Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh is a beautiful place situated at the banks of Narmada River in the southern valley of Vindhya Hills. The district is rich in natural resources and is historically important too. NIC Hoshangabad was established in the year 1989 and since then it has been providing ICT related services to the District Administration as well as other government departments. Some of the prominent activities of the District Centre include providing support during Parliamentary and Assembly Elections, implementation of AGMARKNET, Bhu-Abhilekh Software, 11 Points Programme, conducting computer awareness programmes for District Administration, etc. ž| 11 Points Programme: Under this programme, a village level database has been created, which is used to generate reports that help the District Administration to improve citizen centric services and for tracking the status regarding functioning of hand pumps, transformers, ‘aganbadis’, schools, primary health centers, PDS shops, veterinary facility etc. Status of pending land demarcation / transfer cases, social welfare pension cases, progress of scholarship distribution and availability of agriculture resources are also being tracked through this programme. ž| AGMARKNET: AGMARKNET has been implemented in the Itarsi and Piparia Krishi Upaj Mandi of the district. It provides information pertaining to agricultural sector like daily rates of agricultural commodities, market trends, government schemes etc. ž| Land Records Computerization: Bhu-Abhilekh software (version 2.0) has been successfully implemented in all the seven tehsils of the district. Farmers now get computer-generated copies of Khasra and B1 forms. ž| Zila Panchayat Computerization: A software for the computerization of Below Poverty Line Survey Data and for generation of various reports/queries related to the beneficiaries of various government schemes has been implemented in the Zila Panchayat Office. ž| Time Limit Monitoring System: A software for Time Limit Papers has been successfully implemented in the Collectorate Office for weekly review of the action on official communications. ž| e-Works Monitoring System: It is a web-based system for on-line data entry of infrastructure works like road, buildings etc sanctioned for the district. The system is password protected. However, the reports are accessible to everyone on the district website http://hoshangabad.nic.in. A District Infrastructure Cell (DIC) has been constituted which is responsible for gathering the information related to sanctioned works as well as to update it on the district website. ž| Inauguration of Video Conferencing: Hon’ble Chief Minister Sh. Babu Lal Gaur inaugurated video conferencing facility at the district via video conferencing some time back. This was multi-point video conferencing in which the Hon’ble Chief Minister, prominent officials of the State Government, divisional commissioners and district collectors took part. ž| Revenue Recovery Certificate (RRC) System: RRC System provides the accountability in the monitoring of revenue recovery in the district. District administration can easily monitor revenue recovery and status of various related cases. Various reports like department-wise, bank-wise, tehsil-wise, scheme-wise and date-wise can also be generated through the system. ž| Web Services: The official website of Hoshangabad http://hoshangabad.nic.in has been designed and hosted on the NIC Web Server. NIC Hoshangabad regularly supports the updation of the content of the website which is provided by the District Administration. A link is also provided from the district website for e-monitoring of infrastructure works going-on in the district. ž| Other Activities: NIC Hoshangabad has extended NICNET facility through dial-up and LAN to District Collector’s Office, Jan Sewa Kaksha, Land Record Office and 14 other departments. General computer awareness and need-based computer training programmes are regularly conducted for district officials. Payroll processing software has been successfully implemented in various offices of the district. NIC district center has provided complete IT support during assembly and parliamentary elections.