Kurukshetra is a place of great historical and religious importance, revered all over the country for its sacred associations. The battle of Mahabharata was fought here and Lord Krishna preached his philosophy of "KARMA" to Arjun as enshrined in the Holy Geeta. In the very first verse of Bhagwat Gita, Kurukshetra is described as DHARAMKSHETRA i.e. field of righteousness. Mythologically, the name Kurukshetra applied to a circuit of about 48 KOS or about 80 miles (128 Kms) which includes a large number of holy places, temples and tanks connected with the ancient Indian traditions and the Mahabharata War and Kururu, the pious ancestor of Kaurvas and Pandavas. Edited by Vivek Verma The NIC district centre, established at Mini Secretariat, has a dedicated redundant Leased Line connectivity with NIC-Haryana State Unit, under NICNET and SWAN, for uninterrupted network services. Two e-DISHA centres and six HALRIS centres for G2C services with comprehensive computing and communication facilities and a comprehensive LAN of 300 nodes is also functional. NIC setup also covers one Training Lab with roof mounted projector, well equipped Video Conferencing room and 03 Touch Screen kiosks for the convenience of residents. MAJOR E-GOVERNANCE PROJECTS e-Delivery of Integrated Service to Citizens (e-DISHA): Various citizen centric services are provided hassle free through a single window in a transparent way and few of them are: Registration of Vehicles ( New, Duplicate, NOC, HPA Addition and Cancellation, Re-passing) - using VAHAN software Issuance of Permanent and Learning Driving License and Conductor License (New, Duplicate, Renewal) - using SARATHI software Affidavit attestation Ensure the presence of Applicants, Witnesses by taking the Thumb Impression using Biometric Device and photo-graph Issuance of Certificates viz: SC, BC, OBC, Haryana Residence, Income, Rural Area On Spot Medical Examination Facility for Driving License and Conductor License Issuance of Senior Citizen I-Cards Collection of Application and Delivery for all types of Nakals by Coping Agency related to Revenue Court Cases Dynamically Integrated HALRIS (Haryana Land Records Information System) & HARIS (Haryana Property Registration Information System) - A complete Integrated Workflow Automation system of Land Record components has been implemented at all 06 tehsils & sub-tehsils. It provides a single Window Interface for Deed Writing, Registration, Mutation, Jamabandi and copy of Records-of-Right, which is also avail-able on website http://jamabandi.nic.in. The Department of Land Resources, Govt. of India has identified HALRIS Centre, Kurukshetra as a nation wide best practice and has been deputing officers, teams from other states to undertake study of HARIS, HALRIS Integration. Various teams from different states (UP, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, Karnataka) & World Bank visited Kurukshetra to study the initiative. VINOD KUMAR District Informatics Officer, NIC Kurukshetra diokrk@nic.in KAMAL TYAGI District Informatics Associate, NIC Kurukshetra tyagi@nic.in Automation of the Branches in Deputy Commissioner Office (e-Office) Attendance Marking System through biometric device: More than 150 officials daily use this system to mark their attendance. (also implemented in ADC Office & SDM Office) Public Grievances Redressal & Monitoring System Payroll, Budget Preparation (Form BM10), Expenditure & Budget Allocation Statements (BM2629) Vehicle Requisition Dairy & Dispatch Register (VRK Branch) Receipt/Issue of all Files related to Various Courts in Coping & RKE Branch Distribution of Grants (DA Branch) Touch Screen Kiosks based Citizen Facilitation: 03 Touch Screen Kiosks are installed at Kurukshetra Mini Secretariat, which are being used for e-services like Queries related to Land Records based on Owners as per Khewat/Name, Cultivators as per Khatoni/Name, Registration Deeds, Mutations Status, Field Book, Mausawis, Awareness through PPT, Vehicle Registration & Driving License Status/Awareness, Voter List Enquiry , Haryana School Board Results, Sr. Citizens Id. Cards, to query about Below Poverty Line Households, Query about the Panchayats Directory - name of Sarpanch & Panch, DC Office Employees Attendance Marking System. OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS General Elections to Lok Sabha-2009, Haryana Assembly - 2009, and Municipalities & Panchayats General Elections 2010: The software for Duty Assignment and Randomization of Polling booths, polling parties, EVMs, Micro observers and Result compilation was developed in Kurukshetra, implemented in all constituencies in district & replicated in entire state of Haryana. Four types of Help lines were also established and operated successfully. C.G. RAJINI KAANTHAN, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra To promote e-Governance and improve delivery of various citizen services using ICT District Administration with the technical support of NIC, District Centre has taken several initiatives. Moreover, all Government offices have been asked to carry out necessary process re-engineering in order to simplify office procedures to make them suitable for an efficient and transparent delivery of public services through use of available ICT tools. I appreciate the efforts of Sh.Vinod Singla, DIO & Sh. Kamal Tyagi, DIA and complement them for continued motivated performance in the future. Results Through Binocular: The project of Board of School Education, Haryana for Result Declaration & On-line in-depth analysis (i.e. a compendium of millions queries) of results of all students of Middle, Matric and Plus Two exams was also developed and implemented through NIC, Kurukshetra, having a feature of E-Psychologist for instant counseling. In addition, all assigned state level and central projects are being implemented and active ICT support is being provided to district administration and user departments. For further information GHAN SHYAM BANSAL, State Informatics Officer NIC-Haryana State Unit G03, Haryana New Secretariat, Sector-17, Chandigarh - 160017 Ph: 0172-2711642 sio-hry@nic.in