NIC on the Scene
Important Applications
NICNET Services
Hyderabad, as capital of Andhra Pradesh, is making news both nationally and globally. But, do you know that it was Kurnool which was the capital of Andhra Pradesh when the State was formed in 1953! Kurnool had this distinction of being the capital of AP from 1st October 1953 to 1st November 1956.
Kurnool district is located in the Rayalaseema area of the State bounded at the north by the Tungabadra and Krishna river. The District covers an area of 17,658 sq.km. and has a population of around 29,74,000.
NIC on the Scene
NIC Kurnool District Unit started functioning in the year 1988. The initial thrust was to train the district officials in making use of the IT tools. This played an important role in bringing about a sea change in the attitude of administration in making use of IT, with the right kind of support from administrators.An increasing demand from the District Administration for the use of latest IT applications facilitated the deplyoment of state-of-the-art pentium based workstations with high speed Internet access at the NIC Kurnool District Centre.
Important Applications
NIC Kurnool Unit has been given the privilege and responsibility,on many occasions,toprocess important,
time critical and confidential data relating to recruitment of Teachers, Health Assistants, Veterinary Assistants and various other category of posts for which the District Collector is responsible for recruitment.
Kurnool has large number of land acquisition related activities in the district due to Srisailam, Telugu Ganga and other projects. All Land Acquisition particulars are captured for monitoring by Collector. NIC Kurnool Centre assisted the State Unit in processing over one lakh land acquisition compensation claims relating Srisailam Reservoir Project which involved disbursement of more than Rs.120 crores.
Public Grievances Redressal System is in good use in the district. One of the Collectors had termed the system in use at Kurnool as a model one for use in other districts. The district collectorate also makes use of NIC facilities for preparation of all periodical reports for review by the Collector and for payroll processing. The periodical reports assist in grading the peformance of various district level officers. Service matters on Revenue officials are maintained in the system for preparing panel list for promotions, etc.
A busy day at NIC Kurnool District Centre
Another important area where NIC Kurnool has helped the District Administration is implementation of various Monitoring systems such as one for water supply schemes promised by the Chief Minister of the State.Telugu Ganga Project made use of a program developed by NIC Kurnool Centre to assess easily the quantity of earth to be excavated layer wise in the project area.
Extensive Support has always been given by NIC Kurnool to the District Administration during Elections. The pilot project carried out at Kurnool for Zilla Parishad has resulted in extending this system to all districts of the State as a paid project of NIC. Provident Fund details and JRY details are also being maintained on that system together with retired employees pension details.
NIC Kurnool District Unit has also assisted in extending GISTNIC and MEDLARS services to large number of users and for disseminating village level data under DISNIC-PLAN programme. The system on Village level Development Indicators is a useful one for district administration in identifying needy villages under various schemes, especially under Remote Area Development Programmes of hilly regions.
The Unit has also been extending support to the national level projects such as District Court Computerization, District Industries Centre, FCI, Rural PLI for Dept of Posts, Employment Exchange project, Reservoir Water Level Monitoring System and for state level projects such as AP Seeds Certification Agency.
NICNET Services
With the installation of IPA VSAT, the mail transfers have become easier at Kurnool. Unixware system is configured as an smtp mail server with full Internet access facility.The District receives large number of mails from the offices of Commissioners of Land Revenue, Agriculture, Civil Supplies, Social Welfare and Secretariat. Most of the periodicals to be submitted to the Government are computerised and transmitted periodically.
NICNET facilities are also being used by FCI, Central Excise, NSSO, District Court, Industries, Zilla Pasishad, Registration department, Forest department, Health department and others. The post graduate students and doctors of Kurnool Medical College make good use of MEDLARS services through our District Unit.
NIC Kurnool District Unit is doing its best like every other NIC District Unit to promote appropriate use of IT in the District Administration. The District Administration has appreciated these services of NIC on several occasions and honoured the Unit with Merit Certificates.