West Godavari District, as the name indicates, is a part of the Godavari Delta in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The total population of the district is 37.96 lakh, of which 30.49 lakh is rural and 7.47 lakh urban (Source : 2001 Census). Nearly 37% of the population living in rural areas depends upon agriculture for its livelihood. The District is also known as “the granary of Andhra Pradesh”.
NIC’s presence NIC District Centre at West Godavari was established in 1988 and ever since , the district administration has utilized the NICNET services very effectively. NIC Centre too has demonstrated its strength, rising to expectations and supporting the district administration in every possible way thus commanding a lot of respect.
RURAL E-seva : This is one of the most important e-governance projects being carried out in the District. E-Seva was formally inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 10th Jan, 2003 at Denduluru Mandal, Westgodavari District. This project delivers various G2C and C2C services in rural areas. The project basically operates at the mandal level through web enabled rural kiosks called ‘e-Seva Kendrams’. The project has various significant components and one of them is a unique off-line tool which facilitates mandal level E-Seva kendrams to operate off-line and synchronize their databases with the main server at periodic intervals. This reduces the cost in transferring and entering data through dial-up connections. Some prominent services offered under the Rural e-Seva Project include (G2C) - Online filing of Complaints and Grievances, Online beneficiary Application Registration, Issuance of Certificates, Payment of Electricity Bills, Online Mandi (Market) Rates, Tele Agriculture, Gramadarshini, Hand Book of West Godavari, Forms Download, E-Devasthanam , (C2G) - Online Auctions and Biddings, Citizen forum, Matrimonial Services, Yellow Pages, Online Jobs and (G2G) Consumable Management, Drug Requirement for Govt. Hospital Management, Online Civil Supplies Allotment etc.
Other Projects
NIC District Unit implemented the Multipurpose Household Survey (MPHS) software and also provided training to the Mandal Revenue Officers and staff in which proper guidance was given on the sorting out and analysis of the MPHS data.
Implementation of Lard records information System : The Land Records Management Information System developed by the NIC Andhra Pradesh State Unit has been implemented in all the Mandals in the District.
In order to increase computer awareness in the District, the NIC Centre conducts workshops, training programmes and multimedia presentations on a regular basis.
The District Centre has successfully implemented various modules of the Collectorate 2000 Project being run by the NIC Andhra Pradesh State Unit.
Prajalavaddu ku palana (Governance before people) : NIC West Godavari District Centre has given active support to the district administration in successful implementation of this programme.
Recruitments : NIC District Centre has been giving continuous support in recruiting teachers, para medical staff etc every year which requires accuracy and careful generation of various reports which are required for easy selection as per roster.
Civil Supplies : A full fledged software has been developed to handle the issuance of certificates to millers on paddy purchase (for both boiled and raw). The system has been successfully implemented in District Supply Office and has helped the office to issue certificates that allows the farmers to sell the produce to FCI at government rates. Also, accounts of millers are readily available for various departmental actions.
Release of ‘MY People CD’ : NIC District Centre has prepared and released ‘MY people ‘ CD which is generated from the MPHS data for ready reference and also enables the users to enquire about their Social Security Identification. The CD has helped many departments in identifying people for various benefit schemes.
Computerisation of ‘FOOD FOR WORK’ : NIC Centre has provided active ICT support for the ‘Food for work’ program and various reports have been supplied to the Collector for monitoring.
Besides the above, other activities of the NIC District Centre include District Court Computerisation, providing IT support to the Electoral Process and providing email and Internet Connectivity to the various offices of the District Administration.
Due to the dedicated and relentless pursuit of its duties, the NIC District Centre has bagged some prestigious awards of the State Government including a prize for its participation in the Science Exhibition and the “Best Services” award which was conferred on the District Informatics Officer twice in 1998 and 2003.
Hon’ble Chief Minister Sh. Chandrababu Naidu with the NIC District Centre Officers
District Informatics Officer N. S. Sathya Saibaba
District Informatics Associate G. Gangadhar Rao
For further information, please contact : NIC District Centre, West Godavari Collectorate Eluru, Andhra Pradesh E-mail : sio@ap.nic.in ; apwgo@ap.nic.in