eGovernance initiatives

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• e-Governance initiatives
• Government of West Bengal

Conference of Chief Secretaries Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi Friday, 20th April, 2007
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What is e-government ?

• It is the transformation of government to
  provide efficient, convenient and transparent
  services to the citizens and businesses through
  information technology.

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e-Governance Vision of West Bengal

• The Government of West Bengal is committed to
  building a citizen-centric, inclusive and
  information-driven welfare Society which strives
  to make available all the services and facilities
  offered by the Government with minimum
  bureaucratic and procedural formalities.

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The focus on rural development

• The need to bridge the digital divide.
• Approximately 5.7 crore persons out a total of 8
  crores are in the rural areas.
• Any Information Communication Technology
  initiative taken in the State thus has to address
  the needs of the rural masses.
• The use of ICT in rural areas can greatly
  facilitate and speed up development.

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NeGP initiatives in rural Bengal

• Extension of WBSWAN to all 341 blocks with 2 mbps
  connection.
• Connectivity to 277 Gram Panchayats in the
  Bardhaman district through 31 blocks and 6
  sub-divisions as pilot project.
• e-PRI Mission mode project for three tiers of
  Panchyati Raj Institution (PRI) through Ministry
  of Panchayati Raj under NeGP.
• 6797 Citizen Service Centers for delivery of
  various services planned in the rural areas of
  the state.
• Capacity building of PRI functionaries and
  officials.

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Gram Panchayat Management System
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Integrated Fund Monitoring and Accounting System
software

• Process re-engineered by new Accounts Rules from
  1.4.2003 that helped development use of the
  software.
• All the Zilla Parishads are already using the
  software.
• 96 Panchayat Samitis are also using the software
  rest will follow soon.
• Substantial improvement in financial management .

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G.P. Accounts Management

• Windows based simple software developed .
• 372 GPs are already using the same.
• 450 GPs to be covered by June 2007
• Ultimately the target is to cover 3354 GPs in
  West Bengal by 2009 under e-PRI MMP .

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GIS based Information System at GP Level.

• Digital Map of all GPs prepared available in
  the P RD website www.wbprd.nic.in
• All village level Census 2001 data available for
  all GPs.
• Possible to answer complex query to facilitate
  planning.
• Other GP level social, economic infrastructure
  data can be easily ported and are being done in
  selected GPs.

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PS GP Computerization

• Bengali version of the software getting
  finalized.
• Use of open source software taken up gradually.
• Web based reporting system for all important
  programs.
• Releasing all G.Os / notifications in the P RD
  Website.
• Wide consultations of draft rules etc. through
  website.
• Special provisions have been made for
  dissemination of information to the citizens as
  required under The Right to Information Act, 2005
  through the Website.
• Touch screen kiosk at Dept from 25th February
  2006
• Multi media Training course wares in Bengali
  developed by C-DAC

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Other services offered at the GP Level

• Documentation of births deaths.
• Computerized certificate generation.
• Issue of trade licenses.
• Monitoring reporting of poverty alleviation
  programs.
• Information on BPL families / Individual
  beneficiaries.

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Sample achievements in e-governance
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BURDWAN DISTRICT Pilot Project
administrative snap shot. Sub Divisions 6
Blocks
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Gram panchayat 277

• 2 MbPS connectivity provided upto Gram Panchayat
  level.
• Horizontal connectivity to 10 offices at district
  level, 10 sites at sub-division level and 5 at
  block level.
• The connectivity established, hardware installed
  project to roll out soon.

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Other initiatives.

• Project Drishti in collaboration with NISG and
  UNDP
• Fund monitoring A/C system in 31 Panchayat
  samitis and 107 GPs in Burdwan district.
• GIS based decentralized planning in 4 Panchayat
  Samitis covering 35 GPs.
• Browser based Information system for all
  circulars, Govt orders, Notifications on PRIs .
• Project period ending May 2007.

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Vision for Citizen Service Centers (CSC)

• All Government services accessible to the common
  citizen through a One-stop-shop (integrated
  service delivery) ensuring efficiency,
  transparency reliability at affordable costs,
  throughout the lifecycle.

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Broadband connectivity for PRIs Services to be
offered through CSCs
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Expected outcome of ICT intervention
e-Panchayat
Capacity Building
e-enabled Public Services
e-learning
GIS based Decision support System
Empowerment of Citizens
Information Services
Transparency
Strong Database
Accounts Fund Monitoring
Web based Monitoring
Project Monitoring
Accountability
Accessibility
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State Telemedicine Project
What is Telemedicine ? The use of information and
telecommunications technologies to deliver health
care services to those in need by electronic
transmission of the necessary expertise and
information among geographically dispersed
parties, including physicians and patients, to
result in improved patient care and management,
resource distribution efficiently and potential
cost-effectiveness
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Projects under Telemedicine

• Project 1-
• Referral Hospitals
• School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata
• Nodal Hospitals
• Habra State general hospital, North 24 parganas.
• M.J.N hospital, Coochbihar
• Project 2-
• Referral Hospitals
• Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical college hospital
• Bardhaman Medical College hospital
• Nodal Hospitals
• Midnapur Medical college Hospital (West)
• Baharampur District hospital, Murshidabad
• Suri district hospital, Birbhum
• Deten Mahato sadar hospital, Purulia
• Project 3-
• Referral Hospitals
• Existing referral hospitals of projects 1 and 2
• Calcutta medical college hospital

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Other initiatives taken in the health sector

• Hospital Information System has been developed
  for District, Medical College and autonomous
  hospitals
• 41 units, district hospitals, sub-divisional
  hospitals and state general hospitals with over
  200 beds.
• Inventory control of drugs and automation of
  procurement process.
• Personnel Management System to document the basic
  information for all Departmental employees.
• A Web Portal has been launched to provide a G2C
  interface.
• A GIS for improved decision support to healthcare
  administrators has been developed.
• Training of Health Care providers at all levels
  has been taken up.

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State Telemedicine Project
M.J.N. Hospital, Coochbehar Nodal
Center 2
Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine - Referral
Center
Habra State General Hospital, 24 Parganas(N)
Nodal Center 1
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Awards for the telemedicine project

• National e-governance award, 2004 from Government
  of India for Outstanding performance in service
  delivery.
• Skoch Challenger award, 2005 for tele-medicine.
• Manthan American-Indian foundation award,2006 for
  e-health.

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Braille literacy

• Information Technology enabled Braille Education
• Indian languages
• Integrated system for Reading, Writing, Printing,
  Teaching, Learning
• Modular, scaleable and integrated system

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Computerized Braille transcription system

• Text to Braille Transcription Software
• Braille to Text Transcription Software
• E-Reading Software for paperless reading using
  Refreshable Braille Display
• E-Classroom Software using Multiple Braille
  Keyboards for Interactive Classrooms
• Mathematics Transcription Software

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12 Indian Languages
COMPUTERISED BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEM
13 Indian Languages
Print Through Interpoint Brailler
SOFTWARE
Networking
MathBraille
ReadBraille
WriteBraille
DirectBraille
OUTPUT DEVICES
Tactile Reader Parallel Operation Upto 8 nos.
Text To Braille
PerkinsBraille Operation in Parallel Upto 4
nos.
INPUT DEVICES
Braille Keyboard BKB-10 Parallel operation Upto 8
nos
ASDF GLKJ
EasyBraille
Braille Print
Inkjet Printer
Normal Qwerty Keyboard
ASDF GLKJ
Ink Print
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Deployment 22 States 13 Languages 110 Schools
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Achievements

• Received National Award from Ministry of Social
  Justice Empower, 2000
• Received National Award from Department of
  Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in
  2004
• Systems Installed at 110 Schools across 22 states
  all over the country
• 5 Systems exported to Blind Schools at Bangladesh
• Mathematics Braille Transcription Software

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Initiatives taken by other departments

• Finance
• Information Management for Promotion of
  Administration in the Commercial Taxes (IMPACT),
  computerization of registration of documents,
  pension payment orders, state budget.
• Commercial Taxes
• Creation updation of dealerss directory,
  payment challans, way bills, returns, transit
  documents, registration, demand register,
  profession tax payers directory, payment
  accounting in profession tax, employees database,
  payrolls, etc.
• Transport
• Sarathi software for e-license, Vahan software
  for vehicle registration, Permit management
  software
• Treasury
• Bill receiving, entry and verification, entry of
  challan, bank vouchers, PL account cheque
  details, adjustment transfer of bills, printing
  of cheques.
• Police
• Connection between all the police stations and
  courts, implementation in the lines of National
  Crime Records Bureau for data compatibility,
  information exchange, inter departmental
  e-messaging, etc.
• Land Land Reforms
• Computerized Record of Rights (RoR)/plot
  information services, Bhuchitra software for
  integrating mouza maps with RoR data
  developed,etc.

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Thank You