Ministry of Road Transport & Highways had envisioned a Mission Mode Project for computerization and interlinking of about 975 RTOs/DTOs across the country. The Ministry in consultation with National Informatics Centre (NIC) implemented the National Transport Project integrating information from all the RTOs/DTOs across the country. Recently launched National Transport Register is a major accomplishment of the Project. Transport Register is a central pool of all driving licenses (DLs) issued and vehicles registered across India. Detection of fake driving licenses and tracking stolen vehicles has become very convenient with the launch of this Register. It can also be accessed for a quick verification by all states and road transport offices round the country. It will cater to the information needs of the transport departments, police departments and automobile dealers across India and may serve many more purposes in time to come… Our Lead story gives you an insight into this highly successful project.

Spatial Information System for the Rajiv Vidya Mission in Andhra Pradesh, BHOOMI Project in Karnataka, Computerization in District Judiciary in Gujarat, and Integrated Missions Accounting System are the highlights of our Products & Services Section. While Technology Update section this time, discusses Multidimensional Data Modeling Concepts and Secure your Server through SSL.

In the 'From the States/UTs Section', we have covered the ICT initiatives in Puducherry and Bihar. Various ICT projects and initiatives in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh, Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, Leh district of Jammu & Kashmir, and Hisar district of Haryana have also been talked about in this issue.

All our regular sections viz., International e-Gov Updates, Cyber Governance, In the News etc. are there to serve your need to know what's happening in the e-Gov domain around us. Few laurels received by NIC recently have also been covered in the new section Awards & Recognitions.