Sirmaur, situated in south-east of Himachal Pradesh, was founded in 1616 as an independent kingdom in India. It is largely mountainous and rural, with 90% of its population living in villages. It includes the towns of Nahan (District Headquarters), as well as the Shivalik Fossil Park at Suketi, where fossils of over 85 million years old have been found. Agriculture is the backbone of economy here. People worship deities (Devtas) just like people in many other districts of the state. Hindi and Pahari are the languages spoken here. Nati is the popular folk dance. NIC Sirmaur District Unit was established in 1988 at Collectorate Office Nahan. Since its inception the District Unit is a pioneer in implementing many successful e-Governance Projects with an objective to rollout the ICT awareness in the district for greater transparency and efficiency leading to good governance. MAJOR E- GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES Sugam Services Centres: The Citizen Services Center named as SUGAM have been established at Sub Divisional locations (Nahan, Paonta & Rajgarh) & RTO Office Nahan of the District. There are different services being provided under single roof. Some of the main services are:- eSamadhan-online complaint registration and status, SARATHI- Issuance/Renewal of Computerised Driving Licenses, VAHAN- Registration of Vehicles, Certificate issuance, Telephone bill payments, Electricity bill payment, Passport Application Collection, Pension/Salary information etc. Electronic Gazette: The online software to provide the notifications to the Controller of Gazette for publishing these in the Gazette (Rajpatra). The final gazette is published on the Internet at http://himachal.nic.in/egazette. The citizens and departments have access to the search interface by selecting department, date, keyword etc. Personnel MIS: The Personnel MIS is a convenient and effective monitoring tool for employees to view their service book details covering personal, professional, family, education, training, leave, loans, ACR, Service History etc. at a click of button. It is of immense benefit to the employees since they can view it from even the remotest corner of the state. District Official Web Site: The official website of district http://hpsirmaur.gov.in is designed & maintained by the NIC District Centre in coordination with the district administration. The detailed information on the web site about the district is a major source of information for citizens. REVENUE DEPARTMENT Land Records Computerisation: In the district all 10 Tehsils have been made operational. The base entry of the Jamabandis of all the Tehsils has already been done. The mutation data entry & updation process is going on and new Jamabandis created automatically by HimBhoomi software. Computerised copies of RoR are being issued to citizens from various Tehsils and Citizen Service Centres of District. HIMRIS (Registration of Land Deeds): The computerized registration of Land Deeds has been done at all Tehsils. The advantage of this software is that the software is integrated with land records software (Himbhoomi) where automatic updation of mutation and remarks are shown in the Nakals. eParman (Issuances of Certificates): The Web Based eParman software is running in all the 3-Sub Divisions & all the 10-Tehsils/Sub Tehsils for issuance of various types of certificates like Bonafide, SC/ST, Legal Heirs, Backward Class, Character certificates etc. COMPUTERISATION OF TREASURIES DEPARTMENT eSalary (Integrated Pay & Account Office computerisation): The eSalary software, for processing and generation of salary bills, covers all employees of the State Government. The DDOs just need to update only the changes in the software and salary cheques can be taken. The employees can view the salary details at http://admis.hp.nic.in/esalary. HPOTIS (HP Online Treasury Information System): Online Treasuries Information System (OLTIS) has been implemented in the District Treasury Office Nahan & in all of its Sub Treasury offices. ePension : ePension software has been implemented in the District Treasury Office, which is managing the Pension Scrolls Arrear calculation etc for the State Government pensioners drawing their pension in district Sirmaur and providing them with a citizen interface at http://himachal.nic.in/epension. COMPUTERISATION OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT eKalyan Software : eKalyan Software is a new Windows Based Software which is generating Pension MOs and Bank Scrolls to around 20000 pensioners of the beneficiaries on quarterly basis. The data is also accessible on internet for the citizens. ePehchan Software: ePehchan software is Online software to issue the Senior Citizens Identity Cards & Handicapped Identity Cards which is running at District Welfare Office Nahan. COMPUTERISATION OF DISTRICT COLLECTORATE OFFICE (DC OFFICE) Under the DC office Computerisation - REFNIC - Software for the diary & dispatch section. Web Pass Software: Web based software for acceptance of Passport applications in the Passport Cell of the DC office and further management and monitoring as the data is sent to the State Passport Cell for further processing. Online status is being provided on the internet for the benefit of the citizens. PADAM SINGH CHAUHAN IAS & Deputy Commissioner Sirmaur The NIC District Unit has played a pivotal role not only in implementing e-Governance projects successfully but also act as a backbone for district administration by providing data and information for better planning and decision making. Planning Cell (Scheme Management Software): A Windows based software at District Planning Cell through which all the Proposals & Schemes are entered under various heads. The further monitoring of the scheme is done through the software itself. Various MIS reports are also generated for executive decisions making purposes. NETWORK SERVICES NIC District Centre Nahan is connected with 34 Mbps OFC (Optical Fible Cable) for Internet, Email, Video Conference and web-services. A Local Area Network (LAN) has been established in DC Office covering all the branches of the Complex. Video Conference facility is also available. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION District Informatics Officer NIC District Unit Sirmaur DC Office Nahan-173001(H.P) Email: hpsir@nic.in Phone: 01702-222715