Jajpur was founded by ‘Jajati Keshari’, the Somavanshi King in the early 10th Century. The district takes the name from its headquarter town, which is the main hub of activities. The history of the district from time immemorial is synonymous with the Biraja and Biraja Khetra. Be it in agriculture or industrialization, Jajpur district has been able to mark its own distinction among the thirty districts of Odisha state. Tagged with high literacy rate, the district’s glory is well known, be the capital of ancient Kalinga before shifted to Cuttack and then to the present day Bhubaneswar.

NIC District Unit, Jajpur has played an instrumental role in hosting numerous ICT based applications in various government domains which have proved as a catalyst in ensuring ICT enabled growth of the district.

ICT IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION The high demand for public services has gone exponential with the onus to deliver it through ICT applications, which have now become the natural choice for the district administration. The rich coastal district with 10 blocks and Tehsils with 280 GPs and 1781 villages, Jajpur has been able to maintain its significance because of efficient & transparent administration caused by high e-Governance penetration.

“NIC Jajpur District Unit has been instrumental in conceptualizing efficient IT plans and providing all out support to the Jajpur District Administration for effective grass root administration and management through use of modern ICT tools and infrastructure. The district team is headed by the pro- IT collector Mr. Anil Kumar Samal, IAS and under his able guidance the ICT infrastructure and projects have covered all the blocks and Tehsils and are ready to penetrate to the Gram Panchayat level.” ANIL KUMAR SAMAL, IAS, District Collector, Jajpur

ICT PROJECTS

  • Standardized District Portal (http://jajpur.nic.in): http://jajpur.nic.in is the info highway for the administration as well as for the citizens. The single window portal hosts information on the whole range of various G2C, G2G, G2B and G2E services.
  • e-Abhijoga: e-Abhijoga is the grievance redressal system through which citizens can directly send their grievances to the District Collector/ Hon’ble Chief Minister. The portal facilitates complete cycle of online redressal of grievances such as tracing of the application, reporting the action/s taken on the grievance etc. It is a one of its kind move by the top bureaucracy and political system of the state to reach out and to listen to the people thus strengthening the principles of democracy.
  • Land Record Computerization: With the latest build ver.3.02, Bhulekh is now fully operational in all the 10 Tehsils of the district. The client-server application software facilitates the Revenue Department in easy keeping of all the RORs. It also assists the public in getting ROR copy and availing land mutation services at the Tahasildar offices with use of modern biometric fingerprint technique. The web version of Bhulekh is also available at (http://bhulekh.ori.nic.in) which assists users to view the copy of their RORs on the click of a button.
  • Document Management System (DMS): With the objective to store, preserve, manage, search, locate & utilize the old Case Record Documents of Tehsils for better management, DMS project has been initiated. The project facilitates conversion of physical case records into digital format, easy storage & retrieval of case record documents using a suitable Design Framework. Not only this, the system creates metadata for successful search, analysis & management of documents; assists in efficient storage & retrieval of the documents stored in physical storage devices etc.
  • PRERANA: In order to expedite the efficient disposal of scholarship applications and to ensure timely payment of scholarships to the students, Post-metric Scholarship Registration Release and Network Automation or PRERANA has been initiated. The system deposits the scholarship amount directly into the bank account of the students.
  • e-MPR on Land Acquisition System: With radical changes in the recent Land Acquisition Act, the Land Acquisition System enables G2G services to monitor land acquisition proposals. Earlier the entire information was unorganized but with the introduction of this new system the proposals are now submitted online to R & DM Department for notification and compliance reports. It also monitors issue of orders and disbursement of projects.
  • NADRS: NIC Jajpur took the lead to train all VAS of Jajpur district from time to time to use this system. The ICT infrastructure and established computerized network through VPN connectivity for National Animal Disease Reporting System links each block, district and State Headquarters and monitors livestock disease situation in the country through the Central Disease Reporting & Monitoring Unit (CDRMU).
  • AGMARKNET: Government is on a continuous endeavour to eliminate the middleman in the agri-business so that the farmers get their suitable dues and the prices of essential commodities remain under check. AGMARKNET is an important web based project that updates all the stakeholders on the details of prices of essential commodities in the market such as food grains, pulses, oilseeds etc. Jajpur RMC and Jhumpuri RMC are covered with the transmission of market data on daily basis.
  • CONFONET: CONFONET provides a single-window solution for automation of activities undertaken at the Consumer Forums at the national, state and district level. The project has provided an ICT solution to achieve efficiency, transparency and e-governance at the consumer forums and has facilitated disposal of cases in a time bound manner. The registration of complaints, recording of court proceedings, issue of notices, generation of cause lists, recording of judgments, record-keeping and generation of statistical reports etc. are carried out through the Case Monitoring application software. The CONFONET website (http:// confonet.nic.in) provides Information on Consumer Rights and Protection to facilitate consumers, NGOs, Consumer Rights Organizations and Consumer Activists. Other services offered by the website include Online schedule of cases - List of cases to be heard by the courts on the following day and search of date-wise list of cases, lists of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), various State Commissions and District Forums. The CONFONET project caters to a wide range of beneficiaries like consumers, Consumer Activists, Non-Governmental Organizations, members of Consumer Courts, Bar Councils and advocates.
  • District Court Computerization: With the establishment of LAN and broadband connectivity in the District Court, the Court Information System (CIS) has been made operational. At present, the digitization of backlog cases of all the courts of the district is under progress.
  • Recruitment and Training: NIC Jajpur supports district administration in recruitment of Jr. Clerk, Jr. Stenographer, R.I, A.R.I and Admin by managing the applicants’ database, generating intimation letters and generating rank-wise results of the examination. Time to time training is being provided to the staff of district administration and other government offices for use of ICT in administration and for other application packages.
  • Lease Line / Broadband: Lease line Network has been extended to Head Post Office, Jajpur, Jajpur Road and to RTO Chandikhole Office on 24x7 basis.
  • eProcurement: This MMP is running successfully in the district with all govt. departments and local bodies using the G2B portal at http://tendersorissa.gov.in portal. NINL (Nilachal Ispat Nigam Limited) the PSU steel manufacturer joined the e-procurement through http://eprocure.gov.in portal and is a key user of this application in the district.

For further information: SUDHANSU MOHAN SATPATHY District Informatics Officer, NIC District Centre Jaipur E-mail: sm.satpathy@nic.in