Hon'ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Prof. (Sh.) Prem Kumar Dhumal, formally launched four mobile phone based services for the Copying Agency, Public Grievance Redressal System (eSamadhan), Arms License Issuance System (eShastr) and Election Communication Plan MIS. This has started the process of moving towards mGovernance in the State. A number of senior officers of the State Government were present during the launch ceremony. The SMS Gateway interface has been provided by the Department of IT, HP. The Principal Secretary (IT) HP Government gave a presentation on the usage of SMS Gateway and the SIO NIC Himachal Pradesh demonstrated the eShastr and eSamadhan services using SMS gateway. The CEO Himachal explained the usage of SMS gateway during the recently held by-elections. All the applications have been developed for the convenience of the citizens so that they don't have to visit the Government offices again and again. All the applications SW are NIC developed and the SMS gateway interface has also been incorporated by the NIC Himachal Pradesh State Centre. Ajay Singh Chahal, Himachal Pradesh