The NIC District Unit-Dhenkanal strives to implement various eGovernance projects conceptualized at the National, State and District level maintaining a high degree of quality and excellence.
NIC District unit, Dhenkanal, has been instrumental in the promotion of ICT usage and implementation of State and Central e-Governance initiatives and has worked incessantly towards the goal since 1988. The District Centre is equipped with the state of the art NICNET infrastructure having 1 Gbps leased line connectivity and provides network connectivity to diverse district offices like RTOs, Courts, DWOs, Judicial and all other offices of Collectorate.
The District of Dhenkanal owes its name to a Savara (Tribal) chief named ‘DHENKA’ who formerly ruled over in this tract. Dhenkanal, ‘Home of Elephants and Tigers of the country’ has a vast area covered with dense forests and a long range of hills with Kapilash Parvat Abode of Lord Chandrasekhar. It is one of the oldest districts of Odisha, comprising of 3 sub-divisions, 8 Blocks, 8 Tehsils, 1 Municipality, 3 NACs and 1237 Villages with 198 GPs.
The District administration is an important delivery channel of the Government to deliver services to the public. With this objective, the District Administration and NIC have initiated and implemented strategic eGovernanace projects which have directly benefitted the quality of life of the people in the district. In this article, we will discuss briefly some of the most important projects and initiatives of the District Centre in the recent past.
The keenness and support from NIC officials along with the other staff to rollout various National and State level e-Governance projects, sharing of information through District website, computerization support during general election etc. has been quite commendable. I believe NIC will keep up this good work and continue to provide us technical support for successful implementation of ICT projects for the benefit of Citizens. — Roopa Roshan Sahoo, IAS Collector & District Magistrate Dhenkanal
CITIZEN INFORMATION KIOSK (SAMPARK) A touch screen based information kiosk has been set up at District office to provide online access to various government services, schemes & other useful information. Citizens are getting ROR details, grievance status details, project information, development work status, DRDA work status and the RTI information with the help of the kiosk.
PRERANA “Post-matric Scholarship Registration Release and Network Automation” has been launched to ensure the automation, streamlining & effective management of the process of scholarship applications as well as for faster and efficient disposal with timely payment to ST/SC/OBC students. In 2015-16 education year scholarships to the tune of Rs. 4.35 crore have been directly transferred to over 6000 students’ bank accounts.
AGRICULTURE In the Agriculture sector, the daily market price is updated to the AGMARKNET by the four RMCs of the district. Farmers, seed growers and dealers of the district can avail services over the online system of Seed Certification, Seed Licensing, Fertilizer Licensing, Farm Mechanisation, pump set tracking etc.
SEED DBT Seed DBT for different crops facilitates Direct Benefit Transfer of subsidy to farmers for purchase of seed. This brings transparency and greater efficiency in administration. 41146 farmers of the district have registered under the Farmer Registration System. Of these, 7210 farmers have availed subsidies amounting to Rs. 47,53,526.60 through DBT in almost 13,000 transactions.
SCHOOL STUDENT HELPLINE The SSH software enables students as well as citizens to lodge their grievances directly to the Secretary of School & Mass Education Department pertaining to education and mismanagement at schools.
ONLINE FILLING OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP MEMORANDUM (EM-I & EM-II) This is a single window system for entrepreneurs, implemented successfully for District Industry Centre under Department of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprise (MSME), Odisha. 289 entrepreneurs of the district have made use of the portal to register themselves for the various schemes.
E-ABHIJOGA FOR ONLINE PUBLIC GRIEVANCES REDRESS & MONITORING SYSTEM The system enables citizens to send their grievances directly to the District Administration/Hon’ble Chief Minister, Odisha. The initiative has achieved a uniform and systematic approach towards monitoring of grievances.
ICT SUPPORT FOR GENERAL ELECTION 2014 & 3-TIER PRI ELECTION 2017 NIC District Centre provided total ICT solution during General Elections, Odisha Legislative assembly elections and 3-tier PRI elections. The main activities include IT enabled randomization of polling personnel, EVMs, formation of polling parties, generation of Appointment Orders, TA/DA reimbursement, data processing for voter turnout & polled processing for voter result transmission, processing of micro-observers and result transmission. A central monitoring cell was established at NIC District Centre for monitoring of Election activities on the Election Day. DIO NIC acted as the Nodal officer for all computerization activities related to the Election.
DIGITAL INDIA NATIONAL LAND RECORDS MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME The Bhulekh application has been implemented in all Tehsils of the district and RORs for all villages have been digitized. Subsequent to mutation, the ROR database is being updated by user department from time to time and uploaded on Bhulekh Web Server at regular intervals for public access.
MODERN RECORD ROOM UNDER DINLRMP As a part of DINLRMP, Project Modern Record has been set up in all the Tehsils of Dhenkanal District with compactors to store revenue records. The revenue case records are scanned, properly indexed and uploaded to the Document Management System for future retrieval. Bar coded stickers for revenue case record are pasted in each file for its proper management. This reduces the citizens’ waiting time to get the certified copies and makes the searching procedure easy for the staff.
E-MPR ON LAND ACQUISITION SYSTEM Online MPR on Land Acquisition System helps District Administration in monitoring Land Acquisition proposals. It tracks proposals submitted to R&DM Department for notification and its compliance reports. It also monitors issuance of orders and awards disbursement of projects.
COLLEGE ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE AUTOMATION (CAPA) Implemented in 488 category colleges for maintaining transparency and effective management of financial transactions in accounting section. Various modules of Accounting Procedures are initialization of data on Master Data management, Payroll management, Advance management and financial transaction module.
DIGITAL CASHLESS PROGRAMME As part of promoting cashless transactions and converting India into less-cash society, various modes of digital payments were made available. Training and awareness programmes were organised at various levels in the District with active support of CSCs, DEGS, banks, financial institutions and officials.
IVFRT IVFRT is an important MMP under NeGP. Its various modules like c-FRO, c-Form and s-Form are already operational in the district. DIB from SP Office is the implementing agency for the project. Using this system, any foreign citizens residing in a hotel or working in an institution/university/organization have to be enrolled. This will help to keep a watch over the foreign nationals in the District and monitor their activities.
RECRUITMENT & TRAINING Necessary IT support is provided to the District Administration by NIC District Centre, Dhenkanal for the recruitment processes from time to time by managing application database and generating Admit Cards, Merit Lists and conducting Computer Skill Tests. Also several computer awareness cum capacity building training programs are undertaken to facilitate effective implementation of ICT Projects & e-Governance applications.
DHENKANAL DISTRICT PORTAL (http://dhenkanal.nic.in) The District website has been designed and developed by NIC to host government information in the public domain. The website makes available important information regarding the district and various services provided by the District Administration.
E-DISTRICT Under e-District Project seven services namely Issuance of Residence Certificate, Caste Certificate, Legal Heir Certificate, SEBC Certificate, Solvency Certificate, Income Certificate and OBC Certificate are rendered to the common citizens at present.
JEEVAN PRAMAAN The Life Certificate for Central and State Government Pensioners application has been implemented in the District and Sub Treasuries of Dhenkanal District. Awareness camps were organized at different levels and Life certificates issued to the pensioners.
THE WAY AHEAD With its many initiatives and projects, NIC Dhenkanal works with the District Administration at various levels to make the lives of the citizens simple and more convenient. From implementing national level projects like the Jeevan Praman to local projects like managing the District Portal, Dhenkanal strives to supplement the District Administration’s efforts to ensure that the benefits of the various schemes of the Government reach their intended beneficiaries with minimum wastage of time and resources.
OTHER INITIATIVES TAKEN UP BY NIC DISTRICT CENTRE DHENKANAL • Digital Locker • e-Courts • NICNET & Video Conferencing • Teacher Transfer Portal • e-Procurement for Online Tendering System • e-Mamata • Track the missing Child under ICPS/Juvenile Justice • MGNREGS • PRIASOFT • Awassoft • PlanPlus • ServicePlus • NGO portal • Rainfall Computerization • CCTNS • NSAP • Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) • e-Nijukti • Automation of Small Savings Activity (ASSA) • NADRS • Transport Office Computerization • NDAL-ALIS