Una, a district of Himachal Pradesh, covers an area of 1,540 sq. Kms and lies in the southwestern part of the state. It is 240 Kms from Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh and was formed on 1st September, 1972. ICT related activities in Una got a boost with the establishment of District Unit of National Informatics Centre in 1989. Deputy Commissioners have been a guiding force in promoting Government to Citizen Services (G2C) in the district with the association of NIC. Recently an E-Governance Society has been established for implementing and monitoring IT-related projects in the various offices of the district and generating sufficient funds for sustaining such projects. Last year, Hon’ble CM presented commendation certificates to Sh. Dharmesh Kumar, DIO & Sanjeev Kumar, DIA for their commitment to reach new vistas of IT-enabled government services in the district.
Feathers in the Cap... Some of the major activities accomplished by NIC Una include: • E-Governance Centre: Services like issuance of driving licenses, registration certificates and passport applications etc. have been brought on a common platform. SARTHI and VAHAN software developed by NIC for the transport sector have been implemented at the center. • Touch Screen based E-Kiosk for Multiple Services: The touch screen based E-Kiosks are currently providing services like Driving license application status, Vehicle registration application status, Electoral list, Blood donors list, Passport application status, Results of HP School Education Board, Welfare schemes, Railway and bus time tables, Information about Una district, Tourist places etc. • Results through Facilitation Counters: Three Result Facilitation Counters have been established in addition to the touch screen based E-Kiosk at the DC office complex to show the results of HP Education Boards Dharamsala (8th to 10+2) free of cost to the students. • Land Record Computerisation: With the launch of HimBhoomi software developed by NIC HP State Centre, the tehsil Bangana has been made online and computer generated copies of jamabandis are being made available to public. • E-Vikas Project: With this project, information regarding activities of DRDA has been made available on Touch Screen Kiosk. These services include information regarding works/beneficiaries under Watershed Development Programme, Indira Awas Yojna, Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojna, Sampooran Gramin Rozgar Yojna, Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna. • Online Press Releases: Press releases of the DPRO office on website http://hpuna.nic.in has been started with an aim to provide daily official press releases in its original form to the public. • Online Treasury Information System: The District Treasury Una went online with the inauguration of the new software OLTIS (Online Treasury Information System), which is based on the work-flow of the Treasuries and data is captured right from the Token stage to its final passing. Besides, linkages have been provided for AG office Voucher Level Computerisation, LIC data requirements and departmental budgetary controls. • District Official Website: The official website of district Una http://hpuna.nic.in has been developed and maintained by NIC Una. • Welfare Office Computerisation: The department is benefitting immensely from computerization as the software helps in maintaining pensioner’s details, ledgers and printing money orders & pensioner’s lists as well as issuing disability certificates to the disabled persons. • Collectorate Computerisation: All the branches of D.C. office have been computerized and various MIS software implemented such as Reference Monitoring, Copying Branch, Cash Counter, Schemes Monitoring etc. • Computerisation of District Court: With the implementation of DCIS software, all the cases filed during the day are entered into the system and the database is up-to-date. Apart from the case details, the daily proceedings of the court are also entered. • Election Computerization: During election time, district administration uses NIC Una as District Election Computer Centre under the supervision of DIO for computerizing all election related activities. • Local Area Network: LAN has been established in the Mini Secretariat connecting DC Office, SP Office, DRDA, DPRO, District Court, etc. with the servers of the NIC District Centre and Internet connectivity has been provided to each officer through DirecWay VSAT. Paybills of 15 departments of the district are also being generated at NIC, Una. NIC Una District Unit District Informatics Officer Dharmesh Kumar District Informatics Associate Sanjeev Kumar For further details please mail to ajay@hp.nic.in