Yavatmal, also known as “Yeotmal” is located in the eastern region of Vidarbha, in Maharashtra. The name is derived from “Yeota”; a chief town of a phargana and the termination is either the word “mal” or a “hill” or may be a “mahal”.
NIC District Centre, Yavatmal was established in 1988 with a view to providing latest electronic facility to the locals of the district. Apart from endowing the district administration with technical support, it also deals in developing and implementing various government projects in a transparent way. It provides software, e-mail and Internet support to about 50 Government Offices in the District.
€|Some of the Major Projects developed and implemented by NIC Yavatmal District Centre are:
€|Computerization of Election Process NIC Yavatmal developed some useful software for election process; such as
- Counting Information System for Parliamentary Election
This system is turning out to be very helpful for counting votes during Parliamentary General Election as well as assembly elections. The software accepts data for polling station and generates textual and graphical reports for declaring results.
- Team and Booth Allotment System
This software has been developed as per the instructions of Returning Officer and Observer for random allotment of election parties.
€|File Monitoring System This system not only monitors the files of various collectorate departments but also checks the status of files such as pending, disposal, submitted to record room etc. This multi-user system is used for data entry of new files as well as updating the progress of the files.
€|Water Scarcity Information System Designed to monitor Water Scarcity problem in the district, the software generates various vital reports for district administration usage. It contains information about villages having water scarcity, work assigned to different agencies, type of water resources proposed, work progress etc.
€|Zilla Parishad Pending References System This software has been developed for monitoring various References received at Zilla Parishad, Yavatmal. It maintains information of References received, References assigned to Departments, Progress, Action taken, Disposal etc. and generates various pending references reports.
€|Geographical Information System of YAVATMAL District This system facilitates maintenance of the Geographical Information System of Yavatmal District and all 16 Tehsil offices both in map as well as text format. It contains information on Census, Geography, Offices, Places etc. in the district and its tehsils.
€|Leave Information System This is for monitoring the leave records of all the employees of Collectorate and other Departments and helps in generating formidable reports useful for District administration. The software is developed as per Maharashtra (Leave) Rules 1981.
€|Official Website of Yavatmal District The official website of Yavatmal District (http://yavatmal.nic.in) provides useful information on History, Geography, Geology, Religion, People, Maps, Census, Places, Industry, Public Services, Transport, Telephone Directory, VIP Personalities, Govt. offices and various schemes for Public.
€|District Training Centre District Training Centre was established in 1999 with an objective to cater awareness as well as impart training to Government officers and employees of Yavatmal district in the areas of information technology.
Project based trainings are rendered to many Government Employees of different offices at regular intervals. These trainings covers an array of areas related to ICT and e-governance. Around 1000 Govt. officers/employees have been trained till date.
Besides the above, NIC Yavatmal centre has successfully carried out implementation of major National Project such as Land Record Computerization (LMIS, PCIS), Agmarknet, PMGSY, MPLAD, Rural Soft, Daily Crime Reporting etc. as well as implemented major state government projects such as NICNET-Mahanet integration Project, Payroll, MAHASIM (Status Information Management System), MAHAFOOD (Food and Civil Supplies), Zilla Parishad Accounting System, CODISS, SGY, EGS (Employment Guarantee Scheme), Mahasahakar (Public Health Department) etc.