The NIC Madhya Pradesh State Unit has developed and implemented the Village Information System (VIS) in the districts of the State. VIS is a decision-support information retrieval system based on DISNIC-PLAN village-level data. A Hindi version of the package has also been developed. VIS provides an interactive and user-friendly interface for instantaneous retrieval of village-level information from DISNIC-PLAN data, besides providing block and district-level aggregates on certain selected parameters. The system also facilitates quick generation of various statistical reports when queried on the basis of the names of villages or even the first few letters of the name of a village. DISNIC-PLAN codes have been mapped with Census-91 codes, taking into due consideration the creation of new tehsils, and also their reorganization. The system generates a check-list giving matched and un-matched records to help update un-matched records. Besides updating relevant fields of DISNIC-PLAN data with Census-91 data, the more recent All India Education Survey (AIES) data has also been used for updation. VIS has seven modules, related respectively to Education, Health, Transport & Communications, Drinking Water, Land Holdings, Other Facilities and Census-91 Data. The most important feature of the package is the Query Generator which, for example, can generate a list of village having a facility within a specified range in distance, in ascending or descending order. VIS has certain built-in abilities for limited statistical analysis. A graphic interface has also been embedded to display frequency distribution. The Hindi version of VIS is expected to provide a better user interface for field-level functionaries and district users in the Hindi-speaking regions of the Country.