revisions and Continuous update of Electoral Data and generation of final Electoral Rolls/ supplements etc. are generated. National Animal Diseases Reporting System (NADRS): Under NADRS, necessary set up was done for online data entry through the centralized web application. Training programs were conducted on Computer Basic and on the application software for the participants. Transport: Issue of Registration Certificate (RC) and Driving License (DL) from the ‘District Transport Office’ have been computerized which gave the benefit of e governance to the citizens in true sense. Approximately 200 Registration Certificates and Driving Licenses are issued every month. District Website: The district website http://bongaigaon.nic.in is a repository of important information about district administration including district profile, history, organizational structure, who is who, phone no. as well as various e governance initiatives undertaken by the district administration. The section on citizen centric services is useful and gives details of circle wise census data, panchayat & village names, forms related to old age pension, PMRY scheme, pre & post matric scholarships, etc. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has the potential in providing important information and delivery of public services in an effective and efficient manner. In this scenario, NIC, Bongaigaon is playing an important role in promoting the benefits of ICT by disseminating accurate information in transparent manner which has changed the way of providing services to the citizen in the district by the administration. I appreciate the efforts made by officials of NIC, Bongaigaon District for their active participation and regular contribution in promoting ICT culture in the district and in making e-governance a true success.