Department of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal (http://wbagrisnet.gov.in) Department of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal, in its endeavour to promote and strengthen agricultural informatics and communications recently created a very visually pleasing website for their mission mode project ”Agrisnet”. The website promotes an excellent interface for G2C, G2B and G2G services with well structured information. The scope, circulars, services under Agrisnet project is categorized with quality content and inputs. Besides, the websites gives an insight view of soil fertility management, fertilizer, certification and quality control of seeds, plant protection, project monitoring and weather. Trainings are also imparted on regular basis to its stakeholders for better agricultural prospects. Department of Industries, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh (http://indarun.gov.in) Role of Industries in Arunachal Pradesh constitutes an important segment in the country's planned economy. The website from the Department of Industries, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, generates vital information on the District Industry Centres, Industrial Project profile as well as various areas for Industrial development. The homepage of the website imparts valuable information on the workflow of the department and acts as an online web guide providing a hawk eye view on its policies, HRD, infrastructure, funds and latest announcements. Last but not the least, the website also provides links to different financial agencies catering to financial support for developing the overall industrial infrastructure of the state. Department of Drugs Control, Govt. of Delhi (http://drugscontrol.delhigovt.nic.in) The Department of Drugs Control, Govt. of Delhi regulates various aspects of the department from enforcement of various drugs laws to manufacturing to sales of drugs and cosmetics. The website of the department gives detailed information about the functioning and profile of the department. It is a user centric website where a drug manufacturer can obtain all the details of fees to be remitted for obtaining different kinds of drug certificates and licences from the department. With a simple and genuine navigation interface, the site is designed to assist its user to obtain information on zonal sales and manufacturing units operating within the state, licensed blood banks and approved drug testing laboratories. Orissa Bigyan Academy (http://orissabigyanacademy.nic.in) The website of Orissa Bigyan Academy is a combined effort of devoted zest and zeal by a group of senior scientists of Orissa. The primary aim and objective in designing the website is to promote and popularize the ever increasing knowledge of Science and Technology amongst the masses so that scientific literacy and awareness could be engendered in the public domain that would serve the wider interest of the Oriya people. The websites keeps its user abreast of news & events, seminars, workshops, advertisements and awards received. A search engine is also present to find out the details about Oriya Scientists and their achievements by category and name. To become an active and life member of the academy, one can apply online.
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From October 2009 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre