The Satna District, in the largest Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, is situated in the Vindhya region. Having a population of over 14.5 lakhs and spread over an area of 7,502 sq.km, Satna District covers 2,124 villages under 5 Tehsils. The region posseses vast reserves of lime stone and hosts a number of large scale industries. The District is a famous tourist attraction as well, with the historical Chitrakoot Dham and Ma Sharda temple situated here.
NIC's Emergence at Satna
The NIC District Unit Satna was established in the year 1988, with an aim to provide relentless informatics services to the District Administration in planning and development. Ever since, the NIC centre has been helping the authorities by providing the necessary IT support in various important Projects being run in the region. Though it was a tough task initially to motivate the officials to adopt the computer culture, NICNET has since become an indispensable tool for the District Administration over the passage of time.
Support Services
In the process of carrying out the computerization activity in the District, various MIS reports are generated by the NIC unit which are extremely useful for the Authorities in formulating development schemes. The MLA Legislative Assembly wise reports of works sanctioned have been of great support to the concerned MLAs, District Planning Officers and other officials in review meetings of the Zila Yojana Samiti and Planning Board. Similarly, the computerized Reports generated from Census'91 data have been of critical use to the Election Department for drawing out the SC/ST reservation lists.
The services of NIC-Satna Unit have also been utilized by the Administration in analysing the Rainfall Data for preparation of relief measures related reports. The District Unit has also extended Technical Support in maintaining the Directory of Panchayats and in computerization of Departments such as District Treasury, Central Excise, Land Records Department, DRDA, Food Corporation of India (FCI) , Madhya Pradesh Oil Federation (MPOILFED) etc.
Major Achievements
During the past ten years, NIC-Satna has been extending its computer support to many departments and has undertaken key projects of implementing useful software in the District. The Time Limit & DO Letters Monitoring System (caters to the weekly review requirements of the disposal of time limit papers by various departments) The Schemes Monitoring System (helps in close monitoring of every development work under various schemes in Satna.) The Arms Licenses MIS ( helped in computerization of all licenses issued from the District since 1951)
Government Vehicles Information System (has facilitated the preparation of updated lists of all Government vehicles). Revenue Cases Information System (developed to monitor the status and progress of revenue related cases which are pending in the Courts.
During Elections
The success story of NIC Satna includes the efficient computer and communication support in the form of computerized tabulation, round-wise preparation and onward transmission of the election results over NICNET, during Parliamentary Elections in 1996 and 1998 and also the Assembly Elections in 1998. Extensive support was given in the entire election process of nominations, withdrawals, final sorted listings of candidates, ballot paper requirements, generating details of polling stations and voters etc.
NICNET Services
Apart from implementing all the relevant National/State level NICNET based projects, NIC-Satna has provided dial-up connectivity to major organizations such as MPOILFED etc. The Unit has also facilitated wide spread use of DISNIC Plan and GISNIC data among a wide cross section of Government and Non-Government Departments.
The above are only a few milestones covered....and several challenging paths are still to be tread by NIC-Satna Unit. But viewing the fact that the services provided by the District Centre have generated wide interest in Government circles, the dream of complete computerization and informatics culture in the Satna District will definitely be realized in the years to come.