The Department of Explosives(DoEX) with its Head Office at Nagpur completed its hundred years on 9th September 1998. The department has come a long way in achieving necessary expertise in consonance with industrial growth of the country. The department is committed towards enforcement of safety to safeguard and protect life and property and issues 26 various types of licenses under Explosives Act, 1884, Petroleum Act, 1934 through its 24 offices spread across the country.
As a part of its endeavor to effectively implement Information Technology in all areas of Government functioning and provide better service to the public at large, in Oct 2000, DoEX started the ambitious project of computerization of all 24 offices spread in the country with the help of NIC, Pune. The entire project estimated at Rs. 8 crores and executed in 3 phases.
Computerisation in Phases
The First phase of computerization started in Nov 2000, covering computer infrastructure for Head offices and 5 circle offices, development of 17 application modules for Head office. This phase was completed successfully by Feb 2002. The second phase, which started in March 2002, covered the additional computer infrastructure for Head office and 5 circle offices, computer infrastructure for sub-circle offices and development of 10 modules for circle & sub-circle offices and hosting of Web site under citizen charter. This phase was completed in Oct 2002. The currently ongoing third phase proposed to develop 10 more applications for circle and sub-circle offices.
Infrastructure
The architecture of the project is based on Intranet/Internet technology with all application modules developed under Web environment. All applications and databases are centralized at Nagpur. For executing the project, one Internet Server, one E-mail server, two application servers and four database servers are installed at Head office of DoEX. All applications are developed using ASP, Java Script & VB Script. The development teams for development of application modules are located at Pune, Navi Mumbai & Nagpur. The overall project coordination is with NIC, Pune.
Application Areas
The overall functioning of the department is classified as per the Acts & Rules of DoEX. The various rule based functional areas include Explosive Rules, Petroleum Rules, SMPV Rules, GCR Rules , General Applications etc.
Website
A Web site based on the data bank of the license holders has been developed and hosted on Internet. The status of the licensee’s application will also be hosted on this web site. Visit http://explosives.nic.in for more information on the Department’s activities.