Situated at a distance of 90 kms from Srinagar, Kupwara, frontier district of Kashmir Valley, is full of scenic beauty, dense forests and rich wild life. This makes it significant from tourism and wildlife point of view. ICT was introduced in 1996 with the setting up of NIC Centre. In 2004 Video Conferencing facility was established which served as a major mode of communication during devastating earthquake in October 2005. VC services are currently being used extensively by district administration and other government offices. In 2004, Community Information Centres were established in each block of Kupwara, thus extending the reach of ICT to the remotest areas to serve the rural masses. Website - http://kupwara.gov.in The official website of the District provides information of interest to general public like Who’s Who, Telephone Directory, Tourist Places, Tenders, Elections & Recruitments etc. links to many important websites are also available.
projeCtS Computerization of Urban Local Bodies:- Birth and Death Registration: Citizens can download the birth certificate from the website http://jkhudd.gov.in by providing parent’s name, date of birth, Email id and mobile number. Building Permission: Without visiting the NOC departments, citizens are able to know the status of their building permission through SMS, E-mail and website. Public Grievances Monitoring System: Anyone can register their grievances online (http://jkhudd.gov.in) and attach along with supporting documents. Concerned officials can update the status using their logins and applicants can check the status. Establishment: Employees of ULB can check their pay, accounts, promotions and other administrative details.
e-Court:- District Court has been computerised where E-filing of cases is done and Cause Lists generated. Future plans include Web cause lists, status of pending cases, production of undertrials through VC and starting of subordinate courts.
Elections:- Electoral Roll Management System developed and implemented by NIC, the data entry is done in Urdu and the electoral rolls are generated in Urdu and English. Summary revisions, special summary revisions and continuous update of electoral data and generation of final electoral Rolls/ supplements are being carried out as and when asked for by the commission. Electoral rolls are available on the department’s website as well. In addition to it, Generation of Electoral Photo Identity Cards and Comprehensive support during Parliament/ Assembly/ Panchayat/ Municipal elections are some of the activities undertaken for election department.
Transport:- Services such as, payment GR generation and issue of learner license are in practice for the last three months. The issuance of Permanent Driving License will start soon. The data is being uploaded to the State Register.
Health:- Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, a web based software to help in collecting important statistical data to check the spread of diseases by early warning signals and Mother and Child Tracking System, recognized as a priority area for providing effective maternal and child healthcare services, have been implemented. National Animal Disease Reporting System covering 11 Block Animal Husbandry Offices and connected to national network for rapid flow and analysis of animal disease data is under implementation.
Online Public Grievance Monitoring System:- citizens can lodge their grievances at http://jkgrievance.nic.in, which is monitored by CM office. The complaints are forwarded to the concerned department for redressal. Complainant can track the status of their complaint online. It has resulted in effectiveness and transparency.
Centralised Personal Information System:- A Web based application maintains the personal information of all the employees. So far the information of all the employees of finance department has been uploaded.
National Land Record Modernization Programme:- It has been launched with an aim to modernize management of land records, minimize scope of land/property disputes, enhance transparency in the land records maintenance system, and facilitate moving eventually towards guaranteed conclusive titles to immovable properties. Accordingly, an action plan has been prepared and submitted for approval. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has been implemented and services such as updation of job cards, job slips, muster roll, job registration, payment transaction, funds utilization, reconciliation, etc are being done. Planplus has been implemented to demystify and strengthen the decentralized planning process and the District Plan is being prepared using it since 2007-08.
Social and Economic Caste Census 2011 :- At charge centre space, equipment, internet connectivity, manpower and overall supervision to the project is being provided. Cataloguing is complete. Field survey is complete in almost 25% of EBs. Data verification is being done for the completed EBs.
National e-Governance Plan :- Under SWAN, District POP is functional and District Offices and Block POPs are under implementation. 2Mbps Leased Line connectivity has been provided to SSP Kupwara, SP Handwara, Post Office and District Court. KeGA (Kupwara e-Governance Agency), with NIC being its active member, has been formed to monitor all ICT activities in the district.
Police:- CCTNS facilitates the duty officer in registering cases by capturing details and records the events of case progress by Investigating Officer. An Electronic Surveillance Unit is functional to monitor the infiltration, exfiltration and mobile calls of militants and by assisting the investigating agencies in sensational cases.
Education:- Two Computer Aided Learning centres in each of the educational zones and two touch-screen based Hole in Wall centres have been established for teaching purposes. District Information System for Education for all government and private schools and Secondary Education Management Information System for use in government and private; secondary and higher secondary schools is in place.
Training:- Training programme is regularly conducted for the officials of various departments, on Computer basics, Internet and the application software. ICT training schedules for tribal students under TSP scheme is also prepared.
QUOTE: In this era, Information technology holds the key for overall development. It gives me immense pleasure to present the e-Governance initiatives that we have taken with the help of NIC. The initiatives will bring the people of the district closer and at par with the people in the rest of the state/ country/ world. This is a step forward towards improving public interface of the administration for bringing about transparency. I appreciate the staff engaged with NIC and District Informatics Officer in particular for their active and dedicated efforts in bringing the e-governance in the district to this stage. - Mohammad Shafi Rather IAS, Deputy Commissioner