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COMPUTERISATION OF ORISSA STATE |
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Computerisation Of Orissa State
Orissa has become a multi dimensional, multi coloured, many splendoured, vibrant & boisterous modern state all set on its journey in the present millennium to make its presence and voice felt in the nooks & crannies of the world through the successful growth in IT sector –Multi-point Video Conferencing facilities covering districts, hooking up to e-Gram, e-Security, e- School, e-Library, e-Court Projects and lot of Citizen Centric governance steps. Since the inception of NIC Orissa State Unit in January 1986, as a "Total Solution provider" it is effectively assisting the State Government functionaries in timely decision making through the implementation of various e-governance projects.
Budget Computerisation Orissa is one of the first states in the country to prepare a fully computerised State Budget since 1992. A software developed by NIC Orissa for the Finance Department has proved to be indispensable for formulating the figures of the Annual Budget and the corresponding Supplementary Budgets or Vote-on-Accounts both in English and in Oriya. The Budget Software also handles monitoring day-to-day activities based on Budget figures. Various reports catering to the requirements of the State and Central Govt. and external funding agencies are generated through the Software. The Software enables the State Govt. to make forecasts of the State Budget. Treasury Computerisation The Accounting procedure has been fully computerised in 16 District Treasuries and 2 Special Treasuries in the first phase by NIC Orissa. All sections of Treasury Accounting procedure have been covered to meet the requirements of the User Department. NIC has also conducted Workshops and exhaustive Training Programmes for the officers and staff of treasuries. Teachers’ Provident Fund Computerisation Computerisation of Provident Fund Accounts of about 3 lakhs Teachers of Aided Educational Institutions has been carried out by NIC Orissa . Through computerisation, arrears since 1996 were cleared in the first phase. The Account-slips and Ledgers have been generated after going through different validation procedure for all the Arrear accounts. Land Records Computerisation Tehsil level computerization involving all the 171 tehsils of the state have been taken up by NIC Orissa State Unit. Till date 29 tehsils have been Operationalised in the first phase. The application software "BHULEKH" developed by NIC Orissa facilitates the issue of RoR Certified Copy , Miscellaneous Certificates & undertake Mutation Cases through the computer, thus significantly reducing the work load , delivery time & providing better public service. Orissa Registration Information System (ORIS) The ORIS package has been succesfully running at District Registration office , Khurda since 22nd July 2002. The package takes care of various activities such as Registration of different deeds like Sale, GPA, Agreement, Mortgage, Lease , Endorsement of Documents , generation of receipts and various reports etc. Computerisation of Orissa Legislative Assembly NIC has developed many important computer software packages like Assembly Questions, Library Information System, Press clipping, Member’s who’s who, Payroll, Member’s paybill etc. A campus LAN was established with internet connectivity covering the VIP chambers. Passport Computerisation Regional Passport office, Bhubaneswar has been computerized by NIC. The receipt /enquiry counters, index checking is being done by the computer and whole process of passport issue is streamlined. Alert System AlertOrissa has been designed to manage Pre-disaster, During Disaster and Post-Disaster situations. The system provides a module on Contingency Planning ( District statistics, Resource Planning, Vulnerable Locations, Flood Shelter Points etc), Calamity Monitoring (Capturing Daily Situation Data, Final Damage Data, Query on Affected, Casuality, Damages, Relief measures etc), Past Calamities (Affected area/Population, Casuality, Damages, Relief Measures, Map based Analysis etc).
The E-Gram project, the first of this kind in Orissa, is a humble beginning at Ganjam with active initiation of District Collector and DRDA Ganjam. • Internet/Intranet connection has been provided to all the 22 Blocks via
the NICNET from NIC Berhampur.
The NIC-High Court of Orissa Computer Centre was set up
in 1993. The Main weekly cause list & the daily Supplementary cause list are
generated for all the benches of the High Court and regularly uploaded to
the http://www.indiancourts.nic.in
website. At the Filing Counter all types of cases are filed with automatic
registration. Online caveat matching is done during filing and receipts
bearing necessary details are provided to the petitioners. Status of any
case can also be ascertained through the query facility. Around 8000
headnotes of reportable judgements of Orissa High Court are available at
website which is regularly augmented. Payroll with all schedules for all
officers & staff (nearly 500) of Orissa High Court is also regularly
prepared. NIC proposes to set up E-Courts and Public Interface Systems at
the High Court. Besides 285 subordinate courts of the state have also been
considered for computerization. The Computerisation of the Central Excise & Customs Department, Orissa started with the implementation of the SERMON(System for Excise Revenue & Monitoring ) project developed by NIC in all the Central Excise divisions in 1997. This started a new era of electronically capturing the documents through the software and to automatically eliminate human errors. SERMON has several built-in features for capturing Assessee Information and Excise Returns which is required by Audit, Preventive, Statistics, Technical and other sections. A highly reliable database of revenue particulars of all asessees has been created using this software which has proved as a boon to the department for its utility. Another application named STREMS(Service Tax Revenue Monitoring System) has been recently installed in all formations to capture Service Tax Returns to monitor revenue of growing no. of service tax assesses. Five web enabled applications viz. CRRD (Cyber Revenue Realization Details), CRRS (Cyber Revenue Realization Summary) , SAPS (System for Allotment of PAN based Service Tax Payer Code),SACER (System for Allotment of Central Excise Registration) & PAMS (Provisional Assessment Monitoring System) have also been implemented in all the Central Excise divisions under two commissionerates of Orissa.
NIC has its District Units in all the 30 Districts of Orissa. Most of the Districts are connected through IPA VSATs , and have VC facility. Various important projects such as Land Records Computerisation, District Industries Computerisation, MIS on Pension, Civil Supply Ration Card system, Disaster Managament, AGMARKNet, Office Procedure Automation etc have been implemented at Districts in various departments.
E-Governance in Municipality Sector With implementation of Computerised Birth & Death Registration system and Holding tax monitoring system the Cuttack Municipal corporation became the first corporation in Orissa to go for automation. Solid waste Management System The package developed by NIC Orissa carries features like general information on local bodies, ward wise details, sources of solid wastes, status of roads, mode of transportation of waste, waste disposal and recycling, financial status and involvement of NGOs.
NIC Secretariat Centre has been functional since December
1996 within the Secretariat and is well equipped with Server Room, Computer
LAB for Software development, Computer Centre dedicated for training and a
training hall, which is used for Theory classes, Seminars, Software
Presentations etc. A Secretariat wide LAN with fiber optics backbone with
facility for future expansion based on a detailed survey of number of
computers presently available and future requirements in each floor within
each block of the Secretariat, has been installed in the Secretariat keeping
in view data communication requirements in various departments.
To keep the citizens informed and updated about the various activities and functions of the department there by ensuring transparency NIC Orissa has developed a number of web sites including the State official website (http://orissagov.nic.in), website of Legislative Assembly, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Deptt and many other important departments. The websites are rich in content and provide useful application forms etc for download.
NIC Orissa with a dedicated Training Division and the well equipped training center at Secretariat Cell is conducting a series of training programmes for different levels of officials based on the training calendar published every year.
• NIC Orissa State Unit since Jan’86 For further information, please
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