Vadodara, the cultural capital of Gujarat, is situated on the banks of river Vishwamitri. The city has witnessed impressive economic growth with the setting up of huge industrial complexes and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) like the Gujarat Refinery, Indian Petrochemicals, Gujarat State Fertilizers, Heavy Water Project, ONGC, etc.
€| NIC Vadodara NIC Vadodra District Unit was setup in 1988 and ever since its inception, the unit has developed and implemented various MIS and Decision Support Systems, to enable district administra-tion to take informed decisions and serve the people in a more effecient way. NIC Vadodra provides technical support to around 25 government departments and provides e-mail and Internet connections to various District Offices. Some of the major projects carried out by NIC Vadodara include:
€| One Day Governance The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Sh. Narendra Modi inaugurated this project on 1st May 2003 at the Nagrik Seva Kendra. Nagrik Seva Kendra facilitates single window service for the citizens to get various certificates like Income, Caste, Domicile, Senior Citizen, etc. Renewal of arms license, petition writer, hotel license, stamp vendor and all types of affidavits are also issued through this Kendra. The software for this project supports Gujarati and is now implemented in almost all 225 taluka centres of the State. The project has received the ‘Exemplary Implementation of e-Governance’ award at the 7th National e-governance seminar at Chennai.
€| Model District Project Under this project, all branch offices of the Collectorate have been connected with a LAN and an information gallery has been setup. The system covers registry with Citizens Charter, Small Savings, Arms Licensing, Collector’s Visitor Management, Parole, Entertainment Tax Collection, Revenue Recovery, Record Manage-ment, Public Distribution, Mid-Day Meal etc. Based on this model, the Government has setup a LAN in all 25 Collector offices and Panchayats in Gujarat. Web Interface for Registry data gives the branch wise, table wise daily report of disposal of letters. This system gives the list of pending letters that have crossed the time limit or within the time limit of disposal. Web-based Personal Information System provides information of employees with their service record and photograph. Web-based Visitor Information System keeps track of the daily visitors to the Collector’s Office. This system enables the collector to know the details of the person who has come to meet him.
€| e-Prant This web-based system provides an integrated solution for almost all the functions of the SDM Office such as arms license application, hotel license application, petition license application, new stamp vendor, widow assis-tance, old age pension, monthly patraks etc.
€| Safe Motherhood Monitoring System Safe Motherhood Monitoring system can trace the cases of Pregnancy and delivery on a village wise basis. Information on expected date of delivery, complex cases, reference etc. can also be obtained on village, PHC and taluka basis. This also generates report of IMR/MMR, sex ratio, number of female/male child, birth rate for the area of district, taluka and PHC.
€| Mamlatdar Office Reporting System This bilingual web-based system facilitates the monthly reporting of information in a specified format by Taluka Officers to the Collector.
€| Gujarat State Highway Project Website The website provides various information about progress of this World Bank funded project and contains graphical views of corridors, present status, etc. of the project.
€| Disaster Response and Relief Website To facilitate relief work and proper communica-tion between various NGOs and District Adminis-tration during the 2005 flood, NIC Vadodara prepared a website. The site provided informa-tion on the flood situation, list and contact details of various NGOs, relief provided by district administration to the public, etc.
€| Election Management System NIC Vadodara has been providing support during parliamentary and legislative elections. This include random selection of polling party and assignments of polling booths, etc.
€| Training NIC Vadodara has been conducting regular training programmes for employees of the State Govern-ment to make them aware of latest ICT tools.
€| Land Record Computerisation- Bhu-Lekh Land records of all the 12 talukas of Vadodara district has been entered and verified by Talaties. After the operationalisation of Bhu-lekh software at taluka places, all the farmers are receiving the copies of 8A, 7/12 at taluka places. Chhotaudepur taluka of Vadodara was the second in the State and first tribal taluka to be made online.
Other State projects implemented in the district includes computerization of ration card and e-Gram, registration of documents in Sub Registrar’s offices, KJP, City Survey (Urban Land Records), District Court, Payroll etc. Agmarknet, which is a central project, is on the rails of implementation. NIC Vadodra is moving ahead in keeping pace with the latest trends in ICTs and new projects are under way using the best techniques.