Malkangiri district came into existence after the reorganization of Odisha state on 2nd October 1992. Covering an area of 5,791 sq. kms, almost the whole of district is covered with vast dense jungles, with tribal population comprising of primitive tribes notable among them are Bondas, Koyas, Porajas and Didayis. Some of the most beautiful locations are the back waters of Balimela Dam, Satiguda Dam and Bonda Ghati.

Information & Communication Technology (ICT) has played an instrumental role in day to day activities of the district administration through easy delivery of e-services to the citizens and by improving the process and effective management through e-Governance.

Dr. M. MUTHUKUMAR, IAS District Officer, Malkangiri Information & Communications Technologies (ICTs) have revolutionized the governance process and transformed relationship with citizen. Efforts made by NIC Malkangiri in adopting use of ICT in the District Administration & spreading ICT culture are praiseworthy. I appreciate Shri Tapan Kumar Behera, DIO, NIC Malkangiri for his contribution and pro-active support to the District Administration to make e-Governance a true success in the district.

KEY ICT INITIATIVES:- • Standardized District Portal (http://malkangiri.nic.in) The standardized district portal of the district is based on the content architecture of the National Portal of India. It is citizen-centric and disseminates information about the district and sub-district level. It acts as a single window platform for all categories of information for G2C, G2B, G2E and G2G services.

• Project Monitoring System The government has taken up various projects at Panchayat, Block, NAC and ITDA level comprising of schemes for the development of the district. The Project Monitoring System facilitates the district administration to successfully track & monitor the different projects and its physical and financial progress. The system comprises of three major modules namely Project Details, Billing Details and Advance Details. It generates different reports like Scheme Wise Abstract, Project Status, Detail Billing Information, Advances taken against work, Scheme wise, Financial Year wise and Gram Panchayat wise Project Details, Lists of Ongoing and Completed Projects. It also keeps track of beneficiaries under Indira Awas Yojana (IAY).

• Family Survey Analysis System Many schemes for the benefit of tribal/BPL families have been launched. But due to lack of information, it gets difficult to ensure that the benefits of these schemes reach at the grass-root level. Family Survey Analysis System facilitates the district administration to enter the individual family survey data, cross check them with eligibility criteria of various schemes and easily identify tribal family members as beneficiaries to avail the facility provided under different schemes like Distributing Titles in Forest Right Act, Financial Assistance in IAY, Mo-kudia Yojana, Old Age Pension, Widow Pension & Disability Pension etc.

• PRERANA: e-Scholarship System (http://www.ori.nic.in/odishapms) “Post-metric Scholarship Registration Release and Network Automation” or PRERNA has been launched to ensure the automation, streamlining & effective management of processes for faster and efficient disposal of scholarship applications along with ensuring timely payment to the ST/SC/OBC/Minority students directly into their bank accounts. Approximately, 1977 number of SC/ST students of 23 institutes in the Malkangiri district have availed the scholarships during academic year 2012-13.

• e-Procurement System The e-Procurement System of NIC was successfully implemented in the district by ITDA, NACs, RWSS, RD etc. NIC district unit extends technical support and organizes workshops and trainings for the different departments for smooth implementation of e-Procurement system.

• e-Abhijoga The system enables citizens to directly send their grievances directly to District Administration/Hon’ble Chief Minister. The initiative has achieved a uniform and systematic approach towards monitoring of grievances.

• Paddy Procurement System Paddy procurement system monitors paddy procurement through Paddy Purchase Centres (PPCs) by various agencies like Civil Supplies Office, and Tribal Development Coordination Corporation (TDCC). In 2012-13, 86721 MT of paddy was procured through participation of 15016 farmers in 8 PPCs and around 88024 (MT) of paddy was delivered to 79 millers.

• Land Record Computerization The Bhulekh ver.3.02 application is operational at all the seven tehsils of the district. The application provides online up-to-date RORs to the citizens in regional language.

• e-MPR on Land Acquisition System Online MPR on land acquisition system helps district administration to monitor land acquisitions proposals. It tracks proposals submitted to R&DM Department for notification and its compliance reports. It also monitors issue of orders and award disbursement of projects.

• Recruitment Automation System The system, facilitates candidates to apply for various recruitments carried out by district administration, screen out eligible candidates, organize timely tests and make result available over the portal. This ensures speedy recruitment process ensuring transparency at the same time. The standardized recruitment automation system developed by NIC Malkangiri has achieved its objective and the unit provides all the necessary technical support.