The advent of computers in the Central Excise Collectorate, Allahabad, has increased efficiency and speed and reduced monotony in work to a great extent. Computers were installed in the Collectorate on March 20, 1993, with software as well as hardware support from NIC. In a very short span of time, NIC personnel posted in the Collectorate designed and developed information systems and software packages to facilitate efficient monitoring of important items of work.
Apart from implementing SERMON (System for Excise Revenue and Monitoring) — the standard NIC software package specifically developed for Central Excise Computerization — other in-house projects were undertaken under the guidance of the Excise Collectors Mr VP Singh and Mr KM Tewari to remove bottlenecks in the decision-making process and thereby speed up the flow of information. These projects resulted in the development and implementation of information systems which have served to streamline the functioning of the Collectorate. Notable among these are:
Revenue Monitoring System
This System provides a wide range of information on revenues, to the Collector. The Collector is fed information on revenue realization, and provided with comparative studies between actual revenue realized with perorate fixed for the year and revenue realized in the previous five years. The data can be analysed separately for revenue earned on commodities and factories for each division of the Collectorate.
Appeal Monitoring System
This System helps the Collector (Appeals) in monitoring the status of appeal cases. He gets information on all the appeal cases filed along with the cases disposed of and pending. Detailed analyses of the cases decided are provided giving the amount of revenue involved and the trend of the decision taken, namely, whether the case was admitted, modified or rejected. The System maintains a daily case diary and prints various monthly statements for the Principal Collector and the Board.
Cardex Monitoring System
The Cardex Monitoring System provides details of the biodata and posting of each uniformed officer posted under the Allahabad Collectorate. The Collector and the Additional Collector (P&V) can query the System to obtain any information they require. Further, a list of officers who have completed the tenure of their posting can also be generated.