Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Sri Akhilesh Yadav launched the State Portal and e-Forms on 1st August 2012. The State Portal (uponline.up.nic.in) and e-Forms are developed by NIC UP State Unit. With the launch of the e-Forms, Citizens can now avail a total of 26 services of the 8 departments from their nearby CSC/ Lokvani Centres. On this occasion Hon’ble Chief Minister praised the efforts being made by NIC Uttar Pradesh and State IT department. The Senior Cabinet Ministers of Government of Uttar Pradesh Sri Azam Khan, Sri Shivpal Singh Yadav, Sri Ambika Chowdhary, Sri Ahmed Hasan and Sri Abhishek Mishra graced the occasion. Various Senior Administrative Officers of Govt. of UP were present during the launch. The Commissioners and District Magistrates from the state also inaugurated the services from CSC Centres in their respective Commissionary and District.