The pilot phase of NIC Chhattisgarh‘s first major paid project e-Kosh was inaugurated by Hon‘ble Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh on 4th Nov 2004 at Raipur. The event concluded successfully with CM receiving his salary cheque printed through the software. Dr. N. Vijayaditya, DG NIC was present on the occasion. Hon’ble CM appreciated the efforts of the treasuries department and NIC for maintaining the time frame in achieving the task. A VSAT based VPN will be established connecting all offices down to the level of Sub Treasuries after which all the transactions will be processed online. The e-Kosh software developed by NIC covers the treasury subsystems viz. Payments, Receipts, Deposit Accounts, Works Accounts, Pensions and Stamp Accounting. Electronic data transfer to AG office and Reserve Bank of India will be incorporated at a later date.