This section features news about NIC’s activities/events across the Country and the various new software being developed by NIC in its mission towards facilitating e-governance… Welfare Pension MIS From Mukesh K Ralli, Himachal Pradesh Correspondent Government has been providing the subsistence amount to old aged who have no body to look after or are dependent, orphans, handicapped, destitute women, widow women etc. in the form of a monthly pension which is disbursed after every quarter in four quarters in a year. There are around 1,60,000 pensioners of all categories in Himachal Pradesh to whom pension is disbursed in each quarter. In order to help Department Of Social, Women & Schedule Caste, Himachal Pradesh, NIC Himachal Pradesh State Unit has prepared a software known as Welfare Pension Management Information System (WELPMIS) which is under implementation in all the districts of Himachal Pradesh. The software not only helps to lighten the work of preparation and disbursement of pensions through money orders and preparation of ledgers, updating the record of dead/non-traced persons etc. but also helps to enforce the system of Pension Disbursement as per government guidelines right from the receipt of application stage to disbursement of the pension. A unique feature of the software is that the software generated MOs are being accepted by Department of Post, Government Of India. Recently, the data related to active pensioners in Himachal Pradesh has also been hosted at department’s own site www.himachal.nic.in/welfare. The district wise data is also available in hindi.