Speeding up e-Governance through ICT-enabled initiatives NIC Koraput has been playing a vital role in making the District a leading one in terms of providing ICT-enabled government services to citizens. DARPAN is a major project implemented for District Magistrate to monitor the execution of schemes on real time basis, while Geographical Information System is another important project developed for the mapping of different facilities available in the District. Located at the backdrop of green valley’s immaculate freshness, Koraput District was established on 1st April 1936. Decorated by forests, waterfalls, terraced valleys and darting springs, the District makes for a perfect tourist destination for nature lovers. It comprises of 2 subdivisions (Jeypore and Koraput), 14 tahasils, 14 blocks and 2045 revenue villages. Apart from a flourishing tourism, the District has also witnessed advancement in terms of technology. Koraput NIC has been dedicatedly engaged in implementing various Central and State e-Governance Applications. The District Centre has NICNET infrastructure with 100 mbps leased line connectivity, and it provides network connectivity to District Administration, District Session & other Courts, Regional Transport Office, Central University Koraput, SLNMCH Medical College, Aadhaar Enrolment Centre, Food Corporation of India etc.
“The NIC District Unit has always played a pivotal role in channelizing the powers of e-Governance to masses in this remote and aspirational District. The role of ICT in ensuring transparent and inclusive governance cannot be stressed upon more in this technology driven era. NIC has always been instrumental in developing, hosting and securing government websites by deploying state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure. NIC District Centre has been working as an integral part of the District Administration in capacity building as well as in promoting and implementing various ICT enabled initiatives & projects in the District. I sincerely appreciate the efforts put in by the NIC District Unit officials.” SUDARSHAN CHAKRAVARTHY, IAS Collector & District Magistrate Koraput
ICT Initiatives in the District WebGIS for Koraput A multilayer GIS based website has been developed for Koraput District in which all the infrastructural facilities, administrative units, natural resource layers, communication facilities and developmental attributes and facilities are mapped.
District Portal Redesigned using Secure, Scalable and Sugamya Website as a Service (S3WaaS), Koraput District portal (https://koraput.nic.in) is bilingual (English & Odia) and is in compliance with the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW). The District website is a single point information source to access important information about the District, and it provides latest information related to the ongoing government programmes, circulars, proceedings, general orders, recruitment and tender notices, district gazettes etc. It also provides links to social media interface of the District Administration on Facebook, Twitter etc.
DM Dashboard The Dashboard for Analytical Review of Projects Across Nation (DARPAN) has been provided for the District Magistrate. By transforming complex government data into meaningful visuals, the DM Dashboard serves as a powerful tool for dynamic project monitoring for the District Administration. It enhances analytical capabilities by providing a centralized easy-to-access platform, which consolidates data from multiple data sources. Inaugurating the Dashboard, Shri K. Sudarshan Chakravarthy, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, Koraput, said, “Timely and effective implementation of schemes/ projects is critical to the success of government programmes. Digital technology has proved to be extremely useful in planning, implementation and monitoring of government programmes.”
Land Records Management System (LRMS) The Land Records Management System is a web-enabled application software, developed to maintain up-to-date Record of Rights. It is a transaction based application that interacts with the e-Registration application through web services. The system helps the Mutation Officer (Tehsildar/ Additional Tehsildar), posted at Tehsil, to initiate a mutation case instantly whenever there is a transaction at Registration Office. Using LRMS, 1089938 Record of Rights have been generated and 865386 plot maps have been digitally corrected in Bhunaksha.
eProcurement eProcurement has been implemented at all the State Government organizations, NALCO at Damanjodi, and Central Cattle Breeding Farm at Sunabeda.
ICT Support for Simultaneous Parliamentary and Assembly Election 2019 For the smooth conduct of General Election for the Parliament and the Legislative Assembly, NIC Koraput provided ICT support for randomization of polling personnel, booth allocation to polling party, EVM randomization, establishment of counting centre, and transmission of results through Suvidha and EMS applications.
ERONet ERONet is a system developed for electoral rolls management. It has been implemented in the District for the addition, deletion, and updation of voters’ list.
Agmarknet Agmarknet portal has been implemented in the District to connect agricultural markets and state marketing boards.
eNAM National Agriculture Market (eNAM) has been implemented at Kundili market of Koraput District. It removes the information asymmetry between buyers and sellers, thereby promoting real time price discovery based on actual demand and supply.
Other projects implemented in the District are Vahan & Sarathi, National Animal Disease Reporting System, Immigration, Visa and Foreigner's Registration & Tracking, National Social Assistance Programme, ePrison, Arms License Issuance System, Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window, eCourts, eCounselling, eAbhijog, Automation of Small Savings Activities, College Accounting Procedure Automation, Online Registration of Entrepreneurship Memorandum I & Entrepreneurship Memorandum II of Entrepreneurs for Micro, Small or Medium Enterprises, Geographical Information System for Left Wing Extremism Districts, Local Government Directory, Jeevan Pramaan, eNijukti, Rainfall Monitoring System, Messaging Services and National Knowledge Network.
Important Events District Legal Services Authority NIC Koraput provided support to the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) on the occasion of foundation stone laying of DLSA Complex by Hon’ble Shri Justice Deepak Mishra, the Chief Justice of India, in September 2018.
Video Conferencing (VC) NIC VC Studio facilitates different beneficiaries and organizations to attend the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s Video Conferences.
Awards and Accolades ••Award to NIC Koraput for exemplary performance on digital payments initiatives ••Digital India Award 2018 - Web Ratna Silver for Koraput District Website
Summary NIC Koraput is committed to provide ICT support to the District Administration, State Government Departments, Central Government and Public Sector Units in the District. Stable internet connectivity up to gram panchayat and village level is required for implementation of e-Governance Applications for all citizens.