The District of Guna is situated at a distance of 216 kilometres from the Madhya Pradesh State Capital, Bhopal. The Guna District lies in the north western region of Madhya Pradesh. It is surrounded by the territory of Rajasthan in the west and Uttar Pradesh in the east.

With a population of 13,10,317 the District spreads over an area of 11,065 square kilometre. There are 9 blocks and 2,277 villages in the Guna District. The place is famous for its "Chanderi " Saris.

PLANNED APPROACH

The National Informatics Centre, Guna District Unit was established on December 1988, with an objective of promoting computer culture among the Government Sector and general public. In the beginning, computer awareness programmes were conducted for the District Officers as well as their staff. These programmes covered introduction to computers, how computers can be helpful in day-to-day life, utilities of NICNET & NICMAIL facility etc.

The NIC District Centre, Guna's major areas of activity can be broadly classified under three heads i.e., creating computer awareness among the User organization; fulfilment of the Users specific needs in the field of information technology and implementation of State/National level projects.

IMPORTANT PROJECTS

The Guna District Centre regularly provides reports related to different sectors such as health, education, drinking water, transport and communication etc to District Administration and District Statistical Office. These reports are very useful in formulating the District Plan.

The NIC District Centre, Guna has established a computerized Public Grievances and Vigilance Cell in the Collectorate in order to enable the District Administration to look into the grievances of general public efficiently. People can directly contact this cell at NIC Guna to find out the status of their grievance report. Block-wise/subdivision-wise details of complaints can be generated through the system. The cell is linked with the Chief Ministers Public Grievance Office, Bhopal.

One of the important projects undertaken by NIC Guna is the computerization of records of patta dharies in Guna District. A database of 54000 patta dharies has been created under the Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe and Other Backward Classes categories. Provision has been made for the Guna District Collector to monitor whether possession has been taken or not by actual patta dharies.

Computerization of Arms Licences is a notable project undertaken by NIC Guna. The database developed contains the detail information about the arms licences issued/renewed since 1950. Reports can be generated cast-wise, thana-wise and category-wise. The main feature of the system is that it is in Hindi and therefore very user-friendly.

Implementation of Management Information System (MIS) for Jawahar Rozgar Yojana is yet another successful venture of NIC District Centre, Guna. The Software provides panchayat-wise, fund-allocation reports. Bank slips for each panchayat are also provided after performing the required calculations.

The NIC District Centre, Guna has successfully implemented a package called "Pragati", for the purpose of monitoring of works under Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY), Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS), Million Wells Scheme (MWS) etc. The District Rural Development Agency's (DRDA) computer system has been hooked up with the NIC District Centre, Guna to provide maximum computer aid.

STATE / NATIONAL LEVEL PROJECTS

The NIC, District Centre Guna has successfully implemented the packages developed by NIC State Unit, Bhopal from time-to-time.

Treasury has been computerized using Treasury Accounting Information System (TRACIS) and Treasury Receipt and Payment Information System (TRINFO).

MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) Local Area Scheme has been computerized to monitor the works under the planning department.

The Public Distribution System (PDS) under Food and Civil Supplies and Birth & Death reports under Statistical Department are also computerized. The Veterinary Software has also been successfully implemented at Guna.

NIC Guna is also facilitating the widespread use of Census'91 data to all government departments, researchers, private User and to common man. The data consists of compiled information about the basic facilities such as medical, roads, education, electricity, drinking water, area etc, available in a particular village. Reports are generated on the information required by a particular User and printouts are given. Many departments taking care of rural, women & child development activities are making use of the information provided in Census'91 to a large extent.

At the National Level NIC District Centre Guna, besides other projects, has actively participated in the pulse polio programme; special health check-up programme and elections.

NICNET UTILIZATION

The NIC District Centre, Guna has provided the NICNET communication facility to a wide variety of Users. Departments such as Land Records; Treasury; Forest; Agriculture; Food and Civil Supplies; Veterinary; District Rural Development Agency; Deputy Commissioner Milk; Education; Public Health Engineering Department (PHED); Statistical Office; District Planning Board; Mandi; District Industries Centre (DIC); DWCDO, are using the NICNET facility on a regular basis.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

As training/workshop/seminar have a special part to play in the District for spreading computer and communication awareness. Many Training Programmes are being conducted from time-to-time as per the requirement of the User organization. NIC District centre Guna has also conducted a couple of Workshops on specific subjects such as National Water Shed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA); Integrated Health Engineering Department (ICDS) etc.

In the words of Mr K D P Rao IAS & Collector Guna, "a vital role is played by NIC in changing the work culture and making the working of the Government more transparent to the public. Information is made readily available from one department to another. The availability of information, accurately and on a timely basis, in formats required by the officials concerned, has given a new dimension to the management of information within the structure".

The NIC Guna District Centre, Madhya Pradesh