The Government of Himachal Pradesh is setting up 3366 Common Service Centres (CSCs) which would be called 'Lok Mitra Kendra' in rural areas of the hilly Indian state.
"The Lok Mitra Kendras are being established by Department of Information Technology in collaboration with private partners at Panchayat level to provide various government services under one roof to the citizens," a spokesman of the state government said.
The spokesperson said that the field work for identification of location of kendras and village level entrepreneurs who will manage the kendras has already begun in all the three divisions across the state.
The department will soon organise a state level workshop to sensitise the other government departments about the CSC scheme and the scope it provides them in extending the reach of their services right till the citizens' doorsteps.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Video-conferencing in Haryana jails, courts soon
The Government of Haryana is setting up video-conferencing facility between jails and courts in various parts of the state so that dangerous criminal undertrials cannot escape during transit for court hearings.
The government has sanctioned Rs 4.52 crore for installation of the video-conferencing system in jails and courts to eliminate the possibility of escape of dangerous undertrials from police custody during transit from jails to courts and back, a jails department spokesman said on Sunday.
At least 25 video studios in jails and 39 in various courts are being established under the project, reports IANS quoting the spokesperson.
The government has sanctioned Rs 4.52 crore for installation of the video-conferencing system in jails and courts to eliminate the possibility of escape of dangerous undertrials from police custody during transit from jails to courts and back, a jails department spokesman said on Sunday.
At least 25 video studios in jails and 39 in various courts are being established under the project, reports IANS quoting the spokesperson.
Gorakhpur to have e-District Centre soon
The Government of Uttar Pradesh is planning to set up e-District Centre (Jan Suvidha Kendra) at Tehsil offices in Gorakhpur district to integrate and seamlessly deliver citizen services by district administration through backend digitisation and process redesign.
e-District project envisages enabling the backend computerisation and also using the state wide area network (Swan) for connectivity and Citizen Service Centre (CSC) for service delivery.
It is aimed at implementing an efficient electronic workflow system for reduction of workload of the district personnel, besides creating a smart link and interface between citizens, governments, public utilities and other information providers.
The system would help in providing efficient individual department services through CSCs which would be the primary front end channels as envisaged under the National e-Governance Programme by Department of Information Technology (DIT).
The state government envisages e-District that delivers majority of services being provided by the district administration through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
e-District project envisages enabling the backend computerisation and also using the state wide area network (Swan) for connectivity and Citizen Service Centre (CSC) for service delivery.
It is aimed at implementing an efficient electronic workflow system for reduction of workload of the district personnel, besides creating a smart link and interface between citizens, governments, public utilities and other information providers.
The system would help in providing efficient individual department services through CSCs which would be the primary front end channels as envisaged under the National e-Governance Programme by Department of Information Technology (DIT).
The state government envisages e-District that delivers majority of services being provided by the district administration through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Lakshadweep postal division goes digital
Taking the e-Governance initiative at the forefront, the Lakshadweep postal division has become the first division in the country to computerise all its post offices to provide better and efficient services to the people of the union territory.
The Lakshadweep Postal Division has computerised its 10 post offices including seven departmental, one branch and two sub-divisional offices. Total computerisation of all departmental offices was effected to enable launching of new web-enabled services.
The new services are being provided by the new look post offices, which offer electronic money order (eMO) facility, instant money order service whereby amount up to Rs 50,000 can be transferred and paid in 10 minutes, and multi-purpose counter machine (MPCM) facility.
Earlier, to provide efficient money order services, the eMO system was implemented as soon as it was released nation-wide in the last week of October 2008.
The Lakshadweep Postal Division has computerised its 10 post offices including seven departmental, one branch and two sub-divisional offices. Total computerisation of all departmental offices was effected to enable launching of new web-enabled services.
The new services are being provided by the new look post offices, which offer electronic money order (eMO) facility, instant money order service whereby amount up to Rs 50,000 can be transferred and paid in 10 minutes, and multi-purpose counter machine (MPCM) facility.
Earlier, to provide efficient money order services, the eMO system was implemented as soon as it was released nation-wide in the last week of October 2008.
Delhi to get computerised facility centres
Citizens will be able to lodge complaints about sanitation, cleanliness, road repair, water logging, felling of trees and other issues at the centres. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday announced it would set up computerised citizen facility centres in each of the capital's 272 wards to receive complaints about civic issues.
Each centre will be equipped with a computer that will be connected to main server at the MCD office. According to the MCD, citizens will be able to lodge complaints about sanitation, cleanliness, road repair, water logging, felling of trees and other issues at the centres and prompt solutions would be delivered.
The complaint received at these centres will be sent to the officials concerned to be redressed. The process often takes a long time before the complaint is even looked at by the officials concerned.
He noted that these centres will be closer to the residences of citizens, helping them to lodge their complaints relating to MCD more easily.
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Each centre will be equipped with a computer that will be connected to main server at the MCD office. According to the MCD, citizens will be able to lodge complaints about sanitation, cleanliness, road repair, water logging, felling of trees and other issues at the centres and prompt solutions would be delivered.
The complaint received at these centres will be sent to the officials concerned to be redressed. The process often takes a long time before the complaint is even looked at by the officials concerned.
He noted that these centres will be closer to the residences of citizens, helping them to lodge their complaints relating to MCD more easily.
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New J&K CM pitches for e-Governance
The recently elected Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said e-Governance will go a long way in checking corruption.He further said that the state government was planning a 100-day programme to bring transparency and efficiency in the working of various departments.
Under the programme, the state government will focus on all sectors like health, education, power and public health engineering department. Stating that power shortfall is a big problem in the state, the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir said that the state government was planning to create a transformer reservoir so that blackout can be minimised.
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Under the programme, the state government will focus on all sectors like health, education, power and public health engineering department. Stating that power shortfall is a big problem in the state, the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir said that the state government was planning to create a transformer reservoir so that blackout can be minimised.
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India's primary school education info goes online
India has created an online database on elementary education in the country to provide information of primary and up: The National University of Educational Planning and Administration (Nuepa) has created an online database on elementary education in India to provide comprehensive information of various primary and upper primary schools across the country.
The database provides users with comprehensive information in a standard format on all the vital parameters, be it student, teacher or school related variables, yet concise, accurate information about each school and allows meaningful comparisons among schools.
In addition to quantitative information, the report cards also provide qualitative information and a descriptive report about individual schools which can be accessed online.
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The database provides users with comprehensive information in a standard format on all the vital parameters, be it student, teacher or school related variables, yet concise, accurate information about each school and allows meaningful comparisons among schools.
In addition to quantitative information, the report cards also provide qualitative information and a descriptive report about individual schools which can be accessed online.
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