First State Level Workshop on National Land Records Modernization Programme , Haryana NIC Haryana State Centre and Department of Revenue and Disaster management, Haryana organised one day workshop on National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP) on March 6, 2009 at Haryana Institute of Rural Development, Nilokheri (Karnal).
DROs and DIOs participating in the workshop
The components of NLRMP, Funding Pattern, Implementation Strategy, Requirements of GPRs and LRs, Citizen Services, Milestones, Digitization of Cadastral Maps and Mussavis and integration with HALRIS and HARIS, Capacity Building and Requirements to usher in Conclusive Titling System with title guarantee, to replace present Presumptive Title System were deliberated in detail.
Online facility for MSMEs to apply for Subsidy:Tamil Nadu Entrepreneurs in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector can file the Subsidy application Online and can get the acknowledgement immediately. The Online facility was inaugurated on February 12, 2009 by the Principal Secretary, MSME, Government of Tamil Nadu. The Entrepreneur who wants to apply for Subsidy can visit www.msmeonline.tn.gov.in and can file online application for Capital Subsidy in the format prescribed by Government of Tamil Nadu. The system has the facility for all DICs to login and process all the applications filed online. The system facilitates the DICs to capture the details at the following stages:Field Inspection, Sanction, Disbursement The website also provides a facility to the Commissioner of Industries & Commerce to monitor the applications filed online.
Inauguration of Official website of Cuttack Development Authority (CDA), Orissa Recently, Hon'ble Minister, Housing and Urban Development, Sh. Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo has inaugurated CDA's website http://cdacuttack.ori.nic.in in the CDA premises, Cuttack. This website has been developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre, Bhubaneswar.
cdacuttack.ori.nic.in
Dignitaries present in the inaugural ceremony include Sh. B. K. Dhal, IAS Vice Chairman, CDA, all executive members of CDA. The website provides various information on functioning of CDA, Projects under Residential & Commercial, Planning regulations, Comprehensive development plan, Functioning of different departments under CDA etc,. Citizens could be able to download different forms from “e-Forms” section, Tender details, Acts & rules etc. Addressing the audience Hon'ble Minister informed that this website is going to be the one point information centre for the public with integration of several web-based dynamic modules being developed by NIC, Bhubaneswar and expressed his satisfaction on web contents. VC, CDA appreciating the effort of NIC team, expressed that the web-enabled e-Governance modules for CDA will not only provide hassle-free service to public but also help CDA in monitoring the activities and obtaining necessary information as and when required.
Smt. Nirupama Mohapatra, Technical Director, Sh. Dillip Kishore Mohanty, Scientist-C have coordinated the programme.
Training on web based PlanPlus Software, NIC Haryana The National Informatics Centre, Haryana arranged one day training programme on web based PlanPlus Software on April 29, 2009 at Department of Rural Development, Haryana, Chandigarh. During First Session of training programme, the PlanPlus Work Flow was explained to the participants and a Mini Plan was made. In Second session, Hands-on practice was conducted on the plan made during first session on PlanPlus Software.
PlanPlus State Level Workshop in Progress
The operations of web based software i.e. http://panchayat.gov.in (training purpose) were thoroughly explained to the participants. Also, the actual data entry on the site http://panchayat.gov.in/planplus was demonstrated. Total 20 Officials attended the training programme from BRGF Districts Sirsa and Narnual.
Online Secondary School Examination Result 2009: Jharkhand Academic Council The JAC Secondary School Examination Result 2009 was published on the website http://jharresults.nic.in on May 9, 2009, by Smt. Mridula Sinha, HRD Secretary, Jharkhand. Smt. Rama Khalko, Mayor Ranchi, Sh. Shaligram Yadav, Chairman JAC & others senior officials of the government were also present during the results publication ceremony which was held at the JAC Building, Namkum, Ranchi. The Jharkhand Academic Council is a statutory body and conducts examinations every year for the schools, which are affiliated to it. More than three lakhs fifty thousands students appeared in the 2009 examination and their results were published. The results were also sent via emails to those students who registered themselves on the website before the publication.
Smt Sinha(C) publishing the results along with Smt Khalko(L) & Sh. S Ahmad(R)
The day was marked with more than seven lakhs hits on NIC data center server. Necessary technical support for the publication of the result was provided by Sh. K Ganesh, Scientific Officer/Engineer under the guidance of Sh. S K Mohakul, TD and Sh. Shahid Ahmad, SIO, NIC Jharkhand.
Videoconferencing Facility between District Civil Court and Sub Jail inaugurated, Khunti, Jharkhand The videoconferencing facility between Khunti District Civil court and Sub Jail was inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Justice Smt. Gyan Sudha Mishra, Jharkhand High Court at an impressive function on May 23, 2009 in the presence of Hon'ble Justice Sh. Amrashwar Sahay and Hon'ble Justice M Y Eqbal and other senior officials of the District court.
Hon'ble Chief Justice inaugurating the VC facility at Khunti Civil Court
After the inauguration, the new VC facility was demonstrated to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of the High Court. Speaking over the VC system, the Hon'ble Chief Justice discussed the benefits of the new facility with Sh. Deepak Vidyarthi, Jail Superintendent, Ranchi who was present at Khunti Sub Jail. Sh. Vidyarthi informed the Hon'ble Chief Justice about the excellent technical support given by NIC team led by Sh. S Ahmad, SIO, for getting the VC system operational.
The VC facility between district civil court and jail is being implemented by NIC, Jharkhand on turn key basis for the state government.
Workshop on“Website Quality, Accessibility & Security” On NIC's initiative, a workshop on “Website Quality, Accessibility & Security” was jointly organised on April 2, by State IT Department and School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis (SGPA), in collaboration with NIC, State Centre, Bhopal, STQC & gtZ (The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit). The workshop was attended by more than 250 participants, including, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Head of the Departments, Chief Information Officers (CIOs), ACIOs & Web-Masters from various Departments of the State Government, among the others.
Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh delivering keynote address
In his keynote address during inauguration session, the Chief Guest of the workshop, Sh. R.C Sahni, Chief Secretary of the State, focused on the need of up-to-date information and services on the website with full security and privacy. He added that “Citizen-centric Services, growing on the websites of Central & State Government Departments/Organisations, needs sensitisation and access to these services by the consumers to be secured”. Dr. H.P. Dikshit, Director General, SGPA, Sh. Gulshan Rai, Director General, STQC, Sh. Shekhar Dutta, Deputy National Security Advisor and Sh. Anurag Jain, Secretary to CM & Information Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh also addressed during the inaugural session and emphasised on need for quality and security of websites and services. Sh. Vinayak Rao, SIO, NIC MPSC, Bhopal was one of the key speakers during first Technical Session (Pre-Lunch) among the others. Sh. Rao briefed the major activities and services being extended by NIC to the State Government, besides clarifying responsibility of contents accuracy and maintenance, as the users organisations are the owner of the websites operational on NIC Servers. He also advised the State Government to make it mandatory to follow the “Guidelines for Indian Government Websites” and to conduct third party security audit by empanelled Security Auditors (available on CERT-in website) at a regular interval. Second Technical Session (Post-Lunch) was especially organised for CIOs, ACIOs & Web-Masters. The key speakers during this session were Sh. Sanjay Hardikar, TD, Sh. Mayank Nagar, PSA, Sh. Rakesh Jain, SSA, Sh. R. Prasad Rao, SSE and Sh. Chandra Prakash, SA, covering more technical areas related to “Websites & Web-enabled Applications - Hosting & Security”, “Network Security/Virus”, “FTP over VPN Secured way for maintenance of Website & Web-enabled Application” & “Security Guidelines for Websites & Web-enabled Applications”.
Sh. Anurag Jain, in his concluding remark, advised all the concerned to follow the guidelines for Website Quality, Web-application Security, E-mail Security, Desktop Security, etc. as per the recommendations. Sh. Vinayak Rao, assured Secretary (IT) to continue providing all the technical support not only in this process but also in e-Governance growth of the state.
ICAR organised National Conference on Investigation on Soil Test Crop Response Correlation at ANGRAU, Hyderabad Soil Testing is one of the most important services provided by Soil Testing Laboratories set up by State Governments, Research Institutions, and private service providers. NIC, Pune has developed 'Farmer Centric e-governance Application Software' under title 'In Service of the Farmers' to issue Soil Health Card and Fertilizer Recommendations to the farmers.
Dr Muralidharudu, Dr P Raghava Reddy, Dr M Velayutham, Dr A Subba Rao, Dr A K Singh The computerised system would act as National monitoring system to study emerging nutrient deficiencies and excesses in the various agro-ecological cropping and management systems adopted throughout India. Sh. Girish M Phegade, PSA has made a presentation on 'Soil Health Card Package' developed by NIC, Pune. The software facilitates Soil Testing Analysis and Issue of Soil Health Card along with fertilizer recommendations. A presentation was also made for online fertilizer recommendations based on 'Soil Test Crop Response (STCR) and Targeted Yield Concept'
Three Day Workshop on e-Granthalaya and NewsNIC Software for Automation and Networking of Libraries organised by YASHADA in association with National Informatics Centre, Pune Three days “Workshop on e-Granthalaya and NewsNIC Software for Automation and Networking of Libraries” was conducted during May 25-27, 2009 at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune in association with National Informatics Centre, Pune.
Participants in the workshop
The workshop was conducted for the benefits of the libraries from Pune region which are using e-Granthalaya software for automation and Networking. The e-Granthalaya workshop attended by 23 number of library officers from various organisations/ libraries. To name a few are: Sahyadri Hospitals Private Limited, SPM School, Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board, Dr B N College of Architecture for Women, Abhinav Education Society Institute of Management & Research, Huzurpaga Mahila Vanijya Mahavidyalaya, Sh. Mamasaheb Deshpande Sarvajanik Granthalaya, Centre for Police Research, AISSMS Institute of Management etc. The Workshop was inaugurated by Smt. Pratibha Joag, DDG, NIC, Pune while the Key Note Address was delivered by Dr. Nidhi Pande, IAS and DDG, YASHADA. Sh. S Ponikar, Library Officer, C-DAC, Pune welcomed the participants while Sh. S D Shirdade, Technical Director, NIC, Pune delivered vote of thanks. The Workshop was coordinated by Sh. Manoj Kulkarni, Library Officer, YASHADA and Sh. Sanjay G Kulkarni, PSA, NIC, Pune. Sh. Ram Kumar Matoria, Technical Director, NIC, New Delhi participated as faculty. The participants were given exhaustive training/ hands-on for use of various modules of the e-Granthalaya Software.