The NIC Tamil Nadu State Unit has come out with a solution to the 'last mile' problems in data transmission within the government hierarchy with the development of a system called Automatic Data Distribution and Monitoring System (ADDMS). Data collection from the districts and its aggregation at the state level is essential for better planning. Data from the districts, relating to a large number of development sectors, was being transmitted to Madras on a regular basis. The NIC Tamil Nadu State Unit, Madras, is equipped with MES installations at three different locations to receive this data. However, NIC cells are located in more than six user departments in various parts of the City. Each of these user departments require compilation of data received from the districts on daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis, and are connected to the three MES locations by means of leased or dial-up lines. Now, data relating to a given project may be transmitted by the districts to any of the three MES installations depending on the availability and working status of the lines. This meant that data for the same project could be transmitted separately to all the three MES installations giving rise to problems in data collation which in turn leads to time loss. ADDMS is the ideal answer to all these problems. The system automatically routes data to the location where it is to be processed; it sends a data receipt notification to the place from where the data is transmitted; and also provides additional facility to monitor arrival of data based on specific projects. The success of this project implies that its replication will streamline data distribution and monitoring in all other states of the Country.