Electronics and Information Technology Annual Report 2014-15

Government of Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY)

CONTENTS

uOverview 1 uIndustry Profile 12 uInitiatives in Information Technology Sector 40 uTechnology and Application Development 68 uHuman Resource Development 107 uInfrastructure 117 uSocieties 130 uNational Informatics Centre 167 uPromotional Matters 223 uAppendices 230

Overview

Comparing economic performances across India has continued to maintain its first mover different countries for the year 2014-15, it is seen advantage and retained its leadership position in that there has been an emergence of India among the global sourcing arena with a share of 55 per the few large economies with a propitious cent in FY 2015. The Indian industry continues to economic outlook. The Central Statistics Office develop capabilities around traditional and (CSO) has recently revised the national accounts emerging markets, verticals and customer aggregates by shifting to the new base of 2011-12 segments, expand global delivery presence and from the earlier base of 2004-05. The latest increase focus on high value services including Overview indicators, emerging from the recently revised product development. The government's estimates of national income brought out by the technology reliant economic growth agenda, CSO point to the fact that the revival of growth had particularly – Digital India and Make in India, started in 2013-14 and attained further vigour in have significantly boosted domestic IT-BPM 2014-15. The economic scenario presented by the market growth prospects and overall business new series (with 2011-12 as base year) shows that confidence. there was perceptible improvement in some of the macro-aggregates of the economy in 2013-14, Software and Services Sector which got strengthened in 2014-15. Economic During 2014, worldwide technology products and Growth, measured by growth in Gross Domestic services related spend had been estimated to reach Product (GDP) at constant prices, estimated at 5.1 US$ 2.3 trillion (US$ 1.0 Trillion for hardware per cent and 6.9 per cent, respectively during 2012- spend and US$ 1.3 Trillion for software products, 13 and 2013-14 was higher than the corresponding IT and BPM services), a growth of 4.6 % over 2013. figures of 4.7 per cent and 5.0 per cent released Emerging verticals like healthcare, communication under the 2004-05 series in May 2014. The same is and media, government were key growth drivers 7.4 per cent (advance estimates) in 2014-15. As for IT segment during 2014. The Global off-shoring per the Advance Estimates in 2014-15, growth of market size is estimated at US$ 148-153 Billion in the services sector accelerated to 10.6 per cent as 2014. The Global outsourcing market grew at 9-10 compared to 9.1 per cent in 2013-14. Software % over 2013. development and information technology enabled services (ITeS) has emerged as one of the most India continues to maintain leadership position in dynamic and vibrant sectors in the economy. It is the global sourcing arena, accounting for almost the single largest contributor to services exports. 55 per cent of the global sourcing market size in As per the CSO, computer and related services with 2014 as compared to 45% in 2009. According to a share of 3.3 per cent in India's GDP grew by 14.4 NASSCOM, during 2014 India's share in the global per cent in 2013-14. IT services outsourcing and BPM has reached upto 67% and 38% respectively.

1 Overview National e-GovernancePlan(NeGP) National PolicyonElectronics(NPE)2012 India aims to provide the much needed thrust to the Digital Citizens. of Empowerment Digital (iii) and Demand on Services and Governance (ii) Citizen areas, viz., (i) Infrastructure as a Utility to Every to Utility a as Infrastructure (i) viz., areas, The vision of Digital India is centred on three key three on centred is India Digital of vision The Information Technology (DeitY). & Electronics of Department the by coordinated at f h etr Gvrmn. iia Ida is India being and Government entire the by implemented Digital Government. entire the of part individual element stands on its own, but is also is but own, its on stands element individual mlmne a pr o a agr ol Each goal. larger a of part as implemented comprehensive vision so that each of them can be large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, a into thoughts and ideas of number large Government a together weaves It Departments. and multiple Ministries covers that programme umbrella an is India Digital economy. knowledge ni it a iial epwrd oit and society empowered digitally a into transform India to vision the with programme India' oenet f ni hs prvd h 'Digital the approved has India of Government Digital India Programme international market". et h cutys ed ad ev the serve and needs country's the meet to industry manufacturing and design electronics ih h vso "o rae goal competitive globally a create "To vision the with on Electronics (NPE) 2012 on October 25, 2012 25, October on 2012 (NPE) Electronics on The Government had approved the National Policy across 78 countries. in engaged are providing services with and presence in over 200 cities world the across centres India. Indian IT from companies have set up over 600 delivery IT-ITES sourcing are corporations aoiy f h Frue 0 ad lbl 2000 Global and 500 Fortune the of Majority their competitive edge. from India to gain bottom-line benefits, improving The major developed markets are sourcing IT/ITES the outsourcing destination of choice in the world. delivery of services. Today India is recognised as recognised is India cost-effective Today services. of delivery and reliable for reputation a and past the world the over all status iconic achieving over decade, growth tremendous registered Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES) sector has Information / Technology Information Indian The 2 d ulc reac Rdesl uig T to IT using Redressal– Grievance Public (d) Workflow automation inside Government (c) (b) Electronic Databases– all databases and and databases all Databases– Electronic (b) a oenet uies rcs Re- Process Business Government (a) through Technology Pillar 4: e-Governance – Reforming Government Post Offices to become (b) Multi-service Centres made – (CSCs) Centres Services Common (a) Pillar 3: Public Internet Access Programme Universal Access to mobile connectivity (a) Pillar 2: Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity National Information Infrastructure (NII) (c) Broadband for all Urban (b) Broadband for all Rural (a) Pillar 1: Broadband Highways The components of nine pillars are given below: Harvest Programmes. Manufacturing (viii) IT for Jobs and (ix) Early (ix) and Jobs for IT Manufacturing (viii) Electronics (vii) All for Information (vi) Services of Delivery Electronic - e-Kranti (v) Technology through Government Reforming – Governance ulc nent ces rgam (v e- (iv) Programme Access Internet (iii) Phones Public to Access Universal (ii) Highways Broadband (i) viz., areas, growth of pillars nine automate, respond, analyze data to identify and i)Itgain f evcs n pafrs – platforms and services of Integration (iv) ii s o oln rpstre eg school e.g. repositories online of Use (iii) i)Online applications and tracking, Interface (ii) Form simplification, reduction (i) information to be electronic, not manual engineering using IT to improve transactions delivery service for end-points functional multi viable, (EDI) Interchange Data Electronic Platform, UDI, amn Gtwy Mobile Gateway, Payment (UIDAI), India of Authority Identification Unique certificates, voter ID cards, etc. between Departments resolve persistent problems– largely process Pillar 6: Information for All improvements. (a) Online Hosting of Information & documents Pillar 5: e-Kranti (National e-Governance Plan (i) Citizens have open, easy access to 2.0) – Electronic delivery of services information (a) Technology for Education – e-Education (ii) Open data platform

(i) All Schools connected with broadband (b) Government pro-actively engages through (ii) Free wifi in all schools (250,000) social media and web based platforms to inform citizens (iii) Digital Literacy program (iv) Develop pilot Massive Online Open (i) MyGov.in Courses (MOOCs) (ii) 2-way communication between citizens and government (b) Technology for Health –e-Healthcare (c) Online messaging to citizens on special (i) Online medical consultation occasions/programs (ii) Online medical records Pillar 7: Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET (iii) Online medicine supply ZERO Imports (iv) Pan-India exchange for patient information (a) Target NET ZERO Imports is a striking demonstration of intent Overview (c) Technology for Planning (b) Ambitious goal which requires coordinated (i) Geographic Information System (GIS) action on many fronts based decision making (i) Taxation, Incentives (ii) National GIS Mission Mode Project (ii) Economies of Scale, Eliminate cost (d) Technology for Farmers disadvantages (i) Real time price information (iii) Focused areas – Big Ticket Items : FABS, (ii) Online ordering of inputs Fab-less design, Set top boxes, VSATs, (iii) Online cash, loan, relief payment with Mobiles, Consumer & Medical mobile banking Electronics, Smart Energy meters, Smart Cards, micro-ATMs (e) Technology for Security (iv) Incubators, clusters (i) Mobile Emergency Services (v) Skill development (f) Technology for Financial Inclusion (vi) Government procurement

(i) Mobile Banking Pillar 8: IT for Jobs (ii) Micro-ATM program (a) Train people in smaller towns & villages for IT (iii) CSCs/Post Offices sector jobs (g) Technology for Justice (b) IT/ITES in North East (i) e-Courts, e-Police, e-Jails, e-Prosecution (c) Train Service Delivery Agents to run viable businesses delivering IT services (h) Technology for Security (d) Telecom service providers to train rural (i) National Cyber Security Co-ordination workforce to cater to their own needs Center

3 Overview CSCs have been rolled out covering 36 139,168 states/UTs. citizens. the of doorstep the at services social and private Government, various to provide connectivity broadband with kiosks enabled Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centers (CSCs): Common Services bandwidth of the existing link capacity. Major Schemes / Projects under NeGP National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) states/UTs are utilizing more than 60% of of 60% than more utilizing are 29 states/UTs (NKN). Network Knowledge National using integrated been have states/UTs 26 operational. n te WN i 3 sae hv be made been have states 34 in SWANs the and tt Wd Ae Ntok (SWANs): proposals from 34 states/UTs have Networks been approved Area Wide State 50% of the SDC infrastructure. Implementation. 18 states are utilizing more than more utilizing are states 18 Implementation. made operational and SDCs in 1 state are under are state 1 in SDCs and operational made State Data Centers (SDCs): Centers Data State envisaged services. 252 the of out 222 delivering and live are NeGP out of the through 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) locality, under his/her efficient, transparent and reliable mechanisms. 24 in person common to make all Government services accessible to the mission singular a having (MMPs) Projects Mode Mission 31 comprises It structure. management a with common 2006 vision, implementation methodology and May, 18th on Government the by National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was approved National Portal for Lost & Found children (j) disaster information, weather based SMS (i) School Books to be eBooks (h) Public wifi hotspots (g) Standardize government email design (f) Secure email within government (e) Wi-fi in All Universities (d) Biometric attendance (c) Government Greetings to be e-Greetings (b) IT platform for messages (a) Pillar 9: Early Harvest Programmes alerts 23 SDCs have been have SDCs 23 The CSCs are The SWAN 4 Building scheme e.g. ae en eual cnutd ne Capacity under conducted regularly been have Gvrmn ofcr) n NG employees. meets NeGD andworkshops programs,training Various and officers) (Government community of SeMTs, e-GovernancepractitionersSeMTs, of community the engaging is and announcements and sharing n cie ou fr icsin, information discussions, for forum active an currently being managed at www.mynegp.com. It is an active community of more than 1100 members is A Knowledge Management collaboration portal with them. for programmes orientation various and UTs & states 36 in professionals 261 of appointment the Scheme: Building Capacity was approved in June 2014 for 36 months. Seva", Mobile through Departments Government ain aohr rjc –mEalmn of –"m-Enablement project another nation, government departments and agencies across the ps ae en eeoe ad otd To m-enable to hosted. mission and DeitY's developed strengthen been have apps m- live 313 of total a AppStore, Seva Mobile the and businesses over Pull SMS has reached 389. On citizens to available services of number total The crores. number of Push SMS transactions has crossed 253 total The operationalised. been have 9223166166 code long and SMS 166/51969 Pull code short For services, platform. Seva Mobile the with central, state and local levels have been integrated at agencies and departments Government 1470 . in (DR) recovery disaster and Delhi, New been Park, Shastri in has (DC) centre data Seva with enhanced Mobile for infrastructure The 2013. December 23rd on nation the to dedicated nacd nrsrcue n srie was services and infrastructure enhanced Mobile Governance: Integrators for state-wide rollout of the project. 23 states/UTs have selected the System System the selected have states/UTs 23 Managers Project (eDPMs) have e-District been selected across 31 states/UTs. 469 country. the DeGS has been formed in total and 631 districts states/UTs across 30 in formed been have (DeGS) Societies e-Governance District 100% Agencies. the (SPMU) with Unit Management Project State contract selected 35 the country. signed the have of states/UTs districts non-pilot 305 in e- District: e-District services have been launched The Mobile Seva project with The CBMC facilitated CBMC The • Leadership Meets for Ministers/MLAs and Rapid Replication of Applications: The "Rapid senior government officials. Replication Roll-out Initiative" is a unique initiative which leverages sharing of infrastructure and rapid • Specialized Training for e-Governance replication of successful applications across Programme (STeP) of courses in e- states. The initiative requires customization of Governance specifically in the areas like successful applications as per the seeker state's government process reengineering, business requirements and then hosting this application models & PPP, project management, either at the giver state SDC or seeker state SDC. regulatory framework for e-Governance, The proposals of 5 applications namely XLN, technology management etc. ePass, eHospital, Meeseva and HRMS were • Thematic Workshops to share best practices approved by DeitY and at various stages of and to create a platform for cross-learning. implementation. NeGD has also conducted 5 domain specific thematic workshops namely capacity building e-Bharat: A total of 45 projects with a total outlay of & change management, technology Rs. 675.89 crore have been considered under e- management, RFP toolkit, Detailed Project Bharat scheme for funding assistance. 39 projects Report (DPR) preparation & evaluation and amounting to Rs. 484.37 crore have been Cyber Security. approved. Funds for 33 projects have been released to the implementing agencies in various • Chief Information Officers (CIO) program for states/UTs. DeitY has identified some projects Chief Information Officers from central line which may be considered as national initiatives as ministries and states. they are cross cutting in nature. DeitY has also Overview State Portal, State Service Delivery Gateway identified projects which may be considered as (SSDG) & Electronic Forms: 23 states/UTs have pilot projects for national Mission Mode Projects. gone live with 459 services. DPRs and funding DeitY has approved 6 projects under rapid have been approved for 33 states/UTs in the replication initiative, namely, 2 projects of ePASS, country and a total amount of Rs. 217.74 crores XLN, eHospital, eHRMS and Mee Seva. 4 have been released to the states/UTs. Out of these applications have been identified to be developed states/UTs, 31 states/UTs have already floated as products which will be made available on the e- RFPs for selection of the implementing agency (IA) Gov Appstore for implementation in other states. for the project. Localisation Projects Management Framework GI Cloud (MeghRaj): The first National Cloud by (LPMF): Localisation Projects Management NIC has been launched on 4th February 2014. Framework (LPMF) project envisages to make National Cloud is a state-of-the-art secured Government services available to the citizens in government Cloud set up by NIC providing services their own languages. Four e-Governance over the ICT Infrastructure spanning its National awareness workshops were conducted for MMP Data Centers. The Cloud Services available are leaders for dissemination of information about Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a LPMF. Four training programmes were conducted Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and for System Integrators and Consultants. A portal Storage as a Service (STaaS). 61 departments are http://localization.gov.in was launched on 18th Feb already using the services of National Cloud. 2014 for dissemination of information and Setting up of Cloud Management Office has already providing basic localization tools and services. been approved and preparation of Request for Crawling of content and development of translation Proposal (RFP) for the same is under progress. memories to enable automated localization of User Two states have already implemented cloud Interfaces (also known as surface localization) for solution, while 4 states are in advanced stage of web portals under seven MMPs viz. Health, PDS, Cloud implementation. Passport, Agriculture, Road Transport, e-District

5 Overview National Knowledge Network (NKN) Knowledge resources among the large large the among resources Knowledge of sharing and acquisition creation, facilitate will NKN research. and learning, higher of Institutions e salse, hc wud interconnect would which established, be would network communication data speed high A securing and network for test-bed a Enabling f) e) Setting up a platform for development of new of development for platform a up Setting e) d) Enabling sectoral virtual networks in various in networks virtual sectoral Enabling d) institutions knowledge Indian the Connecting c) )Cnetn al ao kolde institutions knowledge major all Connecting b) )Etbihn a uta ihsed national high-speed ultra an Establishing a) The salient features of the NKN are: Institutions of Higher Learning, and Research. ntttos opiig f l Universities, all of comprising Institutions eerh Tee ol cvr bu 1500 about cover would These research. ih pe dt cmuiain ewr to network collaborative communication and resources of sharing encourage data speed high knowledge institutions across the all country through inter-connect to is NKN the of Objective The implemented by NIC over a period of 10 years. NN a a ota o R. 90 rr, o be to crore, 5990 Rs. of outlay an at (NKN) the approved Network establishment oftheNationalKnowledge Government the 2010 March In of Govt. DIT, of department using the LPMF. Marathi the of gov.in has been successfully localized by members http://it.Maharashtra. portal. http://farmer.gov.in alerts have been provided to Agriculture MMP for MMP Agriculture to provided been have alerts SMS sending and localization internal for tools The completed. been have MMPs Education and technology development for the country. bandwidth and low latency high networks. on based technologies and processes Computing). dcto, -oenne n Grid and E-governance Education, plcto aes Arclue Health, (Agriculture, areas application knowledge sharing. to the International knowledge community for dissemination. nweg ceto, olto and collation creation, for knowledge Institutions) Research & (Universities information network for the country. 6 Cyber Security Microelectronics Development Programme n o te ot eiu eooi ad national and economic serious most the of one all walks of life, threats to cyberspace have become With the growing use of information technology in dependent on cyber space. n ntoa ifatutr i big highly being is infrastructure national and business government, of work the Increasingly, space. cyber in available information and services country (both in rural and urban areas) rely on the ih h cbr pc. ilos f epe n the in people of Millions space. cyber the with merging seamlessly is world physical the Today devices. mobile and fixed the all and resources computer networks, IT of comprises space Cyber thrust area. its of one as development manpower including identified Microelectronics and related areas areas related and has Microelectronics 2012 Electronics, identified on Policy National The job with little additional efforts of the industries. the of efforts additional little with job and its related areas so that they can be put on the VLSI/microelectronics of area the ready in manpower industry specialized sizable require also and facilities asandwhenaresetupinthecountrywill design for eco-system fabrication of Chips and Chip Components". These its and facilities Fab Wafer Semiconductor of up setting "Facilitate to is Electronics on Policy National in indicated One of the strategies proposed to meet the targets billion by2020. 2012 toUS$80 US$ 5.5billionin from sector Manufacturing and Design Electronic System the in exports Indian the increasing lcrnc (P) 02 Te P am at aims NPE The 2012. (NPE) Electronics on Policy National with out come has Technology eatet f lcrnc ad Information and Electronics of Department market, international country's the serve to also and the needs meet to industry manufacturing lbly opttv eetois ein and design electronics competitive globally o rw t Cmon Ana Got Rate a create to Growth view a With cent. per Annual 24.4 of (CAGR) Compound a at grow to 2012. During this 2012. period, the industry is expected in billion 69.6 USD from 2022 by billion 400 USD reach to likely is industry electronics Indian The country to evolve as Knowledge Society. countrywide classrooms (CWCR) etc. and help the research; collaborative Institutions; participating security challenges for our country and the world at Electronics & IT Hardware Manufacturing large. The Cyber space, being borderless and It has been estimated that demand of electronics anonymous, is exploited by malicious actors and products and systems in India would grow to about adversaries for carrying out malicious activities in USD 400 Billion by 2020. At the conventional rate the cyber space. The scale and sophistication of of growth of domestic production, it would only be the crimes committed in the cyber space is possible to meet demand of about USD 100 Billion continually increasing thereby affecting the by 2020. The Government attaches high priority to citizens, business and Government. As the electronics & IT hardware manufacturing. It has the quantity and value of electronic information have potential to generate domestic wealth and increased so too have the business models and employment, apart from enabling cyber-secure efforts of criminals and other adversaries who have ecosystem. embraced the cyber space as a more convenient and profitable way of carrying out their activities There have been some efforts for rapid growth of anonymously. Hence, security of cyber space has the electronics (including telecom) hardware become an important part of national agenda all manufacturing sector in the past like 100% FDI over the globe. Cyber Security is one of the key permitted under automatic route, no Industrial components envisaged for the success of the license requirement, payment of technical know- ambitious "Digital India" programme of the how fee and royalty for technology transfer under Government. automatic route. However, these efforts have not led to a substantial impact; partly because of India

Considering the vital importance, DeitY is Overview is a signatory to the Information Technology implementing a programme on Cyber Security that Agreement (ITA-1) that has resulted in a zero duty is aimed at building a secure and resilient regime on import of the goods covered under the cyberspace for citizens, businesses and Agreement. India has also executed Free Trade Government, by way of actions to protect Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade information and information infrastructure in Agreements (PTA) with several countries/ trading cyberspace, build capabilities to prevent and blocks, which has enabled zero duty import of respond to cyber threats, reduce vulnerabilities and items not covered under ITA. Other factors minimize damage from cyber incidents through a hampering the growth of electronics includes lack combination of institutional structures, people, of reliable power, high cost of finance, poor processes, technology and cooperation. logistics & infrastructure, weak components Electronics Systems Development and manufacturing base, lack of targeted & proactive Application R&D in collaboration with industry etc.

The Electronics Systems Development and Free and Open Source Software Application Division is promoting technology Free and Open Source Software Initiative Cell has development and applications in Industrial been established with an objective to develop and Electronics for various industrial and economic/ proliferate FOSS in the country. India's strength in service sectors covering Power Electronics, Information Technology can be utilized to develop Intelligent Transportation System, Automation products using FOSS, which will help in bridging System for process industries including Steel, the digital divide with significant cost savings and Textile, Sugar, Cement, Agriculture, Food facilitate the creation of a knowledge society. processing etc., Agri Electronics, Electronics Indian industry/SMEs can benefit from the liberal Personal Safety Devices/Systems for person in licensing norms of FOSS which enables software to distress etc. The Division undertakes awareness be freely modified and distributed. Major initiatives creation, basic research, prototype development as have been taken for promotion of FOSS in India. well as large field demonstration type of projects.

7 Overview rus n spotn euain n green and advocacy education campaigns. supporting and groups assisting in building communities, engaging engaging communities, by building awareness in green create assisting help also ICT could initiatives, environmental other leveraging ak f ie y feig noaie ouin. In addition to moving itself in a solutions. greener direction and innovative offering by life of walk every in footprint carbon reduce and efficiency niomna iiitvs o civ energy achieve to initiatives environmental a spot ass, n lvrg other leverage and assist, support, can on the environment. Besides IT itself being green, it efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact subsystems associated and servers, computers, manufacturing, using, and disposing of of disposing and using, manufacturing, optn. hs a icue "designing, include can or This IT computing. sustainable environmentally of practice re I o I ssanblt i te td and study the is sustainability IT or IT Green etc. The project has progressed significantly. conferences through awareness create domains, specific standards and test-beds in various various in test-beds and standards specific domain develop technologies, and tools develop rjc ws ntae t cnut eerh & Preservation, Digital Research of area the conduct in Development to initiated was project The Centre of Excellence for Digital Preservation Digital for Excellence of Centre The of formats, operating midst systems, software etc. the in technological digital) obsolescence in terms of storage, reformatted file as well iia Peevto adess h ln term long as digital (born data digital of access and storage the addresses Preservation Digital development for the social benefits. usses sses n hmn resource human and systems subsystems, h dvlpet f aiu Nn devices, Nano various of development the of the Department have been progressing well for well progressing been have Department the of initiated under Nanotechnology Initiatives Division Projects outputs. agricultural better and products more as efficient energy sources, materials and electronics such outcomes significant promises Green Computing Digital Preservation a key economic driver for the twenty first century. It Nanotechnology is a revolutionary technology and Nanotechnology Initiative 8 research studies in this area. various doing been have project/programme the in participating institutes the wherein Engineering a a ainl rgam o perception on Programme National a to has lead to potential fundamental the breakthroughs and innovations. DeitY have fields from different ideas of fertilization Cross professionals. scooit, er-ilgss n medical and neuro-biologists psychologists, olbrto bten niern scientists, engineering between collaboration requiring nature in inter-disciplinary is field This perception and cognition processes. nlss n udrtnig f h human the of understanding and analysis for development Technology (b) and human-beings. including perception systems biological of living of models cognition the by motivated focuses on (a) Technology developments developments Technology (a) on focuses Perception engineering as an emerging field which skill sets in Bioinformatics. infrastructure for research and augments requisite uprs eerh rjcs cets right creates projects, research supports DeitY of Division Bioinformatics Bio- The informatics. in competitiveness country's the enhance to role proactive a playing is (DeitY) Technology eatet f lcrnc & Information & Electronics of Department issues these of concerning some ordinary mortals and unlock society at to large. key Bio-informatics the holds change. climate of challenges the to rising and process discovery drug in taken time the down bringing diseases, livestock and plant human, specific country understanding like issues are relevance special of Bio-informatics In capture, data warehousing and data mining. sophisticated techniques like advanced data data advanced like techniques sophisticated produced globally and involves the use of of use the involves data and genomic globally of produced quantities huge integrating and analyzing retrieving, exchanging, managing, Bio- informatics aidsinstoring,searching,comparing, data. gene of storehouses expanding ever Technology provides the right tool to transform the eiie Mteais n Information and Mathematics Medicine, multidisciplinary field at the crossroads of Biology, ua Gnm poet Bonomtc a Bioinformatics project. ongoing Genome the by Human fuelled primarily times recent Sciences which has seen a flurry of activities in the Perception Engineering Life the in buzzword new the is Bioinformatics Bioinformatics Supercomputing National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)

Supercomputing has emerged as the 4th Paradigm Seven Internet Exchange Nodes are functional at for cutting edge S&T research, and accordingly Delhi (Noida), , Chennai, Kolkata, special thrust has been provided to the capacity Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. The and capability building in Supercomputing in the Internet Exchange nodes have been successful in 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17). In pursuance of this ensuring peering of Internet Service Providers objective, a project proposal on the "National among themselves for the purpose of routing the Supercomputing Mission (NSM): Building domestic traffic within the country, instead of Capacity & Capability", has been evolved, which is taking abroad, thereby resulting in better quality of to be jointly steered and implemented by DST and service (reduced latency) and reduced bandwidth DeitY. charges for ISPs by saving on International Bandwidth. The maximum volume of Internet Indian Languages Technologies traffic being handled by NIXI at present is 30 Gbps.

People are more comfortable in using the ICT National Informatics Centre (NIC) technology in their mother tongue. Most of the advanced technologies are initially developed National Informatics Centre (NIC), an attached using English and later other language interfaces office of the department, is a premier organization are provided. A number of people in India speak providing e-Governance ICT Infrastructure, two or more languages. But only 7-8% population applications and services for the delivery of citizen is English knowing and speaking. "Technology centric services. The role of NIC has become Development for Indian Language" programme of pivotal in the implementation of ICT based Overview DeitY is bringing the information processing tools initiatives at the central/state government level. and modern technologies in local languages so that One of the major responsibilities of NIC is to keep common people can use and derive benefits from strategic control of these e-Governance ICT. e-Bhasha Mission Mode Project is being applications on behalf of the government. initiated with major focus on Localization in the all the 22 constitutionally recognized Indian NIC provides ICT support to the Government in 80 languages. Ministries/Departments, 36 States/UTs and 650 districts. NICNET, the nationwide Network has Basic information processing tools and language more than 70,000 end users. More than 2 million software in 22 Indian languages have been made users access NIC portals every day for information available to people for free use. Many research and services. The data centres of NIC host more efforts initiated by the Technology Development in than 7000 websites of the Government. The NIC Indian Languages (TDIL) Programme have paved National Cloud is presently hosting a number of way for speedy development of niche technologies critical applications on over 2500 virtual servers. by development of language resources and NIC has the largest e Mail service of the country standards for Natural Language Processing (NLP). with more than 90 million e Mails per month. It has The outcomes of the research &development are the largest Video Conferencing network in the available to the common people through various country facilitating more than 25,000 conference means such as free CDs, or direct downloads from hours per month. the TDIL Data Centre Portal. Efforts are continuing to develop modern technologies, linguistic NIC has been playing a major role in development resources, tools and collaboration with the of e-Governance applications for important socio- international standardization organizations to economic sectors. With the launching of Digital incorporate Indian languages' requirements in India Programme by Hon'ble Prime Minister with global standards wherever applicable. Efforts are the objective to transform India into a digital also continuing to make these technologies empowered society and knowledge economy, the available through Mobile and other portable devices. role of NIC has increased manifold. Development

9 Overview Certification (STQC) tnadzto, etn ad Quality and Testing Standardization, Information Security Management, Website Website Management, Security Information in the area of Software Quality Assurance, Assurance, Quality Software of area the in Number ofprojectssponsored bytheDepartment R&D organizations etc. departments, Government industry, of segment 10,000 organizations representing the entire entire the representing organizations than 10,000 more by utilized being are services STQC eim n sal cl idsre. Currently, industries. scale small and medium by used being primarily are services The country. Electronics and Information Technology (IT) in the organization for Quality Assurance in the field of field the in Assurance Quality for organization STQC has established itself as a premier premier a as itself established has STQC cetbe t nentoa lvl lo Wt this With also. level international at widely acceptable services STQC made have recognitions ay ainl n itrainl crdttos / accreditations international and national Many services. Certification & and Test Training provides Calibration, It equipment. and standards aoaois r eupe wt sae f h art the of state with equipped are laboratories country including North East region. The The region. East North including the country across spread laboratories test of network STQC Directorate has established a well-developed ICT major the of initiatives taken up some by NIC. are etc. Scholarship, cee Mntrn Sse (PM) e- (CPSMS), System Monitoring Plan Schemes Central (IVFRT), Tracking & Registration Foreigners Visa Immigration ePrisons, Courts, e- (NADRS), System Reporting Disease Animal National (eTaal), Layer Aggregation and Analysis eTransaction on Portal National (CCBS), Solution mM) eacaa, oprtv Cr Banking Core Cooperative ePanchayat, (mFMS), System Monitoring the Fertilizer Mobile of department. Projects Mode Mission many including projects e-Governance various of implementation I hs en epnil fr country-wide for responsible been has NIC mlyet Jdcay t. a be poie. provided. been has etc. Judiciary Employment, and Labour Commerce, and Industry Agriculture, o ua Dvlpet Fo ad ii Supplies, Civil and Food Development, Rural to NIC during Apart this from year. this, ICT support etc. are some of the key initiatives undertaken by undertaken initiatives key the of some are etc. Portal Suvidha Shram Government, within Secure email Arrival, on Visa Tourist children, found eSampark Programme, National Portal for lost and Praman for Pensioners, eSameeksha, eGreetings, Jeevan (AEBAS), System Attendance Biometric Enabled Aadhar Portal, MyGov of launching and 10 (C-DAC) Computing Advanced of Development for Centre eea itrainl ciiis ee also were activities international Several fwrsoswr raie costecuty country. the across organized were workshops of Education & Awareness (ISEA) initiative, a number Security Information of part As industry. the for Training programmes to develop skilled manpower C-DAC continued to offer its various Education and of this region. also deployed in the North East towards upliftment solutions were technologies and Several of India. national portaland digital repository for museums implemented e-Governance also C-DAC citizens. the to better services for platform Seva Mobile eiey aea (SG i fv sae ad its and states five in (SSDG) Gateway Delivery Service e-Governance State implemented C-DAC System Solution (BOSS). Management Information System (HMIS), and Bharat Operating Hospital solutions, Telemedicine TETRA Radio Technology for Indian Army, Army, Indian for Technology Radio TETRA (SDR-NC), Mobile Adhoc Network (MANET), (MANET), Network Adhoc Mobile (SDR-NC), are these of Communication Naval for Radio Defined Software few A year. the during happened Wider deployment of several C-DAC's technologies are a few such products and solutions. Software (iROSE), and Industrial Controller (iCON) SCADA Open Range Industrial (TraMM), Software rfi Sga Mntrn ad Management and Monitoring Signal Traffic (DPHA), Aid Hearing Programmable Digital year. DAC's products and solutions were done during the eea Tase o Tcnlge (os fr C- for (ToTs) Technologies of Transfer Several used by HPC users across the extensively country. was Supercomputer Yuva-II PARAM Android platform and Bharti font. C-DAC's font. Bharti Sakal and platform Android on Keyboard Virtual Languages Indian Integrated Devanagari script for various Indian languages, and named PARAM Shavak, ".bharat "domain names in solution Box" a in "Supercomputer including DAC MoCIT launched various solutions developed by C- During the year, Shri Ravishankar Prasad, Hon'ble "Infrastructure" in this Annual Report. ete ae niae i Catr titled Chapter in indicated are Centres / Laboratories executed. of locations been and offered Services have Products & Language Technology Indian of Assurance Quality Quality, undertaken in collaboration with Ministry of Initiatives have been taken in this respect through External Affairs (MoEA). coordinated interactions between the e- governance/e-commerce application service Newly initiated activities during the year include providers and the Certifying Authorities. proposals for National Supercomputing Mission, Digital India Initiative, National Microprocessor For ensuring continued trust in this authentication Initiative, Electronic Personal Safety System, and framework, the Annual Compliance Audits of Aakash tablet. Certifying Authorities were conducted as per the requirements of the Information Technology Act, Human Resource Development (HRD) 2000. In addition to the regular Annual Compliance HRD activities of DeitY are targeted to ensure Audits, Special Audits for ensuring compliance in availability of trained human resources for the the issuance processes like document verification manufacturing & service sectors of electronics and and technical issuance process were also IT industry. Initiatives include identifying gaps conducted this year. emerging from the formal sector and planning Results Framework Document (RFD) programmes in non-formal and formal sectors for meeting these gaps. Further, this includes Skill The Government of India has approved the outline Development in IT initiatives in pursuance to the of a Performance Monitoring and Evaluation National Skill Development Policy which has set a System (PMES) for Government Departments to target of skilling 10 million persons by 2022 in the measure the performance of the Government by domain of Electronics & IT and related areas. In preparing RFD of all the Ministries/Departments the Chapter titled "Human Resource Development" every year, which provides a summary of the most Overview of this Annual Report, brief details about various important results that a Department/Ministry ongoing initiatives including skill development and expects to achieve during the financial year. indicative list of major Schemes/Projects are presented. The Department had prepared draft RFD for 2014- 15 with a vision entitled 'e-Development of India as Controller of Certifying Authorities(CCA) the engine for transition into a developed nation and an empowered society' with seven core areas, The Information Technology Act, 2000 facilitates namely, e-Government, e-Industry, e-Innovation/ acceptance of Electronic Records and Electronic R&D, e-Learning, e-Security, e-Inclusion and Signatures through a legal framework for Internet Governance. The RFD, 2013-14 is given establishing trust in e-Commerce and e- at Appendix V. Governance. For authentication of electronic transactions using electronic signatures, the Annual Action Plan (AAP) Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) licenses As a follow up on RFD, during 2014-15, the Annual Certifying Authorities to issue Electronic Signature Action Plan (AAP) was also continued in order to (a) Certificates under the IT Act, 2000. Six Certifying move the focus of the Department from process- Authorities are operational currently and the total orientation to results orientation, and (b) provide an number of Electronic Signature Certificates issued objective and fair basis to evaluate the Department's in the country grew to more than 93,00,000 by overall performance at the end of the year. December 2014, and continues to grow rapidly and is expected to increase significantly with the launch The AAP for the year 2014-15 contained 44 of various e-governance/e-commerce actions, 58 milestones, physical and financial programmes as well as initiatives such as Aadhar targets for each identified objective to be based DSC issuance and initiation of eSign project. monitored periodically.

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11 Industry Profile R&D in collaboration with industry etc. proactive & targeted of lack base, manufacturing logistics & infrastructure, weak components components weak infrastructure, poor & finance, of logistics cost high power, reliable of factors Other ITA. hampering the growth of electronics includes lack under covered not items lcs wih a eald eo uy mot of import duty zero enabled has which blocks, trading countries/ several with (PTA) Agreements gemns FA) n Peeeta Trade Preferential and (FTAs) Agreements Trade Free executed also has India Agreement. regime on import of the goods covered under the under covered goods the of import on regime Agreement (ITA-1) that has resulted in a zero duty s sgaoy o h Ifrain Technology Information the to signatory a is led to a substantial impact; partly because of India not have efforts these However, route. automatic how fee and royalty for technology transfer under transfer technology for royalty and fee how know- technical of payment requirement, license emte udr uoai rue n Industrial no route, automatic under permitted auatrn sco i te at ie 0% FDI 100% like past hardware the in sector telecom) manufacturing (including electronics the There have been some efforts for rapid growth of growth rapid for efforts some been have There ecosystem. cyber-secure enabling from apart employment, h ptnil o eeae oetc elh and wealth domestic generate to potential the has It manufacturing. hardware IT & electronics by 2020. The Government attaches high priority to possible to meet demand of about USD 100 Billion of growth of domestic production, it would only be USD 400 Billion by 2020. At the conventional rate conventional the At 2020. by Billion 400 USD products and systems in India would grow to about electronics of demand that estimated been has It Electronics & IT Hardware Industry- An Overview 12 Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M- Scheme Package Incentive Special Modified tax regime. wafer tariff/ friendly industry semiconductor and facilities n fabrication of up setting products, electronic manufactured domestically to access auatrn cutr, rfrnil market preferential clusters, manufacturing electronic up of investment, setting incentives for country the involves various strategies including in provision of sector (ESDM) Manufacturing Industry Profile rain f n c-ytm o a globally and a Design for System eco-system Electronic an competitive of Creation are country mentioned below: the in manufacturing electronics India' in 'Make programme. The steps being taken to develop the of part also is manufacturing nentoa mre" Te electronics The market". international SIPS) Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M- Creation of Electronics Eco-System globally a industry to meet the country's needs create and serve the "To vision competitive electronics design and manufacturing the with 2012 25, October on 2012 (NPE) Electronics on Policy Earlier, the Government had approved the National electronics manufacturing. of promotion is programme this of pillars digitally the of a into India empowered society and knowledge economy. One transform to roadmap the down laid has Government the new Government, the of programme India Digital the Under Electronics Manufacturing iia Ida rgam- rmto of Promotion Programme- India Digital SIPS) was announced by the Government in July Customs duty, Service Tax and Excise Duties is 2012. The salient features of the policy are as also provided. The incentives are provided on follows: reimbursement basis. i) The scheme provides subsidy for investments ii) The incentives are available for a period of 10 in capital expenditure- 20% for investments in years from the date of approval of application. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and 25% in iii) The incentives are available for selected non-SEZS. It also provides for electronic products categories/verticals. Units reimbursements of CVD/ excise for capital across the value chain starting from raw equipment for the non-SEZ units. For select materials including assembly, testing, very high technology and high capital packaging and accessories of these products investment units like fabs, reimbursement of and their chips, components are included. central taxes and duties which include iv) The threshold of investment for each project Sector-wise details of investment proposals has been prescribed. The thresholds vary from received under M-SIPS Rs 1 crore for manufacture of accessories to S. Sectors No. of Investment Rs 5000 crore for memory semiconductor No. Proposals Amount wafer fabrication unit. (Rs. in Crs.) v) The policy is open for application for three Industry Profile 1 Automotive Electronics 11 3087 years from its notification, i.e. up-to July 2015. 2 Avionics 1 98 vi) The policy provides for an inter-ministerial 3 Components & 19 1286 Appraisal Committee to evaluate investment accessories applications. Based on the recommendation of 4 Consumer Electronics 2 828 Appraisal Committee, approval of Competent 5 Electronic 1 104 Authority is obtained. Manufacturing Services 6 Energy Conservation 5 722 vii) The overall financial ceiling under the Modified Electronics (LED/Solar) SIPS is initially limited to Rs 10,000 crore th 7 Industrial Electronics 4 92 during the 12 five year plan. 8 IT and Telecom 8 8974 Products Status of M-SIPS applications 9 Medical Electronics 4 354 Status Number Investment 10 Semiconductor 3 2396 (Rs in crore) (FAB/ATMP) Applications received 61 20283 11 Strategic Electronics 3 2343 Applications approved 30 6547 Grand Total 61 20283

3500 M-SIPS applications' approval status 5 3059.19 3000 Applications approved 2500 12 2026.99 2000

1500 No. of applications Investment amount (INR crores) 1000 4 4 693.04 Investment amount (INR crores) 5 500 298.39 383.21 Nil Oct-Dec, 2013 Jan-Mar, 2014 Apr-June, 2014 July-Sep, 2014 Oct-Dec, 2014 Jan-Mar, 2015

13 Industry Profile 11.82 crore and of Rs. 23.16 lakh to M/s Desai Electronics Pvt. Disbursement of incentives was made to M/s Bosch Automotive Ele ceiling of Rs. 50 crore for every 100 acres of land. restricted to 50% of the project cost subject to a to subject cost project the of 50% to restricted is Clusters Manufacturing Electronics Greenfield in projects the for assistance The notification. of lcrnc. hs cee s pn o receiving applications for a period for of five years from open the date is Scheme This the electronics. in investments attracting for infrastructure 02 o upr ceto o world-class of creation support to 2012 October in Scheme (EMC) Cluster Manufacturing h Gvrmn hs oiid Electronics notified has Government The i)Sralnn te rcdr o apasl and appraisal of procedure the Streamlining iii) Expanding the scope of M-SIPS. ii) )Extension of timeline beyond July 2015. i) salient features of this revision are:- Package Scheme (M-SIPS) is under The revision. Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) Incentive Special Modified the various from stakeholders, received feedback the on Based Revision of M-SIPS approval. 14 List of Final Approved Greenfield EMC in centres Brownfield Clusters. facility The details are Common as follows: (2) two Greenfield and (14) EMCs fourteen to approval Principle final approval to two (2) Greenfield Clusters and In- accorded has department which of out clusters], f omn aiiy ete i Bonil Brownfield in centres facility Common of up setting for setting up applications for and 4 Greenfield EMCs applications 34 [ scheme EMC Till date, DeitY has received 38 applications under a to ceiling of subject 50 crore infrastructure, is provided of as grant. cost the of 75% to the ceiling of Rs. 50 crore. For Brownfield EMC, the Steering Committee for Clusters (SCC) subject by decided be would support of extent the extent, For larger areas, pro-rata ceiling applies. For lower .o tt Location/City State S.No. .PaehVillage-Purva, District-Jabalpur Pradesh 2. ahaVillage-Badwai, District-Bhopal Madhya 1 Ltd.,Pune. ctronics, Bangalore to the tune of Rs. First instalment of Grant-in-aid of 20% of the Further, Department has also indentified and Government of India Grant was sanctioned to two notified 62 areas wherein considerable activities Greenfield EMCs at Badwai, Bhopal and Purva are going on in the ESDM sector which have been Jabalpur, in the state of . notified as Electronics manufacturing Clusters for the purpose of M-SIPS. List of Greenfield EMCs accorded In-Principle approval Setting up of Semiconductor Wafer Fabs

S.No. State Location of EMC i) Semiconductors form the heart of all 1 Andhra Pradesh Village-Chilamathur, electronics. They contribute, on an average, Anantapur district, about 30 percent of the value of the product. 2 Satyavedu Mandal, Chittor Moreover, a compromised semiconductor can District also be cause of a cyber-attack. Therefore design and development of the 3 Chhattisgarh Village-Tuta, Naya Raipur District, Raipur semiconductors is essential for development of electronics manufacturing value chain. 4 Adityapur, Saraikela- Kharsawan District Unfortunately, India does not have any semiconductor manufacturing facility in the 5 Kakkanad district country.

6 Odisha Khurda ,Bhubaneswar Industry Profile Industrial Area, Earlier efforts to set up semiconductor wafer 7 Rajasthan Khushkera, Bhiwadi fab have failed. The main reasons for these are as follows: 8 Tamil Nadu Krishnagiri ,Hosur 9 Telangana e-city Hyderabad • It is highly capital intensive, fast changing 10 Raviriyal village, technology. Maheshwaram, • There are only few players in the world 11 Uttar Pradesh Yamuna Expressway, who the latest technology. Greater Noida • This is an ITA product (zero duty) with 12 Greater Noida very low freight to cost ratio and therefore 13 West Bengal Naihati Town, North 24, can be distributed globally without having Parganas District to distribute manufacturing. 14 Falta Town. South 24 However, considering the strategic importance Parganas District of semiconductor wafer fab, for developing the electronics industry in India, special efforts List of Common Facility Centres accorded In- have been made in this regard. Principle approval ii) The Cabinet in its meeting held on 12.02.2014 S.No. State Location/City accorded approval to the two proposals in the 1 Electronic City, Bangalore matter of establishing the semiconductor wafer manufacturing facilities in India. The 2 KIADB Industrial Area, broad project parameters of two FAB facilities Hebbal Hootagall, Mysore are as under: M/s Jaiprakash Associates Limited M/s HSMC Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (with IBM, USA and Tower (with ST Microelectronics and Silterra Semiconductor Limited, Israel as Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. as partners; partners; JIT consortium) HSS consortium) 1. Project Cost INR 34,399 Crore INR 29,013 Crore 2. Technology 90/65/45/28 nm 90/65/45/28/22 nm 3. Capacity 40,000 WSPM of 300 mm size 40,000 WSPM of 300 mm size 4. Location Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh Prantij, Gujarat

15 Industry Profile v h Epwrd omte hs been has Committee Empowered The iv) i)Te olwn mi icnie hv been have incentives main following The iii) reconstituted with the following composition: extended: )Epwrd omte my oot any co-opt may Committee Empowered h) g) Secretary, Department of Electronics and Electronics of Department Secretary, g) f) Prof. Narendra Krishna Karmarkar, Karmarkar, Krishna Narendra Prof. f) )D. .. aai Fre CMD, Former Zarabi, M.J. Dr. e) Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy d) Secretary, Department of Expenditure c) b) Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman, Former Radhakrishnan, K. Dr. b) )D. .. aawt Mme, II ao Aayog NITI Member, Saraswat, V.K. Dr. a) neet re on f prx R. 5124 Rs. approx. of Loan Free Interest • • 200% deduction on expenditure on R&D on expenditure on deduction 200% • • Investment linked deductions under under deductions linked Investment • (BCD) Duty Customs Basic of Exemption • • 25% subsidy on capital expenditure and expenditure capital on subsidy 25% • other experts. Convener nomto Tcnlg - Member - Technology Information Bombay itnuse Vstn Poesr IIT- Professor, Visiting Distinguished eiodco Cmlx t. SL - Technical Expert (SCL) Ltd. Complex Semiconductor and Promotion Indian Space Research Organization ….. Chairman Crore each. Section 35AD of the IT Act. the IT Act. of 35(2AB) Section under admissible as for non-covered capital items. Scheme (M-SIPS). Modified Special Incentive Package Package Incentive Special Modified under admissible as reimbursement tax 16 )Letters of Intent dated 19.03.2014 were issued v)

following documents: osri wr rqie t sbi the submit to required were Consortia eosrto o Cmimn, both Commitment, of Demonstration auatrn fclte i Ida For India. in facilities manufacturing eiodco Wfr arcto (FAB) Fabrication Wafer Semiconductor o h to osri fr etn up setting for consortia two the to g) Performance guarantee agreements with agreements guarantee Performance g) )Proof of legal possession of adequate and f) )Agreements between consortium partners e) )A etr f i-rnil" prvl from approval "in-principle" of letter A d) )At least 25% of equity funding required for c) )Icroain f P fr h poet in project, the for SPV of Incorporation b) )Dtie Poet eot DR with (DPR) Report Project Detailed a) b) Shri V. Koteswara Rao, Former Director, Former Rao, Koteswara V. Shri b) a) Dr. K.D. Nayak, DG-Micro Electronic Electronic DG-Micro Nayak, K.D. Dr. a) t a be dcdd o oot h following the co-opt to decided been has It ebr a eprs n h Empowered the Committee: on experts as members GoI. suitable land as outlined in the proposals. guarantees. pcfig ne s performance se inter specifying , r N 10 Coe, hcee is whichever higher. Crores, 1000 INR or 1, 10% of debt funding requirement of least Phase at for Institutions/Banks Financial promoters into the SPV. Phase I of the project to be injected by the structure. codne ih rpsd equity proposed with accordance detailed costing and implementation plan. Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL). DRDO; eie & opttoa Systems, Computational & Devices vi) Both M/s. HSMC Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. 3. Boost for indigenous manufacturing of TVs and M/s. Jaiprakash Associates Ltd., have • BCD on LCD, LED or OLED TV panels sought time to comply with the requirements. reduced from 10 % to zero. Rationalization of Tariff • BCD on Colour picture tubes for Electronics is a meta-sector, cutting across large manufacture of cathode ray TV reduced number of vertical, and technologies are changing from 10 % to zero. at a rapid pace, the need for the continuous • BCD on Specified parts of LCD and LED TV rationalization remains. This is an ongoing (including open cell, plate diffuser, film exercise. Several steps towards rationalization of diffuser, Back light unit module) has been existing tariff structure. That are:- reduced from 10%/7.5% to zero. 1. Boost for indigenous manufacturing of Mobile • Reduction of BCD of Back Light Unit Handsets Module for use in the manufacture of • Excise duty structure for mobile handsets LCD/LED TV panels from 10% to Nil and including cellular phones has been that of Organic LED (OLED) TV panels

changed from 1% without CENVAT credit from 10% to Nil. Industry Profile or 6% with CENVAT credit to 1% without 4. Boost for indigenous manufacturing of ITA CENVAT credit or 12.5% with CENVAT Products credit. • To address the problem of CENVAT credit 2. Boost for indigenous manufacturing of accumulation, for all goods except Personal computers (Desktop, Laptop and populated PCBs, falling under any Chapter Tablets) of the Customs Tariff, for use in • SAD exempted on import of inputs/ manufacture of Information Technology components used in the manufacture of Agreement (ITA) bound goods (where personal computers (laptops/desktops) BCD is Nil), SAD has been reduced from and tablet computers falling under 4% to Nil. heading 8471. 5. Boost for indigenous manufacturing of LED • Excise duty structure of 2% without Lights CENVAT credit or 12.5% with CENVAT • Excise Duty on LED (Light Emitting Diode) credit has been prescribed for tablet driver and MCPCB (Metal Core Printed computers. To facilitate this, parts, Circuit Board) for use in manufacture of components and accessories (falling LED lights and fixtures or LED lamp under any Chapter) for use in the reduced from 12/10 % to 6 %. manufacture of tablet computers and their sub-parts for use in manufacture of parts, • Excise duty on inputs for use in the components and accessories are being manufacture of LED drivers and MCPCB fully exempted from Basic Customs Duty for LED lights, fixtures and LED lamps has (BCD), Countervailing Duty (CVD) and been reduced from 12% to 6%. Special Additional Duty of Customs (SAD).

17 Industry Profile 7. 6. Photovoltaic Cells Medical Electronic Products BCD exempted on • Excise duty has been exempted on • Boost for indigenous manufacturing of Solar of manufacturing indigenous for Boost C, xie uy CD n SD have SAD and CVD / Duty Excise BCD, · os fr nieos auatrn of manufacturing indigenous for Boost SADoninputs for usein the manufacture • from 4% to Nil. lights, fixtures and LED lamps has been reduced LED for Board) Circuit Printed f E dies n MPB Mtl Clad (Metal MCPCB and drivers LED of § § § § § 2.5%. endoscopes has been reduced from 5% to medical video of flexible the manufacture BCD on certain specified inputs for use in for use in the manufacture of pacemakers. controllers, coils (steel), tubing (silicone)] ids tassos capacitors, transistors, diodes, ubr, odr at, ed switch, reed paste, solder rubbers, and resins silicone wire, eutectic wire, palladium titanium, [battery, raw materials specified on exempted fully been modules. and cells solar in use for ribbons PV of manufacture the for alloys tin and cells and photovoltaic modules. solar of manufacture their manufacture. in used inputs specified Flat copper wire for the manufacture the for wire copper Flat Specified goods used in manufacture wire copper round wire, copper Flat the in used glass tempered Solar EVA sheets and solar back sheets and of PV ribbons. solar PV cells/modules. or sheet EVA and sheet back solar of 18 12. 11. 10. 9. 8. manufacture of optical fibre cables Microwave Ovens cards C o Tlcmuiain equipments Telecommunication on BCD • Telecommunication Equipment Manufacturing netet ikd euto under deduction linked Investment • Semiconductor wafer fab manufacturing units High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) for use • ainlzto o trf srcue for structure tariff of Rationalization • BCD on Magnetron up to 1KW for use in use for 1KW to up Magnetron on BCD • os fr nieos auatrn of manufacturing indigenous for Boost SAD has been exempted on import of PVC • xie uy n aes o ue n the in use for Wafers on duty Excise • Excise duty on Recorded smart cards has • Boost for indigenous manufacturing of smart of manufacturing indigenous for Boost of smart cards. sheet and ribbon used in the manufacture reduced from 12% to 6%. modules for smart cards has been been has cards smart for (IC) modules circuit integrated of manufacture and 6% with CENVAT to 12%. been increased from 2% without CENVAT § from zero to 10%. not covered under ITA has been increased unit. to manufacturing fab extended wafer semiconductor been has 35AD Section rd otcl ir cbe hs been has reduced cables from 7.5% to Nil. fibre optical grade of telecommunication the manufacture in been reduced to Nil. the manufactureofmicrowaveovenshas ahnsprs eae to related Machines/parts projects. setting up of solar energy production manufacture of solar voltaic cells and 13. Set Top Box manufacturing Promotion of indigenous manufacturing of Set Top Boxes (STBs) • The domestic STB manufacturers had to pay CST equivalent to VAT rate (typically The Department is taking steps to promote 12.5%). It has been resolved by extending indigenous manufacturing of Set Top Boxes the facility of form 'C' to STBs vide (STBs) for Cable / DTH TV, keeping in view the huge Department of Revenue's O.M dated 13th indigenous requirement on account of roadmap for August, 2014. digitalization of the broadcast sector. Following specific measures have been taken for promoting • Basic Custom Duty (BCD) on import of Set domestic manufacturing of Set Top Boxes: Top Boxes has been increased to 10%. i) A Basic Customs Duty (BCD) of 10% has been Policy for Promotion of Fabless Design Industry imposed on imported STBs w.e.f. 01.03.2013. Semiconductors, also known as chips or ICs, are at ii) The domestic STB manufacturers had to pay the heart of any electronics product and constitute CST equivalent to VAT rate (typically 12.5%) around 30% of the total value of the Bill of Material since the Multi-System Operators (MSOs) (BOM) and in case of high-end equipment and

were unable to issue C-Form because these are Industry Profile mobile handsets; this content goes as high as 60%. not sold to the users but installed at the Semiconductor chip manufacturing is customer's premises on "Right to Use" basis. In characterized by two type of companies: Integrated this model, an imported STB by the service Device Manufacturers (IDMs) and Fabless provider does not require State VAT to be paid. Manufacturers. The IDMs (such as Intel, Texas To resolve the issue, the Department of Instruments) designs, manufactures and sells its Revenue has issued an O.M dated 13th August, own chips while fabless companies (like 2014, wherein the facility of form 'C' has been Qualcomm, Broadcom) designs and sells its chips extended to Set Top Boxes which have been but gets the chip manufactured by a third-party. defined as goods for use in the Presently, most of the major chip innovations have "Telecommunication Network" under Section come from fabless design companies. India has a 8(3)(b) of Central Sales Tax Act, 1956. This huge opportunity to develop the fabless design has addressed the issue of inverted duty faced industry in the country. A Draft Cabinet Note by domestic manufacturers of STBs over their formulating the Policy for Promotion of Fabless imported counterparts. Design Industry was circulated to the concerned Ministries/Departments on 16th February 2015. The iii) To curb inflow of sub-standard STBs, proposed policy provides a framework to promote especially from China mandatory compliance the fabless chip design, embedded software and to notified safety standards has been provided board design industry in India by providing benefits for w.e.f. 3rd July 2013. under M-SIPS; deemed export status; 25% of the iv) Development and implementation of Indian non-recurring expenditure for mask development; Conditional Access System (CAS). benefits under Section 35(2AB) of the IT Act; 5% interest subvention on working capital for OEMs; Scheme for National Awards in ESDM Sector setting up Incubation centres; 50% of the cost of The Department of Electronics & IT has taken a new filing international patents and export incentives of initiative to recognize the achievements of 2% under Focus Product Scheme etc. successful industry in the ESDM sector, to

19 Industry Profile for finalization of awards. The first ever National National ever first The awards. of finalization for send the same to National Level Committee (NLC) (NLC) Committee Level National to same the send applications from eligible organisation/ entities and and entities organisation/ eligible from applications MP as one of the members. The SLC will invite invite will SLC The members. the of one as MP been constituted at State Level, including Hon'ble Hon'ble including Level, State at constituted been scheme, a State Level Committee (SLC) has to be be to has (SLC) Committee Level State a scheme, every calendar year. As per the provisions of the the of provisions the per As year. calendar every The scheme is initially available for three years for for years three for available initially is scheme The ii National Award viii) for new companies established ESDM in work Exemplary for award National vii) i ainl wr fr et tr u i ESDM- in up start best for award National vi) )National award for best EMC –One Rs 5 v) Lakh v ainl wr fr ats got i MSME in growth fastest for award National iv) iii) National Award for fastest growth (Two- First (Two- growth fastest for Award National iii) i National Award for Best Innovation (Two- First ii) )Ntoa Aad o Bs Epre (Two-First Exporter Best for Award National i) in electronics encouragement sector in the greater following categories:- to lead to expected is scheme The Sector. (ESDM) Manufacturing wrs n h Eetois ytm ein and Design System Electronics the in National Awards of presentation for scheme ever first investments and innovation in the sector. This is a new encourage to and entrepreneurs encourage h frt wr o R 1 Lk ad second award and of Rs Lakh 5 Lakh. 10 Rs of award first The second). and (Two-First policies ESDM after sector. 10 Lakh and second award of Rs 5 Lakh. (Two- First and second). The first award of Rs. n award is Rs and 2 3 lakh. fR ahadscn wr fR ah Lakh 3 Rs of award second and Lakh 5 Rs of (Three- First, second and third). The first award and the second award of Rs 5 lakh Lakhs .10 Rs of award first The Second). and and Second). The first award of Rs. 10 Lakhs. and second award of Rs. 5 lakhs. Lakhs 10 Rs of award first The second). and rd 20 Market for Domestic Players Print Sensors and Biometric Iris Sensors have been Finger Biometric Devices, Authentication Control/ Access Biometric Products, LED Cards, Smart Printers, Matrix Dot PCs, Tablet PCs, Laptop PCs, Desktop viz., sectors, across procured are which Status: Current Central Government. Centrally Sponsored Schemes and grants made by procurement of electronic products for made under all applicable also is This sale. commercial for oenetl upss n wt a iw to view goods a in use to view a with or resale commercial with and purposes Governmental for purchased products electronic for agencies Departments (except Ministry of Defence) and their Scope: value of that electronic product(s). shall not be less than 30% of which the total procurement DMEP(s), from made be to procurement domestic manufacturers. The percentage of of percentage The manufacturers. domestic from (BoM) Material of Bill of terms in addition value- domestic 25% minimum the meet shall electronic products to be notified under this policy auatrr, u ecuig rdr. The traders. excluding but Manufacturers, manufacturing in India including Contract Contract including India in in manufacturing engaged and India in registered companies DEs ae rdcs auatrd by manufactured products are (DMEPs) Products Electronic Manufactured The Domestically sale. commercial for goods of the production in use to view a with or resale commercial procurement for its own use and not with a view to Government in products electronic manufactured domestically to preference providing for policy Technology (DeitY) on 23.12.2013 has notified the Information and Electronics of Department The Electronic Products in Government procurement rfrne o oetcly Manufactured Domestically to Preference 14. Awards would be given for the calendar year 2013- year calendar the for given be would Awards The policy is applicable to all Ministries / Ministries all to applicable is policy The gnrc lcrnc products, electronic generic 9 notified by the DeitY and 23 Telecommunications and IP Generation in the area of Electronics System Products have been notified by the Department of Design and Manufacturing .. The policy provides a Telecommunications (DoT), in furtherance of the framework where the decision to support R&D is policy. DGS&D has issued guidelines for based on market conditions and through industry implementing the policy in their rate contract professionals well versed with industry process. requirements. It is with this objective that an Electronics "Daughter Funds" which in turn will The Committee of Secretaries (CoS)'s meeting was provide risk capital to companies developing new held at Cabinet Secretariat on 26.11.2014 technologies in the area of electronics, nano- regarding implementation of the policy for electronics and Information Technology (IT). They providing preference to domestically will also support acquisition of foreign companies manufactured electronics products in Government and technologies for products imported in India in procurement. All Ministries/Departments (except large volume. The Electronics Development Fund Ministry of Defence) and Chief Secretaries of (EDF) shall be created in a financial institution like States were informed about the policy, insertion of SIDBI or a similar organization. Assuming that the template in their RFD/Tender and submission of average participation of EDF in Daughter Fund is their quarterly report to this Department starting Industry Profile 25%, the policy will help leverage four times from 31.12.2014. 'PMA Online Monitoring System' Government funding in the area of R&D and http://www.deity-pma.gov.in has been Innovation. It will help create a battery of Daughter operationalised w.e.f. 27.01.2015 for reporting by Funds and Fund managers who will be seeking Ministries/Departments about the compliance of good start-ups (potential winners) and selecting Policy. them based on professional considerations. The Promotion of R&D and Innovation in ESDM selection of financial institution to house the EDF is

Electronics is marked by fast pace of technological underway. change. For the industry to be competitive in this Establishment of Incubator for Electronics Start- sector, it is essential to be continuously innovative, ups (Electropreneur Park) coming up with new products, features and Setting up of Incubation Centre in Delhi-NCR: designs. Therefore, promotion of R&D and Department of Electronics and information innovation is integral to creating a sustainable Technology (DeitY) has approved a project for ecosystem for electronics design and setting up of an Incubator by Software Technology manufacturing in the country. Parks of India (STPI), in association with With this objective, several initiatives have been India Electronics & Semiconductor Association taken that are described below: (IESA) and Delhi University (DU). The project is

Electronic Development Fund (EDF) Policy: being setup with Grant-in- aid of Rs 21.17 Crore by Creating a vibrant ecosystem of Innovation, DeitY. The Electropreneur Park is being set in area Research and Development (R&D) and with active of over 10,000sq. Ft. constructed space with state industry involvement is essential for thriving of the art facilities at South Campus, Delhi electronics industry. The Union Cabinet on University. The 1st instalment of Rs. 3.58 crore December 10, 2014 has approved the "Electronics was released on 25-06-2014. The total project Development Fund Policy" for promotion of R&D duration to set up the Electropreneur Park is 5 years. DeitY will be providing the funding support

21 Industry Profile new technologies. mentorship, Bridge the time delay taken to absorb providing by hardware electronics manufacturing iiae h rs ta satus ae while face start-ups that risk the Mitigate n cs efcie n spitctd manner, sophisticated and effective cost a in that facilitates manufacture of electronic hardware infrastructure to access entrepreneurs Providing Electronics, Consumer on focused enterprises new of creation is Incubator Electronics the of Thiruvananthapuram, The Kerala. main objectives f ehooy n Management, and Technology of 04 rcmedd h poet rpsl of proposal Electronics Incubator submitted by project Indian Institute the recommended 2014, ED) nis6hmeighl n1 December, (ESDM), in its 6th meeting held on 10 lcrnc Sse Dsg Manufacturing Design System Electronics for development of IP and Innovation in the area of up Village at Cochin, Kerala: Start- and IIITM-Kerala by Incubator Electronics period of 5 years . space. The project envisages 45 start-ups over a over start-ups 45 envisages project The space. being set up in area of 3000 sq meters constructed Crore) as matching Grant. This incubation centre is (Rs. 25.00 of Bihar and Government 22.10 Crore) implemented through joint funding from DeitY (Rs this of project is Rs 47.10 crore, which is proposed to be outlay project overall The 11.12.2014. Electronic products has been approved on on approved been has products Electronic -a Tbs MdclTlmdcn related Medical-Telemedicine Tubes, X-ray Electronic Device Reliability and Medical/Industrial igotc ytm Lw ot Ultrasound, Cost Low System, Diagnostic MM: a o Ci) Lw ot Medical Cost Low Chip), on Lab (MEMS: Medical of area Electronics i.e. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems the in innovation promoting an Incubation Centre at IIT- Patna with the focus of Medical Electronics at IIT on Patna: focus with Centre Incubation of up Setting benefitted over a period of 5 Years. mode. The project will support 50 start-ups self-sustaining will be a in agencies implementing the run by will be the project years, thereafter initial 5 required to set up and manage the centre over the The Working Group The setting up of th 22 GITA Promoting Collaborative Funding in R&D through for a period of 2 years. In this regard, administrative 15.6 crore Rs. is the project funding of The total the UK. and Taiwan Sweden, Spain, Korea, South Japan, Israel, Finland, Canada, are programme bilateral this for Countries of list Initial scheme. the under projects R&D 9 fund to proposed is It Committee. dniid y h DiY pone Technical appointed DeitY the by identified be would focus of areas and Sectors years. two the priority areas with a timeline of not more than more not of timeline a with areas priority the collaborative research with an Academic Institute in funding support to an Industry, for doing doing for Industry, an to support funding providing by sector ESDM the in etc. products, noain I, & ad omrilzto of commercialization and R&D IP, Innovation, promote to aims project The approved. been has by (GITA) Alliance implemented Technology and Innovation Global be to doing research, for collaborative institutions to Academic support and and Industry funding provide to project A Kerala and Startup Village. these projects will be jointly implemented by IIITM Park, the Cochin HiTech for establishment of the KINFRA of incubator and at feet zone Innovation square Technology 25,000 providing be will Kerala of Government Village. Startup and Kerala IIITM- Kerala, of Government from Crore 25.17 ehooy DiY ad h rmiig ud Rs. fund remaining the and (DeitY) Technology Information and Electronics of Department from ups, out of which Rs. 24.74 Crore as grants-in-aid Crore over a period of 4 years to incubate 40 start- total cost of project is estimated to be Rs 49.91 Rs be to estimated is project of cost total The Lab. Fab and Centre, Innovation (IoT) Things Centre, Robotics Innovation Centre and Internet of Microcontroller & Microprocessor Innovation Innovation Microprocessor & Microcontroller DY Invto Cnr wih osss of consists which Centre Innovation (DIY) nuae sc a waal lb D I Yourself It Do lab, wearable as such incubates entrepreneurial trainings and infrastructure for the The Electronics Incubator will provide mentorship, approval has already been issued on 14-08-2014 are fabricated on crystalline substrates and length and acceptance of terms and conditions from GITA scales are typically only a few millimetres. At the is awaited. heart of this revolution lie two significant capabilities: designing products that are flexible Supporting research in Medical Electronics and form fitting, and their manufacturing by through BIRAC printing based processes. The combination of the A project to promote scientific and technological two may lead to roll-to-roll, large volume and high research in Medical Electronics sector in India to throughput manufacturing. There are no well- be implemented by Biotechnology Industry established players in flexible electronics at the Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has been moment and even those who are actively involved approved on 05.11.2014 and the administrative have been in it for a relatively short period. The approval issued on 17.11.2014. The proposal aims Indian industry must make use of this opportunity to fund a portfolio of Indian led pilot projects that to get a foothold in the emerging market for large seems to target innovations in the multi- area flexible electronics. IIT Kanpur submitted a disciplinary areas comprising of electronics, Detail Project Report (DPR) to set-up National engineering, medical devices, healthcare, Centre of Excellence in Large Area Flexible Industry Profile software, algorithms and information technology. Electronics to be set up in IIT Kanpur. The BIRAC has identified 4 potential areas, which are: objectives of the proposed centre can be classified i) Imaging and navigation in six categories as described below: ii) Technologies for chronic diseases • R&D: Conduct basic studies and scientific investigations relevant to field of large area iii) Convergence of medical device and flexible electronics. bioinformatics • Manufacturing: Conduct research and iv) Outpatient-care and telemedicine development in large area flexible electronics The Total amount requested from DeitY is Rs 10.5 by developing partnership with industry and crore (Rs. Ten Crore Fifty Lakhs only). The 1st with a view that potentially leads to instalment of Rs. 3.5 crore sanctioning the grant- manufacturing. in-aid issued on 15-12-2014. • Ecosystems: Facilitate formation of industrial National Centre of Excellence for Large Area ecosystem by addressing various aspects, Flexible Electronics (CFLEX) products, materials and machines and academic ecosystem by engaging with reputed Large area electronics is an emerging area of Centres internationally and individuals electronics which is based on the monolithic nationally. integration of electronic components on amorphous substrates which typically results in • Entrepreneurship: Incubate small scale products that are large in size with length scales industry related to flexible electronics. ranging from a few centimetres as in sensors, to a • International Partnerships: Build strategic few decimetres as in displays and lighting, to partnerships that hasten the development several meters as in organic solar cell based cycle. panels. This is in contrast to conventional microelectronics where integrated circuits (ICs) • Human Resources: Undertake human resource development in relevant area.

23 Industry Profile approval process. The objectives of NCTIS are: Internal Security (NCETIS) for Technology in Excellence of Centre National project has been recommended by SFC and is in is and SFC by recommended been has project The DeitY. by funded be to years five of period uly f h poet s s 0.7 rr, vr a over Crore, 100.87 Rs is project the of outlay proposed to be set up at IIT Bombay with the total is Security Internal for Technology in Excellence domestic industry in internal security, a Centre of Centre a security, internal in industry domestic eurd o itra scrt ad o promote to and security internal for required ai ad o eie tcnlg prototypes technology deliver to and basis internal security needs of the nation on continuous any threat to its internal security. To address the address To security. internal its to threat any handling effectively of capable is country our that so sufficiently state-of-art-technologies, be the with to equipped need operations relief and The security agencies and entities providing rescue MoU IIT-Kanpur. executed to with IIT Kanpur on 16.12.2014. 18.11.2014 on released h gat n i o R. 74 coe a also was crore 27.44 Rs. of aid in grant The the administrative approval issued on 14-11-2014. and Department the by approved been has CFLEX Rs 21.87 crore. The contribution of IIT Kanpur in the centre will be years and Rs 111.12 crore will be funded by DeitY. CFLEX is Rs 132.99 crore over the period of five of period the over crore 132.99 Rs is CFLEX Financial Outlays: Financial Conductive inks • Flexible temperature sensor • OLED lighting • Circuit lab on paper • Flexible solar module • Anti counterfeiting for medicine package • Printable electronic tags • developments are namely; h pout wih ae en dniid for identified been have which products The commercialization. for industry with collaboration Deliverables: o eeo pooye in prototypes develop To The total outlay to set up the up set to outlay total The 24 eeomn ad mlmnain f h Indian the of implementation and development Bangalore has been awarded the work for for work the awarded been has Bangalore Pvt. Ltd., ByDesign India finalized. M/s. CAS were Indian proposed the of specifications the Experts, Based on the recommendations of a Committee of and development of domestic STBs. companies which is a major impediment in design are highly proprietary and dominated by few global Set Top Boxes (STBs). Conditional Access systems authorized viewers and forms an integral part of part integral only an forms to and viewers authorized signals TV of access the limit to used system a is (CAS) System Access Conditional A System (CAS) eeomn o Ida Cniinl Access Conditional Indian of Development Thermal Camera. • Unmanned Vehicles. • Video Surveillance and Analytics. • Ground Penetrative Radar (GPR) for Landmine • Communications System. • systems in the NCTIS Deliverables: o rae og em atesis between partnerships term long create To • o rmt mnfcuig aaiis for capacities manufacturing promote To • • To significantly enhance, availability of skilled of availability enhance, significantly To • o rmt a irn ad sustainable and vibrant a promote To • o eeo cpcte fr auatr of manufacture for capacities develop To • Detection. for sourcing electronic products domestically. domestic ESDM industry with strategic sectors sourcing ESDM in strategic sectors. manpower in the ESDM sector. indigenous product developments. towards capabilities, manufacturing enhance to innovation and engineering and design D), ecosystem of Research and Development (R & strategic electronics within the country. It is proposed to develop following develop to proposed is It CAS in association with the Centre for "Electronics and Information Technology Goods Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). C- (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) DAC will be primarily responsible for design Order, 2012" was notified on 03 Oct. 2012 under review, code review, monitoring, testing and the provision of compulsory Registration Scheme validation of the entire project. Out of the total of BIS Act, 1986. This order had comes into effect project cost of Rs.29.99 crore, Rs.19.79 crore is from 03rd July 2013. The order necessitates the DeitY's support amount and remaining amount creation of institutional mechanism for developing will be contributed by M/s. ByDesign India Pvt. and mandating standards and certification for Ltd., Bangalore. The main terms of development of electronic products to strengthen Quality Indian CAS are as follows: Assessment infrastructure nationwide in accordance with enshrined objective of the NPE • The developed Indian CAS would be integrated 2012. The initiative aims to: for at least 5 operators for at least 250,000 end users, in any combination. • Provide Indian consumers with the right to enjoy world class goods. • The domestically produced CAS would be made available to domestic vendors @ USD 0.5 • Upgrade the quality of domestic products for for a period of 3 years as against current market bringing Global competitiveness. Industry Profile value of nearly USD 2 or more per STB; • Develop strategy to stop dumping of non- • Even after expiry of three years, the developer compliant goods. will always make license available to operators • Save business interest of entrepreneurs for and domestic manufacturers of Head-end and effective negotiation at International trade STBs at commercial rate. agreements, Bilateral and Multilateral trade • IPR generated out of this project will reside in agreements. India so that Government of India has access • For projecting a positive image internationally and complete control to these rights in times of as a country with quality production of the emergency to protect national interest. Electronics & IT goods. Letter of Award was issued to M/s. ByDesign India As per the Scheme, the manufactures seeking Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore on 05.11.2014. Tripartite registration of goods with the Bureau of Indian Agreement has been executed between DeitY, C- Standards (BIS) have to get their products tested at DAC and M/s. ByDesign India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore BIS recognised labs. Testing is also to be for development and Implementation of Indian CAS performed on selected samples during the on 18.11.2014. CAS system is expected to be built, surveillance subsequent to Registration. The tested and be ready for integration and deployment surveillance is to be conducted by DeitY. The within 12 months from the date of issuance of surveillance has been initiated by placing of 24 Letter of Award. 1st installment of Rs. 5.93 crore orders to collection agencies for picking of has been released to M/s. ByDesign India Pvt. Ltd. samples. Standards This Order initially covers 15 notified electronic Compulsory Safety Standards for Electronics products categories namely Electronic Games (Video), Laptop/Notebook/Tablets, Plasma/ In order to create non-tariff barrier for sub- LCD/LED Television of screen size 32" or above, standard electronics products in the country, the Optical disc players with built in amplifiers or input

25 Industry Profile nt hv be rgsee wt BS covering BIS approximately 10,000 products with models/series. registered been have units registered labs and more than 1200 manufacturing notified of electronic goods to Indian safety standards at BIS testing compliance plus 90% into rvsos f h Odr Te re hs resulted has Order The Order. the of provisions upr Eetoi Idsr t cml wt the with comply to Industry Electronic to support MSMEs" for Support Financial for "Scheme none. et hs lo oe u wt a with out come also has DeitY announced. Financial Support for Test Labs" has been been has Labs" Test for Support Financial nrsrcue n h cuty "cee for "Scheme a country the in assessment infrastructure conformity develop To products. notified the test to labs 11 recognized has BIS Reader. ahnsFakn Mcie ad Passport and Machines Machines/Franking Card Readers; Mail Processing Machines / Postage Terminals; Copying Machines / Duplicators; Smart oie hns Cs Rgses Pit f Sale of Point Registers; Cash Phones; Mobile Luminaires; LED Purpose Fixed Services; efBlatd E Lms o Gnrl Lighting General for Lamps LED Self-Ballasted Supplied Electronic Control gear for LED Modules; ak cnann Akln o ohr non-acid D.C. other applications; portable in use for Electrolytes or Alkaline containing Banks rating paau; P o rating of UPS Apparatus; Electronic Similar & Video Audio, for Adaptors Power Adaptors for IT Equipments; Power Power Equipments; IT for Adaptors Power November 2014: have been notified under the ambit of CRO on 13 h floig ite adtoa eetoi items electronic additional Fifteen following The and Automatic Data Processing Machines. above, and Electronics 200w clocks with Main powers, Set Top Box power input with Systems input power 2000w and above, Electronic Musical with Amplifiers Machines, Answering Telephone Keyboards, Wireless Scanners, Printers/Plotters, ie Mntr o sre sz 3" above, 32" size screen of Monitors Video power 200w and above, Microwave Ovens, VDUs, ≤ 5kVA; Secondary Cells / Batteries / Power ≤ kA Ivros of Invertors 5kVA; th 26 Professional Fee/ Expert fee for setting up / up- • 5 cs o bsc uprig testing supporting basic of cost 25% • Lacs Rs.120 is equipment laboratory For • Rs 150 lacs subject to the following: 15 labs. The total GIA available under the scheme is in-Aid is open for setting up / up-gradation of up-to Registration Order, The 2012). scheme for Grant- nomto Tcnlg Gos (Compulsory Goods and Technology "Electronics Information the under goods for used evaluating be will which Institutions / Academic State / Central by facilities testing up setting August 2013.The objective of the scheme is 25th to encourage on Laboratories" Control Quality / testing product Electronic of up-gradation / up setting for "Scheme notified DeitY infrastructure, o teghn h cnomt assmn assessment conformity the strengthen To Control Laboratories Quality / testing products Electronic cee o stig p u-rdto of up-gradation / up setting for Scheme set up for the purpose. Committee Advisory Technical of ages the under levels including Technical consultations were held various at stakeholders with meetings periodic by consultations stakeholder Regular products covered. and of Units database Manufacturing Registered to access process, surveillance facilitating online registration process, process, registration online launched been facilitating has stakeholders to available easily information make & transparency bring A portal entitled "Electronics Standards of India" to (maximum). Lakhs 10 Rs is DeitY by assessments interim as well as action up follow for cost thereof, recognition/ accreditation / calibration charges gradation of laboratories and cost of obtaining infrastructure is Rs. 20 Lacs (maximum). (maximum). Who is eligible ii) Reimbursement of expenses for testing and certification required for export. • Central Government and its organizations iii) Development of Electronic Manufacturing • State Government and its organizations Clusters. • Universities (including deemed universities) The Scheme is available for 2 years from the date of Current Status its notification for the MSMEs, which could be

The following project proposals have been extended based on necessary approvals. The GIA approved and 1st instalment of grant in aid under the scheme would be available for no. of released: models proposed under the Scheme or till the allocated budget is available for that particular area i) CEC, IIT Madras, Chennai for total GIA of Rs of the Scheme, whichever is earlier. The 140 Lacs and amount of Rs. 56.00 lakh disbursements of Rs. 1.40 lakh made to M/s EOS released. Power India Pvt Ltd. ii) CSIR -Central Institute of Mining and Research Marketing (CIMFR) , Dhanbad for total GIA of Rs 142.75 Industry Profile Lacs and amount of Rs. 57.10 lakh released. State & National Level Workshops iii) MPSEDC, Bhopal for total GIA of Rs. 127.50 Under the aegis of Communication & Brand lakh and amount of Rs. 51 lakh released. Building Campaign, DeitY has engaged with all the stakeholders of the Electronics System Design & iv) NRTC-Parwanoo for total GIA of Rs. 140.27 Manufacturing (ESDM) sector through various lakh and amount of Rs. 56.10 lakh released. levels of below the level (BTL) events such as Support for MSME conferences, seminars and workshop.

Scheme for supporting MSMEs in the electronics Specific Verticals related National Workshops sector These workshops (11 nos.) are targeted towards The Scheme for supporting MSMEs in the the needs of specific verticals in the electronics electronics sector aims at providing financial hardware manufacturing space, such as those support to MSMEs to promote manufacturing, to listed here in under, and are being conducted in build quality into Indian manufacturing & also to association with the concerned Electronics encourage exporters. The support under the Industry Associations by providing Grant-in-aid : Scheme will be provided in the form of • Computers and peripherals reimbursement to the manufacturers in the MSMEs. The scheme for providing financial • Mobile handsets, parts and accessories support as Grant in Aid is expected to benefit the • Colour TV Sets and Set Top Boxes manufacturers, domestic industry, exporters in the • Telecom Equipment electronics sector. The Scheme will provide GIA for the following activities:- • Industrial Electronics i) Reimbursement of expenses relating to • Semiconductors, Memories and ATMP compliance of electronic goods with "Indian • Electronic Components Standards".

27 Industry Profile is available for academia (Govt. Institutions/ Non- Institutions/ (Govt. academia for available is resource requirements. This outreach programme to the sector for meeting its intellectual and human Industry Conferences State Level Workshops growth of to the attract country greater and talent economic for importance its and sector sunrise cdma suet ad iies wr o this of aware citizens and students academia, h otec porme s en t make to meant is programme outreach The Outreach to Academia and Students been conducted so far. The 20 nos. of these Industry Conferences have Conferences Industry these of nos. 20 The Conferences. hmesOgnstos o te Industry the for Chambers/Organisations lcrnc Idsr Associations/Industry Industry Electronics upr b wy f rn-nad s rvdd to provided is Grant-in-aid of way by Support far. The 12 nos. of Workshops have been conducted so Workshops. oenet t ogns 2 State-level 20 State organise the to to Grant-in-aid Governments of way by support board in this endeavour, it was proposed to provide direction. Therefore,inorderto take theStateson reforms, among others are the steps needed in this streamlining of procedures and appropriate labour nrsrcue sco seii incentives, specific sector infrastructure, o ED. eeomn o wrd class world of Development ESDM. for destination a global India as to make effort in the The proactive role of State Governments is critical conducted so far. o a 4 o. f hs Wrsos ae been have Workshops these of nos. 4 far So Electronics Manufacturing Services • Solid State Memory Products - Memory Cards, • Packaging (LEDs),LED Diodes Emitting Light • Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) • USB Drives and LED Lights 28 Road-shows and One–to–One Meeting Electronics e-newsletter meiet t te rwh rjcoy f these of trajectory growth the to impediments in manpower cost requirements acted as major as acted requirements cost manpower in Intellectual Property protection and recent increase n lw ot apwr Hwvr poor However, manpower. cost low and of manufacture in China due to attractive incentives Presently, global companies have adopted a model happenings in the world of ESDM. and movements innovations, events, initiatives, policies, Govt. DeitY/ the about items news and information latest the all carries eNewsletter The bodies, think-tanks etc. included CEOs, entrepreneurs, bureaucrats, ESDM over 66,000 global decision & opinion makers that to expanded has newsletter the of circulation The developments. and policies Sector ESDM Indian the to window in its 36th edition, which has proved to be world's Monthly "Electronics India e-Newsletter", currently As anoutcome,DeitYhasbeencomingoutwitha movements in DeitY and industry. apprise the to stakeholders about communication the happenings and periodic a with out come to with the global ESDM stakeholders, a need was felt and to disseminate the DeitY policies and initiatives Electronics on Policy National of advent the With have been conducted. So far, 85 nos. of College Level ESDM Workshops India. across workshops ESDM these conduct to task educational societieswhichwereenlistedwiththe optr oit o Ida CI, h two the (CSI), India of Society Computer eeomncto Egnes IT) and (IETE) Engineers Telecommunication hog Isiuin f lcrnc and Electronics of Institution through institutions educational to released being is aid Universities/Colleges per State per year). Grant-in- tts apo. UC AICTE-recognized UGC/ 4 approx. – States East North the in Polytechnics Institutions/ Govt companies. Now, major global companies are members with global ESDM companies were looking for China plus one location for strategic conducted to strongly market India as a world class reasons and looking for alternate location due to ESDM destination. Sufficient interests have been strategic reasons. shown by the various countries to invest in India. A High level delegation from India is proposed to be India may be perceived as an opportunity for global present in road-shows in the selected countries to companies due to rising domestic consumption attract investment from these countries. with expected demand of USD 400 billion market size by 2020, low manufacturing cost and gateway Deity has taken following follow up actions: to gulf and African continents. India offers • A Joint Working Group, involving destination for low cost, high quality large scale representative from both Government and R&D, abundant human resource. industry has been set-up with Japan to foster To "aggressively market India as an investment greater collaboration in Electronics destination for ESDM among leading Nation and Manufacturing Sector. Companies", a national and international marketing • Help-Desk within DeitY have also been set up campaign has been launched to attract investment

for Japan to expedite & facilitate the proposals Industry Profile in the ESDM sector by conducting Round Tables, of investment from Japanese Companies; Road shows, participation in exhibitions and facilitate interactions with other agencies of events of individual verticals of electronics. Government of India; and facilitate interactions Various ESDM country specific round-tables were with State Governments. also organised to understand the issues • Setting up of Japan Electronics Industrial concerning the companies of respective countries Township in India was one of the main agenda. and their future plans of expansion in India. Some DeitY had suggested few sites for the proposed of these round-tables with the potential investor Japanese Electronic Manufacturing Township during this year are: in India. The idea is to set up a global • Round Table with the CEOs of Japanese electronics manufacturing hub for Japanese companies : 29th Sept, 2014, 22nd October, companies wherein ease of business and 2014 cultural difficulties of Japanese could be addressed. Japanese side has surveyed a few • Round Table with the CEOs of German: locations also. (Input may be provided by companies on 1st August, 2014 relevant officials) • Round Table with the CEOs of South Korean • Setting up of Joint Working Group (JWG) with companies on 29th September 2014 Republic of Korea (RoK) is under consideration High level delegations led by the Hon'ble MCIT, for collaboration in the areas of manufacturing, Secretary and Joint Secretary were deputed to R&D, skill Development etc. in ESDM sector. USA, Japan, Israel, Taiwan, Germany, and South • M/s. Invest India has been awarded the work Korea to apprise them the incentive offered by for setting up of Investment Promotion & Govt. of India and facilities available in the various Facilitation Help Desk for promotion and States. During these visits, several road-shows and attracting investments in ESDM sector one-to-one meetings with the CEOs/Board

29 Industry Profile rvdr, ehooy ekr ad V seekers JV and seekers Technology providers, common platform where the Technology Technology the where platform common technologies to Indian industry a need was felt of a rae potnte t itoue latest introduce to opportunities create In order to attract investment into ESDM sector and medium by the people with DeitY. is fast turning out to be a preferred engagement preferred a be to out turning fast is well appreciated by all the ESDM stakeholders and being is which "Electronics_GoI", Handle Twitter a launched DeitY tool, media this tap to order In policy making more stakeholder centric. make to time real in stakeholders ESDM various potnt t Eetois ni t egg with engage to India Electronics to opportunity engagement, Social Media offered a unique unique a offered 24x7 Media and Social outreach engagement, immediate all", to "voice Hence, given its characteristics to potentially give potentially to characteristics its given Hence, communication. Media when compared to other means of public of means other to compared when Media Social engagement over prefer the to known been active presence on the Social Media, and they have an have India Electronics of stake-holders the All nurture and grow. out of the industry that Electronics India focuses to matter of fact, the Social Media has been developed a Media. As the Social tools, especially and media extensive use of the new forms of communication an making stake-holders the all with technology, yboi o eetois n information and electronics of symbiosis lcrnc ni oeae n saewih s a is which space a in operates India Electronics the stakeholders. media vehicle for Electronics India to engage with engage to India Electronics for vehicle media emerging reality, social media forms an important and engage with each other. Taking view of this of view Taking other. each with engage and interact and communicate, to makers large at public decision general the by media preferred B2B Portal increasingly an as emerged has media social prominence, cyberspace of scenario global the In Twitter Handle 30 initiate policy measures in this regard. the of may and benefit India of Government by taken decisions taking by sector the in their states an attractive destination for investment Meeting with State Govt. & State Policies being taken by Government of India and help make efforts the complementing consider to requested interest. The State Governments have been been have Governments State The interest. keen shown have States Several manufacturing. electronics promote actively State to them encourage and Ministers to 26.08.2014 IT on held was Officials Government State of meeting A the ESDM activities. nodal the department along-with nominate nodal officer for coordinate to also and development and develop it as were a vehicle of economic growth and Governments industry the attract to State steps initiate to requested The well. as State the of development economic the spur as well as large number of employment opportunities create for the youth to potential has sector electronics auatrn (SM Sco bcue the because Sector (ESDM) Manufacturing and Design System Electronics of development Governments is critical in making the initiatives for State of role The country. the in manufacturing taking several steps to promote electronics electronics promote to steps several taking h Dprmn o Eetois n I (et) is (DeitY) IT and Electronics of Department The Portal is: "http://www.deity.gov.in/esdm/offers. the for Link partners. suitable seek to intent their 33 by display to companies utilized domestic and multinational been has platform the now Till for electronics manufacturing in India. partners for technology transfer and joint ventures various helps which synergetic potential explore to players technology website a its created on DeitY platform India, in ecosystem (ESDM) Manufacturing and Design System Electronics of development encourage to endeavour its in So up. tie of possibilities explore to together come could Several State Governments like Andhra Pradesh, It may be stated that on account of the rapid Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, changes taking place in this sector, there are Maharashtra; Utter Pradesh, West Bengal, limitations in terms of availability of data. However, Telangana, Chattisgarh have already come out with a breakup of production by different verticals is their policies. The details of the policies are given in Appendix-I which is based on inputs available on the website www.deity.gov.in/esdm. received from concerned industry associations and other bodies. Based on the same, the Production Profile production performance of each of the verticals The total production of Electronics & IT-ITeS during 2014-15 is as follows:- Industry is estimated to be around Rs. 933550 Consumer Electronics Crore with a growth of 13.5% during 2014-15 compared to Rs. 822530 crore achieved in 2013- The Consumer Electronic industry has been 14. The production and growth of the Indian witnessing a sustained increase in demand Electronics and IT-ITeS industry, since 2009-10 is especially in countries like India. As per estimates given below: of Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA), the overall Production of Electronics and IT-ITeS Industry

production of this segment of electronic industry Industry Profile (Value in Rs Crore) was ` 55806 crore in 2014-15 and grew at about Year Production Growth (%) 17.24% over ` 47599 crore achieved in 2013-14. 2009-10 415520 11.6 The growth in the Consumer Electronics over the 2010-11 476180 14.6 years has been accompanied by an increase in 2011-12 567835 19.2 imports in respect of certain items like LCD/ LED 2012-13 681063 19.9 TVs. The government accordingly stopped their duty free import as baggage and imposed a 36.5% 2013-14 822530 20.8 duty on the same in 2013-14. The growth in 2014-15* 933550 13.5 production of LCD / LED TVs increased to about *Estimates based on inputs from Industry Associations, 40% in 2013-14 compared to 11% in 2012-13. As Ministries & other Organizations per estimates from the industry association (CEAMA), this segment registered a growth of Of the total value of production in the Electronics about 16% in 2014-15. and IT & ITeS sector, production of Electronics hardware is estimated to have grown by 5.5% in In contrast to the LCD/ LED segment, the 2014-15 to `190366 crore in 2014-15 compared to conventional TV (with Picture Tube) continued `180454 crore in 2013-14. The production of IT to register negative growth with production and ITeS has been estimated to be of the order of declining from 4.5 million in 2013-14 to 3.5 million ` 743184 crore in 2014-15 as compared to 642076 in 2014-15. Similarly, production of DVD players crore in 2013-14 thereby marking a growth of also continued to decline due to rapid growth of 15.8% during the year. Therefore, the overall DTH sector, digitalization of cable TV network and growth of this industry, which is at 13.5%, has use of set Top Boxes (STB). Growth in the Public largely been sustained by the relatively higher Address systems in the Consumer electronics growth in the Software and services which are industry came down to 5% in 2014-15 from a largely export driven and also dominate the growth rate of 10% in the previous year. electronics and IT sector.

31 Industry Profile Some of the other notable trends are Decision • process manage to robotics of Introduction • • • Availability of products with Artificial Artificial with products of Availability • change the landscape of the sector are as under:- electronics segment which could potentially potentially could Industrial which the segment in trends electronics recent the of Some showing a growth of about 17.18%. rr a against as crore India (ELCINA)] is estimated to be about be to estimated is (ELCINA)] India of Association Industries Electronic per [as 15 production of Industrial Electronics during 2014- during Electronics Industrial of production total The imported. are products sophisticated the of 10% about whereas, manufacturing, local the catered toby domestic demandis Most ofthe value added Industrial Electronics. Information Technology are playing a major role in industry. Critical hardware technologies and and technologies hardware Critical industry. Instruments aresomeofthekeysegmentsthis Automated/automation equipments and Analytical esrmn dvcs Pwr Electronics, Power devices, & measurement Test systems, control industrial Equipment, and Control Process sector. infrastructure power including industry in place taking investment Industrial electronics sector is closely linked to the Industrial Electronics Integration of production and business business and production of Integration mg poesn, Nanotechnology, processing, Image Smart systems, co-ordinate 3-D Analysis, etc. Chemical industry, Nuclear power generation, like industries sensitive for equipments and aiie rdcin mng lbr and labor reduce overheads. manage production, maximize production and business operations so as to as so operations business and production launched to help the companies integrate their operations: reduce manual supervision costs. and control quality improve efficient, more intelligence. This would help the industry to be ee sfwrs r being are softwares Newer ` 30 coe uig 2013-14 during crore 33600 ` 39374 32 Computer Hardware Medical Electronics Automotive Electronics growth of 16%, from 16%, of growth negative registered PCs Desktop of production 2014-15. In contrast to the foregoing, the the foregoing, the to contrast In 2014-15. from PCs also registered robust growth of 27% to grow to about 17% from a level of The production of notebooks registered growth of composition. product its in change a undergoing been has Industry Hardware computer Indian The registering registering a growth of about 6.9%. against against Association Association for Information Technology (MAIT)), as crore crore in 2014-15 (as per estimates by Manufactures' Computers and peripherals amounted to to amounted peripherals and Computers ifrn sget flig ne ctgr of category under falling segments different The value of production arrived by aggregating the the aggregating by arrived production of value The on the production of Medical Electronics. separate a as vertical. However, there are not classifiable separate estimates now is it sector. Therefore care health the in diagnostics for need the to linked closely industry, electronics the in Electronics is Medical another major growth area growth of about 29%. compared to siae t b about is be Gartner) to estimated from data available per (as Sector available, the production of Automotive Electronics not is year current the for Electronics Automotive on data While industry. the of segment important uooie lcrnc hs oe o cuy an occupy to come has Electronics controls, Automotive automobile of digitisation increasing With the growth in the Automobile industry and the ` 10542 Crore in 2014-15. Production of Tablet of Production 2014-15. in Crore 10542 increasingly made available. ytm, t. wih r as being also are which etc., systems, control Distributed assemblies, Nanoscale ` 1126 Crore in 2013-14 to 2013-14 in Crore 1126 ` 17484 crore in 2013-14 thereby thereby 2013-14 in crore 17484 ` 5629crorein2012-13exhibitinga ` 4309 Crore in 2013-14 to 2013-14 in Crore 4309 ` 28 rr i 2013-14 in crore 7278 ` 9010 Crore in 2013-14 ` 1430 Crore in Crore 1430 ` 18691 18691 ` Crore Electronics & IT Production Profile 800000

700000 933550

600000 822530 743184 500000 681063 642076 567835 400000 516891 476180 300000 415520 424535 200000 304800 347310 100000 110720 128870 143300 164172 180454 190366 0 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15* Electronics Hadrware Computer Software

*Estimates based on inputs from Industry Associations, Ministries & other Organizations Industry Profile

`3620 Crore in 2014-15. The sale of Monitors handset market, the demand for smart phones in registered a growth of 2% from 2466 Crore in India grew to 70 million units in 2014-15 compared 2013-14 to 2515 Crore in 2014-15. to 32 million units in the corresponding year of 2013-14, with high growth of about 119%. Mobile Phones Similarly, in value terms this segment grew by 90% India has the Second largest wireless network in by registering an estimated ` 56000 crore in 2014- the world. As on 31st January 2015, the total gross 15 compared to ` 29440 crore in 2013-14. It would telephone subscribers in the country was 979.21 be noteworthy here to mention that while the million covering total wireless subscribers of volume share of smart phones vis-à-vis total 952.34 million and wireline subscribers of 26.87 mobile market in India stands at 26% in 2014-15, million respectively. The overall tele-density was the value share during the same period is calculated 78.16 per cent with overall urban and rural tele- to be approximately 75%. densities being 148.54 and 46.69 respectively. The India had witnessed manufacturing activity of break-up of the Tele-density with respect to mobile handsets during the past decade. As per ICA wireline and wireless are 2.14 and 76.02 estimates, at its peak India was producing respectively. The total domestic broadband approximately 155 mn units of mobile handsets in subscriber base was 94.49 million. 2011-12 whereas the domestic demand stood at As per Indian Cellular Association (ICA) estimates, nearly 180 – 200 mn units during that period. To the demand for mobile handsets in India which further amplify this almost 85% of the domestic stood at approximately 245 million units in 2013- demand was produced locally. However, the 14 witnessed a growth of about 10% to reach 270 production activity had gone down with the Nokia million units during 2014-15. In value terms, the manufacturing facility closing down in 2014-15. Industry grew from approximately ` 57000 crores During 2014-15 the production of mobile handsets in 2013-14 to ` 75000 crores during 2014-15 by stood at only 58 mn units by volume compared to registering a growth of 32%. Out of the total mobile 130 mn units in 2013-14.

33 Industry Profile *Estimated 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 20000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 2000 4000 6000 8000 0 0 0 47 14970 14970 2009-10 2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15 2009-10 2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15 2009-10 2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15 29000 6980 Consumer Electronics Computer Hardware Strategic Electronics 7700 32000 16500 8500 34300 Electronics &ITProduction(FinancialYear) 9376 9000 40447 17484 13800 47599 15700 18691 55806 34 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 50000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 5000 5000 5000 0 0 0 31000 15160 13610 Electronic Components Industrial Electronics 35400 Mobile Phones 17000 21800 * 2009-102010-112011-122012-13 2013-14 2014 * * * 2009-102010-112011-122012-13 2013-14 2014 * 40500 18700 24800 46000 26645 25800 26650 32102 33600 ( ` 39723 18900 39374 Crore) 2009-10 2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15 -15 * -15 * * With the drop in production activity during 2014-15 Warfare (EW) Systems, Future Infantry Soldier as a there was a substantial reduction in exports of System (FINSAS), tank electronics, air defence mobile handsets compared to the preceding years. systems, avionics, navigation equipment, radars In 2014-15 the export nos. of mobile handsets and sonar, sensors, night vision devices, power declined to 14 mn units compared to 72.5 mn units generation equipment and a host of associated and during 2013-14 thereby showing negative growth embedded electronics. rate of about 81%. With the rise in domestic demand and a significant drop in domestic Indian defence electronics industry has been production the market has shifted to the import growing at an average rate of about 13.4% per year route to meet the domestic demand. The total during the 11th plan period. India's defence, imports in 2014-15 stood at Rs.58550 crore aerospace and nuclear sectors are poised for compared to ` 42200 crore in 2013-14 registering substantial growth on the back of economic growth a growth of 38%. and the need to maintain national and energy security. The role of IT in defence is expanding with The estimated value of production for Mobile the new focus on cyber security. Phones (as per ICA) for 2014-15 is ` 18900 crore as against ` 26650 crore in 2013-14, i.e., a negative The estimated production figure for this segment growth of about 29%. (as per ELCINA) for 2014-15 is ` 15700 Crore as against `13800 Crore in 2013-14, with a growth of Industry Profile Strategic Electronics about 13.77%.

The strategic electronics segment consists of Electronic Components Military Communication systems, Radars and Sonars, Network Centric systems, Electronic Demand for Electronic Components was in excess Warfare systems, Weapon systems, Satellite based of US$ 14 billion in the financial year 2013-14 and Communication, Navigation and Surveillance estimated to have growth by about 15% to have systems, Navigational aids, underwater electronic crossed US$ 16 billion in 2014-15. systems, infra-red based detection and ranging The estimated production figure (as per ELCINA) system, disaster management system, internal for this segment during 2014-15 is ` 39723 crore security system etc. (excluding LED) as against ` 32102 crore in 2013- The Indian strategic electronic industry is 14, showing a growth of about 23.74 per cent. dominated by BEL and has some contribution from Rapid growth in domestic manufacturing of DPSU's such as HAL, ECIL and BDL. More recently electronic components is vital for supporting the a few domestic small and medium scale companies growth in electronics manufacturing. have emerged as they have capability to absorb The emerging high growth areas for domestic technology and meet stringent requirements of manufacturing are LED Lighting, Automotive strategic equipment. Some of these companies electronics, energy meters, solar energy and IT provide EMS services and meet critical supply products such as Tablets. These products are now requirements of MNC's as well as DPSU's. driving the growth of electronic component The next decade is likely to see an exponential manufacturing. These products are an addition to growth in combat systems as well as non-platform existing segments such as telecommunications, based defence-strategic electronic programs, with consumer electronics and industrial electronics. the requirement for the 12th plan (2012-17) being The Indian electronic component market is pegged at over 100,000 crores. These programs dominated by components like electromechanical would include development and procurement of components (like relays, switches etc.), with 29% Tactical Communication System (TCS), Network share, passive components (like capacitors, Centric Warfare (NCW) Systems, Electronic resistors, etc.) with 24% share. Further active

35 Industry Profile mobile phones, removal of SAD on inputs of goods & tablets for dispensation duty excise differential and (PMA) Products Electronics manufactured rvdn peeec t domestically to preference providing only solution. Other policy measures like Policy for viable and thus domestic manufacturing will be the years. Import of such a large volume will not be not will volume large a such of coming Import years. in Components Electronic for demand ni' ae ie a poiig bot o the for boost a providing at aimed are India'' rgas uh s 'ae n ni' ad ''Digital and India'' in ''Make as such Programs per 15-20% annum over by next 4-5 years. grow to estimated are India, exports in growing industry the and rising China markets with support from DeitY. With global the costs pursuing in aggressively and manufactured international certifications for their products products their for certifications international auatrr ae n h poes f obtaining of process the in are manufacturers nrae n h nx fw er. Leading years. few next the in increase t s eivd ht xot akt s xetd to expected is market export that believed is It 27% by Passive components. contributed by electromechanical components and is 40% almost which of Bn 4.9 US$ at estimated are 2014-15 in components Electronic of Exports witness substantial growth in the near future. to expected are electronics strategic and lighting contribute the balance of the market. Industries like taei eetois n Lgtn industry Lighting and electronics Strategic nutil lcrnc, eia electronics, Medical electronics, Industrial which like industries application Other 22%. industries contribute Automotive and Automation components in India. This is followed by IT & Office account for about 60% of the demand for electronic Consumer durables and Telecommunications Telecommunications and durables Consumer and technology advancing consumer preferences. of outcome an is market. This base and the manufacturing significant share of a constituted recently till had which such as Cathode Ray Picture Tubes and CD/DVD's products in decline rapid a is there substantially, industry composition is not predicted to change to predicted not is composition industry the While respectively. components the of share magnets, RF Tuners etc.) constitute 18% and 29% disc, optical (like components associate the and opnns lk Is Doe, rnitr, etc.) Transistors, Diodes, ICs, (like components 36 available. Solar Photovoltaic Cells Light Emitting Diode (LED) though, the data for Solar Photovoltaic Cells is not Appendix-I due to its importance and likely growth, eaae etcl n h pouto tbe in table production the in vertical a as separate shown been has Cells Photovoltaic Solar been considered as a separate vertical. 2013-14. Due to its likely faster growth, this has this growth, faster likely its to Due 2013-14. of production the against as 15, production of production rwh f bu 1.% ih n estimated an with 11.9% about of growth As per ELCINA, LED is likely to register a higher a register to likely is LED ELCINA, per As recently emerged most and is has expanding very of rapidly. buildings commercial segment and illumination residential space general the in LEDs for opportunity The sectors. entertainment ing, inlig ad rhtcue and architecture and signalling, signage, aeilzd n uooie communications, automotive, in have materialized markets lighting Indian in (LEDs) Diodes Emitting Light for opportunities years, the Over (LEDs). Diode Emitting Light as such products and also has pushed market towards more efficient an forward brought immediate need for more energy efficient has products efficiency energy for demand is the Indian Lighting market. The demand auatrn ad o goig component growing for and manufacturing One ofthedrivingforcesforgrowthinelectronics global players. the with compete to segment margin low volume margins are a bit better. But EMS players need high volume high mix business segments where where segments business mix high volume olwd h bsns mdl f tyn i low in staying of model business the followed rw Dmsi cmais ae generally have companies Domestic grow. an and effective supply components chain remain is vital for EMS of companies to to Availability operations profitable. of efficiency high very needs segment This are country. the companies in domestic operational of number a as well as players global key and rapidly growing is India The Electronics Manufacturing Services industry in WTO etc. will encourage local manufacturing. levied under Information Technology Agreement of ` 2172 Crore during the year 2014- year the during Crore 2172 ` 1941 Crore in Crore 1941 Electronics System Design & Manufacturing significant top line growth, business and (ESDM) operational improvements. The industry has been It is believed that the National Electronic Policy, will constantly expanding its service offerings and act as a catalyst in transforming India into a global adding capabilities, evolving its business models, hub for ESDM, envisions creating a globally exerting tight control over operational parameters competitive ESDM industry, thus helping to not to ensure high customer satisfaction. only meet the country's needs but serve the global The Indian IT-ITES industry is transitioning to the market, as well. In this regard, ESDM therefore has next level with focus on operational efficiencies. been identified & considered as a new vertical, With growing advent of technology and extensive though the data is not available as of now. use of digitization and effective communication Software and Service Sector strategies, service providers are enhancing their customer engagement through mobile, social There is no doubt that (IT-ITES) industry has media and other digital channels; thereby reducing emerged as one of the most dynamic sectors in a significant share of communication expenses. India's economy and is responsible for the global The industry is focussing more on non-linear recognition of India as a "soft" power. The growth i.e., securing higher revenues with lesser consistent growth of the IT segment has created number of employees. phenomenal wealth, employment, exports and a

The Department of Electronics and Information Industry Profile significantly large reservoir of highly competent Technology (DeitY) is coordinating strategic technocrats and knowledge workers. activities, promoting skill development Over two decades of outsourcing experience has programmes, enhancing infrastructure capabilities helped the Indian IT industry move from vendor to and supporting R&D for India's leadership position a partner, with expertise in designing best in IT and IT-Enabled services. practices across services helping clients effect

Software Exports (` Crore) 700000

612144 600000

527292 500000

412191 400000 332769

300000 268610 237000 200000

100000

0 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15*

*Estimated

37 Industry Profile The IT-ITES industry export growth trend over • Source : NASSCOM • • • growth of 16.09 %). compared to compared in dollar terms. ( terms. dollar in US$ 87.3 billion in year 2013-14, a 12.4 % growth at US$ 98.1 billion in year 2014-15 as compared to services exports including ITES/BPO are estimated growth of 15.75 % in INR). The Indian software and compared to compared billion in 2013-14. ( 119.1 billion in 2014-15 as compared to US $ 106.3 expected to grow by about 12.0 % and reach US $ h rvne grgt o I-TS nuty is industry IT-ITES of aggregate revenue The Export Performance niern RD n Pout Development Product and R&D Engineering ITES/BPO segment T Services IT the past 5 years is as under: 2013-14 2013-14 with a growth of 16.74). in 2014-15 as compared to to compared as 2014-15 in 17.7 billion in year 2013-14. ( 2013-14. year in billion 17.7 billion in year 2014-15 from the level of US$ US$ of level the from 2014-15 year in billion exports exports of, which is estimated to reach US$ 20.0 has registered ag growth of 14.96 %). ( compared to US $ 20.4 Billion in year 2013-14. as 2014-15 year in Billion 22.7 $ US of order the of revenue export generate and % 11.3 ` in the past few years and is expected to grow at with with a growth of 16.33 %). as compared to to compared as in year 2013-14. ( 2013-14. year in in in year 2014-15 as compared to US$ 49.2 billion exports exports revenues of the order of US$ 55.4 billion estimated to grow at 12.6 % and to generate generate to and % 12.6 at grow to estimated within within the Indian IT-ITES sector. This segment is ` 226 rrs n er 031 wt a with 2013-14 year in Crores 123216 141648Croresin2014-15ascomparedto ` ` 527292 Crores in 2013-14 with a with 2013-14 in Crores 527292 642076 Crores in 2013-14 with a with 2013-14 in Crores 642076 is the fastest growing segment segment growing fastest the is ` 612144 Crores in 2014-15 as 2014-15 in Crores 612144 ` 743184 Crores in 2014-15 as ` rowth of about 13. about of rowth ` 297168 Crores in 2013-14 2013-14 in Crores 297168 345696 Crores in 2014-15 2014-15 in Crores 345696 has been reinventing itself ` 106908 Crores in in Crores 106908 ` 124800 Crores Crores 124800 0 %in the

38 Domestic IT-ITES Performance etr fr h Ida eooy eas o its of because economy Indian the for key sectors the of one become has sector IT-ITES The IT-ITES Employment Scenario factors driving adoption of IT in India. pcfc ed o csoes r sm o the of some are customers of needs specific services, new businessandpricingmodelstailored to meet consumer-centric technology, of digital emergence segments, consumer and SMBs The growing economy, rapid adoption of IT across Source : NASSCOM • • • 14.16%. ` ecuig adae i epce t go to grow to ` expected is hardware) (excluding The revenue from the Domestic IT market market IT Domestic the from revenue The the size of the domestic market is also significant. Though the IT-ITES sector is largely export driven, accounts accounts for 18% followed by eCommerce with 9%. ER&D and software products that together together that products software and ER&D share of 67 %; ITES/BPO exports contribute 18 %, The IT Services exports accounts for the largest largest the for accounts exports Services IT The 174 rr i 21-4 a YY rwh of growth YoY an 2013-14, in crore 114784 131040 crore in year 2014-15 as compared to compared as 2014-15 year in crore 131040 YoY growth of 16.64 %. level of level reach Engineering Services Engineering of 11.46 %. about increase from estimated growth of about 14.12 %. to ` oetc otae rdcs and Products Software Domestic oetc ITES Domestic Domestic IT Services 82992 Crores in year 2014-15 as compared year 2014-15 Crores in 82992 ` 22 Coe i ya 21-4 ih a with 2013-14 year in Crores 72721 ` ` 26208 Crore in year 2014-15 from the 19593 crore in year 2013-14, a growth ` 22469 Crore in year 2013-14 with a with 2013-14 year in Crore 22469 ` 21840 crore in year 2014-15 to eeu i etmtd to estimated is revenue sector is expected reach , which is estimated to estimated is which , economic impact. Direct employment in the IT playing a key role in enabling higher levels of services and BPO/ITeS segment is estimated to employment in adjacent verticals like, grow by 7.0 % reaching 3.52 million in 2014-15. transportation, real estate and hospitality, Security Being one of the organized private sector services, Housekeeping etc. Indirect employment employers in the country, this sector is also generated by the sector is estimated at 10.0 million. Direct employment in the IT-ITES segment (In Millions)

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15(E)

Direct Employment 2.3 2.542 2.775 2.964 3.289 3.52

Net Addition 0.104 0.242 0.233 0.189 0.323 0.231

Source : NASSCOM

IT-ITeS/BPO industry provides employment to exports are estimated to be about `648836 crore people with various skill levels i.e. Engineers, as compared to ` 573996 crore in 2013-14, i.e., a Lawyers, Arts/Science/Commerce/ Literature etc. growth of about 13% as against 25.8% during the graduates; High School Pass outs etc. This sector previous year. The total value of software and is the largest employment provider of women and services exports are estimated to be ` 612144 has about 30% of its workforce comprising crore in 2014-15 as compared to ` 527292 crore in Industry Profile women. In the ITeS/ BPO segment, women 2013-14, i.e., a growth of about 16 percent, employment is about 40%. whereas, the estimated value of electronics hardware export is ` 36692 crore in 2014-15 as Electronics & IT Exports compared to ` 46704 crore in 2013-14 registering During the year 2014-15, electronics and IT a negative growth of 21.43%.

Electronics & IT Exports (` Crore) 700000

648836 600000 573996 500000

456191 400000 375396

300000 309010 262900 200000 237000 268610 332769 412191 527292 612144 100000

40400 42627 44000 46704 0 25900 36692 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15*

Computer Software Electronics Hadrware

*Estimated

*****

39 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector Government. Technology (DeitY) and implemented by the entire by theDepartmentofElectronics andInformation The manner. programme has been envisaged synchronized to be coordinated a in implemented etutrd n r-oue ad il be will and re-focused and restructured existing schemes. These schemes will be be will schemes These schemes. existing many together pull will programme This change. and is on making technology central to enabling to central technology making on is and (Information Technology) = IT (India Tomorrow) (India IT = Technology) (Information IT + Talent) (Indian IT - realize to transformative being on is programme India Digital of focus The goal. larger a of part as seen is them of each that so vision and comprehensive single, a ideas into thoughts of number large a together weaves It transformation. based knowledge a for India Digital India is an umbrella programme to prepare India has approved the Digital India programme. of Government economy, knowledge and society o rnfr Ida no dgtly empowered digitally a into India transform To contribute towards a long-lasting positive impact. t srie rah h doses f iies and citizens of doorsteps the reach the services its meet to strive and must government where citizens its century of aspirations 21 in India eie, auatrn ad o opportunities. job and manufacturing devices, products, services, electronic covers that growth oennei te onr t pooe inclusive promote to country e- the in and Governance manufacturing electronics in progress but a lot more thrust is required to ensure effective Infrastructure (ICT) Technology Communication & Information Core and Projects(MMPs) Mode 2006 has made a steady progress through Mission in approved (NeGP) Plan e-Governance National E-Governance st 40 • Leveraging GIS for decision support systems support decision for GIS Leveraging • & electronic transactions financial Making • improving for services transformed Digitally • • All citizen entitlements to be available on the on available be to entitlements citizen All • Services availability in real time from online & • Technology Sector Information Initiatives in emesy nertd evcs across services integrated Seamlessly • includes: Vision Area 2: Safe and secure cyber-space • Shareable private space on a public cloud • Easy access to a Common Services Centre • Mobile phone & bank account enabling citizen • • Cradle to grave digital identity that is unique, is that identity digital grave to Cradle • viaiiy f ih pe itre a a core a as internet speed high of Availability • Every Citizen includes: Vision Area1: Digital Empowerment of Citizens 3. Governance and Services on Demand 2. Every to Utility a as Infrastructure Digital 1. vision areas: key three on centred is program India Digital The Vision of Digital India & development cashless and ease of doing business cloud mobile platforms departments or jurisdictions Citizen participation in digital & financial space ieog oln ad uhnial t every citizen to authenticable and online lifelong, utility for delivery of services to citizens Governance & Services on Demand DigitalInfrastructureasaUtilityto Vision Area 3: Digital Empowerment of Citizens Digital India is implemented by the entire includes: Government and being coordinated by the DeitY. • Universal digital literacy All the initiatives including establishing and • Accessible digital resources universally expanding core ICT infrastructure to delivery of • All documents/ certificates to be available on services under this programme have a definitive

cloud completion time target and will be tracked Initiatives in Information Technology Sector • Availability of digital resources / services in accordingly. Majority of the initiatives are planned Indian languages to be realized within next three years. All the quick- • Collaborative digital platforms for participative wins (being tracked under the umbrella of "Early governance and Harvest Programmes") and citizen communication • Portability of all entitlements through cloud initiatives (being tracked under "Information for Pillars of Digital India All") have already started to see the light of day and This transformational programme is designed to will be completed by 2015. build holistic capabilities across infrastructure, The Digital India programme aims at pulling manufacturing, processes, skill sets and delivery together many existing schemes. The schemes will platforms which in turn will lead to the creation of a be restructured and re-focused and will be self-reliant, knowledge economy. The focus is on implemented in a synchronized manner. Many improving direct services to citizens as well as elements are only process improvements with making the country ready for ease of doing minimal cost implications. The common branding business. Accordingly, the initiatives under this of programmes as Digital India highlights their programme aim to build and sustain all associated transformative impact. While implementing this layers required for a digital empowerment of the program, Government of India would make wider people and building digital economy. consultation with Citizens, Industry and Academia To ensure focus on each of these layers, following to discuss various issues to arrive at innovative nine pillars of growth areas have been indentified solutions for achieving the desired outcome of under the Digital India programme: Digital India. DeitY had already launched a digital platform named as "myGov" (www.mygov.nic.in) 1. Broadband Highways to facilitate collaborative and participative 2. Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity governance. Moreover, several consultations and 3. Public Internet Access Programme workshops are being organized to discuss the 4. e-Governance–Reforming Government implementation approach of the vision areas of through Technology Digital India. 5. e-Kranti - Electronic Delivery of Services Status of Digital India: Pillars of Digital India 6. Information for All There are nine pillars of growth areas under the 7. Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Digital India programme. Each of these areas is a imports complex programme in itself and cuts across multiple Ministries and Departments. 8. IT for Jobs and Pillar 1: Broadband Highways 9. Early Harvest Programmes. NOFN project is likely to be completed in a phased Implementation Approach manner as follows. In phase-I, 50000 Gram Digital India is an umbrella programme that covers Panchayats would be covered by the end of current multiple Government Ministries and Departments. financial year. In Phase-II, additional 1,00,000 It weaves together a large number of ideas and Gram Panchayats would be connected by the end thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision so of next financial year. In Phase-III, additional that each of them can be implemented as part of a 1,00,000 Gram Panchayats would be connected by larger goal. Each individual element stands on its 31.12.2016. own, but is also part of the entire Government.

41 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector engagement in governance, has been implemented and SMS platform. MyGov.in, a platform email for citizen through facilitated been has programmes Online messaging to citizens on special occasions/ Pillar 6: Information for All for Cabinet approval Union after taking the the approval of before MCIT. placed be would e-Kranti on Note Cabinet final The incorporated. eatet hv be appropriately been have Departments comments received from various Ministries/ Ministries/ various from received comments oslain n 6 Spebr 04 The 2014. September 16 on consultation t a be cruae fr Inter-Ministerial for circulated been has It revised to align it with the Digital India Programme. The Draft Cabinet Note (DCN) on e-Kranti has been of services Pillar 5: e-Kranti (NeGP 2.0) – Electronic delivery Departments and States/UTs. for (DARPG) finalization and circulation to Grievances all Central Administrative Ministries/ Public of and Department Reforms with it shared Government Departments in undertaking GPR and eniern (P) udlns o facilitate to guidelines Process (GPR) Government Reengineering the prepared has DeitY through Technology Pillar 4: e-Governance – Reforming Government under finalization. is 2.0 Centre Services Common on note EFC The Pillar 3: Public Internet Access Programme the current financial year. in Uttarakhand) istargeted Himachal Pradeshand (DPR) for Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir , Kashmir & (Jammu States Himalayan for (DPR) Reports Project Detailed of Preparation manner. uncovered villageswouldbeprovidedinaphased remaining to coverage Mobile initiated. been has villages uncovered to coverage mobile providing the of part East, North for As plan development comprehensive coverage. mobile have not do There are around 55,619 villages in the country that Pillar 2: Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity been has circulated for finalization. Infrastructure Information on National note (EFC) Committee Finance Expenditure The levels. panchayat and block district, state, at connectivity to Government offices and institutions speed high provide to established be to proposed National Information Infrastructure (NII) is is (NII) Infrastructure Information National th 42 )v Skill Development v) b) )i)Incubator and Clusters iv) b) iii) Focused areas – Big Ticket Items b) i)& ii) Taxation, Incentives and Economies of Scale, )Tre Nt eo mot i a striking a is Imports Zero Net Target a) Zero Imports Net Target Manufacturing- Electronics 7: Pillar Government to bring in good governance. omnctos ewe ctzn and citizens between communications the Government. It facilitates two way way two facilitates It Government. the as amediumtoexchangeideas/suggestionswith Eliminate cost disadvantage demonstration of intent. i)Capacity building in the areas of (iv) Electronic Development Program SpecialManpower (iii) i VisvesvarayaPhDSchemeforElectronics (i) i)Scheme of Financial Assistance for setting (ii) olbrtv Fnig n & through R&D in Funding Collaborative • ElectronicsIncubatorbyIIITM-Keralaand • Medical on focus with Centre Incubation • Incubation Centre in Delhi-NCR • Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) • Development of Indian Conditional Access • Promotion of indigenous manufacturing of • oiy o Pooin f als Design Fabless of Promotion for Policy • Setting up of Semiconductor Wafer Fabs • • Modified Special Incentive Package Package Incentive Special Modified • Rationalization of Tariff Structure • Technology Product Design and Production Production and Design Product for Chips to Systems up of Electronics and ICT Academies and IT' l l l GITA: Start-up Village at Cochin, Kerala Electronics at IIT Patna System (CAS) Set Top Boxes (STBs) Industry Scheme (M-SIPS) National Centre of Excellence in in Excellence of Centre National ainl ete f xelne for Excellence of Centre National uprig eerh n Medical in research Supporting (NCETIS) ehooy o Itra Security Internal for Technology (CFLEX) ag Ae Feil Electronics Flexible Area Large Electronics through BIRAC (v) 'ESDM Skill Certification Scheme' by & reliability of such services at affordable costs. In NIELIT the past 8 years, NeGP has achieved significant (vi) Financial assistance to select States/UTs success in its objectives. 24 out of the 31 Mission for Skill Development in ESDM sector' Mode Projects (MMPs) under NeGP are live and (The details about these Schemes are given in delivering 222 out of the 252 envisaged services. Chapter no. 5-Human Resource Development). DeitY has implemented a number of projects in the Initiatives in Information Technology Sector b) vi) Government Procurement e-Governance domain. These include the core ICT Preference to Domestically Manufactured infrastructure projects such as State Data Centres Electronic Products (DMEP) in Government (SDCs), State Wide Area Networks (SWANs), procurement Common Services Centres(CSCs), National/State The detailed information on the steps being taken Service Delivery Gateway (NSDG/SSDG), Meghraj to develop the electronics manufacturing in the Cloud platform, Mobile Seva etc. These projects country are mentioned in chapter -2 (Industry have helped the Government Departments at the Profile). Centre and State to implement their e-Governance Pillar 8: IT for Jobs applications and deliver citizen-centric services more efficiently and effectively. The progress of the With regard to setting up of one BPO for each projects being implemented by DeitY under NeGP North-Eastern (NE) States, Standing Finance is summarized below: Committee (SFC) Memo has been concurred by Integrated Finance Division (IFD). SFC Memo is Brief Programme-wise details are as follows: being circulated to the members of the SFC, which i) State Data Centres (SDC) is to be convened shortly. State Data Centre (SDC) is one of the three Pillar 9: Early Harvest Programmes components of the core infrastructure under the NeGP. Under the SDC Scheme, it is proposed to Some components of Early Harvest Programmes establish Data Centres in all the States/UTs to like Government greetings to be e-Greetings, IT consolidate services, applications and platform for messages have been already made infrastructure in order to provide efficient operational. The work on other components like electronic delivery of Government to Government Biometric attendance, Wi-Fi in All Universities, (G2G), Government to Citizen (G2C) and School Books to be eBooks, Public Wi-Fi hotspots Government to Business (G2B) services. These etc have also begun. The beta version for Lost and services can be rendered by the States through Found Portal is also ready. common service delivery platforms seamlessly The following structural reforms under Digital India supported by core connectivity infrastructure such have been initiated by DeitY: as SWAN and CSC as the front-end delivery outlets With regard to creation of additional posts at DeitY, at the village level. SDC provide many a proposal has been forwarded to D/o Expenditure functionalities. Some of the key functionalities are on 3rd September 2014 and the matter is being central repository for the state, secure data regularly pursued at all levels. The revamping and storage, online delivery of services, citizen restructuring of National Informatics Centre (NIC) information/services portal, state Intranet Portal, as a knowledge manager of Government has also disaster recovery, remote management and begun. service integration etc. SDCs also provide better operation & management control and minimize National e-Governance Plan overall cost of data management, IT resource The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was management, deployment and other costs. approved in 2006 with a vision to make all 23 SDCs have been declared operational (Tamil Government services accessible to the common Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, man in his locality through common services Meghalaya, Karnataka, Manipur, Orissa, Sikkim, delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tripura,

43 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector ceeae eiey f -evcs n h country while optimizing to ICT the spending of in the is Government. e-services initiative of delivery this accelerate of vision the The and States/UTs. Centre the at ministries departments/ Achievements intended to deliver ICT services is over cloud initiative to all MeghRaj the 'MeghRaj'. as named been upon an ambitious initiative – "GI Cloud" which has embarked has India of Government Computing, tlz ad ans te eeis f Cloud of benefits the harness and utilize to and vision, India Digital the realize to order In GI Cloud (MeghRaj) ii) the of 50% than more utilizing are states 18 • Implementation of SDC is in progress in 1 state • States/UTs. ie n hv be cmuiae t the to communicated been have and time to time from formulated been have stakeholders, n rsosblte o dfeet gnis / agencies different of responsibilities and and implementing the Data Centres including roles planning while addressed be to issues/concerns entire country. Policy guidelines, including various the across project the of ensure implementation smooth to order in UTs States/ the to guidance et i poiig otnos upr and support continuous providing is DeitY enablement in the SDCs. to select states for initiating a bid process for Cloud circulated a template Request for Proposal (RFP) Proposal for Request template a circulated has DeitY enabled, Cloud SDCs make to order In Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Mizoram). ioa, aha rds, Lakshadweep, Pradesh, Madhya Nicobar, & Andaman Pradesh, Uttar Nagaland, Rajasthan, utilized). space rack of (percentage infrastructure SDC scheme. the of out opted have Chandigarh) states and (Delhi 2 process. bid competitive a initiate to RFPs SDC their finalizing of process the Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Goa) are in (Uttarakhand, states 4 and (DCO), Operator Center Data a process of selection bid for management undergoing are Punjab) and and Daman & Diu). 2 states ( Haveli Nagar and Dadar (, States/UTs mlmnain s n rges o 3 for progress on the start is to implementation off Sign contract and (Bihar) 44 Central GI Cloud "MeghRaj" services directory • clblt ad lsiiy O demand On elasticity: and Scalability • gl srie eiey O dmn service demand On delivery: service Agile • Rapid development, deployment and re-use of • Optimum utilization of infrastructure • below: listed are MeghRaj of benefits major the of Some going cost effectiveness and manageability. on- support also will It practices. best of spread pooling of scarce, under-utilized resources and the the model, opex an towards move a integration, and interoperability standardization, increased including objectives other of number a support also will platform delivery service government's cloud-based the , businesses and citizens to e-services of delivery the accelerating to addition through internet as well as mobile connectivity. In government departments, citizens and businesses to services provide will "MeghRaj" Cloud GI The Feb 2014. 4 Ntoa Cod hts/codgvi) under MeghRaj (https://cloud.gov.in) implemented by NIC is operational since Cloud National A )Crety 4 apiain (including applications 42 Currently, c) )Consumers will have an option to download an b) )e-Gov AppStore will host both cloud and non- a) such applications : of development in effort investing without States and Center at /departments agencies government various by re-used be can which Cloud National customizable & configurable applications at at applications configurable of & place market customizable and repository common a is May 2013 (https://apps.gov.in launched ). on It 31 n -o Apiain tr (pSoe was (AppStore) Store Application e-Gov An th have been added to services) the Appstore. web and components application directly from the cloud it AppStore orrun application fromthee-Gov cloud enabled applications. n lu. hs ol eal different enable would This cloud. on for publishing single instances of applications ae t te ek od n ofpa load off-peak and requirements load peak the to cater to elasticity and requirements capacity term long the meet to infrastructure of scalability delivery eliminating long procurement cycle applications st departments across India to leverage common Achievements applications without the need for investing into 61 departments are using the services of National application development lifecycle Cloud. In order to drive this initiative a Task Force was a) National Cloud is a state-of-the-art secured constituted by DeitY under the Chairmanship of government Cloud set up by NIC providing Additional Secretary (e-Gov) with a focus to bring services over the ICT Infrastructure spanning Initiatives in Information Technology Sector out the strategic direction and implementation its National Data Centers. roadmap of GI Cloud leveraging the existing or new infrastructure. Based on various discussions and b) The Cloud Services available are Infrastructure inputs provided by the Task Force and subsequent as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service industry consultations, the following two reports (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and have been published by DeitY in June 2013: Storage as a Service (STaaS). • GI Cloud Strategic Direction Paper Setting up of Cloud Management Office has already • GI Cloud Adoption and Implementation been approved and preparation of RFP for the same Roadmap is under progress. • These reports have been approved by the • Cloud enablement of State Data Centers: Two Hon'ble Minister of Communications and states (Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra) have Information Technology and are available for already implemented cloud solution, while 4 download at http://deity.gov.in/content/gi- states are in advanced stage of Cloud cloud-initiative-meghraj . implementation. Major components of GI Cloud include: iii) Rapid Replication of Applications • Cloud computing platforms at National and The "Rapid Replication Roll-out Initiative" is a State levels unique initiative which leverages sharing of • Common platform to host and run applications infrastructure and rapid replication of successful – e-Gov AppStore applications across states. The initiative requires • GI Cloud Services Directory that will act as the customization of successful applications as per the single window or portal for GI Cloud service seeker state's requirements and then hosting this delivery application either at the giver state SDC or seeker • Setting up of Cloud Management Office state SDC. The proposals of 5 applications namely

uSetting up an ecosystem for Cloud e-Pass of Centre for Good Governance (CGG) proliferation (Policies, Guidelines, Andhra Pradesh, Xtended Licensing & Laboratory templates, security norms, certification, Node (XLN) from NIC Gujarat, e-Hospital from NIC migration support, business models for Tripura, Meeseva from Andhra Pradesh applications, tariff & revenue models for Technology Services (APTS) Andhra Pradesh and private sector Cloud services) Human Resource Management System (HRMS)

uEmpanelment/ Accreditation of Cloud from NIC Himachal Pradesh were approved by Service Providers (CSPs) DeitY.

uAwareness workshops and training Achievements programs for cloud adoption for The implementation status of 5 applications is as departments follows: • Setting up of Clouds by other Govt. entities • XLN: Implemented in Chhattisgarh, Himachal • Setting up of Dedicated Clouds by Private Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka players • Institutional mechanism which will be • ePass: Implemented in Tripura, Himachal established to operate and manage the GI Pradesh and Karnataka, application ready to be Cloud environment. launched in Jharkhand (date of launch awaited from the Govt. of Jharkhand)

45 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector implementation. for Operator Network the identify to process bid the initiated have Kashmir & Jammu and Nicobar secured environment hosted at SDCs. Andaman & offices access their applications through SWAN in to various government offices in the States. These of SWAN for providing the closed user connectivity West Bengal. The and States are utilizing core infrastructure Pradesh Uttar Uttarakhand, Tripura, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Telangana, Nadu, Tamil Sikkim, Rajasthan, Punjab, Puducherry, Odisha, Nagaland, Mizoram, rds, aaahr, aiu, Meghalaya, Manipur, Maharashtra, Pradesh, antk, eaa Lkhdep Madhya Lakshadweep, Kerala, Karnataka, ayn, iahl rds, Jharkhand, Pradesh, Himachal Haryana, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Goa*, Gujarat, Goa*, Delhi, Diu, & Daman Haveli, Nagar Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Dadra Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Bihar, Assam, tts .. nha rds, rnca Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra i.e. States Presently the SWANs have been operational in 34 in operational been have SWANs the Presently Quarter (BHQ) depending upon Head the utilization. Block and DHQ between Mbps 8 upto and (DHQ) Quarter Head District and (SHQ) Head Quarter State between the Mbps 34 enhance to can up bandwidth States/UTs the of Each link. with a minimum bandwidth capacity of 2 Mbps per structure hierarchical vertical a in Headquarters, lc lvl i District/sub-Divisional via level the Block to up Headquarters State/UT all connect to provided to the States/UTs for establishing SWANs technical and financial assistance are being being are assistance financial and technical Scheme, this Under years. five of period a over Department under Grant-in-Aid of Rs. 2,005 crore, of Rs.3,334 crore to be expended by the the by expended be to crore Rs.3,334 of across the country, in March, 2005 at a total outlay (SWANs) Networks Area Wide State for establishing scheme the approved has Government The State Wide Area Networks (SWANs) iv) resources. • • • *Goa has opted out of SWAN scheme. However, the State has imple HRMS: Meeseva: eHospital: Data Digitization implementation to be done after completion of plcto csoiain completed, customization application Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital) of Karnataka (Jayanagar Hospital, KC Hospital aa iiiain n progress, in digitization Data mlmnain n rges in progress in Implementation Phase- I implemented in 3 hospitals 46 mented Goa Broad Band Network (GBBN) on its own budgetary the National e-Governance Plan. The project aims project The Plan. e-Governance National the E-District is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under E-District v) In J&K, re-bid process is under way. • Operator Network to issued been has LOI • integrated using NKN. SWAN of Monitoring Performance for Audit Party Third Achievements of process the empanelment in of TPA. are States/UTs Remaining performance of the SWAN in their respective State. empanelled the TPA agencies for monitoring the monitoring for agencies TPA the empanelled Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have aata, ai Nd, eagn, Tripura, Telangana, Nadu, Tamil Rajasthan, Punjab, Puducherry, Odisha, Nagaland, Mizoram, rds, aaahr, aiu, Meghalaya, Manipur, Maharashtra, Pradesh, antk, eaa Lkhdep Madhya Lakshadweep, Kerala, Karnataka, ayn, iahl rds, Jharkhand, Pradesh, Himachal Gujarat, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Assam, Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra i.e. States 28 date, on As States/UTs. the by agencies (TPA) Auditor the SWANs, of Department has mandated positioning Third performance Party the monitor To Assistance (ACA) Central share). Additional as Crore 705.52 (Rs. 1,308.24 crores as Grant-in-Aid (GIA) and Rs. crores 2,013.76 Rs. been has SWAN on incurred connectivity. Till date, the total expenditure expenditure total the date, Till connectivity. eiae coe ue apiain access application and user connectivity closed for dedicated SWAN of infrastructure h Sae hv be uiiig h core the utilizing been have States The integrated using NKN. Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have been Punjab, Rajasthan, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Odisha, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Pradesh, Madhya Kerala, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Pradesh, Himachal Haryana, Gujarat, Goa, Delhi, Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra namely UTs / States 27 (NKN). Network Knowledge National the using SWANs all integrate to initiated been have Steps Andaman and Nicobar in process bid competitive through selected

adtoa sae hv been have states additional 3 to provide high volume citizen centric services vi) Common Services Centres (CSCs) which are delivered from the district or sub-district The Government has approved the CSC scheme for level and are currently not covered by any other establishing 100,000 CSCs in the rural areas of the MMP under the NeGP. The scheme was approved country. The scheme envisages that the CSCs by the Cabinet on 20th April 2011. Under the e- would be ICT enabled with broadband connectivity District MMP, backend computerization has to be

and would provide various government, private Initiatives in Information Technology Sector undertaken and services would be delivered and social services near the doorsteps of the through the CSCs established all over the country. The e-District MMP will utilize the infrastructure citizens. The scheme is being implemented in currently created under the NeGP such as SWANs public private partnership mode. The scheme has and SDCs. e-District aims to radically improve the been approved at a total cost of Rs 5,742 crore with way district administration works and will provide the Government of India contribution being Rs. 856 essential services to the citizens. crore and state governments' contribution being Rs 793 crore. The balance funds of Rs. 4,093 crore The e-District MMP currently covers all districts would be brought in by the private sector. across all 36 states/UTs. Under the scheme, DeitY is funding the State Designated Agencies (SDAs) of A DeitY-CIPS assessment study carried out in each state/UT for implementation of the project seven states (Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra over a period of 4 years. A minimum of 10 service Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala categories have to be implemented under this and Tripura) found that a CSCs run by woman scheme covering all districts in the country. Out of village level entrepreneurs (VLEs) have higher these, 5 service categories are mandatory and the income than those that are run by males VLEs. state/UT needs to identify another 5 categories. In To address the power shortage problem at CSCs, it total, a minimum of 20 services (within these 10 has been proposed that State Designated Agencies categories) have to be electronically delivered (SDAs) in the north-east and difficult states may under this project. provide solar power backup to CSCs facing acute Achievements power problems including non-availability of power for more than 4 hours in a day or bad quality • 2 additional states/UTs have signed the of power. Under the scheme, the Ministry of New & contract with the selected State Project Renewable Energy (MNRE) would provide 90% Management Unit (SPMU) Agency in 2014-15. subsidy on the capex of complete solar power In total, 35 states/UTs have signed the contract systems required including comprehensive with the selected SPMU Agencies. maintenance for a period of 5 years. The remaining • 5 additional states/UTs have formed District e- 10% of the subsidy would be provided by the State Governance Society (DeGS) in their all Government. MNRE has already approved districts. 100% DeGSs have been formed in 30 proposals of 4 states (Manipur, Meghalaya, states/UTs and in total DeGS has been formed Mizoram and Nagaland) and 3 states (Arunachal in 631 districts across the country. Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and J&K) have • 213 additional e-District Project Managers submitted their proposals for consideration to (eDPMs) have been selected. In total, 469 MNRE. Two states (Uttarakhand and Tripura) are eDPM have been hired in 31 states/UTs. expected to submit their proposals soon. • 5 additional states/UTs have selected System Achievements Integrators (SI) for State-wide rollout. In total, 23 states/UTs have selected SI for state-wide • 10,316 additional CSCs (in total 139,168) have rollout of the project. been rolled out covering 36 States/UTs. • e-District Services have been launched in • Additional 11,943 CSCs have been made additional 7 non-pilot districts in 1 state connected. In total 1,24,895) CSCs are (Gujarat). In total, e-District services have been connected, out of which 51,541 CSCs are launched in 305 non-pilot districts across 12 using Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) states/UTs.

47 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector c) Strengthening of Training Institutions in in Institutions Training of Strengthening c) )Iprig f pcaie tann, Orientation training, specialized of Imparting b) )Establishment of an institutional framework for a) The Scheme thereafter extended till January 2015. budget of Rs. 313 crores for a period of 3 years total a with 2008 and January 10 on Government the Capacity Building (CB) scheme was approved by approved was scheme (CB) Building Capacity Capacity Building Scheme vii) Arunachal Pradesh has been asked to resubmit • It is relevant to mention that in districts where • hl aot 10 o te reported the of 91.0% about While • Total CSC transactions on the e-Taal portal are • States. international best practices. nweg saig n bign in bringing and sharing knowledge eiltr ad eir bureaucrats), senior and legislature program for SeMTs and decision makers (state & professional support. technical provide to experience and expertise iso Ta (eT hvn relevant having (SeMT) Team Mission e-Governance State of setting-up including tt Lvl taei dcso- making decision- Strategic Level State benchmark set by MNRE. revised per as backup power for proposal the 31.12.2014 in FY 2014-15 is 1.34 crore. till e-District for transactions of no. total The commenced. not has implementation District substantially higher is than the districts where CSC e- per transactions average the CSCs, through offered being are services e-District and (3%) telecom (1%). inclusion financial like services B2C from come transactions remaining The services. utility G2C for were 5% for about services, were CSCs through transactions with the e-Taal portal is under process. SCAs other various of Integration regularly). transactions their posting are which (SCAs) Ss ne toe evc Cnr Agencies Centre Service those under CSCs (for 2014-15 FY in 31.12.2014 till crore 7.89 other forms of connectivity. data cards and the remaining 24,604 are using Small using are 24,847 (VSATs), Terminal Aperture Very using are 23,903 connectivity, inter alia envisions: th 48 Achievements .Training: 2. .Frain f tt eGvrac Mission e-Governance State of Formation 1. officers) and NeGD employees. (government practitioners e-Governance SeMTs, announcements and is engaging the community of and sharing information discussions, active for an forum is being It www.mynegp.com. currently at is managed members 1100 than more A collaboration portal with an active community of scheme. with the responsibility of implementation of the CB The CBMC is part of NeGD and has been entrusted (e) Centralized recruitment initiative, training training initiative, recruitment Centralized (e) d Setting up of a Capacity Building Management (d) c riig ntaie o cniul ai and basis continual on initiatives Training (c) e-Governance (State SeMTs of Formation (b) a omto o sae ee ae cmite for committee apex level state of Formation (a) tasked to perform the following functions: Governance Division (NeGD) within DeitY has e- been National the states/UTs, in Scheme CB the of As the central agency for effective implementation )Setting up of a CB Management Cell (CBMC) at d) implementation. ePU fr oriain and coordination for (eGPMU) Unit Management Programme e-Governance makers and specialized training of senior and senior of training specialized and makers en odce ad 4 eT & NeGD & SeMTs personnels have 34 undergone the training. and conducted been has programme orientation One states/UTs. akt n o dptto ars all across deputation on open and from market SeMTs joined have personnel Teams: and capacity building. line management program central overall for ministries to support and management activities of all states/UTs. CB the oversee and facilitate to (CBMC) Cell knowledge promoting transfer and sharing best states/UTs practices. amongst interaction n dcso mkn fr rvn te e- the driving for Governance initiative in states/UTs. making decision and support technical provide to Teams) Mission Governance e- initiatives in to a state/UT. direction and vision overall providing During 2014 -15 (till 31.12.2014), 56 31.12.2014), (till -15 2014 During retto Porm fr policy for Programs Orientation operational level officers in e-Governance is technology management, RFP toolkit and another important area under the CB scheme. DPR preparation & evaluation, DPR & The orientation programs for policy makers Cyber Security. All five workshops were termed "Leadership Meets" are aimed at well appreciated for their coverage, sensitizing political and policy levels in the content, depth and methodology. In FY states and to obtain their willing support and 2014-15, NISG has conducted a thematic Initiatives in Information Technology Sector commitment in taking forward the national e- workshop on DPR & Cyber Security Governance agenda for improving government covering 25 participants. service delivery, to enable decision makers • Chief Information Officers (CIO) program develop sustainable e-Governance projects - Under the national roll out of training and develop a common understanding of e- programme for Chief Information Officers, Governance projects and initiatives. These eight training programmes were approved training programs are being facilitated by the by DeitY. In FY 2014- 15, 4 programmes CBMC through National Institute for Smart have been conducted covering 81 Government (NISG). participants from central line ministries • Leadership Meets - During 2014-15, one and states. Leadership meet has been conducted, in • Knowledge Management – 300 additional which 70 political & policy level officials members have joined the collaboration including Hon'ble Chief Minister, portal being managed at Ministers/MLAs and senior government www.mynegp.com . functionaries participated. Till viii) Awareness and Communication 31.12.2014, in total 32 programs have been conducted covering 1787 political Awareness and Communication is an integral and policy level officials. component of the National e-Governance Plan. A & C performs the crucial role of generating and • Specialized Training Programs – STeP raising the level of awareness about NeGP, related (Specialized Training for e-Governance services and service delivery channels amongst Programme) consist of courses in e- NeGP's diverse stakeholders across the country. Governance specifically in the areas like The main objectives of A&C activities are: government process reengineering, business models & Public-Private i) Build NeGP as an umbrella brand Partnership (PPP), project management, ii) Create awareness about e-Governance regulatory framework for e-Governance, services and service delivery points technology management etc. Till iii) Build ownership/ stake of implementers in 31.12.2014, 59 programs covering 23 NeGP states/ UTs and 1,817 participants have been conducted by NISG. Achievements • SeMT Orientation &Thematic Workshops • In April 2014, the NeGD was approved as the - As an initiative towards capacity building implementing agency for the Awareness & of SeMT members and officials of Communication Project 2014-17, approved at state/central government in the a total outlay of Rs. 98.15 Crore. implementation of NeGP, sharing of best • All 39 episodes of NeGP TV series was practices and to create a platform for broadcast on National Channel of Doordarshan cross-learning, NeGD has been on August 17, 2014 with repeat telecast on DD conducting domain specific thematic Bharati, DD Urdu and DD National workshops. Five successful workshops • Production of 13 part Radio Sponsored have been conducted so far – capacity Programme has been completed in Hindi building & change management, • In order to discuss action items pertaining to

49 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector • A National Conference on Open Data & Open & Data Open on Conference National A • • Apex Committee Meeting on Digital India was India Digital on Meeting Committee Apex • AWorkshoponDigitalIndiawasorganisedat • A Workshop on Digital India was organised on • Oe a rve meig f h Sae e- State the of meeting review day One A • • In order to showcase the goals accomplished goals the showcase to order In • eta Gvrmn ofcas n Industry partners. and officials Government Central states, various was of Secretaries IT conference by attended The Complex. Scope the at 2014 December, 11 on organised was API Mission Leaders. ertre o vros eatet and Departments various of Secretaries 2014. The meeting was attended by by attended was meeting The 2014. organised November, at Udyog Bhawan on 26 okhp a "sn Mbl Poe as Phones Instruments Mobile for Digital Identity". "Using was workshop DeitY on 17 October, 2014; the theme of the of theme the 2014; October, 17 on DeitY pc o a ulc lu ad Universally and Cloud Accessible Digital Resources. Public a on Private Space Shareable i.e. components, vision October, 2014 at DeitY 16 to discuss two of its 5 Otbr 21 a DiY o ses their assess performance. to DeitY at 2014 October, 15 Governance Mission Teams was organised on Ministry. the under achievements and activities various the on made was governance good of days first week of September 2014. A film on 100 on film A 2014. September of week first Hon'ble MOCIT held a Press Conference in the the Technology, Information and Electronics 2014) set forth by the Department of of Department the by forth set 2014) as per the 100 August days agenda (ending 31 economy". knowledge and society empowered digitally a into India transform to programme A India: "Digital event- the at released was brochure the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. at A book 2014 and August, 26 on held was Technology T, ne te himnhp f Hon'ble Information & of Communications for Minister chairmanship the under UTs, & States all of Secretaries IT and Ministers IT the of conference a initiatives, India Digital th th th th th th st 50 s fcl on t cnee l te associated the all convene to point focal a as support this utilising been has DeitY (NeGP), Plan e-Governance National for support financial and from the World Bank for programme management amounting to US$ 150 million (about Rs 700 crore) Loan Policy Development a of approval Following x ol Bn asse "ni: -eiey of e-Delivery "India: assisted Bank World ix) et/eD u u sal n he exhibitions three in stall up put DeitY/NeGD • • Institutional/Logo/Financial support to the the to support Institutional/Logo/Financial • A mega event and exhibition to celebrate "Good • SKOCH, and INFOCOM. NICT, - agencies following the by organized 1 1 February 2015). -14 (12 eray 05, nin xrs Limited Express Indian 2015), February 4 - (3 Ltd Company Broadcasting Global Times euiyWthIda(9-0January, 2015), -30 Security Watch India (29 Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd. (December 2014), 2014), (December Ltd. Pvt. Mediaworx December,2014),9.9 -7 Labs PrivateLtd(6 Khosla 2014), November, -26 (24 UNESCO eim nepie (9Spebr 2014), September (19 Enterprises Medium 2014), National Institute for Micro, Small and Small Micro, for Institute National 2014), July 2014), Indian Chamber of Commerce (18 okhp- SOHM 2d September (2nd ASSOCHAM workshops- n itrainl conferences/seminars/ international and national organizing for agencies 9 following at the event. Digital India with implementation toolkit for was launched (eGCF) Framework Competency civmns f et e-Governance DeitY of Achievements iity A ok n ciiis and Activities on book A the Ministry. under initiatives to various made the was showcase Day" Governance "Good on film A event. the in participated organizations xiios rm oenet n private and Government from 50 than exhibitors More event. the at launched were services and products Several citizens. and media print and electronic partners, industry from the Central Government and its agencies, approximately 1500 people comprising officers by attended was which event the inaugurated iitr o Cmuiain ad IT and Communications Hon'ble for Prasad, Minister Shankar Ravi Shri Delhi. December 2014 at the Manekshaw Centre, New oenne a" a ognzd n 5 25 on organized was Day" Governance Public Services" Project th hth th hth th hth th hth th th th rd th departments of the central and state governments • e-Legislature project for Andhra Pradesh & around a concrete reform agenda for e-governance Himachal Pradesh in the country. DeitY is supporting critical policy As on 31.12.2014, a total of 39 projects amounting and institutional actions of the central/state/UT to Rs. 484.37 crore have been approved. Funds for governments that entail e-delivery of services 33 projects have been released to the leading to more robust implementation of NeGP, implementing agencies in various states/UTs. A Initiatives in Information Technology Sector with significant social benefits for the population total of 45 projects with a total outlay of Rs. 675.89 and positive impacts on the poor. crore have been considered under e-Bharat National Roll out of Projects: DeitY has identified scheme for funding assistance till date. some projects which may be considered as Achievements national initiatives as they are cross cutting in • 5 projects amounting to Rs. 57.19 crore have nature such as: been approved and funds amounting to Rs. • Project for Election Commission of India 74.37 crore have been released for various • Integrated Dairy Management System of Tamil projects funded under this scheme. Nadu x) State Portal, State Service Delivery Gateway • e-Legislature project for Andhra Pradesh & (SSDG) & Electronic Forms Himachal Pradesh The State Portal, SSDG and E-Forms project aims Pilot for National Mission Mode Projects: DeitY at creating a State Portal, secure middleware has also identified projects which may be named as State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) considered as pilot projects for national Mission and electronic forms for every state/UT to offer Mode Projects in the respective domains, namely: convenient and easy e-services to citizens. This • e-Health Kerala project leverages the existing e-Governance • e-HMS & Supply Chain Management for Drug infrastructure like CSCs, SDCs and SWANs. The warehouse, Andhra Pradesh total outlay for the project is Rs. 300 crores. • e-Gov initiatives for Education Department, This project intends to provide easy, anywhere and Himachal Pradesh anytime access to government services (both Rapid Replication Projects funded under World informational & transactional). The project aims to Bank: DeitY has approved 6 projects under rapid reduce the number of visits of citizens to a replication initiative, namely: government office/department for availing the • 2 projects of ePASS services. It also aims to reduce administrative • XLN burden and service fulfillment time and costs for • eHospital the government, citizens and businesses and creating a more efficient communication and • eHRMS service delivery system through an integrated state • Mee Seva portal. The major components of the project Projects proposed for Productization: Some include the state portal, electronic forms, the state projects have been identified to be developed as services delivery gateway, gap infrastructure and products which will be made available on the e-Gov training. Appstore for implementation in other states. These Guidelines have been formulated to provide projects are: technical and financial assistance to the states/UTs • Integrated Weavers Management System for setting up State Portals, SSDGs and electronic (IWMS), Tamil Nadu forms. As per these guidelines, financial assistance • Mobile-Based Services for Department of shall be provided to the states/UTs for creation of Tourism, Goa these components and meeting the operational • Integrated Dairy Management System of Tamil expenses for a period of three years. Nadu

51 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector 2012. February in notified was Governance Mobile for Achievements tablets. As a part of this initiative, the Framework the initiative, this of part a As tablets. n oie oenne o rvd government services to the people through mobile phones and provide to governance mobile on DeitY has initiated a massive countrywide initiative Mobile Seva (Mobile Governance) Initiative xi) • At present, 23 states/UTs have gone live with live gone have states/UTs 23 present, At • Haryana and Gujarat are in the advance stage of • during live gone have states/UTs Following • h poes f eeto o Implementing of selection of process The • Approval of project proposal for NCT of Delhi is • for the project. RFPs floated for selection of the already implementing agency (IA) have states/UTs 31 states/UTs, have been released to the states/UTs. Out of these the country and a total amount of Rs. 217.74 crores in states/UTs 33 for approved been have funding hc cn i fr h sae rjcs DR and DPRs projects. state the for bid can which a as epnle 6 mlmnig agencies implementing 6 empanelled also has selection process of implementing agencies. DeitY preparation of the proposals and in the bidding and oslat wo il sit h sae/T in states/UTs the assist will who 5 consultants empanelled has DeitY project, the of out roll In ordertofacilitatethequickimplementationand o aeservices date No. r tt/TG Lv No.ofoperational Go–Live State/UT Sr. ujb0-e-49 5 03-Dec-14 6 18 Punjab 17-Dec-14 4 WestBengal 3 05-Jun-14 15-Aug-14 Andaman& 2 Kerala 1 have been reported transactions as on 31.12.2014. 3,43,80,171 and services 459 months. implementation and expected to Go-Live in 1-2 Apr-14 to Dec-14: in progress. Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli. Agency (IA) has been completed for Daman & Nicobar 52 Achievements et i a inr t ntd ain Public Nations United at winner a is DeitY • o teghn et' msin o m-enable to mission DeitY's strengthen To • On the Mobile Seva AppStore, additional 23 (in • h ttl ubr f evcs vial to available services of number total The • • The total number of Push SMS transactions SMS Push of number total The • oe hn 5 adtoa Government additional 750 than More • was project Seva approved by Mobile DeitY in November 2012. of Rollout National departments in rolling out electronic services. The eeomn ad eue css o the for costs reduced and development nrsrcue n srie eal rapid enable services and infrastructure (m-Apps). Availability of government-wide shared services, such as SMS, delivering USSD, IVRS and mobile for applications channels based mobile possible all provides It areas. rural in phones, especially mobile of penetration high very the to the access to electronic services tremendously due enhances and seamlessly services based mobile Government department to integrate both web and a enables It SSDG/NSDG. and SWANs the SDCs, of with platform consisting infrastructure e-Governance mobile common the of integration oie eie. oie ea nbe the enables Seva Mobile devices. mobile for country the enabling the availability of public services through in agencies and departments oe nrsrcue o al Government all for infrastructure core the as DeitY by developed been has Seva Mobile 1470). integrated with the platform (in total more than departments and agencies have been been have agencies and departments India in 2014). from winner only (the initiative Seva Mobile its for Age" Information the in Approaches Pooig Whole-of-Government "Promoting evc Aad (04 udr h category the under (2014) Awards Service ea, a apoe i Jn 21 fr 36 for months. 2014 June in approved was Mobile Seva", through Departments Government the nation, another project– "m-Enablement of government departments and agencies across over 2.35 Lakh times. downloaded been have apps The hosted. and developed been have m-apps live 313) total reached 389. has SMS Pull over businesses and citizens has crossed 253 crores. xii) National Service Delivery Gateway (NSDG) The objective is to setup a National e- eSangam (NSDG) is a middleware infrastructure Authentication service called e-Pramaan along with acting as a standards based routing and message Aadhaar based authentication, for the government switch which provides seamless interoperability departments. The implementing agency for e- and exchange of data across heterogeneous Pramaan is C-DAC, Mumbai. The overall objective applications of geographically dispersed is to provide a trusted electronic environment Initiatives in Information Technology Sector departments. The NSDG is being implemented by where the individual users can transact easily and CDAC and is live since August 2008. It facilitates securely with the Government. Moreover, e- the following: Pramaan provides a uniform approach to manage identified authentications of all citizens for the • Interoperability between various e-Governance delivery of various public services over internet and applications mobile platforms. • Secure Messaging between governmental Major steps towards achieving the desired applications outcome are: • Shared Services Hub for Departmental 1. Notification of e-Pramaan Framework. Application – Payment Gateway Services, Mobile Gateway Services, Authentication 2. Development of e-Authentication standards. services (via UID) 3. Two phased approach in implementation. Achievements a) Phase I: Development of pluggable • 4 services of MCA have been registered in authentication components/modules for production environment and shall go live in government applications and related APIs for Jan 2015. integration. It will help departments to implement e-authentication as defined in the e- • Integration of PAN and TAN allocation service Pramaan framework and as per the standards, of UTITSL and NSDL has been completed in keeping e-authentication mechanisms robust, staging environment; go live planned in Jan uniform and consistent. 2015. b) Phase II: Offer e-Pramaan as an authentication • EPFO services have been integrated with service to departments with all levels of eSangam in staging, shall go live in Jan 2015. authentication as defined in e-Pramaan • Integration of IEC service of DGFT is in framework and facilitate on-boarding of process. government departments by providing • PESO service integration with eSangam is in integration APIs, guideline documents and process. technical support. xiii) e-Pramaan– e-Authentication for Public Achievements Services • e-Authentication Standards and specifications DeitY has conceptualized the e-Pramaan developed under guidance of e-Authentication framework (notified in The Gazette of India in Dec Standards Committee comprising of members 2012) for e-Authentication for public services to from academia, industry, UIDAI, DSCI, electronically deliver the government services to its NASSCOM etc. The document is complete and intended recipients in a secured manner, as well as the process for notification in Gazette is in to build citizen's trust in online environment, which progress. is always prone to identity thefts and other • e-Pramaan has started offering ASA associated risks. The "e-Pramaan: Framework for (Authentication Service Agency) service. e-Authentication" was notified by DeitY in Currently, 5 departments are on-board and December 2012. over 1 Crore transactions till date

53 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector Achievements Towards promotion and outreach programme • Website of 7th Central Pay Commission made • udlns o Ida Gvrmn Websites Government Indian for Guidelines • aa rm tt Pra itgae fr online for integrated Portal State from Data • oil ei Cnetr fr oge and Google+ for Connectors Media Social • has been initiated in June 2013. Portal India of phase second The organizations. oenet eatet, ntttos and institutions departments, all Government from delivered electronically be to services provide 'single window access' to information and would that portal unified a be to envisaged been has NeGP, the under category services integrated ni Pra, Msin oe rjc i the in Project Mode Mission a Portal, India xiv)India Portal Phase II • e-Pramaan has become AUA, ASA, KUA and KUA ASA, AUA, become has e-Pramaan • eeomn cmltd n -rma to e-Pramaan on completed Development • -rma Ue pra ad evc Portals Service and portal User e-Pramaan • f ni Pra, e Rta wrs o be to Awards Ratna Web Portal, India of http://7cpc.india.gov.in ie s orh ee dmi at domain level fourth as live certification for Website Quality achieved. Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) (STQC) Certification Quality and Testing GG) opine n Standardisation and compliance (GIGW) integrated. au Ngln ad ikm ae been have Sikkim and Nagaland Nadu, services section. On pilot basis data from Tamil social media sites. these on Portal India of pages corresponding than Facebook which would redirect the user to Twitter has been provided on India Portal other Authentication Services. S s a t poie aha based Aadhaar provide to as so KSA Authentication Services. services. authentication 2 Level and 1 Level provide hog pra t aal e-Pramaan avail to portal through SO. lo Dprmns a register can Departments Also, (SSO). public Sign-On Single access of facility to the with able services be will and portal Penetration Testing). Users can register on the AT Vleaiiy seset and Assessment (Vulnerability of VAPT completion successful after testing for STQC to submitted and developed been have 54 evcs vial t te iies n hi own their in languages. Under this project, DeitY has citizens entrusted the to available services Government make to envisages project (LPMF) Framework Management Projects Localisation Achievements v) oaiain rjcs Management Projects Localisation of xvi) awareness on workshops 3 Organized • Formulated & published Procedure for Change • Formulated Policy on Adoption of Open Source • Published Guidelines for Delivery Channels for • ulse Bs Patcs o Lclzto of Localization for Practices Best Published • e- and data Governance applications under of the NeGP. interoperability seamless and information of sharing ensure will which activity priority high a are e-Governance for Standards Standards for e-Governance xv) aeok n Titr ae cetd and created pages Twitter and Facebook • Mobile Apps on Android platform developed in • regularly updated for India Portal house for India Portal carried out as of now: raie. olwn atvte hs been has activities Following organized. u u u u u u u Standards Management and Release of e-Governance Software for Government of India Devices Mobile through Services Public of Provision Mobile Web Applications in Indian Languages Framework (LPMF) inr hv be fnlzd n award and finalized been have Winners Jury meeting done vr 0 nmntos eevd under received nominations 300 Over August 31 on over process Nomination nie oiain ivtd through invited nominations Online erta ie cie at active site Webratna wrs none truh newspaper through announced Awards ceremony to take place soon. various categories of Award 2014 http://survey.nic.in/index.php/894935/ http://webratna.india.gov.in advertisement st Centre for Development of Advanced Computing c) postallifeinsurance.gov.in (C-DAC) with the responsibility of assisting various d) ices.nic.in Ministries / Departments in localization of the e) indiapost.gov.in online applications of their Mission Mode Projects (MMPs). C-DAC is carrying out this task through f) icegate.gov.in

the use of a LPMF being developed over a Cloud g) aces.gov.in Initiatives in Information Technology Sector platform. Four e-Governance awareness h) panchayatonline.gov.in workshops were conducted for MMP leaders for i) ebiz.gov.in dissemination of information about LPMF. Four training programmes were conducted for System j) dipp.nic.in Integrators and Consultants. A portal k) schoolreportcards.in th http://localization.gov.in was launched on 18 Feb l) punjabtransport.nic.in 2014 for dissemination of information and m) food.rajasthan.gov.in providing basic localization tools and services. n) wbpds.gov.in Crawling of content and development of translation o) incometaxindia.gov.in memories to enable automated localization of User Interfaces (also known as surface localization) for • Over 10,000 tools and resources have been the following web portals under seven MMPs viz. downloaded since launch of the portal on 18th Health, Public Distribution System (PDS), February, 2014. Passport, Agriculture, Road Transport, e-District • The tools for internal localization and sending and Education MMPs have been completed: SMS alerts have been provided to Agriculture a) farmer.gov.in MMP for http://farmer.gov.in portal. http://it.Maharashtra.gov.in has been b) seednet.gov.in successfully localized by members of the c) nhm.nic.in Marathi department of DIT, Govt. of d) pensionersportal.gov.in Maharashtra using the LPMF. e) haryanafood.gov.in xvii) Vikaspedia (India Development Gateway) f) foodsuppb.nic.in Vikaspedia (India Development Gateway Project) is g) edistrict.biharonline.gov.in/index.jsp a unique initiative by DeitY for providing h) mdm.nic.in information and services in selected domains related to socio-economic development of the i) passportindia.gov.in people especially in the rural areas across the j) edistrict.kerala.gov.in country. It aims at providing e-knowledge and k) sakshat.ac.in using ICT-based applications in regional languages l) pdsportal.nic.in for empowerment of underserved communities. A multilingual portal – www.vikaspedia.gov.in has m) vahan.nic.in been developed as a versatile collective knowledge n) nrhm-mcts.nic.in repository. It will serve as a collaborative content o) ssamis.nic.in creation, sharing and utilization platform for a Achievements rainbow of stakeholders – NGOs, Government, community based organizations, knowledge • Localization of the following additional 15 web networks, CSRs, etc. spread across the entire portals under another 7 MMPs have been country. Vikaspedia aims to provide information in planned in current FY 2014-15: 22 official languages and English, specific to local a) rural.nic.in needs covering select social sectors. b) commerce.nic.in

55 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector n o te adts f iapda s to is Vikaspedia of mandates the of One • Besides information, the following services are • iapda a be md aalbe in available made been has Vikaspedia • Achievements u u u u u u u u communities. lo fee fr h bnft f h user the of benefit the for offered also feedback mechanisms, etc. neato wt sca ntokn sites, networking social with interaction ol, ae aig pg commenting, page rating, page polls, opinion forum, discussion as such features interactive user several offers also platform Gujarati, Kannada, Bangla and Malayalam. The Tamil, English, Marathi, Assamese, Telugu, Hindi, – languages ten) total (in 5 additional especially in the rural areas. people the benefit to project the of reach and utility the enhance to view a with 12.12.2014 on DeitY in organized been had Government Ministries/Departments under the Central Central the under Ministries/Departments brainstorming session with various line line various with session brainstorming Ministries and State Departments. A A Departments. State and Ministries oe hog coe olbrtos ih line with collaborations close through done be to is This communities. user to languages information, products and services in regional tt porme truh rvso of provision through programmes state national/ ongoing of benefits the maximise literacy, Health and Agriculture Agriculture, Education, etc nomto (T) Fnnil Inclusion, Basics of IT etc Financial (RTI), Information CSCs - VLE Corner listings based assessment tool HEalth awareness) Ask an Expert, eVyapar Multilingual Mobile Apps related to Health, utlnul ulctos eae t IT to related Publications Multilingual Multilingual e-learning courses on Right to -oenne Kolde ltom for platform Knowledge - e-Governance Employment Recaller, welfare– Social Education – Multilingual web and mobile and web Multilingual – Education Health - MOTHER (MObile based maTernal Agriculture - Dynamic Market Information, 56 (i) Multi-media forgery detection, (ii) Robust and Robust (ii) detection, forgery Multi-media (i) and new proposals were formulated in the areas of continued efforts R&D 2014-15, year the During cyber security R&D. of organizations implementation for support advisory user provided and academic/R&D from Govt., experts with A constituted Group organisations. Working R&D recognized at sponsored projects through Assurance Vulnerability & (d) Remediation and Forensics & Monitoring and (c) System Security, Network & cryptanalysis, (b) Cryptography (a) including security cyber development is carried out in the thrust areas of areas thrust the in out carried is development concept andR&Dtestbedprojects. Researchand basic facilitating research, technology demonstration and by proof-of- security cyber of areas in Security development /enhancement of skills and expertise Cyber of elements at aimed is It R&D. Security Cyber is programme key the of One scenario. mrig het ad vlig technology with evolving consistent and initiatives threats new emerging place in to put taken been and initiatives earlier the strengthen and have continue actions Security, Cyber To meet the dynamically changing requirements of Collaboration. kl dvlpet n tann ad (f) and training and development skill Early – awareness, Incident Security (e) Response, and Warning Security (d) R&D, Security (b) Security Policy, Compliance and Assurance, (c) the XII plan period: (a) Enabling Legal Framework, during areas focus six in actions targeted of way The Cyber Security programme is implemented by growing threat of cyber attacks. that necessary systems are in place to address the Cyber Security R&D issue of cyber security the in the country with and to ensure deal effectively and to technical steps administrative legal, of series a integrated with an approach of way by threats these address to measures appropriate taking is Government Accordingly, environment. threat the with change Cyber Security requirements are quite dynamic and Cyber Security generic model for e-security index, (iii) Person SPN structure resembling AES. The resistance of authentication using on-line hand-writing, (iv) the cipher against Differential Power Attack has Detecting security vulnerabilities in Android been verified, (7) Password recovery tool applications, (v) Digital Forensics for cloud implemented for Microsoft Office, PDF, Winrar and environment and (vi) R&D in cryptography Winzip using dictionary search on special

including analysis of side channel attacks. hardware with multiple FPGA boards. Password Initiatives in Information Technology Sector Ongoing projects were reviewed from time to time Recovery Tool has been installed in user agencies and follow up actions have been taken. Efforts in labs, (8) Security Solutions for SCADA system the on-going projects have resulted in the including (a) protocol hardening solution intended development of certain indigenous security to address the vulnerabilities in transmission solutions which are deployed / being deployed at SCADA protocols and (b) Security Information and user organisations. These included: (1) a Tamper Event Management tool to identify threats. The Evident System that provides recording of Audio- solutions have been tested at user agencies, (9) A Video, Fingerprint Data, Scanned images, System cloud based real time malware detection model information, GPS data and recording session capable of functioning as single inline proxy in a related information in a tamper evident manner. cloud environment and (10) Mobile Device The pilot deployment of the system has been Security Solution comprising of user space and carried out at user agencies, (2) Advanced version kernel space components with features: user of Cyber Forensics Tools namely CyberCheck space: Anti-Theft, Backup & Restore, Call/ SMS version 6.0, Advik Call Data Record (CDR) Analyzer Blacklisting/Whitelisting, Secure Storage, version 3.0, MobileCheck version 3.0, SIMXtractor Application Monitoring & Control and kernel space version 1.0, TrueImager version 2.0, WinLiFT : SMS Limiter and Data Tracker, for Android and version 2.0. These have been tested and evaluated Tizen OS platforms. Testing of the solution on by user agencies for deployment, (3) a working different mobile devices is in progress. prototype system of Early Warning platform that The R&D activities in the program will be carried identifies malicious hosts, botnets and phishing forward during 2015-16 to promote research and schemes in near real-time based on DNS traffic. development of indigenous cyber security Also system detects malicious BGP updates which solutions, proof of concepts and prototypes and hijacks the prefix and recommends the mitigation skilled manpower in the thrust areas of cyber accordingly. The system was field tested and security with special focus on mobile device deployed at user agencies, (4) A pilot system to security, cloud security and cloud forensics, analyze online content of multiple social media intelligent traffic analysis, malware detection and sites to gather intelligence, (5) Anti-malware advanced cyber forensics. solution for web applications and mobiles that Indian Computer Emergency Response Team included (a) AppSamvid (Application Control), (b) (CERT-In) MalHazer (Heuristic based binary analysis for CERT-In is a functional organisation of Department malware detection), (c) Browser JSGuard of Electronics and Information Technology, (Security add-on for desktop & mobile browsers Ministry of Communications and Information using static analysis), (d) Work Flow Analyser Technology, Government of India, with the (PHP based Web Application security by objective of securing Indian cyber space. CERT-In identifying the internal state and workflow creates awareness on security issues through deviations), (e) PAVS (PHP Application dissemination of information on its website (http:// Vulnerability Scanner) and (f) ADC(Application and www.cert-in.org.in) and operates 24x 7 incidence Device Control, (6) a side channel resistant block response Help Desk. CERT-In provides Incident cipher implemented on FPGA that has an optimized Prevention and Response services as well as

57 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector are being published every month. mechanisms defence and trends intrusion issues, incidents. spam security cyber various covering resolve Bulletins Security to (ISPs) Providers Service Internet Indian the with together worked eutn truh awr ifcin. CERT-In infections. malware through resulting incidents is largely due to increase in spam bots spam in increase to due largely is incidents eae t sa mis Te ug i te spam the in surge The mails. spam incidents to related security the in increase tremendous In the year 2014–15 also there has been been has there also 2014–15 year the In Security Incident – Early warning and Response the following: The activities carried out by CERT-In comprises of Such other functions relating to cyber security • su gieie, diois vulnerability advisories, guidelines, Issue • • Coordination of cyber incident response response incident cyber of Coordination • • Emergency measures for handling cyber cyber handling for measures Emergency • Forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents of • dissemination and analysis Collection, • following functions in the area of cyber security: 2008 to serve Act, as the national agency (Amendment) to perform the Technology Information the CERT-In has been designated under Section 70B of Security Quality Management Services. pnPoySrestakd2136 6582916 16 18779 Bot InfectedSystemstracked 49 Open ProxyServerstracked 231 11 tracked Indian WebsiteDefacements Year2014-15 Trainings Organised 97755 Vulnerability NotesPublished Advisories Published Security Alertsissued Security Incidentshandled Activities as may be prescribed response and reporting prevention, of cyber incidents procedures, practices, security information to relating whitepapers and notes activities security incidents information on cyber incidents (April-Dec) 58 Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre The National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) National Cyber Security Policy e iiitvs oad ipeetto of implementation towards initiatives Key project is being implemented in coordination and coordination in implemented being is The project systems. their clean to provided be would netos Ues f hs sses ol be tools would & guidance and infection the about systems notified these of Users infections. securing and malware further cleaning prevent to users end of systems enable notify, to and bots and malware by infected systems computer CERT-In is also setting up a centre for detection of approval for initiation. of sharing the advanced stageof resources. ThisCentreisin and processes standard deploying in the country by leveraging the expertise of people, space and strengthening the cyber security posture cyber the securing in help will This Government. novn al h ky raiain o the of organizations key the all involving national level utilizing a multi stakeholder approach awareness and pro-active cyber situational threat detection at time real near the generate and across country sources various from intelligence information security cyber gathering at aimed The National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) is ecosystem. cyber secure a creating and country the in space cyber the securing to view a with implementation for identified been have centre, analysis malware Coordination Centre (NCCC) and Botnet cleaning & Cyber National viz., projects, security cyber key In support of the National Cyber Security Policy, Security Cyber National the of support In operational. now are System Tracking Incident and mail web, namely services three All functional. fully made been has CERT-In of site recovery Disaster The minimum latency and IPV6 compatibility. ensured has This (ACR). Routers Control Access the Internet links has been enhanced by deploying prevention at Security protection. web Intrusion and antivirus system, control, net Bot firewall, of capabilities combined has device The firewall. augmented with the deployment of next generation been has CERT-In at infrastructure existing The collaboration with Internet Service Providers and enabled for security best practices compliance and Industry. This would help in detection of malware assurance through workshops, meetings and infections in the country thereby providing video conferencing. improved security of computer systems across the Cyber Security Drills Indian cyber eco system. CERT-In carries mock drills with organizations Collaboration from key sectors to enable participating Initiatives in Information Technology Sector Security Co-operation is in progress between US- organizations to assess their preparedness in CERT and CERT-In for cyber security incident dealing with cyber crisis situations. These drills resolution, information exchange and capacity have helped tremendously in improving the cyber building. CERT-In is collaborating with overseas security posture of the information infrastructure CERTs such as US-CERT, JP-CERT and Korean- and training of manpower to handle cyber CERT for incident response and resolution. CERT- incidents, besides increasing the cyber security In in association with Ministry of External Affairs is awareness among the key sector organizations. Till working to collaborate bi-laterally and Multi- date CERT-In has conducted 9 Cyber security drills laterally for enhancing cooperation in the area of of different complexities with 186 organizations Cyber Security. MoUs are in place with Product and covering various sectors of Indian economy i.e. Security vendors for vulnerability remediation. Defence, Paramilitary forces, Space, Atomic Cyber Security Assurance Energy, Telecommunications(ISPs), Finance, Power, Oil & Natural Gas, Transportation(Railways 45 auditors were empanelled to carry out & Civil Aviation), IT/ ITeS/ BPO sectors and Data information security audit, including the Centres from Government/Public/ Private. vulnerability assessment and penetration test of the networked infrastructure of government and Parallel Test bed facility established at IISc, critical sector organizations. Government and Bangalore for CERT-In is being used to provide critical sector organizations are implementing the support in conducting cyber security exercises and security best practices in accordance with ISO empanelment technical skill tests. 27001 standard and as per the advice issued by A Joint Cyber Security Exercise (JCSE) was CERT-In. Services of CERT-In empanelled IT conducted by Indian Computer Emergency security auditors are being used to verify Response Team (CERT-In) and US Computer compliance. Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) on 29th, Crisis Management Plan 30th September and 1st October 2014. The exercise was focused on information sharing and Crisis Management Plan (CMP) for countering joint incident collaboration. An international drill cyber attacks and cyber terrorism had been with ASEAN member countries ACID 2014 was approved by the National Crisis Management conducted in September 2014 focussing on Web Committee (NCMC) for wider circulation and Application Vulnerabilities and incident response. implementation. The CMP is updated annually and the 6th version of CMP (2015 version) is being Security awareness, skill development and circulated to all the key Central Government training Ministries/Departments and States/UTs. CERT- During 2014-15, activities to train the judiciary In/DeitY has been conducting workshops to utilizing the Cyber Crime investigation training appraise various organizations under the Central Labs set up in the states of Northeast were Ministries/States/UTs about the CMP continued and more than 200 judges and judicial implementation and all necessary assistance is officers in the states of Assam and Meghalaya were being provided to them with regard to trained with regard to Cyber crime forensic and implementation of CMP. 8 organizations have been legal aspects. An Awareness Workshop has been

59 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector Cyber Forensics Security Audit from various user organizations on (i) handling and riig esos ee eiee t te officials the to delivered were sessions training practical on hands and demonstrations CERT-In, lectures, by organized workshops training the During organisation. referring case / incident the to provided is report analysis and CERT-In at out and the referred cases of the cyber crimes is carried incidents security cyber the from seized evidence digital the of analysis and imaging forensic Cyber the applications and networks. the web applications as well as remote scanning of of scanning code source of level the at conducted plctos n ntok. h adt are audits The networks. and applications public sector, including and Banks for govt. strengthening their web the in organizations sensitive CERT-In is carrying out security audit of specific of audit security out carrying is CERT-In professional have been trained information officers (CIOs), and IT Security Security IT and (CIOs), officers information Information Security Officers (CISOs)/ Chief Chief (CISOs)/ Officers Security Information Application Developers, IT Managers, Chief Chief Managers, IT Developers, Application Administrators, Database Administrators, Administrators, Database Administrators, 6 ofcr icuig System/Network including officers 665 and security cyber of topics specialized various on trainings 19 conducted has CERT-In 2014-15, focused topics of Cyber Security. During the year the During Security. Cyber and of topics focused contemporary various on ISPs and sector sector, public/industry sectors, financial & banking workshops to train officials of Government, critical ETI i rglry odcig riig / trainings conducting regularly is CERT-In law enforcement agencies. Conducting Cyber crime awareness workshops for ehns i Nrh at tts n (v) and states East North in mechanism wrns truh riig n campaign and training through awareness East states, (iv) Creation of mass cyber security cyber mass of Creation (iv) states, East advanced training and capacity building in North in building capacity and training advanced for lab (iii) training forensic Hyderabad, cyber of Enhancement SVPNPA, at Centre Training Resource and Digital Crime of National Setting up security training facility for cyber Uttarakhand Police, (ii) of establishment (i) for projects Initiated 100 Police than Officers attended. more a wherein Shimla at organised 60 Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT) the previous years. The same will be disposed off disposed be will same The years. previous the awaiting are which parties appeals from to 23 in addition admission hearing, the by filed been have appeals fresh 11 2014-15, year the During Department. Tcncl i fntoig s ed f the of Head as functioning is (Technical) ebr Tcncl ps i fle. Member filled. is post (Technical) Member currently, posts, two these against and created were (Technical) Member and (Judicial) Member posts: Two 30.06.2011. on charge the demitted (LIC) Building, New Delhi. The former Chairperson Bharti Jeevan at functioning is CAT the present At of CRAT name has also been The changed to CAT. notify/appoint. may Government ubr f te mmes s h Central the as members other of number such and Chairperson a comprise to Tribunal the for Act amended the in made been has Provision Officer. Presiding the as known was Chairperson the and CRAT as known was Tribunal the 2009, year the in Act IT the of amendment the Before Act 2000. notification as provided under Section 49 of the IT pone b te eta Gvrmn by Government Central the by appointed is who Chairperson a by headed is Tribunal This (CAT). Tribunal Appellate Cyber the before appeal an an prefer by can Act the or under Officer the Adjudicating Authorities by Certifying made of order Controller an by aggrieved person established in October, Cyber 2006. As per the IT the Act, any been 2000, has (CRAT) Tribunal Act Appellate Regulations IT the of 48(1) Section under contained provision the with accordance In and Cyber Forensics. imparting training on investigation of cyber crimes institutes training other and departments police state by organized workshops training the during CERT-In by delivered also were sessions training phones. smart practical on and hands and demonstrations Lectures, phones mobile the from evidence and (iii) extraction of live and deleted data cyber crimes, (ii) in forensic imaging and analysis of digital involved phones mobile computer and the systems from evidence digital of seizing on the joining of Chairperson, CAT, who is the Recovery Site is also fully operational. State of the Competent Authority for the disposal of the art Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) were appeals. procured, installed and configured at RCAI Primary Controller of Certifying Authorities and DR sites by updating CA software application and SQL server database and existing RCAI keys The Information Technology Act, 2000 facilitates

migration were carried out from existing HSM to Initiatives in Information Technology Sector acceptance of Electronic Records and Electronic new HSM successfully. Signatures through a legal framework for establishing trust in e-Commerce and e- Enhancing trust Governance. For authentication of electronic Process has been initiated for Pre-installation of transactions using electronic signatures, the Root Certificate in Mozilla Firefox Browser and Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) licenses Adobe. Interactions (including CPS & CA Browser Certifying Authorities to issue Electronic Signature Forum Baseline Guidelines review) are going on Certificates under the IT Act, 2000. Six Certifying between Mozilla and different CAs as part of the Authorities are operational currently and the total procedure adopted by Mozilla for this purpose. number of Electronic Signature Certificates issued Agreement is at advanced stage for signing with in the country grew to more than 93,00,000 by Adobe for pre-installation of RCAI Root certificate. December 2014, and continues to grow rapidly and To further enhance the level of trust in digital is expected to increase significantly with the launch signatures, the process of development and of various e-governance/e-commerce Operationalisation of a Online Certificate Status programmes as well as initiatives such as Aadhar Protocol (OCSP) is being carried out. based DSC issuance and initiation of eSign project. Time-stamping services, which is launched this Initiatives have been taken in this respect through year, will enable users to legally establish existence coordinated interactions between the e- of an electronic document at a particular point of governance/e-commerce application service time. For implementation of Time-stamping providers and the Certifying Authorities. Services, the Certifying Authorities have For ensuring continued trust in this authentication synchronized their time with National Physical framework, the Annual Compliance Audits of Laboratory, which is the Legal Time Source for the Certifying Authorities were conducted as per the country. Initiatives were taken to launch Time requirements of the Information Technology Act, Stamping Service (TSS) by Certifying Authorities 2000.In addition to the regular Annual Compliance (CAs) on the occasion of Good Governance Day Audits, Special Audits for ensuring compliance in celebrated by DeitY, M/o C&IT on 25th December, the issuance processes like document verification 2014. Online time stamp service is now available and technical issuance process were also and running by CAs. conducted this year. Standards & Interoperability Technical Infrastructure The admissibility of Extensible Mark-up Language The Root Certifying Authority of India (RCAI) set up (XML) and Cryptographic Message System (CMS) by the CCA is at the root of trust for authentication standards under the IT Act 2000 is being notified as through Digital Signatures. Repository containing new standards. In order to improve Digital Certificates issued by CCA to the licensed CAs and signature Environment in the country studies in the the Certificates issued by the licensed CAs to areas of Policy Framework, Standards and subscribers has been established and is being Technologies, Management Studies and Policy operated by the Office of CCA for checking Papers have been initiated. The Office of CCA is compliance with the Interoperability Guidelines also monitoring DSCs issued by the CAs for and for Statistical Purposes. The Disaster compliance with Interoperability Guidelines.

61 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector n h cuty te eiodco Integrated Semiconductor the country, the in To promote the growth of semiconductor industry Design Registry eiodco Itgae Crut Layout- Circuits Integrated Semiconductor usage of digital signatures have been published. the in issues emerging various about awareness esae avrieet fr generating for advertisements Newspaper events. these attend officials Government and cargo air payers, tax academia, industry, from participants motEpr, akn, noe a and Tax Income Banking, Import/Export, like sector important covering were conducted o ognsn sc wrsos Te events The workshops. such organising for interactions are going on with other and States and UTs Government Delhi and Bangalore, Chennai Hyderabad, at conducted been have Programs DAC. eeain hc i big mlmne wt C- with implemented being is which generation awareness on sanctioned been also has Project UT. Governments/ State & (FICCI) Industry and Commerce Indian Chambersof with Federationof r big otnosy raie b partnering by organized continuously being are Awareness programs focusing on Trade & Industry Digital Signatures Training / Awareness Generation & Promotion of process at global level. this facilitate to requested been has (UN/CEFACT) rd Fcltto ad lcrnc Business Electronic and Facilitation Trade for Centre Nations United for The up implementation. followed was other each of certificates oeg criyn atoiy o acpig digital accepting for authority certifying foreign recognize to CCA & Korea between signed been of Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. A MoU which had use. o pooin f K, discussions/ PKI, meetings were of held with the officials from promotion Republic For pursued. being are Mutual Authorities Certifying for of countries Recognition other of regulators PKI Authorities havebeennotified.MoUswithvarious Certifying Foreign of recognition for Regulations International Cooperation software from end-user point of of view. standardization and tokens crypto compliant issuance of class II and Class III DSCs on FIPS on DSCs III Class and II and class of generation issuance for initiated been has Process 62 and taxation Property Intellectual Norms, Cyber Issues, Legal Privacy, Policy, Public Security, Standardization, Innovations, Technical Routing, (DNS), System Internet Proliferation and Governance drsig I Adesn) Dmi Name Domain Addressing), (IP Addressing Protocol Internet involves Governance Internet Security • Content layer • Code or Logical layer • Physical Infrastructure layer • following layers ocpuly nent oenne includes Governance Internet Conceptually public policy issues. and infrastructure critical of operation standards, such as development and coordination of technical evolution and use of the Internet. It covers activities the shape that programs and procedures, making roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision- respective their in society, civil and sector private the is defined, development and application by Governments, the broadly Governance, Internet flash memory. inbuilt secured with 80501) (BE Microcontroller Bharat M/s. to Port of 8 layout design for the Electronics Limited issued being is 2014, April, in registration, the application for which was received the Registry located in DeitY. The first certificate of at designs layout semiconductor of Registration t. plctos r big cetd for accepted being are Applications etc. downloadable formats of various application forms icis aotDsg Junl ec and etc Journal" Layout-Design Circuits eity rprs "eiodco Integrated "Semiconductor reports, Registry, notifications issued by DeitY relating to the SICLD Circuits LayoutDesignActand Rules, noticesand nomto aot eiodco Integrated Semiconductor about information tp/wwscd.o.n otis l the all contains http://www.sicldr.gov.in fet rm s My 01 Te website The 2011. May 1st from effect eity a be md oeainl with operational made been has registry The 2000. Act, Design Layout Circuit Integrated Semiconductor the under Delhi, New Technology, eatet f lcrnc ad Information and Electronics of Department Circuit Layout Design Registry (SICLDR) set up in Achievements to make recommendations on how to fully Some of the significant initiatives of DeitY are in the implement this mandate. areas of Next Generation Networking and The WGEC held four face-to-face meetings in Applications Development, Multilingualisation & Geneva, Switzerland between May 2013 and Web Accessibility for all, Infrastructure May 2014. India is actively participating in this establishment, and International representation of Working Group. There were some issues were Initiatives in Information Technology Sector India's Public Policy Concerns etc. consensus could be found but there are a Engagement in International Forums/Meetings number of other issues where divergent views continued. The group decided not to submit i) IGF - The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) recommendations to the seventeenth session serves to bring people together from various (12 - 16 May 2014) of the Commission on stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions Science and Technology for Development on public policy issues relating to the Internet. (CSTD). India's concerns on the issues of public policy on Internet and its Governance is iv) Working Group on Internet Technology appropriately voiced in the meetings of the IGF related activities: DeitY has constituted a through regular participation, holding Working Group on Internet technology related workshops and Dynamic Coalition meetings activities during October 2014 with the and multi-lateral and bi-lateral meetings. objective to identify issues, areas, Recently Secretary DeitY participated in The opportunities and avenues for individual and Ninth Annual IGF Meeting held in Istanbul, institutional participation in the technical Turkey on 2-5 September 2014. Here activities of Internet bodies like IETF, ISOC and Secretary participated on panel meeting to IAB and for R&D on Internet Issues like Focus on Policies Enabling Access, Growth WHOIS Data, ICANN Accountability, DNSSEC and Development on the Internet. In the etc and to devise a plan and templates for meeting Secretary mentioned about India's soliciting proposals for studies, capacity ambitious initiative 'Digital India' and Digital building programs, participation and hosting Literacy Programme. of events. ii) DeitY has received Gold Membership of the v) NTIA announcement on IANA transition: The Internet Society during 2014-15. DeitY has U.S. Commerce Department's National communicated to all State IT Departments to Telecommunications and Information conduct workshops /seminars jointly with the Administration (NTIA) announced, on March ISOC Chapters on India to create greater 14, 2014, its intent to transition key Internet awareness and participation in the area of domain name functions to the global Internet Governance and also to start new multistakeholder community. NTIA has ISOC Chapters. communicated to ICANN that the transition proposal must have broad community support iii) Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation and address the following four principles: (WGEC)- Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) • Support and enhance the multistakeholder established WGEC in March 2013 with model; objective to examine the mandate of the World • Maintain the security, stability, and Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) resiliency of the Internet DNS; regarding enhanced cooperation as contained • Meet the needs and expectation of the in the Tunis Agenda, through seeking, global customers and partners of the IANA compiling and reviewing inputs from all services; and, Member States and all other stakeholders, and • Maintain the openness of the Internet.

63 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector eadn "nhcln te II legacy: NIXI the "Unshackling regarding Ahmedabad IIM by out carried been has study A Restructuring of NIXI vi) consideration of under the Government. is and 2014 24, December on submitted Role in the Future of the Internet". The report was report The Internet". the of Future the in Role Internet Governance for India to Play a Dominant a Play to India for Governance Internet Ahmedabad regarding "Strategies and Principles of Moreover, DeitY has got a study conducted the by IIM all of participation stakeholders in full accordance with Tunis agenda. be should There that the process is representative and democratic. to developa transition plan,ICANN should ensure Space. Aswe,alongwithotherstakeholderswork range of International Public Policies in the Cyber the in Policies Public International of range of entire the on and Resources Internet Core the of management the on mechanism international lc eswee n utltrl oa and fora multilateral in elsewhere place taking are that considerations and discussions n hs rcs, e o o se t subsuming it see not do we process, this in Governance. While India would actively participate drsig ny n apc o Internet of aspect one only addressing towards move initial an are proposal transition a frame to Efforts community. international the it to have legitimacy, credibility and acceptability by have a proper international legislative authority for India believes that the transitional proposal should h isiuin rsosbe o mngn and regulating managing the Internet need to for be Internationalised. responsible institutions the representative, democratic and that inclusive and inclusive that and democratic representative, oenne a as ohr, ed t b made be to needs others, also as Governance, h wdl hl ve ta ti apc o Internet of aspect this that view held widely the transparent. The announcement is a recognition of rpsl ht s ersnaie dmcai and democratic representative, is that transition proposal a develop to other stakeholders with important actively and constructively engage stakeholder in the global internet space, India will India space, internet global the in stakeholder an open, safe and secure Internet, and as a key a as and Internet, secure and safe open, an In continuation of India's commitment to maintain the aspects of Internet Governance. right direction aimed at attempting to reform one of coordination of Internet DNS as a first step in the in step first a as DNS Internet of coordination on role its transition to intent its of NTIA US the by announcement the notes India of Government India's position on NTIA Announcement is: 64 . itaie Cod optn Infrastructure Computing Cloud Virtualized 1. been undertaken in this area include: have that agenda Development & Research The the NIXI management. stakeholders need to be represented adequately in rwh f h itre eoytm al the all ecosystem, internet the of growth robust and healthy For Board. the in community ndqae ersnain f h registrar the of representation inadequate was there function, .IN sovereign a is of which registry role major the despite that noted was It providers to get connected to NIXI. including for bringing out a framework with necessary steps constituted being is Sub-Committee A providers. for wider participation of ISPs, Telcos and content connected to NIXI, which getting will be an providers alternate model Content which by out worked has beendecidedtocreatea suitable modelbeing it discussion the on Based 2014. , 22 December etme 8, 04 n o NX Bad on Board NIXI on and 2014 , 8 September utsaeodr etn hl i DiY n on DeitY in held meeting multistakeholder hs eomnain a dsusd n a on discussed was recommendation This NIXI must allow greater choice of players who • recommendation of the study includes: meaie fr uue rwh. h main The growth". future for Imperatives h IT oby rjc envisages project Bombay IIT The the optical and network layers to meet stand- meet to layers network and optical the at innovations for deployed and integrated be Centric Omnipresent Ethernet are proposed to Consumer- Using Solution Internet-working Reliable Efficient Pragmatic and Light-trails of technologies The systems. communication high-speed and Ethernet, Carrier Networking, elyn te ehoois f Optical of technologies the deploying eeomn o Nx gnrto design, generation Next of development Energy Management Applications: Using Light-trails and Very Fast Switching & NIXI. with an ASN must be allowed to interconnect at entity Any world. the in elsewhere happened has as Internet of growth of driver dominant become will content as providers and owners content also but Providers, Service Internet only not allowing NIXI, at interconnect could ne alia inter nd th n ragmn fr content for arrangement an alone, end-to-end service manifested for scalability, security & interoperability between Internet based Cloud computing needs. heterogeneous devices & protocols, and as a The project team has already developed Reference standard with the core IoT prototypes of Ethernet switch, which has been Middleware & APIs and Universal Gateway & validated by MTNL for establishing its data- Motes as IoT Network interface points. First

centers at Mumbai Metro and productionised year activities were devoted to the Testbed set Initiatives in Information Technology Sector through ECIL. Light-trails technology platform up around the commonly used Zigbee, can provide for optical layer multicasting, 6LowPan, IPv4/6 and Wi-Fi protocols dynamic bandwidth allocation and sub- supported and the Analysis matrix survey of wavelength granular support at low price previous IoT Middleware projects of four points making it an ideal transport layer Cloud based & a Network based (HYDRA-EU technology for Internet cloud needs. The Initiative) to develop the in-house platform and indigenous technology is further developed for application prototypes, to be followed by the the energy management network applications integration of IoT specific program language & in India. Visualisation tools for the project. 2. Internationalized Domain Names: 4. Development of m-Eyecare System through Mobiles by Thiagarajar College of Launch of dot(.) bharat in Indian languages will Engineering & Arvind Eyecare Hospital, help the non English speaking population in Madurai rural and remote areas to type the website address in local languages and access the local The collaborative project envisages language content in the respective language. Development of Software solution for Mobile This is expected to enhance the reach and tracking as an EMR extension implementation relevance of Internet among the Indian for Eye Care that runs on mobile computing population and spur the growth of content devices such as Tablets, PDA, Smart phones creation in multiple Indian languages. by creating an user interface to access modules of a full blown EMR application with Internationalised Domain Name enables an easily usable mobile based and patient Internet users to navigate and communicate doctor interactive application. m-Eyecare online in their preferred script/Language. environment will be set up for OPD of the DeitY, C-DAC and NIXI has taken up the Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. Aravind Eye challenge to represent Indian languages in the Care System is located at strategic rural Internationalized Domain Names. (.) bharat location and which examines 3 million patients domain name in Devanagari script was every year and does 60% free or steeply launched on 27th August 2014 covering 8 subsidized treatment. Based on the case languages (Hindi, Boro, Dogri, Konkani, studies made it is expected that RFID aided Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi- tracking system will reduce the patients and Devanagari). National Internet Exchange of staff waiting time by 50% in a day. India (NIXI) is in the process of launching .Bharat in other Indian Languages. The soft 5. Design and Development of a Cooperative launch of the IDNs in Gujarati, Bengali and High Performance Traffic Generator for Manipuri were done on December 25, 2014. Time-Sensitive Network Analysis (GENESYS) 3. A Secure, Scalable, and Interoperable Platform for Internet of Things by Amrita The joint CDAC-Bengaluru and Hyderabad University, Kollam, Kerala project was initiated for the 10GbE/40GbE Optical Network TCP/IP Off-load Engine on This project is aimed at an IoT Development new generation FPGA (Virtex 5/6, Stratix IV/V) Platform of Internet enabled end-to-end

65 Initiatives in Information Technology Sector ete f xelne o Lre ra Flexible Electronics Area (CFlexE) Large for Excellence of Centre Productivity and Employment Generation National Supercomputing Mission emerging segment of electronic industry and it is it and industry electronic of segment emerging new a is Electronics Flexible Area Large Kanpur. Flexible Area Large up atIIT approved toset Electronics (CFlexE)was for Excellence of Centre year 2014-15 are: sectors. Achievements of the PEG division for the for division PEG the of Achievements sectors. IT non priority various in productivity enhancing use of ICT and electronics by domestic industry for The broad objective of this activity is promotion of the Government for requisite approvals. 2014 and EFC has recommended the proposal to proposal the recommended has EFC and 2014 28, August on held was (EFC) Committee Finance in Supercomputing. A meeting of the Expenditure the of meeting A Supercomputing. in with a mission to attain leadership and self-reliance lcrnc ad nomto Tcnlg (DeitY), Technology Information and Electronics oenet f ni, aey Dprmn of Department Science and Technology (DST) and Department of namely, the India, of of departments Government two the by evolved has been Capability" and Capacity Building Mission: pooa tte "ainl Supercomputing "National titled proposal A 6. Migration to IPv6 from IPv4 initiative along initiative IPv4 from IPv6 to Migration 6. DeitY is supporting programmes, workshops programmes, supporting is DeitY ht ol ices te ead o IPv6 for enabled demand deployments in the country. the increase would that services and applications of development the network to make the network IPv6 ready and ready IPv6 network the make to network existing IPv4 setup of stack architectural dual and IPv6 of deployment in operators network condition. (DUTs) tests under devices Switches/Routers IPv6, and training of professionals and and professionals of training and IPv6, and seminars on the need for early adoption of with DoT & IPv6 Forum in India. nerto wt dfeet ae of makes different with integration RFCs testing are carried out standard at CDAC-H'bad for of capable tools generation traffic assigned to CDAC-B'lore & the are ToE Core system and IP Mac and testers The L1/L2 Ethernet (NICs). Controllers Interface Network embedded MAC IP Cores and DMA suitable for with along development & design level board 66 auatrn o McoNn sses n the in country. systems and Micro-Nano development of spur manufacturing to and developments for Systems Micro-Nano in Excellence of a Centre up set to concept on working is division The Centre of Excellence in Micro-Nano Systems expected shortly. Internal Security (NCETIS) for Technology in Excellence of Centre National oml prvl f optn Atoiy is Authority Competent of approval Formal an with outlay of Rs 100.87 Crores, to be spent in 5 SFC years. by approved been has Excellence The proposal of IIT Bombay to set up the Centre of these productise proto-types in collaboration also with industry. will centre The Camera. Thermal and Radar Penetrating Ground Vehicles, Video Surveillance and Analytics, Unmanned Unmanned Analytics, and Surveillance Video System, Communication Portable on prototypes eif prtos Te ete il develop will centre The operations. relief military forces) and for providing the rescue and rescue the providing for and forces) military Para and (Police agencies security our of need the to vital state-of-art-technologies, develop to set up at IIT Bombay. The objective of the Centre is Security (NCETIS) is in it's advanced stages of Internal approval, to for Technology in Excellence disaster management, a National Centre of of Centre National a management, disaster for and agencies security for technology indigenously made available make to and operations security relief and our rescue providing entities of and agencies effectiveness the improve To years period. project has The an outlay of 2014-15. Rs 132.99 year Crores, over five financial the for DeitY, from Nov. 2014, withaninitiativereleaseof Rs27.44Crores in given was project the for approval The and these prototypes would be productised. Inks Conductive and Sensor Temperature Flexible Solar Module, Circuit Lab on Paper, OLED Lighting, Flexible package, Medicine for Anti-Counterfeiting Tags, Electronic Printable of prototypes develop will centre The country. the in electronics flexible electronics, leading of to setting up of area eco-system for emerging this on expertise develop will Centre The Area. Large in substrates amorphous on Electronics of integration monolithic on based

A workshop is planned to be held for deliberating • Internet Governance: Enhancing India's role on the concept, towards a Detailed Project Report in Global Platforms of Internet Governance. (DPR) by IISc, Bangalore. The DPR is expected to Functions be completed by Feb/March 2015. • Policy matters relating to Information Results-Framework Document (RFD) - 2014-15 Technology, Electronics and Internet.

(Draft as submitted to PMD-CS) Initiatives in Information Technology Sector • Initiatives for development of Hardware / Vision, Mission, Objectives and Functions Software industry including knowledge based Vision enterprises, measures for promoting IT e-Development of India as the engine for transition exports and competitiveness of the industry. into a developed nation and an empowered society. • Promotion of IT and IT enabled services and Mission Internet. To promote e-Governance for empowering • Assistance to other departments in the citizens, promoting the inclusive and sustainable promotion of E-Governance, E-Infrastructure, growth of the Electronics, IT & ITeS industries, E-Medicine, E-Commerce, etc. enhancing India's role in Internet Governance, • Promotion of Information Technology adopting a multipronged approach that includes education and Information Technology-based development of human resources, promoting R&D education. and innovation, enhancing efficiency through • Matters relating to Cyber Laws, administration digital services and ensuring a secure cyber space. of the Information Technology Act. 2000 (21 of Objectives 2000) and other IT related laws. • e-Government: Providing e-infrastructure for • Matters relating to promotion and delivery of e-services manufacturing of Semiconductor Devices in • e-Industry: Promotion of electronics hardware the country. manufacturing and IT-ITeS industry • Interaction in IT related matters with • e-Innovation / R&D: Implementation of R&D International agencies and bodies. Framework - Enabling creation of Innovation/ • Initiative on bridging the Digital Divide, Matters R&D Infrastructure in emerging areas of relating to Media Lab Asia. ICT&E/Establishment of mechanism for R&D • Promotion of Standardization, Testing and translation Quality in IT and standardization of procedure • e-Learning: Providing support for for IT application and Tasks. development of e-Skills and Knowledge • Electronics Export and Computer Software network Promotion Council (ESC). • e-Security: Securing India's cyber space • National Informatics Centre (NIC) • e-Inclusion: Promoting the use of ICT for more • All matters relating to personnel under the inclusive growth control of the Department.

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67 Technology and Application Development ICT based technologies, products and services. on deployment its and development preparation, grassroots projects for conceptualization, ICT through applications of role field, the of needs experience of over a decade in understanding the understanding in decade a over experience of omn a. ei Lb sa a gained has Asia Lab Media man. common in developing & deploying ICTs for the benefit of benefit the for ICTs deploying & developing in success reasonable achieved has Asia Lab Media "early harvest" projects useful for the masses. Media Lab Asia is focused on 'Lab to Land' and Land' to 'Lab on focused is Asia Lab Media stake-holders etc. Academia, Industry, NGOs & other organisations/ eatet/iitis, & Institutions, R&D Departments/Ministries), (User Govt. with working is it endeavor this In for Tribals. and solutions Children & Women abled, differently ICT of delivery strengthening is Empowerment of differently abled. Media Lab Asia for artisans, ERP for SMEs etc.), Healthcare and Healthcare etc.), SMEs for ERP artisans, for tools CAD (Agriculture, Enhancement, Livelihood The company is working in the areas of Education, and the needy people. communication technologies to the common man with an aim to bring the benefits of information and act Companies of 25 Section under organization by not-for-profit a up as Technology set Information and been has Asia Government of India, Ministry of Communications Lab Media The Introduction 1. (An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company) MEDIA LAB ASIA 68 Development Application Technology and (ICAR). Research Agriculture of Council Indian of Project Innovation Agriculture National under AKPS as Amadalavalasa) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Wyra Kampasagar (Nellore, Krishi Kendra 4 Vigyan with tested field was model IIDS The Telangana. and Pradesh Andhra of districts 6 in Jayashankar University (PJTSAU) Agricultural State Telangana Prof. University and Agricultural Hyderabad Ranga (ANGRAU), at G. established N. been Acharya has IVRS) Free Toll and lines PRI lines, (Leased network communication specific manner. A centralized server with with server centralized A manner. specific location their in ICT using farmers, of problems the Interactive address and (IVRS) System Response Voice and Portal Phone Interactive Smart Application, of consisting an model is IIDS integrated require. they when and the as to farmers information provide to developed been has (IIDS)' System 'Interactive Dissemination namely, Information model ICT integrated An . pSaig f Anpra rsi Prasaar Krishi 'Annapurna of Up-Scaling 2.1 Achievements during 2014-2015 2. Seva (AKPS)' Imphal with the objective to empower the farmers by providing right information on right time. A multimedia agro advisory lab is established at College of Post Graduate Studies, Barapani, Meghalaya of CAU with six work stations, two servers, a 30 Channel PRI line, 2 MBPS lease line and a Toll Free No. Technology and Application Development

More than 1500 farmers were registered from Ri- Bhoi, East Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills and Jayantia Farmers using AKPS Services Hills of Meghalaya during the year. So far, 5500+ farmers are registered with m4agriNEI including After successful completion of the NAIP, ICAR 1000 farmers from 'KIRAN' project of ICAR. 15 st project on 31 March 2014, Media Lab Asia signed training and 11 awareness programs conducted on an MoU with ANGARU for continuation of AKPS crop cultivation and livestock management which services from 1st April 2014 in the existing 4 Krishi were attended by 800 farmers. 3500+ farmers Vigyan Kendras (Nellore, Kampasagar, Wyra and benefited from 70 training & awareness programs Srikakulam) as well as to expand it in at least in 2 conducted. More than 1800 advisories were more KVKs viz. Mahabubnagar in Andhra Pradesh delivered during the year on crop cultivation, pest and Kadapa in Telangana. & crop diseases, Artificial Insemination, piggery/ During the year, 5000+ new farmers from six poultry production and management. More than districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were 3000 advisories were delivered since June 2013. registered for agro advisory services. So far 6600+ farmers are registered with AKPS. The KVKs are receiving queries from the registered farmers and providing need based advisories in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. 1500+ queries of farmers were addressed by the experts from 6 KVKs in this year. With this more than 8000 queries were attended to and solutions provided since March 2013. Apart from the agro advisory services, KVKs also sent the 305 voice mails and 97 text messages in Telugu to the farmers Participation in North-East Agri Fair registered under the project on weather based agro advisories, precautionary & control measures for pests/diseases in rice, animal husbandry and fisheries.

2.2 Mobile Based Agro Advisory System for North East

Experts on Field Visit A project namely 'Development and Deployment of Mobile Based Agricultural Extension System in An impact assessment study was conducted with North-East India (M4Agri NEI)' has been taken up the objective to assess the level of awareness and along with Central Agricultural University (CAU), perception of the farmers about the project and to

69 Technology and Application Development aig mriey ein. t improves It designs. embroidery making Chic™ is a software tool used by the artisans in artisans the by used tool software a is Chic™ Deployment of Chic™ (CAD 2.3 tool for crafts) Fisheries and Animal Husbandry. need based advisories on Agriculture, Horticulture, the delivering for required components major the Arunachal (Mizoram, Pradesh & Tripura) with the objective CAU to include all of campuses other Lab Asia recommended expansion of the project to The 'Working Group' on ICT in Agriculture of Media piggery. on 66.05% and programmes training ginger on pest anddiseasemanagementonginger,69.66% on team m4agriNEI the by provided information the with satisfied were 82.11% i.e. respondents ead f h stain Mjrt o the of Majority situation. the of demand as motivating force in raising more queries as per while 61.90% felt that training programmes acted programmes is useful and clearly understandable, nomto rcie truh training through received information the that expressed respondents the of 96.22% (to 76.14%). With regard to training programmes, easily and clear understandable (to 92% farmers) was and was on time m4agriNEI the through provided information the that out brought study the Further programmes. visit field their during through interaction with the project team members 37.61% through farmer coordinators and 10.09% repeated on-site awareness/training programmes, through project 52.29% viz. the sources of different through aware fully were respondents netkn Te td sos ht ot f the of most that shows study The undertaken. district where the m4agriNEI project was was project m4agriNEI the where district odce i 1 ot f 7 ilgs n Ri-Bhoi in villages 47 of out 11 in was conducted study The lab. m4agriNEI the by services provided the of utilization of extent the analyze 'Swayambhar Nari' NGO,Kolkata Kantha EmbroideryWorkat 70 ete salse wt requisite with established Centre • under: carried out under the project during the year are as project activities and started w.e.f. 16 April Varanasi 2014. The activities Lallapura, at established The ICT Based resource Centre has been been has Centre resource Based ICT The programs etc. awareness The project health is supported by and DeitY. training Computer Basic solutions/ based ICT technologies including Chic™ (CAD Tool for various Craft), of deployment is to empower women in Lallapura craft cluster by project the of objective The (SIRD). Development project in collaboration with Sai Institute for Rural mentioned above the executing is Asia Lab Media program development integrated based ICT 2.4 another 700+ artisans. train to expected are and artisans 70+ master trainers. Sofarthesemastertrainershavetrained 7 to provided and was premises Training' on their 'Hands at installed was software ih AHR, n G i Knu. hc CAD Chic™ Kanpur. in NGO an 'ADHAR', with along undertaken was CAD CHIC of Deployment are primarily used that for 'Kantha' work. motifs adding by embroidery 'Kantha' ae. hc A sfwr ws utmzd for customized was software CAD and Chic cloth paper. like materials different to computer from transferred be can Designs opportunities. trade and employment of variety a generates and concepts design earlier strengthens productivity, Tablets, Inverter, Tables, Chairs etc.) infrastructure (Computers, Printers, Pen Pen Printers, (Computers, infrastructure cluster, Varanasi craft Lallapura in empowerment women for Women UsingChic™CADtoolat 'ADHAR' NGO,Kanpur • Sanctioned manpower recruited at the Centre Hardware for the project was provided by Govt. of – 5 project employees (1 Manager, 3 Mizoram (a Computer connected to a 29" color Coordinators, 1 Assistant) Television through a PAL converter). Training was • Seven social-economic sensitization/ provided to about 900 teachers under project. awareness programs conducted and one 2.6 "Punarbhava™" (www.punarbhava.in) - Web health camp organized (more than 500 portal to disseminate information related to

persons benefitted) Technology and Application Development disability field • 193 women/girls trained on basic computer skills. This web portal is created to benefit persons with disabilities, NGOs, professionals, policy makers, • 80 women/girls trained on Chic™-CAD Tool students, parents, community workers and other for Craft. 240 Khaka patterns created stakeholders in the field of disability. Information Health awareness programs conducted on related to different disability issues is being Anemia, Malaria, Chickenpox, Waterborne disseminated through the portal and is accessible Diseases, Milk-borne Diseases, Smallpox, as per W3C guidelines. The information on portal is Cough/Cold, Tetanus, Roundworm etc. (more than segregated under different sections such as Legal 400 persons benefitted) Instruments, Assistive Devices, Blogs, Accessible Content, Latest News, Events, Employment Opportunities, Publications and feedback. Two new sections viz. a.) Educational Games for Children with Disabilities and b.) Web page for NGOs working in Disability Field were created during the year. The portal is regularly updated and average daily hits have substantially increased from 1200 to 3000 during the year.

2.7 "Punarjjani" (www.punarjjani.in)–Web Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Joint Secretary, based tool to assist special teachers in DeitY at PRSG meeting of the project assessment of mentally challenged children

2.5 ICT in schools in North-East region of the The special educators normally maintain detailed country assessment & programming records of mentally challenged children and analyze them manually Digital classroom teaching has been implemented which is a time consuming and cumbersome task. in Government Schools of state of Mizoram in The ICT based integrated assessment tool, collaboration with State Education Department to Punarjjani™ developed in collaboration with C- empower the teachers in rural areas of the state DAC, Thiruvananthapuram empowers special with Computer Aided Teaching tool. It helps in educators for easy, efficient, quick and regular enhancing the concept clarity and interest in the assessment of mentally challenged children. teaching learning process. Punarjjani™ tool helps educators in saving their 1332 capsules of Computer aided software time by digitization & integration of three standard identified by the committee of Mizo teachers were methods widely used manually viz. FACP installed in 250 schools. Capsules have the content (Functional Assessment Checklist Programming), on subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, BASIC-MR (Behavioral Assessment Scale for including practical & Maths for classes XI and XII, Indian Children with Mental Retardation), MDPS and Science & Technology, History, Civics, (Madras Development Programming System). Geography, and Maths for Classes VIII to X.

71 Technology and Application Development from fetal heart rate variability to nearly involving nearly to variability rate heart fetal from research on heart rate variability has progressed has variability rate heart on research partnership with AIIMS-Delhi. Over 50 years of the researchers and academics across the country in country the across academics and researchers HRV practitioners, medical on empowering for Analysis' System Centralized of Development ei Lb sa ntae te rjc 'ein & 'Design project the initiated Asia Lab Media . Centralized System for Heart 2.8 Rate Variability conducted jointly were with CSI Chennai Coimbatore Chapter. & Pune Chennai, Madurai, at mentally workshops The children. 20,000 challenged than more benefiting been trained have country the throughout States/UTs – Tamil Nadu) from around 150 cities/towns of 28 ersnig 6 seil col & 2 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) blocks (119 - Haryana & 122 3 & schools special 465 representing and Coimbatore (1). 780+ special teachers teachers special 780+ (1). Coimbatore and (1), (1) Chennai Guwahati (1), Pune (2), Panipat (1), (1), Madurai Hyderabad (1), Bhopal (1), Kolkata (2), Mumbai (2), (5), Kochi (1), training Delhi Ahmedabad at 20 conducted been office. have Mumbai workshops at server Asia's It hasbeenhostedthroughInternetonMediaLab Tamil Nadu & Guwahati, Assam Coimbatore, at Workshops Training 'Punarijani' (HRV) Analysis 72 country. through vision centers/ CSCs to other parts of the services ophthalmology enhancing for System' eeoe wb ae 'Teleophthalmology based web developed MLAsia requirement user / field the Considering of Maharashtra have been covered. centers located at Panchgani and Sangamner taluk Ghaziabad district of Utter Pradesh and two vision in 4 and Rajasthan of district Alwar in 6 includes In the initial phase of the program 10 CSCs which (Pune) & CSC Hospital e-Governance India Eye Ltd. Specialty Super Centre Desai Research HV (Delhi), and Hospital Eye Venu with jointly CSCs' Centres/ Vision through deployed been has Software Teleophthalmology MLAsia's through Teleophthalmology of Deployment 2.9 health status of the people. the improve significantly could which knowledge ol gnrt hg aons f medical of amounts huge generate endeavor The would needs. specific their for access professionals, people and communities have easy otr, eerhr, elh providers, health the researchers, that doctors, so format) system (in way advanced provide the HRV tool in a more informative and informative more a to in tool HRV and the provide places remote to available technology this make to is development the of purpose The education, research, preventive-curative care medical and diagnosis. for useful be would HRV on several diseases as well. The centralized database in system but health in important only not an indicator performance is HRV thus and other one system influences levels of functioning of the in derangement that found has HRV diseases. all Vision Centres/ CSCs Technology and Application Development

Teleophthalmology training camps at Panchgani and Sangamner, Maharashtra

2.10 Implementation of ISO 9001-2008 at 6/1/2015 Registration Number SQ/ISO9001/ 675 MLAsia for Services Related to Design, Development and Application of Information Communication Standardization Testing and Quality Certification Technology for healthcare, Education, Livelihood (STQC) Directorate has certified Media Lab Asia for Enhancement and Empowerment of Differently ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System) on abled.

ISO Certificate Sr. Director (Research) receiving ISO Certification from Director, STQC

2.11 Information Technology Research help build a national resource for advancing the Academy (ITRA) quality and quantity of R&D in Information and Communications Technologies and Electronics ITRA is an enabling programme initiated by and its applications in IT and related institutions Department of Electronics and Information across India. ITRA is currently operating as a Technology, Ministry of Communication and division of Media Lab Asia. Information Technology, Government of India, to

73 Technology and Application Development )Mechanisms are defined to transfer deserving e) )Programs are formulated to promote creativity d) )Rsaces r epsd o tt o te art the of state to exposed are Researchers c) )Fellowships, awards, professorships, etc., are b) )Eiet xet ae nie t nrue R&D nurture to invited are experts Eminent a) quality of R&D at institutions: uses the following mechanisms for enhancing the needs of the industry and society at large. ITRA large. at society and industry the of needs the address and institutions academic in faculty become could who PhDs producing of capacity r amd t mjr nrae n h national the in increase major a at aimed are activities ITRA prototypes. working to solutions lab converting for mechanisms to exposed and identify societal problems in IT and other domains, problems amenable to IT solutions, motivated to motivated solutions, IT to amenable problems classroom knowledge relating to developing solutions, trained to spot in educated knowledge, IT researchers who are well equipped with the latest the with equipped well are who researchers ITRA is designed to produce a large numbers of IT of PSAtoGoIgivingopening remarks inITRA-Human Prof. S.V.Raghvan,Scientific Secretary intheOffice n invto truh utrn societal sensitivity nurturing through innovation and ehoois eeoe b te em to teams the companies, etc. by developed technologies facilities, best practices and mentorship given to recognize performance ITRA Institutions/Faculty teams in emerging areas and collaborate with Simulator Strategy FormulationMeeting Annual ReviewofITRAproject 74 asked to submit be full proposal. would teams EoI shortlisted The EoIs. these s n h poes f vlaig n shortlisting and evaluating of process the 200 in is than more and Expression of floated Interests (EoIs) were received. ITRA was area focus the project activities, request for proposals for the initiate To (ITRA-Ag&Food)". Food & Agriculture TA a as tkn p nw ou ae "T in "IT area focus new a up taken also has ITRA project in these two focus areas. rsnl, 0 PD tdns r wrig n the in working are students PhD 103 Presently, .PD israin wr a Outstanding at Award Dissertation PhD 8. PhD Research Award at Outstanding level -11 7. PhD Research Award at Exemplary level– 1 6. .Itricpiay olbrto Aad at Award Collaboration Interdisciplinary 5. Partnership Award at Outstanding level – 3 4. .Ta Aheeet wr i Otec and Outreach in Award Achievement Team 3. .Ta Aheeet wr i Rsac at Research in Award Achievement Team 2. .Ta Aheeet wr i Rsac at Research in Award Achievement Team 1. announced: the evaluations, the following awards were were awards following the evaluations, the on Based ITRA-Mobile. for posters 39 and Water ITRA- for presented were posters 33 workshop, the of course the during presented were posters posters for their respective projects. A total of 72 of total A projects. respective their for posters experts in the respective fields. Students presented team projects were reviewed by panels of 10 to 15 the projects was conducted in Jan, 2015. These 14 all for Meeting Evaluation Annual Subsequently, osrcie edak y h committees. the with by provided feedback were teams constructive the All 2014. Aug while ITRA-Mobileprojectswereexaminedinmid Bangalore, IISc at 2014 Aug early in committee ae poet wr eaie b te review the by examined were projects Water country in these two areas. The progress of ITRA- projects were initiated at 44 institutions across the Resources Sustainability (ITRA-Water)". 14 teams (ITRA-Mobile)" and "IT based Innovations in Water Applications and Networking Computing, "Mobile viz., areas, focus two up taken has ITRA Initially, level – 1 Outstanding level – 2 Societal Service at Outstanding level - 1 Outstanding level - 1 Exemplary level - 1 To initiate a new focus area, Human Simulator, • Support planned for additional candidates, ITRA had organised a brainstorming meeting on not for current levels of enrolment in the Nov 27, 2014, in Delhi. Objective of the meeting PhD programme was to develop an outline of the initiative – in terms • For every 5 candidates under this scheme, of defining its scope, and identifying the sciences, 1 candidate expected to be supported by engineering disciplines, stakeholders, other agencies, e.g., industry/State Govt. organizations, individuals etc., to be involved to Technology and Application Development best realize that scope. This meeting was attended Financial Assistance: by around 15 eminent experts from Govt. qFull time PhD Candidate: departments, Research Institutions, Academia and Industry. AS a next step, Strategy Formulation • Fellowship : @ Rs. 22.5K p.m.(I & II yr); Meeting for Human Simulator was conducted from Rs. 25K p.m. (III to V yr); 15th to 17th January, 2015, which was attended by ØThe Fellowship amount is under about 60 international and national experts, from revision the fields of Medicine as well as ICT & E. Request for Proposals for this focus area will soon be • Annual Contingency grant (Rs. 30K) and floated. Reimbursement of Rent as per the GoI norms. ITRA has also formulated following policies and guidelines for post grant engagements for the • Infrastructure grant to the institutions : teams: (i.) UG and PG Student Internships; (ii.) 50% by the Institutions & 50% from PhD Performance Based Awards for Students and scheme (up to Rs. 5.00 lakh/full-time Teams; (iii.) Interactions of Teams with Mentors; candidate) for lab up-gradation/ (iv.) International Travel of Researchers; and (v.) equipment. Interactions of Teams with Adjunct Faculty. • Institutional Overheads: @ Rs. 25K p.a./full time candidate The CDOT premises at Mehrauli, New Delhi, was identified, and rented, as ITRA Headquarter. Now, • Support for attending international ITRA has started operating from this place. conferences-up to Rs. 50K per conference. 1000 grants on First come first serve 2.12 Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for basis. Electronics & IT qPart-time Candidate: One time incentive of Department of Electronics and Information Rs. 2.5 lakhs on completion of the PhD Technology, Government of India has conceived a scheme to enhance the number of PhDs in the • Currently under Revision Electronic Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) and q200 Young Faculty Research Fellowship to IT/IT enabled Services (ITES) sector. Cabinet retain and attract bright young faculty Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has members approved the scheme with a total cost of Rs 401 • 1 Fellowship/5 Full Time PhD Candidates in Crore (Rupees Four Hundred One Crore only) over an institution a period of nine years. Media Lab Asia has been entrusted for providing implementation support to • Fellowship @ Rs. 20K p.m.+ Rs. 5 lakhs the scheme. p.a. research grant up to 5 years qObjectives: qInstitution's Eligibility for support: • All IITs, NITs, IISc, IISER, Central • Additional 1500 PhDs (500 Full time, 1000 Universities/Institutions & Colleges/ Part Time) in each of ESDM & IT/ITES Institutions of National importance are sectors (Total : 3000 additional PhDs) eligible

75 Technology and Application Development Status so far q q q q • Organization of workshops being planned being workshops of Organization • Advertisement published in newsletters of • • 234 promotional letters in January 2015 January in letters promotional 234 • Awareness: s e dtis eevd rm 4 institutions, 24 from received details per As Funds released to 25 institutions approved till 25 institutionsapproved Funds releasedto After approval of the scheme in March 2014, March in scheme the of approval After tt Uieste/emd Universities/ Universities/Deemed State • of candidates are being requested to enroll the approved no. Institutions scheme. the under enrolled been 106 Full Time & 11 Part Time candidates have August 2014. meeting of Academic Committee held on 4 2 omte edo Committee December held 2014. on 8 across 19 states till 3 meeting of Academic of meeting 3 till states 19 across Time) have been approved to 34 institutions 34 to approved been have Time) Part 38 Time, Full (291 fellowships PhD 329 nd Ø Ø Ø o ped wrns aot h PhD the about awareness spread to CSI & ELCINA (Cost Free) scheme criteria ulfig h DiY pcfe eligibility specified DeitY the qualifying eusig hi priiain n the in participation their requesting emails sent to the heads of with the institutions along letters promotional 546 and ntttos lo lgbe ujc to subject eligible also Institutions h Isiuin hud e accredited be should Institution The The Institution should be recognized be should Institution The h Isiuin hud ae existing have should Institution The Accreditation Council of UGC). by NAAC(National Assessment & & Assessment NAAC(National by to ESDM & IT/ITES Programmes. Accreditation) accredited with respect of (National Board and NBA by AICTE norms and ditd s e UC admission UGC per as admitted be to scheme this under student(s) PhD The years. 3 last the for areas ITES ESDM/IT/ and have produced in PhDs in these stream graduate post Or th rd th 76 (TDIL) Language Indian for Development Technology other portable devices. and Mobile through available technologies these make to continuing also are Efforts applicable. eurmns n lbl tnad wherever standards global in requirements languages' Indian incorporate to organizations collaboration with the international standardization technologies, linguistic resources, tools and and tools resources, linguistic technologies, fot ae otnig o eeo modern develop to continuing are Portal. Centre Efforts Data TDIL the from downloads through various means such as free CDs, or direct &development are available to the common people Processing (NLP). The outcomes of the research the of outcomes The (NLP). Processing Language Natural for standards and resources technologies by development of language language of niche development of by development technologies speedy for have way Programme paved TDIL the by initiated efforts research Many use. free for people to available software in 22 Indian languages have been made been have languages Indian 22 in software language and tools processing information Basic languages. h 2 cntttoal rcgie Indian recognized constitutionally 22 the initiated with major focus on Localization in the all from ICT. e-Bhasha Mission Mode Project is being benefits derive and use can people common that n mdr tcnlge i lcl agae so languages local in technologies modern and DeitY is bringing the information processing tools Language" Indian for Development s nls koig n sekn. "Technology speaking. and knowing English is two or more languages. But only 7-8% population speak India in people of number A provided. are developed interfaces language other later and English using initially are technologies advanced ehooy n hi mte tnu. ot f the of Most tongue. mother their ICT in the technology using in comfortable more are People PhD Cell, Academia and Industry. between different stakeholders of the PhD scheme: A Portal is being developed to facilitate interaction different locations in the country. across CSI with planned being are more 6 association withCSIand in Feb2015 Cochin in organized being workshop One country. of areas different the in Scheme

programme of programme Objectives • Tools for Language Processing and Web Development TDIL Programme supports activities related to research & development, proliferation and • Localization and Content Creation standardization of language technologies for • Language Technology Standardization Indian languages so that people can use and get Achievements benefits of Information and Communication Technology and Application Development Technologies (ICTs) in their own languages. ØNational Roll Out Plan

TDIL Programme With the aim to develop information processing tools to facilitate human machine The major objectives of the TDIL programme are: interaction in Indian languages and to develop • To develop information processing tools to technologies to access multilingual knowledge facilitate human machine interaction in Indian resources, free language CDs containing languages and to create and access various software tools like Libre Office, Open multilingual knowledge resources/content. Type Fonts, Keyboard Drivers, Firefox Web • To promote the use of information processing Browser, E-mailing Client, etc have been tools for language studies and research. released for public use for all 22 constitutionally recognized Indian languages. • To promote use of information processing tools in socio-economic sectors e.g. e- These software tools and fonts are useful for governance, e-rural prosperity & e-learning. Office productivity applications and e-content • To consolidate the developed Indian language development. These software tools and CDs technologies into innovative user products are being used by different PSUs, Banks, and services. Educational Institutions, etc. The new CDs are compatible with win 8.1 and Ubuntu 11.04. • To promote collaborative development of The SakalBharati open type font and all 22 futuristic technologies leading to innovative language keyboard driver for Android was products and services. released in public domain by Hon'ble MCIT on Focus Areas 25th Dec 2014 during Good Governance Day. An advertisement for proliferation of these Development of technologies in multilingual language CD tools was released across India computing areas involves intensive indigenous on 26th Dec 2014 in 14 Indian Languages. As R&D efforts due to multiplicity of Indian languages. on date 12.10 lakh CDs have been distributed The focus areas of the TDIL programme are and there has been 1.27 crore downloads and broadly divided into the following domains: over 10,000 support calls. These software tools can also be downloaded free from • Human Machine Interface Systems http://www.ildc.in. • Machine Translation Systems Øe-Bhasha Mission Mode Project • Text to Speech Systems • Speech Recognition Systems e-Bhasha MMP is being planned to permeate localization in all possible e-Gov services and • Optical Character Recognition Systems also connect the citizens to ICT through new • Cross Lingual Information Access and and substantial models of implementation and Retrieval service delivery taking into consideration the • Development of Linguistic Resources to strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and facilitate speedy development of Language threats, while closely coupling with on-going Technologies research and will aid the research to respond to the market needs.

77 Technology and Application Development Ø • • • Many tools and technologies developed during Technology Development motn tos n tcnlge ae as are follows: technologies and tools the important of http://tdil-dc.in.Some portal Centre hs ae ae vial a te DL Data TDIL the at available made are These use. public for released been have year the information system. omdt pie ad weather and prices Commodity agae/ ilcs o Agricultural for Dialects Languages/ eonto sse i 1 Indian 11 in system recognition speech of development for initiated been Tamil Nadu states. Phase –II and of ASR project has Maharashtra Tamil for and languages Marathi in system ASR for initiated been has Agriculture of Ministry with collaboration in effort deployment ht:/w.gake.i.n. Pilot (http://www.agmarknet.nic.in). NIC Agmarknet portal Agmarknet NIC for interface voice as act would systems Marathi have been developed. The The developed. been have and Marathi Telugu Tamil, Assamese, Bengali, agae dvlpd aey Hindi, namely developed Languages Agricultural Commodity prices for 6 Indian (http://mgov.gov.in) dc.in for feedback and improvement. through TDIL Data centre http://www.tdil- available made and developed been have languages Gujarati and Odia Malayalam, o Mbl Sv Gateway Seva Mobile Gov been E- through available made and have developed Gujarati and Telugu Tamil, Marathi, Hindi, namely Languages Indian egl, aah, ai, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, namely Languages Indian eight for Browser Chrome and Mozilla for in Languages: Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for (ASR) Recognition Speech Automatic Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) M Rae o Adod ltom o 5 for Platform Android on Reader SMS SMS Reader in Indian Languages Text to Speech systems as a browser plug- et o peh TS i Indian in (TTS) Speech To Text 78 • • • • Centre http://www.tdil-dc.in. Data TDIL through available made been Tamil, Assamese and Urdu languages have Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gurumukhi, Devanagari, Bengali, namely languages Languages Government of India. (https://apps.mgov.gov.in/home.jsp) of of (https://apps.mgov.gov.in/home.jsp) vial o te oie ea portal Seva Mobile the on available ae en eeoe ad made and Apps developed device been mobile have through access To MT internet. the mobile mobile and through SMS accessed be also can sentences English simple of translation for service Translation Machine feedback. w.dld.n o pbi ue and use website public centre for data www.tdil-dc.in tdil on available made been have Urdu-Hindi) and Tamil Telugu, Tamil-Hindi, Telugu-Hindi, Telugu- aah-id, ujb-id, Tamil- Punjabi-Hindi, Marathi-Hindi, euu HniUd, Malayalam-Tamil, Hindi-Urdu, Telugu, Hindi- Hindi-Punjabi, Hindi-Bengali, pairs: Indian Languages to Indian Languages (12 Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu) and Bodo, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, to English pairs: 11 languages agae ar (nls t Indian to (English pairs language lh vrin nie Handwriting Online version Alpha system recognition Handwriting On-line lh vrin nie Handwriting Online version Alpha system recognition Handwriting On-line Optical CharacterRecognition for 9Indian Indian in Recognition Character Optical ahn Tasain ytm fr 23 for systems Translation Machine Machine Translation Systems id, egl, ai, euu Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Hindi, Recognition in 8 Indian Languages namely been hosted on TDIL-DC portal. (OHWR): OHWR Tamil system for Android and win developed. 8.1 has been have languages aaaa, saee n Punjabi and Assamese Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Hindi, Recognition in 8 Indian Languages namely (OHWR):

Malayalam, Assamese and Punjabi Urdu has been developed and made languages have been developed. Tamil available on the TDIL Data Centre It is also OHWR system for Android and win 8.1 has a very useful resource for language been hosted on TDIL-DC portal. researchers & linguists.

• Cross Lingual Information Access (CLIA) • Development of Shallow Parser Tools for 12 Indian Languages Dogri, Gujarati, Beta Version of Monolingual Search Hindi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithilee, Oriya, Technology and Application Development Engines for Tourism Domain for 5 Indian Santhali and four NE Region languages Languages (Sandhan) –Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Bodo, Manipuri & Nepali is in Marathi, Tamil and Telugu has been progress. Basic Morphological Analyzers released in public domain. The system for these languages have been developed can be accessed from TDIL Data centre: and made available on the website for user http://www.tdil-dc.in Alpha version of feedback. Cross-lingual Information Access system for 6 Indian Languages have also been • Treebank is a major linguistic resource for developed. Efforts initiated to host the various NLP tasks. Project Development of CLIA system on Govt of India Meghraj Dependency Tree Banks for Indian Cloud portal. Languages" is being implemented to develop dependency annotated data for The Phase–II of the Consortium Mode five Indian i.e. Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, projects in the areas of Machine Kannada and Malayalam in consortium Translation (MT) Systems & Optical mode. Character Recognition (OCR)Systems, Text-to-Speech (TTS) in Indian languages ØStandardization integrated with screen reader in Indian Thedevelopment of standards is a dynamic languages are being deployed on Cloud process. DeitY is actively participating in the Infrastructure established by DeitY. international standardization organizations ØDevelopment of Language Technology such as Unicode, World Wide Web Resources Consortium (W3C), and ELRA etc to represent Indian scripts/ languages in the futuristic • Annotated Text Corpora: Development of standards for web technologies and NLP. annotated Text Corpora of 6,00,000 words Internationalization of various W3C Standards each for 17 languages including English CSS, X-form, Voice Browser and others are i.e. Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, being analyzed for their adoption in Indian Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Languages. Some of the major achievements Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, in the standardization activity are: Tamil, Telugu and Urdu languages is continuing. • Indic Language Requirements for e-Pub • WordNet: Wordnet data is very useful for and CSS Standards developing the Word Sense The W3C Internationalization Working Disambiguation module and bilingual Group has published a First Public dictionaries. These components are very Working Draft of Indic Layout essential to develop other niche Requirements on behalf of the Indic technologies such as Machine Translation Layout Task Force, part of the W3C systems, etc. Integrated Wordnet for Internationalization Interest Group. This sixteen languages i.e. Hindi, Assamese, document describes the basic Bengali, Bodo, Gujarati, Kannada, requirements for Indic script layout and Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, text support on the Web and in eBooks. Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and These requirements provide information

79 Technology and Application Development • • • ncd rpeetto fr 2 Indian 12 for representation Unicode • Project has been initiate to provide third- provide to initiate been has Project etn Eauto & ecmrig of Benchmarking & Evaluation Testing The Modification INSCRIPT Keyboard Keyboard INSCRIPT Modification The Enhanced Keyboard Standard Virtual Keyboard Layouts for mobile and mobile for Layouts Keyboard Virtual Virtual Keyboard Layouts: agae ehoois en developed being technologies language various the in improvement the helping is technology products. The testing feedback ecmrig aiiis o language for facilities benchmarking at tsig eauto and evaluation testing, party Language Technologies publication stage. in is same The Standard. National a as it decelerating before cycle standardization umte t BS o opee their complete to BIS to submitted been has Standard Draft The completed. Standard Unicode 6.1 has been been has 6.1 Unicode Standard UNICODE latest conformity in Languages Layout and Encoding Standards for Indian portal (http://mgov.gov.in). Seva Mobile the on available been have languages Urdu and Kannada Malayalam, Telugu, Punjabi, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, namely, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, namely, Keyboard for 11 Indian Languages Languages Indian 11 for Keyboard mobile in use devices by common people. So far Virtual for website MSDG on wireless devices have been made available eomne fr uue esos of versions Unicode and ISO10646. future for recommended itrc cit rnh hv been have Grantha script Historic completed. been have India of languages official 22 representing for used scripts 20141216. http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-ilreq- hs ouet s vial at available is document This on. goes time as scripts Indian additional o ie te cp t encompass to scope the widen to focuses on Devanagari, but there are plans Indic scripts. The current document document current The scripts. Indic and SVG about how to support users of users support to how about SVG and for Web technologies such as CSS, HTML 80 • • • • eatet f lcrnc and Electronics of Department Model RFP of e-Gov w.r.t Localization Script behaviour of a language script pair script language a of behaviour Script Script Behaviour for ICT Stakeholders Formation of Indic Layout Task-Force at Task-Force Layout Indic of Formation Best Practices for Internationalization of RFPs, to be used actual by Line Departments and preparing for Toolkits and notes Guidance with along (RFPs), Proposals for Requests Model formulate to initiative oenet f ni hd ae u an up taken had India of Government nomto Tcnlg (DEITY), Technology Information languages work is in progress. the first in this series and for remaining for and series this in first the is Hindi for behaviour Script Devanagari internet. the and applications platforms, agae ars Oeaig System Operating across Languages orc lnusi spot f Indian of support linguistic correct for Practice Best a as developed being is for feedback. stakeholders to circulated and developed been has Languages Indian in CSS for requirements Languages Indian for draft next the inclusion version of the standards. 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Thus CLIA, TTS, Mobile based MT service, some points/modifications are required to LPMS etc. As on date, there has been incorporate in the same with respect to 21270 downloads. localization. Suggestive changes are proposed and submitted for kind approval. • TDIL Web-site: Technology and Application Development The TDIL website (http://tdil.mit.gov.in) ØLanguage Technology Information has been developed to support all 22 Dissemination& Repository constitutionally recognized Indian • TDIL Data Centre (www.tdil-dc.in) languages along with script variations. It is also Unicode compliant and contains This portal provides language technology information about the TDIL Programme's services and resources developed under initiatives and achievements. It provides various TDIL projects. Apart from acting access to Indian language technology as a single source of Indian language standards (Indian scripts, keyboard resources, it also checks the quality of layout, font layout, etc), articles and data, fix errors if any, and proactively reviews. The website also provides identify gaps in the data. Approximately downloadable fonts and software tools for 284 Indian languages resources and a Indian Languages. The RFPs for inviting number of NLP tools for 22 Indian R&D proposals for Text Mining, Grammar languages have been made available based technologies, speech based through TDIL Data Centre portal. There technologies have been uploaded on the are twelve applications like MAT, portal. WebOCR, IndoWordNet, HindiWordnet,

81 Technology and Application Development technologies have been recognized world over as over world recognized been have technologies Technologies Broadband & Communications Convergence, ovrec Cmuiain & Broadband & Communications Convergence • • o a, oe hn 0 Tml books Tamil 500 than more far, So The Gift of New Abilities, a project initiated ata 21 Aad o ai OCR Tamil to Award 2014 Manthan h VswBaa@dl s technical a is VishwaBharat@tdil The Language Indian of Journal Technical students for the past 4 years. have been running it as a service for blind they and Chennai Centre, Rehabilitation optr o RMT ot Trust Worth RCMCT of computers several in charge of free installed been has OCR Nadu. Tamil in students blind of to hundreds Braille books delivered as been converted by Tamil OCR and and OCR Tamil by converted been have general) and story college, (school, OCR deployment. for the year 2014 was conferred on Tamil has beenrecognizedandManthanaward effort This format. Braille in text printed Programme, to enable the blind to access ehooy dvlpd ne TDIL under developed technology, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (OCR) Recognition uses Character Ramakrishnan Optical A.G. Bengaluru Prof IISc, under of lab MILE through deployment TDIL Web site. the through accessible are issues the All of Indian Language software at one place. area the in achievements developments, Technologies rdcs tos srie, activities, services, tools, products, about information consolidates which technologies, language Indian of journal : 82 ih efrac Cgiie ai Networks, Wildlife Protecting for Networks Sensor Wireless Radio Cognitive Performance High Networks, Radio Cognitive for design protocol MAC Systems, Cyber-Physical on hub Innovation Achievements h o-on poet i pors include progress in projects on-going The facility and Millimeter Range Wave facility. Test Antenna Compact Communication, Satellite multimedia rate variable for Prototyping Ultra-low CostMicrowaveImagingSystem, FPGA Networks, Broadband Wireless Fourth Generation for Relays Networks, Access Wireless Broadband Microsystems wths o wdbn rcniual RF reconfigurable wideband for Switches IP, over Multimedia in research advanced for bed Test Access, Broadband Wireless in Optimization agae atoig rmwr, Channel Framework, captioning Language monitoring, Patents for 4G and LTE-A, Indian Sign health for Network Area Body Wireless Networks, o wrls apiain, ontv Radio Cognitive applications, wireless for Wireless Sensor Networks for water quality, Smart Antenna Development, Waveform Generation Next Radio, Defined Software are these of Some successfully were completed. areas the thrust the across in institutions country various at supported projects development technology of number A Strategic Electronics. Convergence in and technologies in Broadband Communications, Innovation and Development The programme aims at the Research & & Research the at aims programme The other relevant services and ensuring. services government management dcto, oil bodat disaster broadcast, social, education, health, like sectors to solutions innovative and effective cost providing at aim technologies edge equitable solutions. The R&D in convergent cutting technologies are aimed at providing affordable and omnctos Bodad n Strategic and Broadband Communications, eeomn i te et generation next the in Development & Research the and Technologies, Information Communication in advancement and citizens India which has a focus on digital empowerment of development. In the and context of the vision of growth Digital economic for technologies key the , Free Space Optical (FSO) Links for and Humans, Green Sensor Networks for Air Technology Development Council (TDC) Quality Support, On line City Air pollution To undertake & support R&D projects for monitoring, Safety Alert & Advisory Information development in the following categories: System for Road Vehicles, Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, Interference Mitigation Methods A. IT in Emerging Areas through Base Station Cooperation, Compact Co- B. Information Technology Research Academy

Planar Patch and Fractal Antennas for UWB C. High Performance Computing Technology and Application Development Systems, Development of Low Complexity near D. Electronics Systems Development and Optimal Detector and its ASIC Implementation for Applications Wireless MIMO Applications, Next Generation (4G) Advanced Wireless Technology Research, Cyber A. IT in Emerging Areas Physical System for healthcare, Autonomic Energy The primary objective of the IT in Emerging Aware Management Network, Self-Powered Areas Division is to promote and support Wireless Chipset for Building to Building research, design, development and Communication, Tracking system for controlling engineering in the following area: illegal mining & coal transportation, Dual i) Green IT Connectivity LTE-WiFi solution, Framework of LTE based system for enhanced security and QoS, ii) Digital Preservation, Small Cell WiFi Networks for the Enterprise, SDR iii) Perception Engineering, Development Platform for Researchers and iv) Bioinformatics Academia, Next Generation Waveform v) Free & Open Source Software Development for SDR Application, Broadband Wireless Communication System using Terahertz vi) Big Data Analytics technology, Study of Software Defined Networks vii) Cloud Computing for a New Networking Era, Optimal detector and its i) Green IT ASIC implementation for wireless MIMO applications, Cooperative MIMO Framework for The ongoing project, "Development of ICT Chaos-based Sensor Networks , MIMO in 3GPP technologies for smart buildings with low carbon LTE standard using Soft-computing Tools, emissions", progressed significantly. Converged Cloud Communication Technologies, Achievements during the year include: Spectrum Aware Rural Connectivity (SPARC), • Lighting: Deployed in various buildings with Energy efficient technologies for 4G LTE BWA cluster tree topology and is controlled wireless network, Early Fire detection and Safe Exit Guiding through Zigbee network. Zigbee Enabled LED System, Tracking System for Controlling Illegal (ZLED) luminaire with 55W and 3600 lumen Mining and Coal Transportation, Autonomic Energy output, was used as a replacement for 74W T5 Aware Management of Network & Cloud, Feasibility fluorescent lamp with 3250 lumen. Assessment model for underground coal • HVAC & Automation: Ambient light intensity gasification, Pilot Deployment of Multilingual DVB based wireless Blinds control, Thermal Subtitle solution in metro cities, Smart Grid and comfort based motorized collar damper, Formation of UAVs, Low Power Terabit for Automatic wireless control operation of Broadband Communication Links, Compact Co- windows for natural ventilation, Cassette type planar Patch and fractal Antennas for Wideband AC control with prediction based on and UWB, Design of Robust Comm. Receiver based temperature, humidity, PIR and Co2 sensor on OFDM in Interference Limited Channels for data have been deployed. TVWS, SoC approaches for Design adaptive • Hardware Modules Developed: Wireless antenna, IoT for smarter healthcare, MAC & Sensor Network using ZigBee protocol (IEEE Network layer for IoT. 802.15.4), Power aware C-mote, Sensor

83 Technology and Application Development • e-Goshwara: • following: the include year the during made achievements notable The metadata. its & case of record digital of preparation to related activities preservation h Cnr am t cry u te aiu digital various the out carry to aims Centre The for Excellence significantly. progressed has Preservation" Digital of "Centre project ongoing The Digital Preservation ii) Design and Implementation of preservation of Implementation and Design coordinator, Designed of Mote Interface card Interface Mote of Designed coordinator, ibe WNZ fr nry PoE-PAN Energy, for (WINGZ) Zigbee Network IP Wireless accelerometer, 3D and Temperature for modules Zigbee embedded rmwr i udr salsmn a CDAC at establishment under is framework niomn fr eh Dsrc courts: District Delhi for environment e te AS n Tutd Repository Trusted and OAIS the per as Environment Preservation State-of-the-Art is in use at Karkardooma District Courts. prototype Prototype courts. district Delhi for developed software a is (DCPM) Manager oe wr -oeWINGZ Power awareC-mote oeItraecr PoE-PANCoordinator Mote Interfacecard ipsd ae Portfolio Case Disposed Sensor embeddedZigbeeModules A 84 bieh Digitalaya: Abhilekh • e-RecordsDigitalaya: • Phase energy meter. ifrn apiain aog ih DAC, 3- Zigbee a it, on RTC and EEPROM, with Relays, along applications different to support various types of ADC inputs to suit Processing Tool,DigitalRepository Portalfor nomto Sse, r-rhvl Data Pre-archival System, Information Department, Hyderabad. Stamps & Registration (CARD), Documents of preservation Computer Aided Administration of Registered the for Hyderabad SDC at governance. Thetoolsarepresentlydeployed h ercrs eeae truh e- through generated e-records the and organizations government by produced formats file various in documents electronic of preservation the for mainly designed are the tools These in development. of stage advanced are Tool Extraction e-Records and System Archival and Management Records requirements. Noida to cater initially the Delhi District Courts The development of e- The developmentof An Open Archival Archival Open An by DeitY is opearational at 7 institutes (IIT-Delhi, CEERI-Pilani, IIIT-Hyderabad, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, IIT-Bombay, C-DAC-Kolkata, NBRC, Manesar). This technology in inherently interdisciplinary in nature, which has got participation of experts involved in simulation, modeling and algorithms development for various Technology and Application Development Psycho-physiological, Neuro-Physiological and human sensory systems in human perception process.

Programme Scope of NPPE in DeitY Public Access and Public Records Reporting System have been designed and developed for The programme has the following scope: National Archives of India (NAI), New Delhi. Presently, the archival tools are deployed and • Research in Cognitive Science and Perceptual being used by the staff at NAI for testing with Psychology. actual digitized documents. • Research in Brain Modeling, Visual Perceptions, Hearing Perceptions, and in • Sanskriti Digitalaya: e-Library Archival Artificial Sensing, namely Haptics, Taste and System is in the process of development Smell. which is meant for the preservation of digitized resources in terms of rare books, ancient • Research into development of engineering manuscripts, cultural audio and video systems motivated by the biological/ recordings being archived at Indira Gandhi psychology based findings. National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. • Promotion of research in Perceptual Robotics. • Research in the development of algorithms iii) Perception Engineering and advanced computer architectures for machine perceptions based upon the models Perception Engineering is the emerging field of of human perceptions in applicable areas. research. Internationally, perception engineering/ perceptual computing has emerged as a new • Collaboration with nationally and research programme for various Universities in the internationally distinguished scientists in developed countries. DeitY has a National research programmes. Programme on perception Engineering wherein • Development of technically competent the institutes participating in the project/ manpower in the area of Perception programme have been doing various research Engineering through teaching and research at studies in this area. undergraduate, post-graduate and research levels. The Perception Engineering Programme initiated • Creation of a community in the country.

Artificial Sensing monitoring system surface

Electronic Nose Electronic Tongue Wareless mboile Robotic Platform with electronic Nose

85 Technology and Application Development Serious games to analyse (a) Critical Learning • Cost Low for Embedded System an Designof • ontv, scooil and Psychosocial Cognitive, • ptoeprl yais f h Neural the of Dynamics Spatiotemporal • • Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease from Disease Alzheimer's of Diagnosis Early • D eersne Ban ahn interface, machine Brain telepresence, 3D • eeomn o Sec Tann and Training Speech of Development • II with current status as follows: Some of the under projects the operational Phase b) importance, I, from phase further development requirement of field and application practical ae o vros atr icuig ) perceived a) including factors various on based n NR Mnsr 7 rjcs ee identified, were Projects 7 Manesar. NBRC and University Jadavpur Hyderabad, IIIT Pilani, CEERI Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT as Institutes participating hscly hlegd a luce with launched was challenged for physically applications on emphasis with Engineering Phase II of the National Programme on Perception of activity in the field of Perception Engineering. collaborated together to build the broad framework ontv Sine n NuoSine) have Neuro-Sciences) and Science Cognitive (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Science, Computer Engineering, (Electrical backgrounds diverse of researchers 1, Phase In rm gm mdu () ifrne in learning at IIT, Hyderabad. Reinforcement Difference (c) and (b) processes medium cognitive game a from the Blind at CSIR,CEERI, Pilani. to Expressions Emotion of Rendering Haptic Jadavpur University. at states emotional and processes reasoning ecpin ae tl-rsne systems, tele-presence based perception proposed of correlates neuropsychological Manesar NBRC, at applicability clinical with imaging flux information and mapping spatiotemporal ytm Faiiiy td o perceptual of study Feasibility System: NBRC, Manesar. at Imaging Resonance Magnetic Functional iusail ecpin rfl Using Profile Perception Visuospatial protocol for robotic team at IIT Delhi. the level of Motor Disorder" - IIT Bombay Analyzing Hearing for System Haptic and Impairment with Persons for Aids Perception 86 aaae rain n irba dvriy of diversity microbial on creation Database • N ad rti flig n structure and folding protein and RNA • Bimolecular imaging and databases • Computational genetic epidemiology • High-throughput bio-computing • Biological data integration • Pattern discovery and classification • opttoa poemc: protein proteomics: Computational • aa iig n vsaiain an visualization: and mining Data • High-throughput sequencing data analysis • Molecular sequence alignment and analysis • • Software tools and applications for extracting for applications and tools Software • specific Some areas of development of infrastructure. are: and improvement products and agricultural discovery drug in been have domains application main The techniques. intensive computationally applying and scientific highly for and biology of field the to technology information and science computer of application eadn poet i Bonomtc ad and Bioinformatics in projects rewarding 2h ln eid DiY a fne mjr and major funded has DeitY period. plan 12th and 11th the in research state-of-art resources, netd n pcfc nrsrcue human infrastructure, specific has in Bioinformatics IT invested of field in the R&D in it's programme through DeitY opportunities, Keeping in view the global trends and the global the and trends global the view in Keeping Bioinformatics iv) North East and making it available on web. prediction sample. involves complete analysis of all the proteins and in a given genome the of complements statistics, and database systems. riiil nelgne mcie learning, machine intelligence, artificial of intersection the at methods involving sets data large in patterns discovering of process a computational interdisciplinary subfieldand carry out sequence or structural analysis. to & databases biological / biology molecular of mass the from information meaningful the Major Achievements v) Free & Open Source Software (FOSS)

Bioinformatics Resource and Application Facility Free and Open Source Software Initiative Cell has operational at CDAC, Pune wherein Bioinformatics been established with an objective to develop and applications utilize the Garuda grid infrastructure proliferate FOSS in the country. India's strength in and a grid-enabled Bioinformatics Resources Information Technology can be utilized to develop (Computing Power, Databases and the Software) products using FOSS, which will help in bridging provided to industry, academia. There is a sizeable the digital divide with significant cost savings and Technology and Application Development no. of users of BRAF both national and facilitate the creation of a knowledge society. international. The usage percentage of machine is Indian industry/SMEs can benefit from the liberal about 95%. licensing norms of FOSS which enables software to be freely modified and distributed. Major initiatives have been taken for promotion of FOSS in India.

i) Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) Indian version of GNU/Linux, coupled with user friendly desktop envirolunent and sofiwares like Libre-Office, GIMP, Orca, Iceweasal, Evolution mail client etc. Currently BOSS desktop version 5.0 is available in DVD format with install and live options. It supports 18 official Indian languages viz. Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Grjarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmui, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalain, Manipuni, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, &Urdu.

BRAF hardware: PARAM Biogene

Ongoing Projects in Bioinformatics

• Algorithms Software and Database to analyze nuclei acid sequence and protein structure at IISc Bangalore, • I Alinger- A Novel approach using self- organizing Genetic Algorithms for MSA to ii) EduBOSS discover intron patterns at Pondicherry University, EduBOSS - educational variant of BOSS Linux is a fullfeatured, user-fiiendly Linux operating • Development of statistical machine learning system. It comes preinstalled with educational tools and methods for analysis of Microarray applications, games, paint and graphic tools, gene expression data at CTCRI Tvm, typing tutor and a host of tools and packages • Development and Utilization of Bioinformatics for learning and teaching that are useful for Resources and Application Facility (BRAF schools (primary and higher levels). Phase III): New Technologies and Applications at CDAC Pune., iii) BOSS Server • Development of an Indian Human Body Finite BOSS server is a light-weight version of Debian Element Human Body Model for use in Impact, based GNU/Linux with necessary security Textile and Medical Applications at IIT Delhi. features enabled. It has been designed for

87 Technology and Application Development vi) National Resource Centre for Free & Open & Free for Centre Resource National vi) )Meghdoot v) v cesbe iu fr iuly challenged Visually for Linux Accessible iv) NRCFOSS Phase II project, initiated to provide Indigenously developed cloud suite, using free GULnx itiuin Li hs been has ALViC distribution GNU/Linux A notable achievements in the areas of Service of areas the in achievements notable has project the Also, FOSS. in development upr cnrs n Hmn Resource Human and centres support BOSS of establishment portal, FOSS National upr, ainl epDs fr FOSS, for Help-Desk languages National Indian support, with (BOSS)" Solutions itiuin Baa Oeaig System Operating "Bharat distribution indigenized GNU/Linux Operating system system Operating GNU/Linux indigenized achieved several milestones, including including milestones, several achieved completed successfully. The project has has project The successfully. has completed pool, source open the to by contributing ecosystem FOSS and global country the the strengthen in community FOSS the to services support and development design, Source Software (NRCFOSS) n oe suc sfwrs t ofr cloud services. offer to softwares, source open and been distributed on various platforms. conducted. Over 400 copies of the ALViC have iuly hlegd sr hv been have users challenged visually for sessions testing pilot and programmes interaction with the system. Training Training system. the with interaction easy people impaired physically facilitating thereby tasks', related input and 'navigation various for mechanisms input gesture-based use mainly to intended is It users. challenged eeoe, xlsvl fr physically for exclusively developed, (ALViC) website & internal servers. their hosting for organizations Government t s atclry sfl o SE & SMEs for useful particularly is It File and Print Server, Virtualization Server etc. Mail Server, Network Server, Database Server, otn wbsre, proxy-server, web-server, hosting 88 i)GULnx ae O based GNU/Linux vii) BOSS is being deployed in various initiatives various in deployed being is BOSS h Ida vrin f N/iu operating GNU/Linux of version Indian The in government and education domains. base of BOSS and its variants is installed around 25 Current lakh program. Abhiyan Shiksha Sarva under islands A&N and Maharashtra, Pondicherry Haryana, Punjab, in schools EduBOSS has been deployed in around 20000 Tamilnadu. in scheme Laptop Free the under also been installed in all the laptops distributed shift of all mandated its departments to BOSS. BOSS has has Government Tamilnadu The Forces. Defence the of sectors strategic the in deployed being is Linux BOSS Customised Governments. State and Central with jointly salse b CA, hna t provide to handholding support to Chennai users. CDAC, by established been have Centres Support BOSS Pan-India governance and educational applications. applications. educational and governance OS a be wdl dpoe i e- in deployed widely been has BOSS BOSS. Desktop Urdu and 2.0 Server BOSS is BOSS Desktop 6.0, EduBOSS 3.0, Advanced variant EduBOSS. The latest educational enhanced version an with along far, so out come http://bosslinux.in. Several versions have have versions Several http://bosslinux.in. at download free for available is and version Server as well as Desktop as developed been has various BOSS country. for the across Chennai applications CDAC, by deployed ytm OS hs en eeoe and developed been has BOSS, system languages support Indian with (BOSS) Solutions itiuin Baa Oeaig System Operating Bharat distribution- hosted at www.nrcfoss.org.in. published. NRCFOSS Phase II portal has been ubr f eerh aes ae been have papers research of number a and conferences international in presented eeomn. h otoe hv been have outcomes The development. resource human and persons differentlyabled for desktops Linux of accessibility enhancing Linux, mobile applications development, development, applications mobile Linux, for Kernel oriented kernel, Service of GNU development in GNU/C research in (GCC), research Compiler (SaaS), Service as-a Oriented Architecture (SOA) design, Software- eaig System perating viii)Technology/applications development for Following development work has been Mobile platforms completed:-

Swar-Suchak, an open source voice enabled • Frequently used Entries in Localization information retrieval system in multiple (FUEL) Mobile Modules for Hindi, languages has been developed by CDAC Kannada & Malayalam Delhi.. The voice gateway successfully • Indic Keyboard with 13 languages and integrates the mobile telephone network with Technology and Application Development automatic speech recognition, text to speech popular layouts for mobile handsets for Hindi Et English and web navigation system • Library developed to recognize and store based on open standards using open source custom gestures on Android platform for software. Research papers have been mobiles. Develop library, prototype published in leading international journals. applications and related documentation on interfacing using WiFi, Bluetooth and USB. • Tele-presence Robot prototype developed • Automatic weather station prototype developed

x) HR development in FOSS

• FOSS Electives have been introduced as Swar Suchak part of M.Sc (CS) and M.Sc (IT) courses in Bharti Sim : An Advanced Micro-architectural eight colleges in Rajasthan, Punjab, Simulator Maharshtra and TamilNadu. In all, around BhartiSim is being developed at IIT Delhi as a 4000 students from Engineering and highly configurable simulator with simple Science streams have benefitted from Extensible Markup Language (XML) interface. The FOSS electives. salient features of the simulator are parallel • Online M.Sc (CS-FOSS) programme has execution, support for multiple emulators, been launched by AU-KBC, Anna transactional, memory, accelerators and network University, Chennai on chip (NoC). (http://cde.annauniv.edu/MSCFOSS). ix) Localization and Hardware Interface for xi) Education domain projects Android / BOSS Based mobile devices Two projects are undergoing in the educational Application development for mobile devices domain :- (i) "Trainers' Training & Students' has been undertaken at ICFOSS, Kerala and Talent Transformation" executed by CDAC CDAC, Delhi. Objectives are enabling effective (Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru & Delhi) jointly and full use of the potential of mobile with CBSE for FOSS based education in computing devices such as mobile phones, schools, content development and training pads and tablets using Android or BOSS CBSE teachers and (ii) "Computer enabled operating systems for the Indian context, by Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation working towards enabling support and (CCE) using Adaptive Learning Technologies" standardization for local language, hardware executed by CDAC, Mumbai and Amrita interfaces, and alternative User Interface University, where a prototype model is being technologies, and recommending an Open developed using Module as a proof of concept Hardware Architecture for these devices and to cater to the need of overall CCE System. The platforms. prototype model contains Question Bank

89 Technology and Application Development International Collaborations nltc, rdcie nltc, aa mining, data analytics, predictive analytics, text as such techniques analytics advanced Using before due to the limitations of the technology. large collection of data which has not been possible ability to derive new types of information from a from information of types new derive to ability the in lies data big of use the of advantage The terabytes and petabytes. rcsig f ag aon o dt rnig in ranging data of amount large of processing few decades. It has led to the need of storing and storing of need the to led has It decades. few past the during exponentially increasing been has data of generation of speed and volume the ICT, uies nltc, oe gi management, grid health analytics, etc. Due to the recent advances in power analytics, business en sd n setu o dmis uh as such domains of spectrum a in used been has ICT, of area emerging an Analytics, Data Big Big Data Analytics vi) per targets. as progressing are projects The USA. University, DChna ad atot Clee Rice College, Dartmouth and CDACChennai xctd y I- eh, IM- eh and Delhi AIIMS- Delhi, IIT- by executed is Healthcare" Mile" "Last Scalable and Trusted of "Foundation Project the and USA Massachusetts, (UMASS) Amherst, Massachusetts, of University and CDAC-Trivandrum Bombay, IIT by executed rd A esr aa rvn prah i being is Approach" Driven Data Sensor A : Grid Electric and Greener a Smarter Project "Designing University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA; being executed by IIIT- Delhi, CDAC - Chennai and for Energy and Water Sustainability in Buildings" is Technologies Computing and Sensing "Pervasive care along with US counterparts. Project Project counterparts. US with along care areas of Smart buildings, Power Grid and Health and Grid Power buildings, Smart of areas have been initiated to pursue high-end research in projects US Indo three USA, (NSF), Foundation ne claoain ih ainl science National with collaboration Under Indo - US projects this year. successfully completed project The Biology. eeoe fr hsc, hmsr and Chemistry Physics, for developed seset ad oso animations Hotspot and Assessments grgto o Gae o various of Grades of Aggregation and Assessment of Evaluation Assessment, aaeet Fraie n Summative and Formative management, 90 y et t hl bid ntoa rsuc for resource national a build help to DeitY by initiated Programme National enabling an is ITRA Academy Research Technology Information B. domains of Cloud Computing. several in projects the R&D initiating developments, is Department above the view in Keeping of needs users. the meets and requested as all together run the in are which services; software and services platform services, infrastructure models; service of kinds different three users provides It traditional technologies. development environments that are not present in lmns n rgamn mdl and models programming in elements major conceptual shift that introduces new new introduces that shift conceptual major a represents It resources. IT with interact users and consumption services delivery platform as the well as the way changing businesses and is It management effort or service provider interaction". rvsoe ad eesd ih minimal with released rapidly and be provisioned can that services) and applications eore (.. ntok, evr, storage, servers, networks, (e.g., resources access to a shared pool of configurable computing ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network network on-demand convenient, ubiquitous, lu cmuig s mdl o enabling for model a is computing Cloud vii) Cloud Computing management, banking and bio-informatics etc. grid power including domains several above in projects the R&D initiating view is Department the in developments, Keeping sectors. various in services and products offering are start-ups and vendors ICT existing Both generated. being to deal with the high volume and speed of the data developed been have approaches and algorithms discovery, learning management, etc. Several new & design drug distribution, power health, public e-governance, in used being is analytics data Big decisions new faster and better significantly gain in resulting insights to data enterprise existing their with together or independent sources data untapped previously analyze can businesses processing, language natural and statistics, learning machine (ITRA) advancing the quality and quantity of R&D in Projects Launched Information and Communications Technologies and Electronics (ICTE, or IT for short) and its 14 multi-disciplinary, collaborative, multi- applications, in IT and related institutions across institutional R&D team projects in the focus areas India. ITRA is currently operating as a project of of "Mobile Computing, Networking and Media Lab Asia (MLAsia), a Section-25 not-for- Applications" and "IT based Innovations in profit organization of DeitY. Sustainability of Water Resources" have been launched at 44 institutions across the country. Technology and Application Development The core areas of IT span various engineering Projects in another focus area, "IT in Agriculture & disciplines, notably computer science and Food" are being launched. engineering, and electrical engineering, although applications may come from almost any discipline. The ongoing projects on Mobile Computing are - ITRA focuses on strengthening the nation's Post-Disaster Situation Analysis and Resource competitiveness by expanding the R&D base in IT, Management Using Delay-Tolerant Peer-to-Peer especially by leveraging the large IT education Wireless Networks, Mobile Broadband Service sector and IT users such as government, industry Support over Cognitive Radio Networks, Virtual and other organizations. The enhanced IT R&D Assistant for Mobile Devices using Voice and capacity created through ITRA would impact the Gesture Technologies, Human Sense: Towards overall ecosystem of Information Technology, to context aware sensing, inference and actuation for be reflected in the numbers of research groups and applications in Energy and Healthcare, De- labs created, new research areas initiated, scale of congesting India's transportation networks using PhD graduations, new curricula, innovative mobile device, CARTS: Communication Assisted solutions to industrial and societal problems, Road Transportation System, Remote Health: A strong linkages with R&D groups, etc. Framework for Healthcare Services using Mobile and Sensor-Cloud Technologies, Uncoordinated, ITRA is designed to produce a large numbers of IT Secure and Energy Aware Access in Distributed researchers who are well equipped with the latest Wireless Networks, Micronet-Mobile IT knowledge, educated in relating classroom Infrastructure for Coastal Region Offshore knowledge to developing solutions, trained to spot Communications & Networks problems amenable to IT solutions, motivated to identify societal problems in IT and other domains, The ongoing projects on IT based Innovations in and exposed to mechanisms for converting lab Sustainability of Water Resources are - ICT in solutions to working prototypes. ITRA activities are Water and Pest/Disease Management for Yield aimed at a major increase in the national capacity of Improvement in Horticulture, Improving producing PhDs who could become faculty in Groundwater Levels and Quality through Enhanced academic institutions and address the needs of the Water Use Efficiency in Eastern Indian Agriculture. industry and society at large. The ongoing projects on Measurement to ITRA engages world renowned researchers as Management (M2M) are Improved Water Use adjunct faculty and advisors to help the partner Efficiency and Agricultural Productivity, institutions by motivating research groups, Integrated Urban Flood Management in India: conducting research, guiding students, teaching Technology, Development of effective Wireless new classes, evaluating status and discussing/ Sensor Network system for water quality and implementing changes, if needed. Pooling experts quantity monitoring. from across the world offers the partner C. High Performance Computing (HPC) institutions an opportunity for incorporating the best institutional practices followed across the HPC or Supercomputing has emerged as the 4th world. Paradigm for cutting edge S&T research, and

91 Technology and Application Development authority. and completed formally closed with the successfully approval of the competent been has project been have Controller transferred to industry for commercialisation. The Process Industrial and System Controller Temperature Steam Controller, Multiloop Unit, Measurement Phasor technology, & Development Systems Electronics D. HPC: Ongoing R&D Projects ie ehoois .. pn lxbe SCADA Flexible Open i.e. technologies five these of Out technology. of transfer for authority eeoe ad prvd y h competent the by approved and developed been have technologies automation affordable 13 (ASTeC): Automation Systems Technology Centre Centre Technology Systems Automation economic/service sectors. lcrnc fr aiu idsra and industrial various for Electronics eeomn ad plctos n Industrial in applications technology and promoting development is Division Application h Eetois ytm Dvlpet and Development Systems Electronics The Systems on HPC platforms, IIT, Gandhinagar High Fidelity Computational Design of Engineering • Framework for Dynamic Resource Allocation Resource Dynamic for Framework • • A New Distributed Computing Framework for Framework Computing Distributed New A • match the user and application requirements. otmoay tt-fteat ag s a to as so range state-of-the-art contemporary efrac i te nr-ee, irne and Midrange entry-level, the in performance 0 uecmues aig computing having supercomputers 70 and researchinstitutions,consisting of morethan educational premier India's across up set be will DeitY, Government of India. A supercomputer grid to be jointly steered and implemented by DST and Capacity & Capability", has been evolved, which is Supercomputing Mission (NSM): Building Building (NSM): Mission Supercomputing "National the objective, this of pursuance In 17). (2012- Plan Year Five 12 the in Supercomputing capacity and capability building in in building capability and capacity accordingly special thrust has been provided to the Institute of Technology, Bangalore lu fr P pafrs NTE Meenakshi NITTE platforms, HPC for Cloud enable to strategies Scheduling Efficient and Data Mining, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan Applications Under ASTeC collaborative programme collaborative ASTeC Under th 92 WRD) aui, et egl o fed trial. field for Bengal West Jamuria, (WBREDA) Renewable Energy Development Agency Agency Development Energy Renewable Bengal West of site project the at commissioned be to likely is it and completed been has energy renewable 1MW for Technology Converter Power kW 500 of unit first of Development students. the and given to five educational institutions for use by tested developed, been has Simulation Spectrum various Full Mini of prototype The development. of stages in are projects Other completed. been has application SPV for converter of Bi-directional stage advanced and Converter in DC-DC on project The completion. are facilities test their and Supplies Power Voltage High of development f iio Crie ae tcnlg and technology based Carbide Silicon of with a new back plane, CPU and I/Os, development system Simulation Spectrum Full of Upgradation i.e. subprojects Three progressed. and initiated technology development projects have been been have projects development Fourteen technology Bombay. IIT, at up the set at infrastructure activities Simulation Electronics Power teachers/ 200 in trained than been have personnel industry students/ More activities. Transfer Technology energy/ renewable in work R&D for operational made been have Thiruvananthapuram e u a te oa cnr CDAC, centre nodal the at up set Technology (NAMPET) Phase-II: ainl iso o Pwr Electronics Power on Mission National and completed formally closed. successfully been has project been also transferred to have industry for commercialisation. This Management and Monitoring ytm CSCS-) n Tafc Signal Traffic and (CoSiCoSt-W) System Signal Control Strategy for Wireless Traffic Control Composite (RLVDS), System Light Detection Violation Red of technology the Further, partners. technology the of some by commercialised been has industries, eight to transferred been already Traffic has which technology, (WiTraC) Wireless System Control The been have successfully. ITS completed of etc.) planner trip advisory, oto, oioig mngmn, counting, management, monitoring, control, (traffic aspects various on products/technologies rjc wt te eeomn o eight of development the with project (ITS): Cities Indian for Endeavour System A

olbrtv Itliet Transportation Intelligent Collaborative Two laboratories The Second National Workshop on Power Electronics and Agro Produces (vi) GIS based decision support Technology and five Short-term Courses on Power system for tea gardens using a Wireless Sensors Electronics Technology have been conducted for Network. The process for transfer of technologies creating awareness among teachers, professional developed has been initiated. and students in the different areas of Power Design & Development of continuous Flow Electronics. Student Award activity at Post Hydroponic System: Hydroponic farming has the

Graduate and Under Graduate level have been Technology and Application Development potential to increase agricultural production in the completed and winners have been selected. areas of infertile soil because it does not involve the International interaction activity has been initiated use of soil. Design and Development of an by organising a tutorial on Wide Band Gap devices Automatic continuous flow Hydroponics system by an expert from North Carolina State University, with continuous monitoring and programmable USA. Research work has been initiated on Gallium control of pH and EC of solution along with Micro Nitride based technology and Low Voltage Direct and Macro nutrient dispensing system has been Current Systems. initiated. Design, Development and Engineering of a 28 Design & Development of Electronic Personal DOF Humanoid Robot: A prototype of Humanoid Security Device (ePSD): This project aims at robot has been fabricated by BITS, Pilani which has design and development of a small, affordable and functionalities of localization, identification of user-friendly personal safety device in the form of a objects, path planning, behaviour modelling, stable wearable/ carriable device. Two prototype models walking and object detection using image with and without GPS have been demonstrated and processing technology. The testing of the further miniaturisation as well as power prototype is in progress. optimisation is being carried out. Feasibility Study Report on Development of Development and Deployment of an Electronic Various Microwaves based Gadgets for Heavy Personal Safety System (ePSS) at Police Control Industries. A feasibility study report has been Room, Jaipur: The development and deployment prepared by CDAC, Kolkata and SAMEER, Kolkata of back end system for ePSS integrated with for development of various Microwaves based existing Dial 100 system has been completed and Gadgets for Heavy Industries. installed at Jaipur Police Control Room. The Application of Electronics for Agriculture & system also includes Mobile Display Terminals Environment (e-AgriEn) with requisite software installed in PCR vans. Extensive field trials and user training of the system The collaborative project Application of Electronics has been carried out. The detailed specifications of for Agriculture & Environment (e-AGRIEN) the electronic Personal Safety Device has been addressing the multi-disciplinary fields of Agri- finalised and hosted on website for manufactures/ Electronics has resulted in successful users of the system. development and deployment of (i) Electronic Nose for monitoring of industrial obnoxious odorous New initiatives constituents from pulp and paper industries (ii) Development of affordable and portable Milk Web Enabled Access of Agricultural Information in Analyser has been initiated for use at village level seven local languages in state of Jharkhand (iii) milk collection centres. Implementation of Handheld E-Nose employing Embedded systems automation by the use of Automation Systems and indigenous sensors (iv) Digital Image Technology Centre (ASTeC) products and Processing Technologies applications in Tasar technologies with suitable upgradation to the Sericulture (v) Membrane Electrode Array Based needs of specific industries have been initiated for Sensing System for Taste Characterization of Food Cement as well as for Sugar Industry.

93 Technology and Application Development i)Development and clinical trials of Multicentric iii) i ul htn nry n Mlil Electron Multiple and Energy Photon Dual ii) i) The technology development of 6 MV Linear MV 6 of development technology The i) Programme eia Eetois Hat Informatics Health & Electronics Medical necagal wy hl cnrlig h analgesics like drugs the other of delivery controlling while way interchangeable agents in sequential way. It can also be used in intravenous as well as inhalational anaesthetic o aashtsn ptet uig both using patients anaesthetising for used be can system This Europe). and (USA abroad and India in patented and completed successfully been have (CLADS), Systems Evaluation of Closed loop Anaesthesia Delivery stages of testing and integration. en eeoe ad h sse i i final in is system the and developed been have subsystems All option. electron with photon output and superficially located cancer with tumours deep treating for used be can developed once machine This radiotherapy. comprehensive treatment options in in options treatment comprehensive MV. Dual energy photon beams allow for more 18 and 6,9,12,15 energies of beam electron beam of dual photon energy of 6 & 15 MV and a with Linac Medical development of involves This project developed at SAMEER, Mumbai. being is System Oncology Integrated Energy ntlain n cmisoig n AERB clearance to hospitals. and commissioning and installation edn peaens o te ie for sites the of preparedness pending dispatch for ready also are machines Linac Maharashtra is in progress. The remaining two of second Linac machine at Amravati Hospital, installation The 2014. 26, August on Minister Hon'ble speaker Lok Sabha and Hon'ble Heath inauguration of the LINAC system was done by a promd n n Jn 21. The 2014. June 2nd on performed was LINAC built indigenously this on patient first of treatment Energy The (AERB). Board Atomic Regulatory from clearances requisite the seeking after M.P Indore, Oncology, Neck commissioned atIndianInstituteofHeadand h frt IA mcie a been has machine LINAC first The treatment. cancer for country the in hospitals four at deployment for fabricated been have machines Linac four and Mumbai SAMEER, at completed been has (Linac) Accelerator 94 i)Aohr rjc i big mlmne a IIT at implemented being is project Another vii) vi) A project is being implemented at IIIT Delhi IIIT at implemented being is project A vi) )A rjc "irwv Hsia Disinfectant Hospital "Microwave project A v) iv) Development of PC batch analyser has been has analyser batch PC of Development iv) differential diagnostic tools for radiologists in tools for differential diagnostic and system support decision clinical develop hrgu ad GMR hniah to Chandigarh PGIMER and Kharagpur be used by anyone, anywhere in the country. be made available in open source so that it can open-source software and the end product will mobile of range Thedevelopment willbe done using devices. a to sensors health with interface to middleware a of design includes advice from a distant place. The scope of work medical provide to and view to doctor data a enable patient available make and collect tele-consultation system which can and be used to open-source design based device mobile to a develop Chandigarh PGIMER and "Good Governance Day". 25 December 2015 which was celebrated as celebrated was which 2015 December 25 MCIT to M/s S S Medical System, Nainital on Nainital System, Medical S S M/s to MCIT lakhs . The ToT document was handed over by Rs.21.79 of fee ToT a for basis non-exclusive System, Lucknowon S Medical M/s S year to current the during transferred was System ehooy o Mcoae Disinfectant Microwave for technology The pollution. environmental creating without laboratories using microwave technology technology microwave using laboratories n ifciu wse rm optl or hospitals from waste infectious and a the technology for fabricate disinfecting microbiological and design microwave incinerator system to demonstrate to objective the with System" was earlier sponsored by DeitY for diagnosis purposes. and other metabolic disorders and can be used malfunctions liver diseases, kidney as diabetes, such disorders various etc with bilirubin associated protein, urea, glucose, blood various blood biochemical parameters such as iceity nlsr sd o measure to used analyser photometric biochemistry automated fully a is analyser completed and is under clinical trials. PC batch basis for a ToT fee of Rs.3.00 lakhs. manufacturer in Chandigarh on non-exclusive The technology of CLADS has simultaneously. been transferred to a relaxants muscle and th finding similar past radiological images and e) Design and Development of 1.5 Tesla diagnostic in each case. The project aims to Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) develop the system using content-based System for Medical Imaging- The image retrieval for lung computed tomography objective of the proposed project is to images. The system can be used as a decision design, develop and test an indigenous support system as well as a self-learning tool. 1.5 Tesla MRI System for medical imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology and Application Development viii) The following new projects have been initiated (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used during the current year: in radiology to visualize internal structures a) Diabetic Retinopathy Identification of the body with high contrast images. Software for Timely Intervention- The MRI makes use of the property of nuclear objective of the Project is to develop an magnetic resonance (NMR) to image efficient, reliable and cost effective nuclei of atoms inside the body. MRI can prototype for automatic Detection of create high resolution images of the Diabetic Retinopathy from Retinal Images human anatomy as compared to other and will assist ophthalmologists. imaging techniques like X-rays or Computed Tomography (CT). The project b) Biomedical Signal Analyzer for Seizure was launched under the DIGITAL INDIA Prediction – The objective of the project is th programme on 25 December 2014 to design and develop a proof-of-concept which was celebrated as "Good software for seizure prediction (detection Governance Day". of preictal region) using offline EEG data recordings. The system will be capable of f) ICT Centre of Excellence on Tactile patient specific automatic learning to Graphics: The objective is to set up a ICT differentiate preictal and interictal patterns Centre of Excellence that helps create of brain wave synchronization. national expertise in tactile graphics production as well as R&D support for the c) Setting-up of Medical Electronics same. Tactile graphics or maps are images Laboratory at National Institute of that use raised surfaces to convey non- Electronics & Information Technology textual information through touch. They (NIELIT), Kohima (Nagaland) – The play an integral role in helping visually objective of the project is to set up a Medical impaired people understand content Electronics R & D Laboratory at NIELIT which cannot be completely understood Kohima for repairing and maintenance of merely through use of text/Braille like Medical Electronics Equipments of various maps, diagrams, equations etc. Hospitals in Nagaland and also to provide training to paramedical & medical staff of Innovation & IPR various government as well as private hospitals of Nagaland. The main objective of this activity is development of an ecosystem to promote innovation in ICTE by d) Leukoanalyser – The project aims to way of supporting incubation centre to nurture design and develop an automated tool, innovative ideas and technology start-ups, creating Leukoanalyzer, for minimal residual awareness about Intellectual Property Rights and disease estimation (MRD) in B-Lineage to facilitate academic/ R&D institutions and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a industry in protection of IPRs in the E&IT sector. type of blood cancer, using image processing techniques. The developed Achievements system will make the technology of MRD monitoring/detection in acute leukemia Two schemes are being supported to encourage easily available, cost effective and faster. innovation in ICTE sector. These are, 1)

95 Technology and Application Development Patents & IPR Multiplier Grant Scheme (MGS) Entrepreneurs (TIDE) The Technology Incubation and Development of Development and Incubation Technology The • Creating infrastructure for creation of an IPR an of creation for infrastructure Creating • Promoting IPR in the field of ICT and • Creating awareness and facilitating support • protected. this intellectual wealth of our nation is adequately is nation our of wealth intellectual this that ensure to initiatives following the taken has India, of Government Technology, Information & Communications of Ministry (DeitY), Technology Information and Electronics of Department The jointly by the industry and institutions. submitted be to were Scheme the under financial support providing by for provided proposals amount The industry. the twice to up support financial provide may Government the institution, development of commercializiable products at an at products commercializiable of development cee i idsr spot RD for R&D supports industry if Scheme, the Under commercialisation. and R&D between indigenous products/ packages and bridge the gap industry/institute- linkages, encourage and strengthen accelerate development of The to packages. aims Scheme and products for of institutions development R&D academics/ and industry MGS being supported and 120 start-ups incubated. Under the Scheme, presently 27 TIDE Centres are Centres TIDE 27 presently Scheme, the Under institutions. the at activity incubation the technology strengthening for as well as entrepreneurs iaca spot o nruig h techno- the nurturing for support financial provides Scheme The run. long the in packages development of Electronics and ICT products and products ICT and Electronics of development local enable and innovation technology nurture institutions of higher learning. The Scheme aims to The Department is implementing the scheme at the Grant Multiplier Scheme. 2) and (TIDE) Entrepreneurs Technology Incubation and Development of of Development and Incubation Technology c-ytm y a o dvlpet and development of support tools and technologies. way by eco-system

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96 ein plctos t. n epc o DeitY of respect in etc. applications Design Patents, Copyrights, Trademark & Industrial Industrial & includes Trademark which Copyrights, IPR Patents, file to support provides In addition to this, Patents & IPR Division of DeitY portal. the on users registered 1100 currently so portal the on registered have user new 440 2014, year the In centres. search and inventors for interface has also been developed to act as a single window www.ict-ipr.in System Management & Analysis centres, a comprehensive portal for Patent Patent for portal comprehensive a centres, To complement the services offered by the search off portal. queries have been answered through the portal and makes it a total of 3977. Also, in this year 150 IPR which successfully conducted been have Analysis Invention including Searches Art Prior 1327 far, in all sectors and especially in the area of ICTE. So stimulate growth of SMEs, Start Ups and Academia and nurture guide, to all above and databases to IPR, devise tools and technologies for easy access about information diffuse to aim Centres Search The inventors. independent and ups Start SMEs, Academic institutions, Scientific Societies of DeitY, years providing a gamut of IPR related services to and CDAC,Pune are inoperation for thelast three Delhi New DeitY, at centers Search Art Prior Two for the advantage of user community. Pune and has been uploaded on the www.ict-ipr.in CDAC, at developed been has toolkit multimedia P aoaa a srfinl e-learning user-friendly a Panorama, IP for media digital creating the awareness, customized version of of WIPO's advantage taking For deployment. eiw n fr omltn a oda for roadmap a formulating for and review under is Courseware Kharagpur. IIT by developed Multimedia Based Courseware is has been been has is Courseware Based Multimedia a students, among outreach wider a ensure To two years. which making it a total 47 such workshops in last in workshops such 47 total a it making which year 2014-2015 7 workshops have been conducted the workshops cumseminars. In ICT focusedIPR organizing for Institutions academic and bodies Industry to support financial providing is DeitY Scientists, Societies & Grantee Institutions. In the stakeholders especially in E&IT sector. Also, online year 2014, 37 patents are generated out of which form submission module has been created for 20 have been filed in IPO and 1 US patent is automated submission with time stamping. granted, 25 copyright applications have been filed which makes it a total of 274 Patent applications, Electronics Materials and Components 530 applications for Copyright applications and 35 Development Programme Trademark applications have been filed and 53 Electronic materials and components are critical Technology and Application Development granted Patents. backbone of electronic hardware and the To further augment R&D capabilities and co- equipments used in Information Technology (IT) operation in the field of Intellectual Property, DeitY and telecommunication sector. Innovation of has signed a work plan an understanding with advanced material and associated process European Patent Office (EPO) so as, to share best technology enables the world to miniaturize practices in ICT-related patenting between Europe electronics devices, which in turn contributes to and India through exchanges, training the growth of ICT and electronics sectors. programmes and workshops. It also entails using Electronic Materials Development Programme the Global Patent Index, an EPO search tool (EMDP) focuses on sponsoring R&D programmes developed for professional patent searchers for in the emerging field of material science and searching ICT technologies and computer technology at leading institutions such as C-MET, implemented inventions. IITs, IISc, CSIR labs etc. The scope of the programme is to develop new materials, process A training program and a workshop was jointly methodologies and technologies leading to organized by DeitY and EPO one each the New development of components or equipments. Delhi, November 20-22, 2013 and in Munich, Thrust areas include energy storage, super- Germany from November 3-6, 2014 for imparting capacitors, flexible electronics, sensors materials, training to Indian Patent Search Specialists in electro-magnetic shielding, electronics device computer implemented inventions (CII) towards packaging, lead free glass, paste, nano-technology creating expertise in prior art searching in ICTE and applications, fibre communication, technologies domain. This was followed by a one biophotonics, green photonics, special optical day conference titled "Indo-European Conference fibers photonic crystal fibers, optoelectronic on Patents for Computer Implemented Inventions". packaging, nanophotonics, polymers for photonics, photonics sensors etc. Some of the key A scheme titled "Support for International Patent areas focused on also include, electronic waste Protection in E&IT-II" is evolved and launched in management, infrastructure for testing and the year 2014 to provide financial support to certification of hazardous substance in electronics, MSMEs and Technology Startup units for environmental impact during manufacturing, and international patent filing to encourage innovation energy saving aspects of equipment operations.he and recognize the value and capabilities of global IP ongoing projects include development and setting along with capturing growth opportunities in ICTE up of pilot scale production of supercapacitors, sector. Under the Scheme, DeitY will be fiber laser modules development, thermal sensor reimbursing upto 50% of the total patent cost to a based breast cancer monitoring system, fuel cell maximum of Rs.15 lakhs. Also under this scheme, development, polymer based sensors, organic Film DeitY is providing financial support for IPR Transistors, solar cells based on quantum dots and Awareness Workshops/Seminars to Education organic semiconductors, solar cells based on Institutes, DeitY societies, Industries etc. for chemical bath deposition technique, low cost organizing seminars & workshops on IPR organic and nano composites based photovoltaic awareness among various stakeholders with the solar cells, polymer nano-composite based aim of sensitizing and disseminating awareness photovoltaic devices, in-house" development of about Intellectual Property Rights among various photoconducting paste for advanced

97 Technology and Application Development Achievements eeomn ad io pouto o nano- of production pilot and Development • eeoe a evrnetly friendly environmentally an Developed • mto fr h snhss f ao PZT nano of synthesis the for method A • mto fr h snhss f ao NTC nano of synthesis the for method A • metals from printed circuit boards. niomnal sud ehd fr eoey of recovery for methods sound environmentally etn criiain aoaoy and laboratory certification testing etito o Hzros Substances Hazardous of Restriction non poet ae h stig p f the of up setting the are projects programme, ongoing impact environmental the Under cell with fabrication of prototype Lithium-ion cell. density energy high for electrolytes cat graphene supercapacitors for power electronics, 2 at MOPA atgah tutr, hlu dpd 'All- doped thulium catenary- structure, railway pantograph of monitoring condition for sensor grating Bragg fiber applications, shielding interference electromagnetic for nanocomposites blend polymer percolating double polypropylene Nanotubes (MWCNT) filled polycarbonate/ polycarbonate/ filled (MWCNT) Nanotubes optoelectronic applications, Multiwall Carbon Carbon Multiwall applications, optoelectronic oe n aoe cie aeil and materials active anode and hode Z cmoiin ad Piezoceramic and compositions PZT interest in the new formulations. different Six recycler/end usersinthecountry haveshown etc. items commodity other automotive & casings camera housings, printer interiors, like products end added value performance characteristics and produce produce and characteristics improved performance with PC) PS, HIPS, (ABS, waste e- from plastics recycled obtain to process nutis ae xrse itrs i the in developed process/ interest product. expressed have industries Two applications. hard-drive for crucial very is which (IR) Resistance Insulation especially nacd izeeti characteristics, piezoelectric enhanced ehdlge etbihd o achieving for established methodologies innovative and developed been has constants piezoelectric of ranges various for powders in the developed technology. NTC in thermistor engaged production have expressed interest industries potential two and developed of been has constants ranges material various for material thermistor μ m region for medical application, medical for region m (RoHS) Fiber ' 98 New Programmes/Projects Initiated Microelectronics Development Programme )Butoh rncie RI a Indian at RFIC Transceiver Bluetooth i) the financial year 2014-15. in initiated been have projects new following The Semiconductor Industry in the country. as a catalyst for development of overall overall of development for catalyst a as and trained manpower in the country and to use it technologies at capabilities, aimed R&D core is developing which Programme Development onr, et spot a Microelectronics a supports DeitY country, a major economic contributor in the growth of the Recognizing the importance of Microelectronics as lrvoe LD gon y oeua Beam Molecular by grown LEDs Ultraviolet • le n wie LD arctd and fabricated OLED white and Blue • Optical isolators developed • • • Novel method for recovery and conversion of conversion and recovery for method Novel • Environmentally sound methods developed for • • Carbon aerogel and aerocapacitor developed aerocapacitor and aerogel Carbon • eeoe bodad electromagnetic broadband Developed • rttp arn, ls set ad curtains and sheets glass aprons, Prototype • Bluetooth is a short-range low-data-rate low-data-rate short-range a is Bluetooth Fiber Bragg Grating Fiber Bragg ein fbiae n ts te icis that in Transceiver 2) (Class Bluetooth a up circuits make the test and fabricate design, Medical to is project the of objective and The band. (ISM) Scientific uses Industrial, which 2.4GHz (PAN) network area personal Institute of Technology Madras Epitaxy for solid state lighting developed characterized developed developed Equipment plastics from recovery of metals from PCBs for electronic application interference shielding materials eeoe fo la fe Xry absorbing materials X-ray free lead from developed transducers components for underwater SONAR SONAR underwater for components WE)t au de rdcs products added value to (WEEE) Waste Electrical and Electronic high temperature sensor high the 2.4-2.5GHz ISM band. The proposed organizing Instruction Enhancement Transceiver would be compatible with the Programmes for faculty of participating latest Bluetooth version 4.0 and also with institutions, organizing ZOPP Workshop etc previous versions that may have different would also be undertaken. signal bandwidths and/or modulation schemes. Status of on-going Projects ii) Special Manpower Development I) Centres for Analog and Mixed Signal Design Technology and Application Development Programme for Chips to System Design Analog and Mixed Signal Designs are more The National Policy on Electronics aims to involved as compared to Digital Designs. Thus, "Build on the emerging chip design and there is a lack of expertise in this area in the embedded software industry to achieve global country. Keeping this in view, DeitY had initiated leadership in VLSI, Chip Design and other projects in this area at IIT Madras, CEERI Pilani and frontier areas and to achieve turnover of USD IIT Bombay. These projects focus in different 55 billion by 2020". Keeping this in view, a aspects / areas of Analog and Mixed Signal Design. project entitled "Special Manpower IIT Madras focuses on Ultra-High Speed data Development Programme for Chips to System Communication and Data Conversion; IIT Bombay Design" initiated under the 'Digital India on RF IC Development for bio-medical applications Program'. The main objectives of the and CEERI Pilani on Instrumentation Applications. programme are- bringing in a culture of The following are the achievements of the projects System designing by developing working during the year 2014-15: prototypes with societal applications using mostly in-house designed ASICs/ICs, capacity i) "Centre for Analog and Mixed Signal IC building in the area of VLSI/ microelectronics Design" at IIT Madras: A High speed Analog to and Chip to System development at BE/B. Digital Convertor (ADC) including a Tech, ME/M. Tech and PhD level, broaden the decimation filter designed, fabricated and base of ASIC/IC designing in the country, optimized to obtain a higher signal to noise broaden the R&D base of Microelectronics / ratio and distortion ratio. An 18 bit audio delta Chip to System through 'Networked PhD' sigma ADC also designed and fabricated to program, promote 'Knowledge Exchange significantly reduce the power dissipation of Program' and promote protection of single bit delta-sigma ADCs. A duobinary "Intellectual Property" generated in the signaling based test interface designed and program. The present program will be fabricated to allow error free testing of high implemented at 60 institutions across the speed (4.4GHz) ADCs in conventional country including all IITs and NITs. packages. A Memoryless Delta-Sigma modulator without internal reset also The programme will result in generation of designed. Patents have been filed based on the over 50,000 specialized manpower in VLSI research work carried out under the project. Design and related area [Type–I (PhD), The project is completed in August this year. Type–II & Type–III (M. Tech) and Type–IV (B. ii) "Design of Mixed Signal Circuit for Tech) level]. It is also proposed to develop 10 Instrumentation Applications" at CEERI working prototype of System/SoC/Sub- Pilani: A "specifications to layout" tool System with societal applications, 70 alongwith the Graphical User Interface (GUI) Application Specific ICs and 30 Field developed for design of an operational Programmable Gate Array based board level amplifier and uploaded on CEERI website for designs under the programme. In addition to use. The tool generates power optimized spice this, activities like generation of Intellectual netlist from specification and also generates a Property Cores, publication of papers, layout. An integrated chip comprising of signal

99 Technology and Application Development i Dvlpet f ES ae sno for sensor based MEMS of "Development ii) )"o Pwr OE fr Digitally for CODEC Power "Low i) Technology Development Projects II) iii) "Analog, "Analog, Mixed-signal and RF IC Development iii) a Snig im. h itgain was film. oxide integration silicon thick 1micron The on realized films. Sensing Gas with integrated electrodes Inter-Digitated and Micro-Heater films characterized. the sensing and developed Micro-Heater conditioning the for circuits Signal gases. Ammonia and Carbon-monoxide for tested were oxide Zinc project, Gas sensing films - Titanium oxide and Pollutant Gases" at and Gases" Pollutant (VOCs) Compounds Organic Volatile year. this completed is project The process. UMC 130nm using fabricated is chip The chip solution. single effective cost and robust more a in result would This Thiruvananthapuram. is eeoe b CDAC, by developed Aids at Hearing Programmable Digital used the in present being IC off-the-shelf the replace designed and developed under the project will Madras: Programmable Hearing Aids (DPHA)" at (DPHA)" Aids Hearing Programmable (from 0-75 C). C). (from 0-75 prototype developed for chip-on-board testing testing chip-on-board for developed prototype A low-cost indigenous measurement profiling profiling measurement indigenous low-cost A carried out with commercial wireless telemetry. telemetry. wireless commercial with out carried designed and tested instrumentation amplifier amplifier instrumentation tested and designed chips. System-level integration of in-house in-house of integration System-level chips. two two different custom-made ultra low-power test developed for ECG and EMG recording using using recording EMG and ECG for developed Bombay: and Test for biomedical biomedical for Test and year. and fabricated tested. The project is completed designed, in August this also ADC based Approximation Successive bit 12 microwatt) (2 power low A microcontroller. any using which uses Digital to Analog Converter without chip this in implemented been has technique compensation temperature pressure novel for A sensor. tested and designed sensor circuit for piezoresistive based pressure pressure based piezoresistive for circuit compensation temperature and conditioning h lw oe coder-decoder power low The Under the project, prototype prototype project, the Under 0

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IIT 100 i "Virtualization and Security Aware Multicore vi) )"Design of Low power RF Front-end modules v) v "Design and Characterization of CMOS based iv) i)"Thermal Aware Testing of VLSI Circuits and iii) rhtcue VSA" t Ic Bangalore IISc at (ViSMA)" Architecture over the published designs. Isolation Good & Figure Noise Low Linearity, Voltage topology, High Conversion Gain, Good Low of advantages has mixer designed The region. sub-threshold in designed GHz 2.4 at power low for Mixer Cell Gilbert conventional compared to those reported in the literature. A (NF) Figure Noise lesser have which GHz 2.4 and MHz 900 at operating Mixer Conversion o Nie mlfe (N) n Down and (LNA) Amplifier Noise Low o Wrls Sno Ntok" t NIT, at Networks" Tiruchirappalli: Sensor Wireless for R&D effort. is also being carried out under the project as an of 60GHzintegrated broad-band transceivers design experience/results ofthe10 GHz LNA. Design the on based Bangalore, BEL identified user- an for subsequently up taken be would LNA GHz 20 of design The completed. 0H Lw os Apiir LA is (LNA) Amplifier Noise Low 10GHz Bangalore IISc at Transceivers" Broadband Integrated 60-GHz for Components Millimeter-wave for benchmark circuits. variance temperature and temperature peak The tool would result in significant testing. reduction in temperature low effect to generator the low transition pseudo-random test pattern Aware Pseudo Random Testing" –This tool enhances "Temperature (ii) techniques. filling care don't thermal-aware and compression bridges the gap between test data data test between gap the bridges simultaneously. The technique essentially essentially technique The simultaneously. ae f opeso ad temperature and compression of care taking smartly bits' care 'don't the up fill can technique This approach"- based Dictionary -(i) tools 2 "Thermal Aware Test Data Compression using developed has Kharagpur IIT Systems" at IIT Kharagpur: the project is with completed The in September this circuits. year. tested conditioning signal were developed Sensors Gas The Te ein n fbiain of fabrication and design The : eind n fbiae a fabricated and Designed Under the project, : With an aim to develop a high level model of a Secured Microcontroller" implemented by virtualization and security aware processor, BEL, Bangalore, an 8 bit micro controller core study & analysis of existing hardware with secured inbuilt flash memory was virtualization techniques completed. The High designed and fabricated as a single Level Modeling of ViSMA is in progress. independent micro controller using 250nm ViSMA would be validated in Verilog as a proof Embedded Flash CMOS process of UMC of concept. Taiwan and assembled in an 80 pin Quad Technology and Application Development vii) "Low Temperature and Low Pressure Cu-Cu Package. An Indian patent was earlier filed for Fine Pitch Bonding for Vertical (3-D) this microcontroller core. Integration" at IIT Hyderabad: The project BEL, Bangalore has transferred the aims to achieve three-dimensional (3D) technology to Advanced Numerical Research integration technology that enables high inter- & Analysis Group (ANURAG), DRDO. block electrical connection and hermetic sealing by metallic bonding. Literature review for desorption of Self assembled Monolayer (SAM) completed. Experimental setup developed and validated for the same. Cu-Cu bonding of Silicon wafers at low temperature i.e. 175oo C , 150 C as well as at 75 o C achieved. The achievement of Copper bonding at low temperature has led to filing of a patent under the project. viii)"Setting up of facilities for fabrication of MEMS devices" at Tezpur University: Equipment procured and facilities setup for fabrication of MEMS devices. Optimization of process parameters for the fabrication of MEMS devices is in process. Students (B. Tech BE 80501 Embedded Flash Micro controller (Physical Design) /M. Tech) and Research Scholars from the University and other Institutes trained for ii) Digital Programmable Hearing Aid (Body operation of the equipments installed under Worn and Behind the Ear Type) developed by the facility. The facility is also being used by the C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram faculty of the University for deposition of SiO 2 Under the project entitled "Development- to develop MEMS devices. Fabrication of ASIC Productionization of ix) "Design and development of MEMS based Digital Programmable Hearing Aid (DPHA) and SoC for Wide Band Energy Harvesting" at IIT its Deployment", C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram Delhi: Under the project, preliminary design designed and fabricated an ASIC (Application and simulation of a MEMS based cantilever Specific Integrated Circuit) named NAADA. has been carried out using which, it is Using this ASIC, CDAC developed a Digital proposed to design an array of MEMS based Programmable Hearing Aid (DPHA) module cantilever subsequently. named TARANG at an affordable cost. TARANG is available as Body-Worn (BW) and Transfer of Technology Behind-the-Ear (BTE) models. TARANG has i) 8 bit secured Microcontroller IP Core (BE many technologically advanced features and 80501) developed by BEL Bangalore can be customized and programmed/ Under the project entitled "Design, Simulation, reprogrammed using SHRUTHI software also Development and Fabrication of 8-Port, developed by C-DAC. It covers a wide range of

101 Technology and Application Development Patents b) Application No. 1846/CHE/2014 filed on April on filed 1846/CHE/2014 No. Application b) )Apiain o 064DL21 fld on filed 02674/DEL/2014 No. Application a) Department: the by supported projects the under generated (IP) Properties Intellectual the of filed been have During the year, the following patents applications PC Programming BONDING" OPESO MTLMTL DIRECT METAL-METAL COMPRESSION yeaa, il: SB 0° THERMO- 100°C "SUB Title: Hyderabad, Technology of Institute Indian by 2014 07, MANAGEMENT" YTM O AATV POWER ADAPTIVE FOR SYSTEM AND "METHOD Title: Thiruvananthapuram, September 17, 2014 by CDAC, CDAC, by 2014 17, September of Technology (ToT). Transfer for industries from obtained Interest of Expression project. the under filed patent Indian One also. certification (BIS) Standards version of DPHA has obtained Bureau of Indian physically rdc ad ehooy o empower to technology and product ot o Ida for India of Govt. (MoSJ&E), Empowerment & Justice Social of Ministry by instituted Award National the Handicapped Mumbai etc. The project has won ainl nttt fr h Hearing The for Institute National Jung Yavar Ali Delhi, New Science Medical ainl nttts ie l Ida nttt of Institute India All like Institutes National Extensive field trials were carried out at major oeae n poon haig loss. hearing profound and moderate ern poie fr ains ih mild, with patients for profiles hearing NAADA Interface ASIC impaired persons" Hearing Aid Body-Worn Programming Software– Dvlpet f Best of "Development 'SHRUTHI' in 2013 Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aid . The BW 102 n mnfcue aoSae eie ad take products from research and labs to the devices market. The civil Nano-Scale manufacture and participants and government agencies to fabricate to created being provide a facility to incubator companies, industry is Nano-Sensors of Testing and Prototyping for Centre a project, this Under .Nn Fbiain rttpn Fclt for Facility Prototyping Fabrication Nano 2. all to researchers across open the country. be will Centre the under developed nuuae soty n rsac facilities research being and is Centre shortly The inaugurated Centre. this at medium liquid in antigen of detection ng 1 than less for 1 GHz and configuration of Phase Lock Loop (PLL) array-on- Piezoelectric Silicon resonators operating at frequencies resonators, beyond MEMS as such wide areas in undertaken & Developmentis Research project. the under Madras IIT at created been have Centres Nanophotonics and NEMS A 1. Centre for Nano Electromechanical Systems Electromechanical Nano for Centre 1. made this year under the major on-going projects:- following are the some of the notable achievements The initiated. been has devices Sensor for Route development of Nano through ZnO Green and SnO uig h ya, nw rjc i te ra of area the in project new a year, the During development for the social benefits. usses sses n hmn resource human and systems subsystems, h dvlpet f aiu Nn devices, Nano various of development the for well progressing been have Department the of initiated under Nanotechnology Initiatives Division Projects outputs. agricultural better and products more as efficient energy sources, materials and electronics such outcomes significant promises a key economic driver for the twenty first century. It Nanotechnology is a revolutionary technology and conferences/workshops/seminars. Nanotechnology Initiatives Programme International in National/ presented Journals / published been have papers 18 Publications Bombay IIT at (NEMS) Systems Electromechanical Micro of Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) & Nano area the in Start-ups and SMEs (NEMS) and Nanophotonics at IIT Madras: 2 work for creating the clean room facility is almost publications and patents. Following are the some of completed and soon the site will be handed over to the notable achievements of these Centres so far:- M/s Hemair Systems India Limited, Hyderabad, for setting up of the clean room facility for further ØCantilever based soil moisture sensor work. In parallel, the fabrication of the targeted A cantilever based soil moisture sensor system has devices is under development and optimization by been developed which has a wireless connectivity. using the facility at SITAR. The unit processes Further work is continued on the instrumentation Technology and Application Development developed at SITAR will be finally translated and aspects of wireless sensor nodes for agricultural fine tuned once equipment are commissioned at systems. IITB. The scope of the project is proposed to be extended further to include the development of Nano sensors for N, P and K sensing for agricultural applications.

3. Development of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) cluster tool based epitaxial nano- semiconductor infrastructure and process integration facility for high performance RF/Microwave compound semiconductor heterostructure nano-devices on silicon at IIT Kharagpur MBE cluster tool has been established for the growth of epitaxial nano-semiconductor and is being used for growth of III-V compounds. AlGaAs/ InGaAs/ GaAs heterostructure has been grown for High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) realization. Also GaN has been grown on Si and its crystalline quality has been calibrated for design and simulation of Novel GaN based resonant tunneling HEMT. R & D at the Centre is continued in modeling, realization and characterization of compositionally graded AlGaN/GaN heterostructures for various electronic ØFloating Gate Memory Device applications and in Si34 N /GaN/AlGaN on Si(111) MIS structure for memory applications. A floating gate memory device with graphene as charge storage layer has been demonstrated at IIT 4. Centres of Excellence in Nano-electronics Bombay. The device can be programmed over a Phase II – a joint project between IISc, large voltage range of 14 V to 20 V and has a Bangalore and IIT Bombay memory window of 9.6 V. This is one of its kind demonstrations in the world. The project "Centre for Excellence in Nano- electronics" (CEN) at IISc and IIT-B is a very ØSynthesis of various conjugated Polymers successful program in establishing the state-of- Novel processes for the synthesis of various the-art nanofabrication facilities of international conjugated polymers and small organic standards at the two institutions and is providing a semiconducting materials for various applications platform to ambitious researchers in area of Nano- in Organic Electronics have been demonstrated at electronics. At the Centre of Excellence in Nano- IIT Bombay. These processes are versatile in terms electronics, the overall activities under the project of controlling the critical design parameters such have resulted in a large number of research

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Link Link Microfluidic chip with channels on PDMS/PC/ 6. Centre of Excellence in R & D in Theranostics PMMA, to detect the flow of PS beads/cells through Devices at IIT Guwahati. the channels are used for flow cytometry system for blood cell counting of atleast 20 L/min with Under this project R&D facilities are being integrated optical system consisting of Light established for fabrication of various devices such Emitting Diode (LEDs) of nominal as MEMs devices for bio/chemical detection and sensitive detection of analytes such as amylase in ØThin Film Batteries acute pancreatitis, molecular logic devices using Technology and Application Development fluorescent gold nano-clusters, quantum dots A Lithium Phosphorous Oxynitride (LiPON) based complex with improved optical properties finding thin film battery with 4.2V, 50μAHr/cm capacity 2 applications in light emitting devices and hydrogel and life time of 100 cycles in a polymer has been Nano-carrier with theranostic application potential. developed. This battery has also been integrated on silicon substrate to power an electronics circuit on 7. Other On-going Projects chip. R&D work has been continued at various institutes 5. Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program in the sponsored projects in the areas of (INUP)- Phase II at IISc Bangalore and IIT Demonstration of LED by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Bombay graphene based gas sensors, III/ V compound semiconductor based quantum dots technology, Indian Nanoelectroincs Users Program (INUP) is a Multi-functional magnetic nano particulates for unique research enabler platform. Through this cancer therapy, nano-materials and nano- project, researchers from academic institutions structures for photovoltaics, neuroelectronics, from across India are allowed to use the research futuristic memory (charge trap and nano-crystal facilities for fabrication and characterization of flash memories) and logic devices (tunnel FETs, electronic devices. Since 2008 more than 100 FinFETs, molecular electronics, and spintronics), institutions have used this facility. IITB and IISc are micro and nano sensors (cantilever, optical and organizing familiarization hands-on workshops polymer based) and integrated sensor systems. every year as part of the program. The main Metrological Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has objective of the project (Phase II) is to facilitate and been successfully installed and commissioned at support the generation of expertise and knowledge National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi for the in Nanoelectronics through participation by calibration of AFM and measuring the line spacing. external users in INUP and their utilization of the facilities established at the CEN at IISc Bangalore 8. Publications and Patents and IIT Bombay. The reach of INUP is extended to More than 90 research papers have been published a larger number of researchers across the country in National and International journals. List of the through a variety of new and expanded initiatives at Patents filed this year is given below: three levels: (i) Familiarization workshops are organized at different locations in the country, (ii) i) "Regioregular Conjugated Polymers Based on Topical and theme-based proposals from 3, 4-b-diheteropentalenes" Anil Kumar, Indian researchers are invited from time to time, (iii) Patent Application No 4005/MUM/2014. Projects are encouraged and promoted in which ii) "Regioregular Conjugated Copolymers Based researchers from different institutions collaborate. on Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene and process for Through INUP Phase II, total 50 research projects preparation of same" Anil Kumar, Indian Patent have been implemented this year. 2 familiarization Application No 739/MUM/2014. workshops and 4 hands-on training have been iii) "Nickel (0) Catalyzed Kumada Chain Transfer conducted. Around 15 papers have been published Polycondensation" Anil Kumar, Indian Patent during this year. Application No 1701/MUM/2014.

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HRD activities of DeitY are targeted to ensure etc. also engaged in training of various availability of trained human resources for the stakeholders in small numbers. manufacturing & service sectors of electronics and IT industry. Initiatives include identifying gaps The following schemes/activities pertaining to emerging from the formal sector and planning Human Resource Development for Electronics and programmes in non-formal and formal sectors for ICT sector have been targeted and have been meeting these gaps. Further, this includes Skill approved/ under formulation: Development in IT initiatives in pursuance to the I) Post Graduate and Doctorate Level National Skill Development Policy which has set a target of skilling 10 million persons by 2022 in the Scheme to give a thrust to Research in areas of domain of Electronics & IT and related areas. In Electronic System Design and Manufacturing the succeeding sections, brief details about various (ESDM) and IT/IT Enabled Services (ITES) [the ongoing initiatives including skill development and PhD Scheme now renamed as the "Visvesvaraya indicative list of major Schemes/Projects are PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT"] : presented. The objective of the above scheme is to generate 1500 PhDs for each of ESDM and IT/ITES sectors National Policy on Skill Development over a period of 5 years, in order to promote Government of India had announced a National innovation and development of new products in Policy on Skill Development which has set a target IT/ITES and ESDM sectors. Out of which 500 PhDs of skilling 500 million people by 2022 and a target for each of ESDM and IT/ITES sectors over a period of training 10 million persons in IECT sector has of 5 years would have fellowship support and the been assigned to this Department. An important other 1000 enrolled/registered over the period of aspect of this development is promoting private the Scheme would receive one time incentive for sector participation in skill requirement of the each of ESDM and IT/ITES sectors to encourage Electronics & IT sector. working professionals and non PhD faculty members to pursue PhD in the ESDM or IT/ITES The Skill Development activities of the Department sectors. In addition, 200 Young Faculty Research are primarily being taken up by its two autonomous Fellowships would be provided to encourage and societies viz. National Institute of Electronics and recognize the eligible Young Faculty involved in Information Technology (NIELIT previously known research and technology development in the areas as DOEACC) and Centre for Development of of ESDM and IT/ITES to retain as well as attract Advanced Computing (C-DAC). In addition, the young faculty in academia. various organizations / attached offices under the Department viz. ERNET India, Media Lab Asia, CSC The duration of scheme would be for five years for E-Governance Services India Limited, STQC, NIC the purposes of selecting PhD candidates for

107 Human Resource Development recommended the proposals of seven States viz. States seven of proposals the recommended Vocational, Skill development level III) Graduate level II) en prvd A 'moee Cmite has Committee' 'Empowered An approved. been Grant-in-support of Rs. 100.00 crore (approx.) has ees a a oa ota o R.1.7 rr with crore Rs.113.77 of outlay total a at levels) States/ to assistance financial for Scheme i) 147.48 crore over a period of five years. with a target of skilling 90,000 candidates (in five (in candidates 90,000 skilling of target a with System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector' Electronics in Development Skill for (06) States/UTs six to Assistance Financial for 'Scheme A Rs. of outlay total a with 14.11.2014 on approved been has Scheme The facilities. state-of-the-art developing by etc, Polytechnics colleges, Science aute o te niern, rs Cmec & Commerce Arts, Engineering, the of faculties ol am o rvd seilzd riig o the to training specialized provide to aim would the from Central Government. Electronics assistance and ICT Academy financial with States/UTs of collaboration active through streams, various in holders graduates/diploma the of employability eeomn/p rdto t ipoe the faculty/mentor improve for to etc., gradation NITs, development/up IIITs, IITs, in seven (07) Electronics and ICT Academies as a unit h ojcie f h aoe cee s o e up set to is scheme above the of objective The Electronics and ICT Academies Scheme ofFinancialAssistanceforsettingup of as on January 2015. time and 38 part time PhDs full at different Institutions 291 to support approved has Scheme) PhD the (for Committee Academic the and 2014-15, h Shm ws anhd ic academic-year since launched was Scheme The period of nine years in February 2014. crore (Rupees Four Hundred one crore only) over a the PhD Scheme at a total estimated cost of Rs. of 401 implementation for approved has Government period. scheme the during made already commitments ol b cniud il t ya fr the for year 9th till continued be would funding the However, scheme. the under support sector (ESDM) Manufacturing and Electronics Design System in Development Skill for UTs 108 the project has been approved with an outlay of Rs. A country. the throughout conducted Niche Areas IV) n mr ta 50 wrns wrsos were workshops awareness 500 than more and CDAC; and NIELIT institutions, academic various were students trained in various formal and non-formal course 42,000 at than more which 31.3.2014 under on completed was awareness mass various levels, train government officials and at create Security Information of area the in manpower of generation at aimed is which Project ISEA The )Ifrain euiy dcto and Education Security Information i) respective domains. various courses for skilling of candidates in their in candidates of skilling up for courses various taken have Councils Skill Sector above The Sector Skill Council: Telecom iii) Sector Skill Council: IT-ITeS ii) Sector Skill Council: Electronics i) the concerning (SSCs) domains addressed by this Department: Councils Skill Sector various skill development activities of the the following supporting and associating actively is DeitY i)Efrs o eeae rae priiain of participation greater generate to Efforts iii) and trained faculty up is being set provided by been NIELIT. has where facilities centres training requisite NCPUL select 50 at conducted being is training The candidates. 10,000 training for Chandigarh NIELIT, and (NCPUL) Language Urdu of Promotion for Council National by jointly course Diploma One-year conducting for years 3 of duration a for approved been has project The ii) 'Skill Development in Electronics Hardware' Electronics in Development 'Skill ii) by the Expert Committee for rollout of the Scheme. levels only). So far 24 courses have been identified two (for Pradesh only), Uttar and Uttarakhand levels Punjab, 3 Kerala(for Karnataka, Kashmir, & Jammu Telengana), Pradesh(including Andhra Awareness (ISEA) Project Electronics, Telecom, IT/ITeS Industry through Sector Skill Councils– Councils– Skill Sector through Industry Chandigarh en ipeetd y NCPUL/NIELIT by implemented being Phase-II of 96.08 crore to be implemented over a period of 5 areas in institutions other than premier institutions years w.e.f. 01.4.2014. Under the ISEA Phase-II, like IITs/IISc etc. by involving faculty of these 1.14 lakh persons are proposed to be trained under premier intuitions to guide researchers of such formal and non-formal courses, faculty training other institutions. The program will be initiated in etc. In addition, about 400 Paper publications are 60 academic/Research & Development institutions expected. The project also aims to provide training across the country. The proposed outlay of the to more than 13,000 Government officials and project is Rs 99.72 Crore with a duration of 5 years. creating mass information security awareness The program will result in development of more targeted towards Academic users, Government than 50,000 industry ready skilled/specialised users and General users (approximately 3 crore manpower in the area of VLSI/ASIC Design, System Internet users in five years through direct and on Chip / system design at different levels i.e. PhD, indirect mode). M.Tech and B.Tech. The program aims at Human Resource Development increasing the country's global VLSI design share ii) Capacity building in the areas of Electronic from existing15-16% to 30-36%. Product Design and Production Technology V) Grass root level The project has been initiated for development of human resource at various levels including Scheme for IT Mass Literacy (National Digital Certificate, Diploma, Post Graduate and Research Literacy Mission) in the Country Professionals with adequate competence levels with a target of training 11,515 candidates in five In line with the objective of the National Policy on IT years. The project further aims at upgrading the 2012 to make one person in every household in the competence of working professional in Indian country e-literate, a scheme for IT Mass Literacy Industries and knowledge/ skills of faculty of (renamed as National Digital Literacy Mission) with technical institutions. The project is being an objective to provide IT training, relevant to the implemented by NIELIT Centres at Aurangabad & need of the trainee, which enables the beneficiaries Chennai and CDAC Hyderabad. Under this project, to use IT and related applications for their livelihood NIELIT Aurangabad has launched M.Tech(part earning and employability with an outlay of Rs. time) in Electronic product design and B.Tech(full 97.02 crore (Grant-in-aid from DeitY: Rs. 89.71 time), both in affiliation with Dr. B.A.M. University, crore) has been approved. The Scheme aims to Aurangabad with a vision to bridge the gap train 10 lakh persons at two levels of literacy between academia and Industry, the implementing throughout the country over a duration of 18 agencies have launched 6 week modular courses in months. The Scheme has been launched by Electronic Product Design, Embedded System Hon'ble Prime Minister at Ranchi, Jharkhand on Design, Electronic Packaging, Wireless Embedded 21-08-2014. System. Further, a 6 month (full time) Post VI) Create skill development facilities in Graduate Diploma in Electronic Product Design deprived areas through strengthening of has also been launched. National Institute of Electronics and iii) Special Manpower Development Program Information Technology (NIELIT) for Chips to Systems A project on "Development of North-Eastern Region A project entitled "Special Manpower Development by enhancing the Training/ Education capacity in Program for Chips to Systems" is being evolved by the Information, Electronics & Communications the Department. The project aims at developing Technology (IECT) Area" has been initiated with the skilled/specialised manpower in the area of following objectives: Microelectronics/VLSI Design/System (a) Upgrading the six existing centres of the Development (including embedded system)/ NIELIT in the North-Eastern Region at System on Chip. The project also aims at Guwahati, Imphal, Shillong, Itanagar, Gangtok broadening the base of quality research in these and Aizwal.; and

109 Human Resource Development households throughout the country at a total outlay make 42.5 lakh persons digitally literate in selected Digital India Initiative: VII) nild ' entitled scheme a view, in this Keeping initiative. India' of the Hon'ble Prime Minister's vision of 'Digital of vision Minister's Prime Hon'ble the of providing by Universal Digital Literacy is an integral component citizens of Empowerment Digital Abhiyan' Saksharta 'Digital for Scheme i) (b) Setting up of ten new Extension centres and centres Extension new ten of up Setting (b) Setting up/ upgradation of NIELIT Centres • oren 1) u o proposed of out (14) Fourteen • ( upgrading two existing Extension centres ि दशा and Ropar is underway. Chennai, Ajmer, Ranchi, Leh, Patna, Kolkata, of Region Ladakh Srikakulam, at DeitY. Kohima under other funded projects by the diinl oain a Aatl and Agartala at locations additional ih (8 N Sae cvrn two covering States NE (08) eight offering all in locations 16 from courses trainings presently is NIELIT approval. revised RCE proposal is under process A for Centres. Extension & Centres NIELIT permanent of construction for (PMCs) s rjc Mngmn Consultants Management Project as appointed been have PSUs Central Three Imphal, Aizawl, Lunglei & Chuchuyimlang. uaai Kkahr Jra, Tejpur, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Guwahati, Pasighat, in Locations 9 at obtained been campuses has construction ofpermanent for land of Possession project. the under far so trained were students 7757 of total A Pradesh. Arunachal in Tezu & Pasighat (Meghalaya), Dibrugarh (Assam) and and (Assam) Dibrugarh (Meghalaya), Tura at, Centres for Extension 4 space remaining built-up for of made allotment/hiring being are Efforts Mizoram. Churachandpur in Manipur; and Lunglei in Silchar, Jorhat at and Kokrajhar in space Assam; Senapati & built-up rented from training imparting are Centres Extension six new The date. on as operational are Centres Centres/Extension Eighteen(18) iia Skhra bia' ( Abhiyan' Saksharta Digital ) under 'Digital India' िदशा ) to 110 use of ICT tools. the promote to and enhancement skill literacy, IT States / UTs, targeted at these sections, to improve IT for Masses Programme VIII) riig cpct bidn poet i dfeet different in projects ICT building of capacity / number training implementing been has Accordingly, DeitY sections. weaker and welfare of the development to committed is Government As a part of its inclusive development strategy, the Development of Weaker Sections Communications Technology is under formulation. ra f nomto Eetois and Electronics Information of area in persons skilled of pool a create to proposal A & smaller towns in people Jobs: Train for IT iii) the Schemes are to be implemented concurrently. earlier which is being implemented in 8 states. Both n Mnfcuig ED) sector' (ESDM) Manufacturing and Design System Electronics in Development Skill for States/UTs select to Assistance Financial for is in continuation of the above mentioned Rs. 411 crore (approx.) in a period of 4 years. This 3,28,000 persons in ESDM sector at an outlay of outlay an at sector ESDM in persons 3,28,000 skill developmentfor entire countryforfacilitating the in sector ESDM of development for system eco- an of creation the facilitate to of order in States/UTs country the all cover to 09.12.2014 eeomn i ED fr iia India Digital for ESDM " in for Development Scheme a approved has department anhd y o'l Pie iitr the Minister, Prime Hon'ble programme by India' 'Digital launched of aegis the Under ii) Scheme for 'Skill Development in ESDM for ESDM in Development 'Skill for Scheme ii) concurrently. Both the Schemes are to be implemented implemented be to are Schemes the Both Mission). Literacy Digital National as (renamed the abovementionedschemeforITMass Literacy be would of continuation is This Government. by supported candidates lakh 38.5 remaining and CSR under resources/ own their Lakh through others 4 target, total the candidates are to be trained of by Industry, NGOs and Out India. Digital under 09.12.2014 on approved been has years 4 of period a over (approx) crore 380.00 Rs. of Digital India' villages for IT sector jobs approved 'Scheme on " Skill The following projects were initiated / on-going: Scheduled Tribes – Kerala

Projects covering Scheduled Caste (SC) • ICT training to SC / ST / Women - Jammu & beneficiaries Kashmir • Capacity building in IT skills of Scheduled • IT Mass Literacy Programme for SCs – Kerala Tribes (ST) candidates - Chhattisgarh • Capacity building for empowerment of SC • Capacity building in IT skills of Scheduled candidates on ICT at Cooch Behar district of Tribes (ST) candidates - Andaman & Nicobar West Bengal - West Bengal • e-Inclusion: IT training for Rural Scheduled • IT training for Scheduled Caste (SC) Tribe (ST) Beneficiaries- Madhya Pradesh, candidates - Punjab Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and

• ICT training in Advance Animation / 3D Jharkhand Human Resource Development Animation / Graphic & Web Designing to SC / • Capacity building for the upliftment of 2000 Women candidates – Maharashtra (Mumbai) Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates - Union • ICT training to SC / ST / Women - Jammu & Territory of Lakshadweep Kashmir • Capacity building of SC & ST students of North • e-Inclusion: IT training for Rural Scheduled Orissa University & its affiliated colleges in IT Caste (SC) Beneficiaries - Uttar Pradesh, West tools – Odisha Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil • IT infrastructure creation and capacity building Nadu in IT tools of Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates • Development of Bi-lingual multimedia e- - Madhya Pradesh Contents / Portal and setting up of Knowledge • Capacity building of Scheduled Tribes (ST) Kiosk at 11 districts for facilitating candidates in Maharashtra for using IT tools – entrepreneurship creation amongst Scheduled Maharashtra Castes (SC) – Punjab • Skill Enhancement of Scheduled Tribes (ST) • Capacity building of SC & ST students of North candidates of Ladakh region of J & K State for Orissa University & its affiliated colleges in IT employment as Computer Hardware & tools – Odisha Networking professionals–Jammu & Kashmir • Capacity building of Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates in Maharashtra for using IT tools – Gender Empowerment Maharashtra Gender Empowerment through ICT has been one of • Skill Enhancement of Scheduled Castes (SC) the major initiatives of the Government. The candidates of Jammu & Samba region of J & K objective of this initiative is to empower women State for employment as Computer Hardware through capacity building in ICT and IT training so & Networking professionals–Jammu & as to enhance their employability. Accordingly, Kashmir DeitY has been implementing number of ICT • Training and Certification of Scheduled Caste training/capacity building projects for (SC) students in job oriented courses in empowerment of women in different States / UTs. Information Technology – Kerala The following projects were initiated / on-going:

Projects covering Scheduled Tribe (ST) Projects covering Gender (Women) beneficiaries beneficiaries • IT oriented Handloom Sector Development • IT Mass Literacy Programme for STs – Kerala Program for creative design, development & • IT skills & e-Inclusion through low cost access deployment by Artisians/Weavers of devices based awareness program for Jharkhand & Odisha State–Jharkhand, Odisha

111 Human Resource Development "anytime, anywhere" learning. Supplementing the Supplementing "anytime, anywhere"learning. E-Learning use of ICT in education has opened the doors for doors the opened has education in ICT of use The millions of people in a cost effective manner. availability of quality education on 24x7 basis to basis 24x7 on the education quality of possible availability made have ICT in Advancements and would be visualization in a better way. better in subject the of retention hence, and understanding results This etc. 3D-animation graphics, video, Audio, – features multimedia with content courseware the enrich to used effectively be can tools digital These etc. storage spacerequirement fast; manipulated;less digital data can be - accessed randomly; retrieved randomly; accessed - be can data digital electronics have made e-learning possible because communication media. Advances in digital digital in Advances media. communication dcto uig dctoa tos and tools educational using education hut ra ietfe b DiY o imparting for DeitY by identified areas the of thrust one is It learners. to education long life (ICT). E-Learning is an effective tool for quality and Technologies Communication and Information by e-Learning is the learning facilitated and supported aaiy ulig o I sil based skill IT for building Capacity • -nlso: T riig o Rrl Women Rural for training IT e-Inclusion: • riig f oe i Dli o creating for Delhi in Women of Training • ICT based integrated development program for • C tann t S/TWmnJmu & SC/ST/Women-Jammu to training ICT – Girls/Women • of benefit the for Project • C tann i Avne nmto / 3D / Animation Advance in training ICT • T as ieay rgam fr oe – Women for Programme Literacy Mass IT • Bengal – West Bengal ot fr ub Mdnpr itit f West of district Medinipur Purba for Youth cnmcly ekr Women/SHG/Local weaker economically Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir Beneficiaries - Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, skill in IT - Delhi promote awareness and to enhance vocational women entrepreneurs / data entry operators, to of Varanasi – Uttar Pradesh women empowerment in Lallapura craft cluster Kashmir Haryana Women candidates – Maharashtra (Mumbai) / SC to Designing Web & Graphic / Animation Kerala 112 Achievements eeomn o eauto mtos n online and methods evaluation of development The objectives are to create item banks, banks, item create to are objectives The NIELIT, New Delhi xmntos II, aglr jity with jointly Bangalore IIIT, Examinations, OE) o Ntoa Lvl Certification Level National System for Evaluation (OAES) and Assessment Online based Android tablets on like Aakash is run in progress. suitably to compatible etrs n ad ut-iga spot o the to OLabs support multi-lingual add and accessibility features support to framework OLabs the The expected outcome of the project is to enhance Learning for supporting OLabs on Android tablets. M- to framework the of enhancement with along translation of content to Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi etc is completed. Making all labs Android Android labs all Making completed. is etc Prototype for translation of Labs in Marathi, Hindi, labs. the on feedback gather to 2014 September, and 2014 June, in conducted were workshops Teacher development. under are more 37 About activities. English 18 7 labs, and activities Biology Mathematics 15 labs, Chemistry 27 labs, Physics 21 include These developed. been have experiments/activities for classes IX, X, XI and XII 88 of total project, schools for labs Online Under with total outlay of INR 449.80 Lakhs. experiments for multi-lingual support i.e. i.e. support multi-lingual for experiments nls) n ehnig Lb pae I phase OLabs Biology, enhancing (Maths, and 10 English) 9, Class for and Maths) Biology, Chemistry, (Physics, 12 Class and 11 Class for OLabs extend to include objectives The Amrita with Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, jointly Kerala Mumbai CDAC, 2, Phase - experiments school for (OLabs) Labs Online various at e-Learning academic of educational institutes, R&D area Labs etc. the in projects The e-learning. R&D supporting financially been has Department promote to technologies and and content quality of educators. The broad objective is to develop tools supply and demand environment; especially when there is large gap in motn t fcltt ehne learning enhanced facilitate to important tools/content and use of ICT in formal education is formal way of education with E-Learning E-Learning with education of way formal

framework. Theprojectdurationis2years Human Resource Development

assessment and evaluation system (OAES). O- identified viz. Item Authoring module, Assessment Level program of NIELIT has been proposed as the Instrument Generation module, Exam module and basis for creation of item banks along with a Evaluation module, design of Authoring module for suitable software platform to conduct online selection type is completed and other modules are examinations, which will help in online evaluation in progress. Screen design along with database of students' performance. design has also been completed. Integration with backend is in progress. The expected outcome of the project is to develop item banks (1000 items per course) for the eight O- Development of Personalized and Performance Level courses with cumulative sum of 8000 items based E-Learning tool for existing E-resources, across all the courses. In addition, online NIT Durgapur jointly with Bannari Amman evaluation of students' performance will also be Institute of Technology, Erode District, Tamil done against all the items in the item bank. Further, Nadu and IIT Kanpur. a software platform will also be developed that will The objectives are to estimate the online learners' enable any agency to design and conduct online proficiency based on their navigation & search examination, and thereby evaluate the students' history, to sort and prioritize search results in the performance. The project duration is 3 years with learning contents, tracking the searching process total outlay of INR 329.99 Lakhs. in a content particular for learners, improve search The activities that have been completed include engine performance and to increase user (online requirements analysis of item bank authoring, learners) satisfaction. instrument generation, examination sub-system. The expected outcome of the project is to develop Beside these, system architecture has also been the content in new format for five courses, which completed. Out of four modules, which have been can be used profile dependent learning experience

113 Human Resource Development o eet ita css o e mlmne. The implemented. development of virtual case be module is progressing to cases virtual select to screen sizes. Medsim system study was conducted designed to be responsive in nature to fit various fit to nature in responsive be to designed running. The user interface of Medsim web portal is is completed and the domain "medsim.in" is up and framework e-learning based web of Development total outlay of INR 199.80 Lakhs. animations. The project duration is 2 years with years 2 is duration project The animations. ih neatv 2, D iuain and simulations 3D 2D, interactive with addition, virtual patient cases will also be enriched rm eia fcly Plt t Hsias. In Hospitals). 2 at (Pilot faculty medical from inputs on based areas broad two in medical simulations with along Framework) (Medical tools reporting and Assessment Administrative, with portal platform, e-Learning medical develop to is project of the outcome/ deliverables The expected Patients that integrates 2D and 3D animations Virtual using cases clinical interactive experience iuain ad o lo suet pursuing students and practice learn, visualize, allow to sciences medical to and Simulations ht uprs optr ae Medical based Computer supports that an e-Learningplatform The objectivesaretobuild Kollam, Vidyapeetham, Kerala Vishwa Amrita with jointly Thiruvanathapuram C-DAC, Simulation, eSmeLann pafr fr Medical for platform MedSim–e-Learning working well. has been built. The system as described above is above described as system The built. been has administrators. The student section of the project the of section student The administrators. n a eaae eto fr h various the for section separate a and registration, sign up, and sign in link for students for link in sign and up, sign registration, project. The homepage of the website has links for implement so as to enhance the performance of the opee. oe ope lgc ytm have already been implanted and systems more are being tried to logic complex Some completed. been have part coding and development content course installation and materials of procurement to design and preparing the layout of the system, the of layout the preparing and design to analysis of the proposed system, major part related ih eeec t te ciiis f requirements of activities the to reference With 99.90 Lakhs. outlay ofINR project durationis3yearswithtotal rpsd oue f h Biapt- sal be shall released in open source Brihaspati-3 along with Brihaspati. The the of module proposed through Brihaspati-3 LMS. The source code for the 114 n dvlp io apiain bsd n the on based applications pilot develop and identify to Also platforms. mobile for framework csse ad o ein n dvlp the develop and design to and ecosystem cloud based Augmented Reality (AR) in e-Learning The objective is to study various usage scenarios of for Learning Environment, CDAC, Bangalore Aware Context Framework Reality Augmented assisted Mobile of Development and Design like buildings under construction etc. reasons various to due non-feasible as reported is in process. Out of 204 schools, 13 schools were The installationand integration ofICT equipments are in warehouse of Vishakapatnam for 54 schools. same the and schools 150 in delivered been have items Hardware Government. AP of Department RE Ida a sge MU ih Education with MoU signed has India ERNET INR 24.96 crores. Total Srikakulam. duration of of the project is 3 area years with total tribal outlay of and rural the through the use of e-Learning ICT deployment in deployment ICT e-Learning of use the through benefited be would students 50000 approx. that expected is It uniformly. and equitably students tribal and rural to available make and curriculum Education Andhra with mapped language English content digital of Science, Maths develop and English to in Telgu and and Srikakulam of area tribal is to setting-up ICT Centers in schools in rural and project of the outcome/ deliverables The expected tribal children. rkklm o nert IT o lann and learning for teaching to ICT improve learning outcomes of rural integrate and to Srikakulam 204 high schools in rural and tribal area of district The objective is to set up e-Learning ICT centers in India in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, ERNET Setting up ICT E-Learning Centres in 204 schools for and conducting field cases trials. virtual developing in assistance Health and Family Welfare, Thiruvanathapuram for of Institute State Kerala and Thiruvanathapuram of Government Medical College, College, Medical Government of Principals with discussions The had also team project feedback. for the experts to medical shown and doctors being also is prototype the and framework developed so developed and to conduct remove all kinds of bugs. Total duration of the knowledge dissemination program through project is 3 years with total outlay of INR 46.50 trainings and workshops. lakhs.

The expected outcome/deliverables of the project is A MoU was signed with NKN in August, 2014 in an intuitively simple, user-friendly software order to meet the above objectives. The server framework to create augmented reality based e- access at NKN data center has been received and learning applications for students along with with this, now, the installation and transfer of documentation including user's manual, help and current user data for Brihaspati -3 has been support for the framework via online forums and completed. The services are up and running. sample projects to kick start. In addition, one Enhancing the outreach of Electronic System

workshop and two training programs will also be Human Resource Development conducted. Total duration of the project was 2 Design and Training through e-learning, CDAC, years, which was further extended by 8 months. NOIDA The total budget outlay of the project is INR 185.00 The main objective of this project is to develop low Lakhs. cost educational kits and to educate and provide The activities related to Study phase, user training in the areas of Embedded System Design identification, requirement specifications, project (ESD), Designing using Field Programmable Gate plan and work breakdown structure, procurement Array (FPGA) and Digital Signal Processing. Both of capital, high level design of all components, low hands-on and training through e-learning will be level design and test plan document of Augmented organized periodically throughout the project Reality for Board, Book and Game have been duration. completed but their pilot application/ The expected outcome/ deliverables of the project implementation are in progress. Testing of is to develop educational kits for performing lab authoring tools is also completed. Application along with user manuals to perform experiments. manager module and Augmented Reality Project will generate trained faculties, students, Framework are also in progress. and other participants in different areas of Deployment and management of Brihaspati-3 Electronic Systems. Furthermore, the design & services over NKN for Indian Academia, IIT, development of boards and training using different Kanpur kits will enhance the knowledgebase for commercial production of electronic systems. Major objective of the project is to make About 200 participants are expected to be trained installations on the servers deployed in NKN through the Training Programs conducted at C- network and to maintain and upgrade them with DAC, NOIDA. Additionally, based on an average every new patch and version being released. The registration of about 50 participants per Module, academic institutes, which are subscribing to NKN about 400 participants will be trained using the e- connectivity, will get very good reliable access to learning Mode. Total duration of the project is 3 the services of Brihaspati-3 and its upgraded years with budget outlay of INR 3.69 crores. versions. All other services developed in open source, which are being integrated with Brihaspati- Under Digital Signal Processing and Designing 3 will also be deployed and managed. using FPGA, for designing of lab experiments for undergraduate engineering students, prescribed The expected outcome of the project is to deploy syllabus of the Indian Universities both in Brihaspati-3 services and allied services on NKN. Government and Private sector were studied. So The experience of the deployment and running far, five common topics were filtered out in Digital Brihaspati- services shall be documented. The Signal Processing. In addition, with respect to feedback from the services will be used in the designing using FPGA, list of experiments prepared development process to add more features and with two common concepts - basic and advanced

115 Human Resource Development ece ad h suet bt i te ls and outside class the class. In addition, the the project also aims in the both students between the and interaction teacher for and students the by devices carried portable computing the diverse Guwahati and learning experience in large classroom, IIT, teaching the enhance to framework ICT-based courses and experiments. betvs f h poet r t dvlp the develop to on lecture the deliver are to interface and framework project the of Objectives the access to order in register to need students The learning. online for students the to support designed with the objective to provide a complete a provide to objective the with designed are also provided. E-Learning portal has also been these, comparisons of some existing FPGA boards level and are performed on existing boards. Beside

***** 116 recently initiated. outlay of INR 94.32 lakhs. The project has been has project The lakhs. 94.32 INR of outlay also Total duration exams. of the project is 2 years with short budget and evaluate and students conduct to and facilitate teacher the between interaction personalized enable will system This classroom (e.g. smart the phones, tablets and laptop). in devices mobile between synchronization and students to voice) and (slides content lecture of delivery real-time for scalable and attendance of collection classroom automatic for large system management ICT-based an for framework The expected outcome of the project is to develop a short exams/ quizzes/ home assignments). evaluate and (conduct management examination o eeo a rmwr ad nefc for interface and framework a develop to Infrastructure

Standardization, Testing and Quality country. The services are primarily being used by Certification (STQC) Directorate medium and small scale industries. Currently, STQC services are being utilized by more than STQC Directorate has established a well-developed 10,000 organizations representing the entire network of test laboratories spread across the segment of industry, Government departments, country including North East region. The

R&D organizations etc. Infrastructure laboratories are equipped with state of the art standards and equipment. It provides Test & Number of projects sponsored by the Department Calibration, Training and Certification services. in the area of Software Quality Assurance, Many national and international accreditations / Information Security Management, Website recognitions have made STQC services widely Quality, Quality Assurance of Indian Language acceptable at international level also. With this Technology & Products have been executed. STQC has established itself as a premier Services offered and locations of Laboratories / organization for Quality Assurance in the field of Centres are indicated below - Electronics and Information Technology (IT) in the

Laboratories/Centres Locations Services offered

Electronics Regional Test Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Testing (Electronics, Electrical, Labs (ERTL) Thiruvananthapuram Environmental, Safety, EMI/EMC etc.) and Calibration (Electro-technical and Electronics Test & Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Non-electrical) Development Centres Hyderabad, Mohali, Guwahati, Jaipur, (ETDC) Goa, Agartala, Solan

IT Centres Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Testing of IT solutions for Functional Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, and Non-functional (Performance, Hyderabad, Pune, Guwahati, Mohali Usability, Security, etc.) parameters

IT Centres; Common Kolkata Testing of IT products for Security Criteria Test Lab (CCTL)

IT Centres; Bio-metrics Mohali Testing and Certification of Finger Devices Test Lab (BDTL) Print Scanners, Iris Scanners and

Authentication Devices

117 Infrastructure .Fntoa Tsig f ua Resource Human of Testing Functional 5. 4. Periodic audit / verification of Passport Seva Passport of verification / audit Periodic 4. .Fntoa Tsig f nomto & Information of Testing Functional 3. .Eauto o Itgae MP SSDG - MMP Integrated of Evaluation 2. .Evaluation of e-District (a State Mission Mode 1. carried out – Testing and evaluation of the following have been have following the of evaluation and Testing Software Testing STQC IT Test Services Major Achievements Centres Regional Certification Engineers (CETE) Centre forElectronicTest Management (IIQM) Indian InstituteofQuality (CFR) Centre forReliability aoaoisCnrsLctosServicesoffered Locations Laboratories/Centres Tripura. of State for application System Management Project under Ministry of External Affairs. Department, Govt. of West Bengal. acaas n Rrl Development Rural and Panchayats urne Shm (GRG) for (MGNREGS) Scheme Guarantee Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Rural National Gandhi Mahatma omnctos ehooy ouin for Solution Technology Communications West Bengal Ph II. om) eoe t rl ot o Mzrm and Mizoram for out roll its before Forms) Services Delivery Gateway, State Portal and e- application (SSDG - State e-Governance e-Governance State - (SSDG application Health etc for all citizen across the state efr Shms Rto Cr, Education, Card, Social Ration Schemes, Welfare Certificates, various of issue like facilitate services may which stage final phase of Mizoram & West Bengal are in the in are Bengal West & Mizoram of phase out roll for Evaluation and Testing country. most of the states in the eastern part of the of part eastern the in states the of most for projects pilot application MMP) - Project

Delhi, Kolkata,Mumbai,Bengaluru Noida Bengaluru, Kolkata,Pune,Hyderabad, Jaipur Chennai

118 .CompletedCC Evaluation of one HP router for 1. countries member 26 the including India all as Authorizing member. by signed was products Technology Information of Assurance Security for agreement International revised The globe. the across countries from also but academia and Government industries, from only not response overwhelming an was There Delhi. New in 2014 Common Criteria (CC) Testing and Evaluation Criteria Conference and CCRA meetings in Sept., in meetings CCRA and Conference Criteria Common International the hosted India time First .Sfwr apiain etn o Wb based Web of testing application Software 9. .Sfwr Qaiy vlain f Integrated of Evaluation Quality Software 8. .Idpnet otae eiiain and Verification Software Independent 7. 6. Third party evaluation of the Integrated Integrated the of evaluation party Third 6. Tamilnadu. ‘BalSahara ‘ for child homes for AP Govt. oenet optl ec o Gv. of Govt. of etc. Hospitals Government Centres, Health Primary like systems delivery services to the Citizens by linking State Health of the mission to render comprehensive Health Health Management System developed as part aiain f o Pwr aa Jammer Radar Power Simulator. Low of Validation MMP, has been initiated. state a Pradesh, Madhya of Govt. of (IFMIS) System Information Management Financial EAL2 .

Security etc. designers &developers,Information Quality, CapabilityApprovalforWebsite Management, ProductSafety,Website Certification servicesforQuality programs Practice orientedskillbasedTraining Website Qualityetc. Management, InformationSecurity, Training coursesonQuality Reliability testing

2. Three products are under evaluation Website Quality Assessment as per GIGW requirements – Tested 1000 websites a) HP router for EAL2 b) Ericsson router for EAL3 Under the Project ‘Strengthening STQC IT Centres for Website Quality Testing to support e- c) Operating system BOSS developed by Governance implementation in India’; nearly 1000 CDAC for EAL2. websites of various ministries / Departments of eSecurity Testing and Assessment Govt. of India were evaluated as per Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) Provided Web Application Security Testing, requirements. Test Reports have also been Assessment services to various government and forwarded to respective Departments or Ministries semi-government departments and private for corrective actions. A number of meetings have organizations namely: also been held with stakeholders to explain the deviations reported. a) Ministry of External Affairs, National Institute for Orthopedically Handicapped, Ministry of Biometric Device Certification Scheme of STQC Health & Family Welfare, Central Staff Training & Research Institute, Ministry of Labour & STQC operates a scheme for Certification of Employment, Indian Ordnance Factories, Biometric Devices (Finger print & IRIS Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Department authentication & enrollment) under an MOU Infrastructure of Atomic Energy, Positional Astronomy signed with UIDAI. The objective of Testing and Centre, India Meteorological Department etc. Certification of Biometric Devices for UID project is to facilitate availability of quality assessed b) Medical Cell, Finance Department, Biometric Devices to enrolment (Finger print & Registration & Stamp Revenue, Commercial IRIS) and authentication (Finger print & IRIS) Taxes, Panchayat & Rural Development, State agencies. This certification scheme provides Forest Development Agency, WB Unorganized confidence that certified devices are reliable, safe, Sector Workers’ Welfare Board, Women and secure and meet the requirements. The devices Development and Social Welfare, Youth are designed, manufactured and delivered to meet Services, Department of Biotechnology, the technical requirements of UIDAI. School Education, Judicial Department of West Bengal Government Details of devices certified by STQC as on date is c) Andhra Pradesh Government (APGENCo) detailed below- d) Madhya Pradesh Government (Directorate of Enrollment Biometric devices- Treasuries & Accounts) • 15 IRIS Devices e) Nagaland Government (Department of • 12 FPS Devices Information & Public Relations) • 15 Suppliers f) Manipur Government (Forest Department, Office of the Accountant General) Authentication Biometric devices- g) Embassies of India (Copenhagen, Tokyo) • 4 IRIS Devices h) Carried out Security testing of over 20 e- • 2 Suppliers tenders Software Application developed by • 39 FPS Devices NIC, Chennai, for use by various Government departments and PSU’s to publish their • 12 Suppliers tenders in the Website. Test and Calibration Services i) Application security testing for Web based e- procurement solutions for ECIL and STQC laboratories have provided test and Government of Andhra Pradesh calibration services to a large number of industry,

119 Infrastructure Environmental Testing Opto/Solar Photo-voltaic/Equipment/ Photo-voltaic/Equipment/ Opto/Solar Testing of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) .Poie tsig evcs o Photovoltaic for services testing Provided 2. .Poie tsig evcs o Eeg Meter Energy for services testing Provided 1. • Electrical, Mechanical, Environmental and and Environmental Mechanical, Electrical, • ucinl hcs odce o EVMs on conducted checks Functional • Following Tests were carried out: the requirements of Election Commission of India. per as Bengaluru BEL, M/s. and Hyderabad ECIL M/S by manufactured Machines Voting Electronic ucsfly opee o-ie etn of testing on-site completed Successfully are indicated below- activities major the of Some organizations. ulc etr netkns n Government and undertakings sector public certification scheme. eie ad lcrnc udr MNRE under electronics and devices under BIS certification scheme. EMI/ EMC parameters Commission ehia seiiain o te Election per the as of Units) specifications Ballot technical and Units (Control Picture: EnergyMeterTestFacility 120 Safety, EAC & EMC Testing .Priiae i te rfcec Testing Proficiency the in Participated 2. .Cnutd etn & etfcto of certification & testing Conducted 1. 5. Created facility for testing of Solar Inverter as Inverter Solar of testing for facility Created 5. 4. Provided on-site calibration services to Govt. to services calibration on-site Provided 4. .Provided testing services for Battery for RDSO, 3. methods followed in Ex-test laboratories laboratories Ex-test tests in followed harmonize methods to Management IECEx of advice the at Germany PTB, by originated rise’ ‘Temperature parameter the on Program ocre mnn mcie cmn from overseas the manufacturers, coming of machines (DGMS) mining concerned Safety Mines of General coal Director of approval underground to led has This reserves. of mining mechanized Ln-al mnn mcie ue for used machines mining ‘Long-wall’ electrical/ safe and Pillar’ & ‘Room of components electronic Intrinsically & Flameproof per IEC 61683. electronic equipment. opto- for industries private & organizations certification scheme. nutil hueod s & MNRE & use household & industrial Infrastructure

Picture: CFL Testing Facility worldwide. ERTL(East) was the only laboratory 7. Completed safety testing for LED based Street from India who participated in this Light and LED Lamps as per IS 16102 (Part 1 & programme. 2)

3. Conducted testing & certification of Gas 8. Completed EMC testing for new products like Detectors & Gas Detection Systems to be used Surge Protector, Static Watt-hour Meter, Level in underground Coal & Oil mines leading to Crossing Control System, LED based Flasher, approval of Director General of Mines Safety DC to DC Convertor, Boiler Camera and (DGMS) Minimum voltage relay.

4. Contributed in Sectional Committee (ET 22) of Electrical / Non- electrical Calibration: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) responsible 1. NABL Re-accreditation Audit of the Electrical for development of Standards on Electrical Group at ERTL(east) was successfully Equipment intended to be used in potentially completed during December, 2014. hazardous atmospheres. 2. Scope of Temperature Calibration was 5. Completed safety testing of following products extended upto 13000 C (both In-house & On- under Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) site) to cover important Devices like, Muffle of BIS: Furnace, etc at ERTL(east). • Printer, 3. A Pneumatic Pressure Calibration facility • Data Storage Equipment, (Dead Weight Tester) has been installed at the laboratory covering the range of – 980 mbar to • Tablet PC 35 bar. 6. Completed safety testing of one and taken up 4. Carried out performance testing of LAPTOP another two Energy Meters under STQC ‘S’ Computers for Tamilnadu State Government Mark Scheme as part of their mission to empower School and

121 Infrastructure Reliability Testing 4. Carried out Reliability Prediction Analysis for Analysis Prediction Reliability out Carried 4. .Crid u Rlaiiy rdcin nlss of Analysis Prediction Reliability out Carried 3. 2. Carried out Accelerated Reliability Testing to Testing Reliability Accelerated out Carried 2. 1. Carried out Accelerated Reliability Testing for Testing Reliability Accelerated out Carried 1. .Carried out Calibration and Testing of over 400 5. well as consumer Public and industries. to also as generation the of part the on losses curtail and metering accurate electronic for of meters usage proliferate to mission their in Tamilnadu in plants Co-Generation and Companies producing Energy Bio-Mass Farms, Wind TNEB, (TANGEDCO), Company Distribution and Generation Power Tamilnadu numbers of Electronic Energy Meters for the for Meters Energy Electronic of numbers hardware. conversant with the usage of state of the them art IT making thus skills their enhance thus semi-urban areas to bridge the digital gap and and rural the in especially students College Bangalore. omnctos n Technologies, Kalki and M/s Communications by manufactured for market Computers global Industrial of versions two Indian NAVY application. Oceanographic Lab (NPOL), DRDO, Cochin for OI sses o Nvl hscl and Physical Naval for systems SONIC Srivatsun Embedded system, Chennai. Centum Electronics, Bangalore. M/s Sigma Microsystems, Hyderabad and M/s Hyderabad, Electronics, Alfa M/s are modules above the supplied who manufacturers three The Telegana. Ltd., Bhanur, Defence, Dynamics of Ministry Bharat of suppliers for three conditions storage at operational years Military 5 and conditions storage benign Group of Industries, Pune through M/s M/s through Pune Industries, Mahindra of for Group automobile launched newly the for immobiliser electronic of consisting demonstrate the warranty time of iCDI System for demonstrating storage life for 20 years at years 20 for life storage demonstrating for Missiles used inINVAR Electronic Delayunits and Receivers Amplifiers, viz., modules three 122 work under phase I is nearly completed. and swing full in is work Construction Rajasthan. aes n Tlcm qimns t Ajmer, at Equipments Telecom and Panels Voltaic Photo Solar Area Large of Calibration and TC s tiig o xad hi ntok of network their expand laboratories by setting up a special facility for Test to striving is STQC of different hospitals in and outside Kerala. oios adsmlr spitctdeupet equipments sophisticated similar and monitors Frequency diathermy equipments, Blood Pressure medical of High electrical equipmentslikeECG,Defibrillator, calibration out carried has lab The certificate and ‘CE’ marking for these products. these for marking ‘CE’ and certificate several manufacturers which has for enabled them to get ‘CB’ equipments medical of testing out ie oios n Hg Feuny Surgical Frequency diathermy by IECEE as High CB test lab and has carried and monitors side defibrillator , 3rd edition Electro for cardiograph , Bed 60601-1 IEC per as equipments electrical t a gt crdtto fr etn medical testing for accreditation got has It the in lab country for testing medical electrical equipments . lead the is Thiruvanananthapuram eia Eetois a o ERTL(S), of lab Electronics Medical qimn: tc lvl etn o Advanced of testing level Stack Equipment: • • Environmental: Screening of isolators used isolators of Screening Environmental: • • Components : Carried out Screening of more Components:CarriedoutScreeningof • New Test and Calibration Infrastructure at Ajmer Safety - Medical: testing: Screening, Environmental and testing Modules & Packages Components through Country the Continued participation in Space Programmes of stacks have been evaluated. 30 than more and initiated been has Vehicles Telemetry System used in PSLV/GSLV Launch various PCBs for Defense related projects. in used GSLV/PSLV launch vehicles. for ESS o mutn vros lcrnc akgs packages Electronic various mounting for VSSC, LPSC, MVIT and IISU . Indian Space Research organizations viz viz organizations Research Space Indian SMDs for our major customers like TIFR, and Linear of different packages leaded as well as & digital ICs- devices, Discrete devices, LCR includes which components of lakh one than Training services National Institute of Technology, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian Institute of Quality Management provides • Certified Software Test Manager(CSTM) training to industries and organizations in the area training program was conducted for the of Quality Management System (ISO 9001), employees of the Govt. of Pudhucherry, at Laboratory Quality Management System (ISO Dept. of I.T., Pudhucherry 17025 and ISO 15189), Information Security Management system (ISO 27001), IT Service • Conducted Three batches of job-oriented long Management (ISO 20000) and also functions as an term training on “Industrial Automation approved Training Organization recognized by (Programmable logic controllers & SCADA)” IRCA, UK. IIQM has also launched a two years exclusively for SC/ST/Minority youth & educational programme i.e., Master of Science in Women Category students under DeitY Quality Management (MSQM) under bilateral sponsorship. arrangements with BITS, Pilani. • Successfully conducted two-batches of joint- courses with Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open Following training programmes have been University (through distance mode cum conducted - contact sessions) in PLCs & SCADA. • Organised around 54 courses in different • Provided Training and Certification for around areas of technology namely Industrial 400 technicians of HAL, Hyderabad on Infrastructure Automation, Bio-medical Instrumentation, Soldering Techniques. Repair & Maintenance, Electronic • seminar / workshop conducted in the area of Manufacturing Technology, Test & Laboratory Quality Management System (ISO Measurement and Quality Assurance & 17025:2005), Quality Management System Management, in which there were around 800 (ISO 9001:2008), Calibration & Metrology participants altogether Management, Uncertainty in Measurement. • Conducted a three courses, on Industrial Automation, Reliable Soldering and PCB repair Certification Services for Women & SC / ST participants STQC Certification Services has been providing • Trained around 112 participants in the areas of Certification Service in Quality Management Laboratory Quality Management System System, Product Certification, Information covering 76 organisations altogether. Security Management System, IT Service • Introduced a New Course on Proficiency Management, Website Quality, Smart Card, Testing & Inter-laboratory Comparison Biometric Devices along with a host of other schemes for the benefit of the industry. It caters to • Conducted two National level Reliability open the need of third party certification for the products training programs named “Certified Reliability in line with National and International standards Professional (CRP) Program” during this year. and schemes. It also offers International This training program was tailored as Certification services for safety of electrical Organization specific The program has been products under IECEE-CB. acclaimed widely as a well-knit Reliability Engineering Course all over India. Non- Activities in North-East region resident Indians who work in Middle East and NABL Accreditation obtained: Calibration services Europe have been trained in this program of ETDC,Guwahati has been recommended by the designed to meet the requirements of Oil and National Accreditation Board for Testing and Natural Gas companies. Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for accreditation • Certified Software Testing training program in the fields of Electro-Technical (at lab & at site) , was exclusively designed and conducted for Thermal (at lab & at site) and Mechanical (at lab & the final year students of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar at site for Pressure & Vacuum and at lab for

123 Infrastructure Workshops on “ISO 9000 Quality Management • OAC crdtd O & A Lvl IT Level “A” & “O” Accredited DOEACC • conducted following training programmes – have together Region, Agartala ETDC, & NE Guwahati ETDC, the in manpower skilled educated riig activities: Training State Govt. Departments of the NE Region. by projects e-Governance various the under implemented etc. Websites Software/ IT Application facilitating Web of for Assessment Vulnerability Test/ Guwahati Security ETDC at created Web Application Security Test facility have been have facility Test Security Application Web Creation of Test Facilities in IT Test Services: Test IT in Facilities Test of Creation of the country. organization other & Centres Institution/Research Govt./PSU/Autonomous/Society/Educational oenet ests. eeiire ae the are Beneficiaries Websites”. Government Indian For Guidelines “(GIGW) the to compliance raiain o ter ucinlt & ult in Quality & Functionality their for organisation eerh ete/ot bde & other & bodies Centres/Govt. Research eatet/oit/dctoa Institution/ departments/Society/Educational Central/State/PSU/Autonomous/Legal of 203-nos. to corresponding Websites of nos. Guwahati & ETDC ETDC Agartala have tested Region. about 203 - NE of States the in implemented District, SSDG/SP/eForms, SDC being being SDC e- SSDG/SP/eForms, Quality, District, –Website like projects Governance est/e Apiain udr aiu e- various under Applications Website/Web Applications, Software of Testing/Assessment of been taken towards facilitating services in the field IT Test & Assessment Services: Assessment & Test IT Region. NE the in located providers service technological ntuet ue b idsre ad other and industries by used instruments lcr-ehia ts & esrn dvcs and devices measuring & test Electro-Technical High Precision Multifunction Calibration of various facilities have been created at ETDC Guwahati for Guwahati ETDC at created been have facilities et Clbain Facilities: Calibration & Test periodically. aoaoy oprsn (L) programmes (ILC) Comparisons Laboratory Guwahati has also participated in the Inter Inter the in participated also has Guwahati ETDC services. calibration Mass) & Dimension eatet Gv. f ioa, ial and Aizawl Mizoram, of Govt. Department, System - International Standard” at Industries educational courses (five courses) oad gnrtn IT generating Towards tt o te art the of State Initiatives have Initiatives

124 Centre (APNIC). Information Network Pacific Asia with co- operation in engineers technical other and managers Network for workshop and training undertakes National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) All functional NIXI nodes are IPv6 ready. NIXI also Internet of traffic International being handled volume by NIXI maximum on at present is The 30 Gbps. saving Bandwidth. by ISPs for charges bandwidth reduced and latency) (reduced service of instead taking abroad, thereby resulting in country, better quality of the within traffic domestic among themselves for the purpose of routing the routing of purpose Providers the for themselves among Service Internet of peering ensuring in successful been have nodes Exchange Internet eglr, yeaa ad heaa. The Ahmedabad. and Hyderabad Bengaluru, Delhi (Noida), Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, (Noida), Delhi at functional are Nodes Exchange Internet Seven ETDC, Agartala conducted training courses on • ETDC, Agartala conducted a training on ‘Basics • • A short term training courses on topics like topics on courses training term short A • cus o ‘optr udmnas was Fundamentals’ ‘Computer on course A • n we “C adae prto & Operation Hardware “PC week One • • A 5-days Technical skill development training development skill Technical 5-days A • of Tripura Institute of Technology, Tripura. students Science Computer the for Hardware’ unemployed graduate engineers and the a course on ‘Computer for Networking’ ‘Advance community. h Wmn atcpns f C ST & SC of participants Women the for Internet’ & System Operating Windows of benefit of educated youths of Tripura. ‘Repair & Maintenance of PC Hardware’, for the Management’, ‘Server Networking’, ‘Advance female Nursing students of Tripura. benefit of for the ETDC, Agartala organized by of the society of NE Region. by ETDC, Guwahati for the SC/ST/OBC section organized was course Training” Maintenance Technological students of NE region. uaai seily o te cec & Science the for specially Guwahati, ore n Idsra Atmto” at Automation” “Industrial on course ST community of Mizoram (two courses). from entrepreneurs of benefit the for Lunglei Since 2005, NIXI also manages the .IN Registry 2.0 Objectives (www.registry.in). At present, 104 Registrars have The main objective has been to formulate and been accredited to offer .IN domain name support programs, schemes and projects to registration worldwide to customers. This has sustain the E-Infrastructure requirements for the helped in proliferation of web hosting in the country and enhancement of Indian language growth of Information & Communication content on the Internet. Over 16.5 lakhs .IN Technologies (ICT) and to meet the challenges of domain names have been registered till December continuing need to invest in quality infrastructure, 2014. .Hkkjr domain name in Devanagari script was promote R&D efforts, create intellectual property in successfully launched on 27th August 2014. The communications, Internet and broadband domain was opened to the public w.e.f. on 18th technologies including ICT for persons with November 2014. So far over 3,000 .Hkkjr in disabilities and the related policy issues. The focus Devanagari script have been booked. This was areas in E-Infrastructure division have been: followed by the soft launch of .Bharat domain name .ભારત and .ভারত written in Gujarati & Bengali script • Enhancement of requisite infrastructure and respectively on 25th of December, 2014. resources to provision low cost and good quality Internet access to citizens of India NIXI is also entrusted with the responsibility for setting up the National Internet Registry (NIR) for • Promotion of Research and Development in India. NIR has been named as Indian Registry for areas of intelligent or self regulating networks, Names and Numbers (IRINN). IRINN is responsible applications and services Infrastructure for allocation of IP address and AS Numbers within • Digitize, preserve and web enablement of the the country. So far 800 affiliates have joined IRINN. vast data available in physical form (old Out of 800 Affiliate, 155 affiliates have taken IPv6 as manuscripts. books in the libraries etc.). well as IPv4. IRINN periodically conducts Roundtable meeting with its affiliates as a part of • Support Research and Development, use of stakeholder consultation to obtain suggestions innovation, ideas, technologies in the areas of towards improving its operation. The last disability sector to build capacity and Roundtable meeting was held on 20.11.2014 and infrastructure. was attended by 71 affiliates. 3.0 Achievements E-Infrastructure Development projects in frontier of technology and 1.0 Scope societal benefit areas were taken up and supported. E-Infrastructure comprises of network Policy matter related with Universal Electronic connectivity, digital infrastructure, tools, facilities Accessibility and Information Technology and resources for advanced collaboration including Investment Regions were also addressed. integration of various technologies such as physical infrastructure like Internet, broadband, 3.1 ICT for Empowerment of Differently Abled computing, bandwidth provisioning, data storage, grid based resource sharing, cloud computing to 3.1.1 National Policy on Universal Electronic name a few. Providing e-infrastructure for Accessibility differently abled is an important aspect of the work. National Policy on Universal Electronic E-Infrastructure in Department of Electronics and Accessibility was approved by the Cabinet in IT, has been dealing with issues, policies, projects, October 2013, which recognizes the need to programmes and schemes related to development eliminate discrimination on the basis of disabilities and implementation of e-infrastructural facilities in and to facilitate equal access to electronics and the country. The programs and projects in Information and Communication Technologies furtherance of Universal Accessibility Policy approved by the Cabinet in October 2013 is (ICTs). This policy is notified in order to facilitate important responsibility of this Division. equal and unhindered access to electronics and

125 Infrastructure i) Setting up the Eduroam Services in India in Services Eduroam the up Setting i) . olwn poet wr spotd y E- by supported were projects Following 3.3 the basis of experience gained so far. ITIR Policy Resolution 2008 is being reviewed on reviewed being is 2008 Resolution Policy ITIR the CCEA. before placed and time over gained experience of 2008, be comprehensively re-examined in the light oenet f dsa o e u II near ITIR up set Resolution Policy ITIR that decided Bhubaneswar to Odisha of Government (CCEA) while considering the proposal of of proposal the considering while (CCEA) h Cbnt omte o Eooi Affairs Economic on Committee Cabinet The Information Technology Investment Regions 3.2 were websites popular addressed. accessing in abled persons differently by faced problems overcome oenet iitisDprmns To Ministries/Departments. Government cesblt rltd rjcs f different of projects related accessibility up take can which agencies, various empanel remaining will of websites the Government organizations, ERNET India and NICSI For 2.0). (WCAG sites as per Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Accessibility Content Web per as sites accessible websites into inaccessible Government convert 100 NIC most would popular/visited that a hl o Dcme 3, 04 ne the under 2014 decided was It 30, DeitY. Secretary, of chairmanship December on held was policy above the implement to plan action finalize mlmn te oiy Frt etn o HA to HLAC of meeting First policy. the implement participation to decide further course of action to action of course further decide to participation a cntttd ih utpe stakeholders’ multiple with constituted was policy, a High Level Advisory Committee (HLAC) Committee Advisory Level High a policy, ic tee ee o iet cinpit i the in action-points direct no were there Since environment. evcs o ycrnz wt brir free barrier with and synchronize products to ICT services and electronics to access ae Ti sal e civd hog universal through achieved be shall the This for same. support language local facilitate to and persons (both physically and mentally challenged) differently-abled by services and products ICTs (ITIR) students, professionals, etc) to securely securely to etc) professionals, students, teachers, academicians, (researchers, users Eduroam services in India which would implement allows to is project the of objective The Infrastructure division:- – 126 iii) Setting up of Bio-IT Research and Training and Research Bio-IT of up Setting iii) i etn u Itae o NEI ad Smart and NIELIT of Intranet up Setting ii) The project was initiated in June 2012 for a for 2012 June in initiated was project The h poet a iiitd n a 21 fr a for 2012 May in initiated was project The the Research and Training Programs running Programs Training and Research the complete to infrastructure critical interpretation. Additional its and analysis and generation, students several data sequencing next-generation trained in scientists has IBAB storage. associated with cluster performance computing high and Q-PCR DNA microarray, sequencers, generation infrastructure next The include training. and research IT Bio for infrastructure class world up set Life Sciences. As part of this project IBAB had co-funding from Govt of Karnataka and and Strand Bioinformatics of with Bengaluru (IBAB) Biotechnology Applied Institute to mode Centre – Centre months. 9 by extended further was project The Lakhs 870.10 Rs. outlay an with years 2 of duration procured to host the e-content. being are storage and servers and NIELIT of rooms are to being set class up at remaining virtual centres smart The set-up. was centres ete ad nrnt oncig NIELIT connecting Intranet and centres 7 at up set been have rooms Smart Virtual deployed. be to is e-content host to server a and country the of parts remote/rural from improve the quality of education to students to education of quality the improve to focus with deployed be to is room Class Smart Virtual for infrastructure and up set be centres isto Intranet ofNIELITconnecting17 quality in remote areas for Centres NIELIT at Rooms Class Virtual to be completed in April 2015. Lakhs. It is an ongoing project and is expected 262 Rs. of outlay an with years 3 of duration rdnil. dra srie hv been have deployed in 60 institutes so services far. Eduroam credentials. atcptn isiuin uig hi own their using institutions participating internationally from the premises of any of the nttto ete ntoal a wl as well as nationally either institution access the Internet from any Eduroam-enabled This project is being funded in PPP in funded being is project This – As part of this project at the Centre are being procured. In addition, vi) Setting up ICT Centres in 250 schools in rural results from several important studies are areas of Rajasthan(districts of Ajmer & being compiled for peer-reviewed Jaipur) – The objectives of the project are to publications. setup ICT Centers in schools in rural areas, to The project commenced on 31st Mar 2010 for a empower student with ICT Skills and to provide duration of 5 years with an initial outlay of Rs. connectivity to access information pertinent to 1951 Lakhs. The outlay was increased to Rs. their lives. 2521 Lakhs. ERNET had established ICT centers in 250 iv) IPv6 Training Program for Staff of schools in rural areas of Ajmer & Jaipur Government/Ministries and Institutions– The districts of Rajasthan. More than 50,000 objective of the project is capacity building in students are benefitted from the project on the area of next generation Internet protocol yearly basis. 775 nos. of teachers were trained IPv6 to enhance adoption and deployment of to use ICT Infrastructure and work on e- IPv6 specially in Government organizations learning environment. The project was handed and associated institutions. It is expected over in May 2014 to Education Department, around 3000 staff from Central/State Rajasthan Govt. Government/Ministries and related The project began on Dec 2010 with an outlay organizations will be trained on use and

of 2472 Lakhs for a duration of 3 years. The Infrastructure deployment of IPv6 free of cost. Documents project received an extension of 8 months. It and training materials on IPv6 shall be was completed on 31st August 2014. prepared. The first batch of Government Officials were vii) Prototyping a Virtual Scalable e- provided hands-on training by ERNET on 18th Infrastructure based Educational Services for and 19th December 2014. Indian Schools(VSESS)- The objectives of the project are providing scalable educational The project commenced on 22nd July 2014 for a services for schools in the Indian context, duration of 3 years with an outlay of Rs. 230 research, development and deployment of Lakhs. It is an ongoing project and is expected related system and application services, to complete in August 2017. evolving a generic approach to benefit higher v) Establishment of Knowledge Web repository education and enabling test bed for research – It is a project being funded by DeitY to State and collaboration with academic and research Institute of Encyclopedic Publications(SIEP) institutions. Trivandrum. The objective of the project is to The education platform for both learning develop digital repository of seven volumes of management system for students and content Encyclopaedia named Sarvavijnanakosam management system for teachers were [Sarva] published in Malayalam by SIEP and installed on virtualized environment for host the digital content. SIEP had developed scalability and these instances were integrated framework for repository and six volumes of with load balancers for allowing more Sarva was digitized. The portal for the simultaneous users to access the portal. repository was developed and tested. The Teacher workshops have been conducted in delivery of servers is awaited for hosting the Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai for all the 14 content at State Data Centre. Kendriya Vidalaya(KV) schools at one of KV st The project commenced on 1 June 2011, for a school in each region. KV teachers have been duration of 18 months with an outlay of 100.16 introduced with cloud computing concepts Lakhs. The project has received an extension of and trained on usage of educloud portal with 21 months till date. It is an ongoing project and hands-on session to show how to create/ is expected to complete in February 2015. update various e-learning contents.

127 Infrastructure viii)Digital India projects being supported by E- by supported being projects India viii)Digital i)W-i onciiy t a Mahal Taj at Connectivity Wi-Fi iii) i etn u mdl iF i 5 Central 5 in Wi-Fi model up Setting ii) )Stig p oe W-i n universities 5 in Wi-Fi model up Setting i) Infrastructure Division: division. Wi-Fi at Taj has been obtained. up set to India(ASI) of Survey Archaeological aa. n rnil apoa o The of approval principle In Mahal. Taj visiting tourists the to facility additional provide would This Mahal. Taj at Connectivity Wi-Fi provide to plans DeitY Concept(PoC), is to be provided at Public places. As Proof-of- connectivity Wi-Fi of programme India Digital being processed. model for replication at other offices. work the ThisWi-Fiset up shallserveas environment. in services mobility introducing mlye ad hi cnttet by constituents their and employees communication between government government between communication rdciiy efcec ad increase and efficiency productivity, I. hs ol ipoe employee improve would This NIC. are which already connected on NICNET Delhi and operated by Govt. in Central located the Offices(CGOs) in LANs Wi-Fi setup to initiatives of Government of India, it is desired Offices Government universities are awaited. University of Pune and Utkal University. nvriy NH, sai University, Osmania NEHU, University, namely universities 5 in access Fi the universities, DeitY plans to provide secure Wi- all in connectivity Wi-Fi implement will While Department of Higher Education, MHRD Digital India is setting up Wi-Fi in Universities. One of the Early Harvest Programmes under Programmes Harvest Early the of One opee scesul i Jn 21 after extension of 20 2014 months. June in successfully completed uly f 8Lks Te is pae was phase first The 485Lakhs. of outlay November 2011 for a duration of 1 year with an The proposal is under consideration in E-Infra A project proposal has been received and it is and it been received proposal has A project rpsl fr etn u W-i n these in Wi-Fi up setting for Proposals h frt hs o te rjc satd on started project the of phase first The – As part of Digital India Digital of part As – Under – – 128 Objective National Knowledge Network (NKN) E-infrastructure A high speed data communication network would network communication data speed high A f) Enabling a test-bed for network and securing and network for test-bed a Enabling f) e) Setting up a platform for development of new of development for platform a up Setting e) c) Connecting the Indian knowledge institutions knowledge Indian the Connecting c) d) Enabling sectoral virtual networks in various in networks virtual sectoral Enabling d) )Cnetn al ao kolde institutions knowledge major all Connecting b) )Etbihn a uta ihsed national high-speed ultra an Establishing a) The salient features of the NKN are: Institutions of Higher Learning, and Research. ntttos opiig f l Universities, all of comprising Institutions eerh Tee ol cvr bu 1500 about cover would These research. collaborative and resources of sharing encourage ih pe dt cmuiain ewr to network communication data speed high knowledge institutions across all the country through inter-connect to is NKN the of Objective The implemented by NIC over a period of 10 years. NN a a ota o R.90 rr, o be to crore, Rs.5990 of outlay an at (NKN) the approved Network Knowledge National the of establishment Government the 2010 March In v iF a Al ni Isiue f Medical of Institute India All at Wi-Fi iv) ni i ti rgr. h pooa i under consideration is in E-Infra proposal division. The regard. this in India ERNET from received been has proposal A Proof-of-Concept. as Science(AIIMS) Medical iF Cnetvt a Al ni Isiue of Institute India All at Connectivity Wi-Fi provide to planned been has it initiative, India Sciences(AIIMS) New Delhi– technology development for the country. bandwidth and high low latency on networks. based technologies and processes Computing). dcto, -oenne n Grid and E-governance Education, plcto aes Arclue Health, (Agriculture, areas application knowledge sharing. to the International knowledge community for dissemination. nweg ceto, olto and collation for creation, knowledge Institutions) Research & (Universities information network for the country. As part of Digital be established, which would interconnect Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Institutions of higher learning, and research. NKN Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland will facilitate creation, acquisition and sharing of Odisha, Puducherry (U.T), Punjab, Rajasthan, Knowledge resources among the large Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, participating Institutions; collaborative research; Uttarakhand & West Bengal. countrywide classrooms (CWCR) etc. and help the 7. NKN connectivity has been extended to SDC in country to evolve as Knowledge Society. 25 States/UTs are: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Current Status (as on 31st December 2014): Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh (U.T), Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, 1. 1362 links to Institutions have been Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, commissioned and made operational. This Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, includes 360 links to institutions under Nagaland Odisha, Puducherry (U.T), National Mission on Education through Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Information and Communications Technology Pradesh & West Bengal. (NMEICT), which have been migrated to NKN. 8. NKN is connected with TEIN4. 2. NKN connectivity has also been extended to 9. Launch of NKN products and services such as 326 NIC district centers. BitAmbulator, LDAP PaaS (Platform As A 3. 66 Virtual Classrooms have been set up. Service), Bandwidth Testing Service, OSIR 4. 89 Nos of Core Links have been commissioned (Open Source IP Registrar) and DNS (Domain Infrastructure and made operational. Name Server). 5. 16 number of meetings of High Level 10. ISO 27001 Certification for NKN super Core Committee (HLC) have been conducted. PoPs has been awarded. 6. NKN connectivity has been extended to SWAN 3rd NKN Annual Workshop was held at IIT Guwahati in 28 States/UTs. These are: Andhra Pradesh, during 15-17 December, 2014. Delhi. It was Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, attended by delegates from NKN connected Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh (U.T), Delhi, Goa, Institutes all over the country & foreign delegates Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, from TEIN4, Internet 2 and DANTE.

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129 Societies ic is nuuain n eray 03 C- 2013, February in inauguration its Since • • The latest HPC System, PARAM Shavak, was Shavak, PARAM System, HPC latest The • focus focus areas are outlined below. achievements achievements of C-DAC during this year in each of its national and international level. Key technological technological Key level. international and national and and collaborating with organizations of repute both at solutions, organizing key events, providing training training providing events, key organizing solutions, advancements in developing and deploying various various deploying and developing in advancements Computing and Cloud Computing During the year 2014-15, C-DAC has made significant ih efrac Cmuig HC, Grid (HPC), Computing Performance High (C-DAC) Computing Advanced of Development for Centre Pune, NCRA-Pune, IUCCA-Pune, BARC, etc. NCL- ISRO, like institutes R&D premier and academic institutes like IITs, IISc, premier IISERs, etc. include institutes The country. the 671 registered users from 49 institutes across has system The time. of point any at system the on resources getting for waiting are jobs Yuva II is above 95% and more than 100 user PARAM of utilization current The country. the as of January, 2014 from various users across executed has about 1,35,000 supercomputing II jobs Yuva PARAM supercomputer DAC's plctos aog ih eeomn and resource management development tools. with along engineering applications, and scientific with pre-loaded solution box a in supercomputer affordable and ready-to-use a is Shavak PARAM 25, 2014. December on India, of Government IT, Prasad, Shankar and Communications for Minister Ravi Honorable Shri. by launched 130 Societies -A i claoaig ih I Dli for Delhi IIT with collaborating is C-DAC • • Several HPC applications from various science • A proposal titled "National Supercomputing "National titled proposal A Delhi. setting up a 0.75 Petaflop HPC system at IIT at system HPC Petaflop 0.75 a up setting to the Government for requisite approvals. 28, 2014 and EFC recommended the proposal Finance Committee (EFC) was held on August supercomputing. A meeting of the Expenditure edrhp n sl-eine in self-reliance and leadership attain to mission a with (DeitY), Technology Information and Electronics of Department cec ad ehooy DT and (DST) Technology and Science of Department namely, India, of Government been evolved by the two departments of the of departments two the by evolved been Mission: for optimized PARAM and Yuva II. architecture Phi Xeon and engineering domains were ported on Intel Building Capacity and Capability" has PARAM Shavak Multilingual Computing and Heritage Computing Professional Electronics, including VLSI and Embedded Systems • Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Honorable Minister for Communications and IT, • Transfer of Technology (ToT) of the following Government of India, launched '.bharat' solutions developed by C-DAC was carried out domain names on August 27, 2014 in by Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Honorable Devanagari script for various Indian languages Minister for Communications and IT, including Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Marathi, Government of India, on December 25, 2014: Konkani, Nepali and Sindhi. With the launch, uiSMART– Industrial System Monitoring individuals or agencies who are interested in Autonomous Remote Terminal unit owning a website with domain name in Indian languages would be able to book the name in uiCON – Industrial Controller Devanagari script. The name would have uiSTeC – Industrial Steam Temperature '.bharat' in Hindi script as its extension instead Control

of commonly top level domains such as uiROSE – Industrial Range Open SCADA com.net.or.in. Software

uiRIDS– Intelligent Red Light Violation Identification System

uTraMM – Traffic Signal Monitoring and Management Software • Integrated Indian Languages Virtual Keyboard uCoSiCoSt– W WiTraC compatible Adaptive Societies on Android platform and Sakal Bharati font were Traffic Control System launched by Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Honorable Minister for Communications and IT, • C-DAC developed an electronic Personal Government of India, on December 25, 2014. Safety System (ePSS) and deployed it in Jaipur. A widespread publicity campaign was • Textual information extraction and retrieval carried out by CDAC from October 7 - 14, 2014 system for mass media data on web for jointly with Jaipur police. This programme was General Election 2014, Madhya Pradesh was a huge success and more than 12,000 women implemented by C-DAC. Reports for Hindi and staff and students (at 52 venues) got benefited English news/feeds were provided on suspects by the awareness programme. for code of conduct violation on textual web news articles and social media data for further • As part of application of electronics for scrutiny by Election Commission. Agriculture and Environment (eAgriEn) • National Portal and Digital Repository for initiative, C-DAC developed Obnoxious Odour Museums of India designed and developed by Measurement system (OOMENs), Handheld e- C-DAC, was launched by Shri. Shripad Naik, Nose (HEN), Resham Darshan system, Honorable Minister for Culture and Tourism, Pebrine-O-Scope, and a portable kit for Agro- Government of India, on October 21, 2014. The climatic condition monitoring of soil. This national portal provides online access to initiative was completed during the year. Other digitized heritage antiquities from ten national outcomes of this initiative include filing of 10 museums across India, which are developed patents, 10 copyrights, 5 awards and numerous using Jatan, Virtual Museum software papers published in many conferences both at provided by C-DAC. national and international levels. • C-DAC in association with Archeological • C-DAC developed locomotive control Survey of India (ASI) is implementing Jatan architecture, including hardware and software software with multi-museum framework at for Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) and Train four zonal centres of ASI for integrating the Communication Network (TCN) as per IEC- digitized heritage antiquities. 61375 standard and deployed the same

131 Societies et eeain Waveforms: Generation Next • • TARANG is a low cost, highly featured Digital featured highly cost, low a is TARANG • itr, mlfe, ouaos ec) ht are that etc.) modulators, amplifier, mixers, filters, (e.g. components communication radio communication system in which a various is SDR (SDRs). Radios Defined Software developed communication software for use in website since December 01, 2014. (BTE) models for online sale through C-DAC's Behind-the-Ear and (BW) Body-Worn as both India (ALIMCO), Kanpur. TARANG is available and Delhi New of Corporation Manufacturing Limbs Artificial Ltd, Pvt. Medtronic India to supplied were units Several Trivandrum. technology was done to M/s Keltron, Keltron, M/s to done was technology ici (SC tcnlg. o o the of ToT technology. (ASIC) Circuit developed Application Specific Integrated Integrated Specific Application developed Programmable Hearing Aid using indigenously operations for railways. oeig oe hn ,000 m of Kms 1,50,000 than more covering

C-DAC has has C-DAC 132 • otae eie Rdo o Naval for Radio Defined Software s h ofho o SR hs I project II Phase SDR of offshoot the is development This (SDR-NC). Communication Naval for Radio Defined Software developed omncto (SDR-NC): Communication protocols will be created. communicating in all the four standard standard four the all in communicating loaded, a common SDR hardware capable of capable hardware SDR common a loaded, is waveform this once and out carried being now is waveforms these of testing Extensive Waveforms (NGWF) for use in defence SDR. defence in use for (NGWF) Waveforms eeomn o fu Nx Generation Next four of development defence applications. It has now completed the earlier had developed SDR C-DAC embedded hardware radios for waveforms. as known transmit widely different radio protocols protocols radio different widely transmit rdcs rdo hc cn eev and receive can which radio a produces personal computer or embedded a system. Such a design using software in implemented yial ipeetd n adae are hardware, in implemented typically -A has C-DAC development funded by CC&BT group of sensor network or even in mobile DeitY. A development order for SDR-NC has communication where there is no been received from Navy PSQR with value of infrastructure. C-DAC has developed 1355 lac. Development is completed with sea necessary hardware and software for this trial and four engineering models have been infrastructure. made by the technology partner BEL. The user · TETRA Radio Technology for Indian Army: C- sea trial has been completed on the DAC has developed TETRA technology, an engineering unit. The product meets the user ETSI standard for PMR trunking radio, funded requirements and BEL is expecting supply by CC&BT group of DeitY. Based on the order of 250 numbers at a cost of nearly two technology, four base stations and around 100 crore per system. SDR-NC is one of the four radios have been supplied to Sikkim army for form factors under SDR-IND program of Navy. the communication network on the border. The The other three form factors are given to DEAL system has been installed by C-DAC with the and BEL for development. The fast turnout on Base Station (BS) supplied by the technology this was possible because of the SDR Phase II partner M/s Tata power SED. Recently, the development project funded by DeitY. TETRA handheld radio developed by C-DAC • Mobile Ad hoc Network: C-DAC has developed has been evaluated by Army through BEL a Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) which is Bangalore to induct the radio into the TETRA capable of routing in five hops. A MANET is a Army communication network RTS MRK II.

continuously self-configuring, infrastructure- The radio has passed the test and Societies less network of mobile devices connected interoperability with M/s Selex BS. TETRA without wires. Each device in a MANET is free technology transfer will start once BEL to move independently in any direction, and resolves the indigenous encryption porting will therefore change its links to other devices into the Selex BS. Army has a requirement of frequently. Each device must forward traffic about 5000 radios in the first lot. unrelated to its own use, and therefore be a Software Technologies, including FOSS router. The primary challenge in building a MANET is equipping each device to • During the year, C-DAC deployed more than continuously maintain the information five lakhs of Bharat Operating System required to properly route traffic. MANETs are Solutions (BOSS) in the states of Tamil Nadu, a kind of Wireless ad hoc network that usually Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, and for has a routable networking environment and defense agencies such as Indian Army and consist of a peer-to-peer, self-forming, self- Indian Navy. healing network. The growth of laptops and • During the year, C-DAC implemented State e- 802.11/Wi-Fi wireless networking have made Governance Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) MANETs a popular research topic and many in 5 states, namely Haryana, Jharkhand, academic papers evaluate protocol and their Punjab, Gujarat and West Bengal, in addition to abilities, assuming varying degrees of mobility implementation done earlier in 20 states. within a bounded space, usually with all nodes • C-DAC through its Mobile Seva platform, within a few hops of each other. Different integrated 1448 Government departments protocols are then evaluated based on across the country, which provides services to measures such as the packet drop rate, the the citizens through mobile phones and overhead introduced by the routing protocol, tablets. end-to-end packet delays, network throughput, ability to scale, etc. The main • Vikaspedia, http://www.vikaspedia.in, a application of the technology is in Defence, multilingual collaborative content creation

133 Societies 9.1 million hits per month. and products services. The portal, at present, records about apps, mobile several hosts also Vikaspedia e-Governance, and welfare Social Energy, Education, Health, Agriculture, sectors- livelihood six covering information of repository a being Besides 2015. March, of end by added be would languages Indian more Three languages. ten in available made was communities, underserved for services platform to provide e-knowledge products and 134 • C-DAC developed Balsahara, multilingual, multilingual, Balsahara, developed C-DAC • prtoa a 2 hms o by ad 81 and homes boys for girls across for both the homes states. 22 at operational currently is software The states. Telangana itit ars Adr Paeh and Pradesh Andhra across the all districts in implemented been has software The protection. and care of need in are who of disadvantagedchildren growth andwelfare overall the for nation, the across established homes, children various the of activities the automate to software based web and mobile Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics time HMIS streamlines the treatment flow of • Application and Device Control (ADC) solution patients and simultaneously empowers the with 250 endpoint licenses has been sold to hospital's workforce to perform their duties Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), effectively and efficiently. MoUs have been Thiruvananthapuram. Browser JSGuard, a signed to deploy this solution across eight security add-on to web browser, is accepted by hospitals in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Mozilla and Chrome and it is available in their • e-Aushadhi is a web based Supply Chain repository for download. Management system, which deals with the • C-DAC deployed about 300 units/licenses of purchase, inventory management and cyber forensics solutions to various Law distribution of various drugs, sutures and Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) of the country. surgical items to various District Drug C-DAC also conducted seven advanced Warehouses (DDWs), medical colleges, training programmes on Cyber Forensics and district hospitals, Community Health Centres twelve product training/ demonstration (CHCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and programmes for officers of various Drug Distribution Centres (DDCs). Open government departments. Source version of e-Aushadhi has been implemented at Punjab Health Systems • As a part of Information Security Education & Corporation (PHSC), Mohali. MoUs have been Awareness (ISEA) initiative, overall 637 signed to deploy this solution in Andhra workshops were organized across the country Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat and New Delhi. covering about 22,166 Teachers/Parents/ Societies CSC/NGO's etc. and about 60,554 School/ North-East Engineering/Degree college students. The awareness material has been designed and • Centre for Excellence in High Performance developed in collaboration with Cyberabad Computing and Research was inaugurated on Police and more than 1,65,000 copies of the April 5, 2014 by Shri Yogendra awareness material has been distributed in Tripathy, Joint Secretary and Financial Hindi, English and Urdu languages. Advisor, Ministry of Human Resource Development, at National Institute of Health Informatics Technology (NIT), Silchar. The centre was • C-DAC has developed and implemented its commissioned by C-DAC and C-DAC indigenous telemedicine technology across manpower has been deployed for application the country. This technology has been and system support. deployed and is being used across various • Disease Surveillance System for Malaria using states including Punjab, Odisha, Himachal Mobile Platform (MoSQuIT) solution was Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Meghalaya. developed and deployed for north-eastern • To promote standards in healthcare records region. This solution bagged 5th e-North East and to proliferate SNOMED-CT clinical award, 2014 for best practices in Information vocabulary, MoH&FW has identified C-DAC as and Communication Technology (ICT) for interim National Release Centre (iNRC). The development and governance in North-East iNRC has been established at C-DAC and has India. started operating the same from September • C-DAC deployed its cyber forensic tools 2014 onwards. (CyberCheck, FRET, Encase, UFED) and • C-DAC has designed and developed Hospital carried out, cybercrime related training for Management Information System (HMIS) in Judiciary in states of Assam, Manipur, various models like conventional stand-alone Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal hospital version and SaaS (Software as a Pradesh and Sikkim. Service) over the cloud infrastructure. The real

135 Societies Education andTraining -A crid u I sil ae capacity based skill IT out carried C-DAC • -A dvlpd h sfwr slto for solution software the developed C-DAC • -A dvlpd h sfwr slto for solution software the developed C-DAC • s at f aaiy ulig n h aes of areas the in building capacity of part As • C-DAC has trained more than 5,000 students in • -A hs ntae cpct ad capability and capacity initiated has C-DAC • u u u u u SHG's/local youth in West Bengal. About 200 About Bengal. West in youth SHG's/local and women weaker economically for building software. for this using done allocation been has candidates center 35,000 exam and candidate detection Duplicate process. management application 2015 (JAM) Test Admission Joint done using this software. been has candidates 9,27,000 for allocation Duplicate candidate detection and exam center 05 plcto mngmn process. management application 2015 (GATE) Engineering in Test Aptitude Graduate trained under this project till now is 915. Faculty and Updation Programs. Total number of students Design, Product Electronic in of faculty ITI/Diploma Colleges, Six months and PG Diploma students towards targeted Programs Development Skill Completed), and Courses for students of Engineering (Pursuing were launched, which include courses Short-term Certificate various project, Production Technology and Design Product Electronic candidates shall be trained by March, 2015. degree courses. A total of about 8000 8000 about of total A courses. degree rgams croae riig ad formal and trainings corporate programmes, PG diploma courses, National skill development electronic product development. These include rtcl ra o Ifrain ehooy and Technology Information of areas critical institutions: academic following the in purposes research and study engineering for HPC on building National Institute of Technology Agartala, Technology of Institute National Assam University, Guwahati Tezpur University, Tezpur Sikkim, Technology of Institute National Assam Engineering College, Guwahati Agartala Sikkim 136 New Initiatives International Initiatives proposal is under consideration. for NationalMicroprocessor Initiative(NaMI).The C-DAC prepared the Detailed Project Report (DPR) India Microprocessor the Government for requisite approvals. to proposal the recommended has EFC and 2014 28, August on held was (EFC) Committee Finance in Supercomputing. A meeting of the Expenditure the of meeting A Supercomputing. in with a mission to attain leadership and self-reliance (DeitY), Technology Information and Electronics of Department Science and Technology (DST) and Department of namely, the India, of of departments two Government the by evolved been Supercomputing "National Mission: titled proposal A National SupercomputingMission during the year. Myanmar, Ghana and Ecuador have been on-going rei, zeitn Kzksa, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, in programmes enhancement skill IT addition, In Setting up of tele-medicine network in Armenia • etn u o Cmue lb i 5 schools 50 in labs Computer of up Setting • Setting up of Centre of Excellence in ICT and e- • Setting up of IT Centre in Peru • following activities: the initiated (MoEA) Affairs External of Ministry During the year, C-DAC in collaboration with the with collaboration in C-DAC year, the During education and Tele-medicine services Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan with India for Tele- aiitn Ubksa, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, n Cnrl sa -ewr t connect to e-Network Asia Central and under Vayots Dzor region of Armenia Learning in Palestine DAC under IT Literacy program. trained master trainers with the guidance of C- the by candidates women and SHG's youth, local 1265 to provided been have IT of basics on Training trained. were SC/ST/minorities master trainers comprising 160 women and 40 ulig aaiy n Cpblt" has Capability" and Capacity Building AAKASH Tablet Software Technology Parks of India

Aakash is a project sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of STPI: The Background India, to design, manufacture and distribute low- Software Technology Parks of India was cost, Android-based tablet computers to schools established and registered as an Autonomous and universities in India. IIT Bombay was the Society under the Societies Registration Act 1860, Principal Investigator (PI) of this project, with C- under the Department of Electronics and DAC acting as the Co-PI for the overall project. The Information Technology, Ministry of first stage comprised of 1,00,000 tablets, planned Communications and Information Technology, for deployment among the students of higher Government of India on 5th June 1991 with an technical education institutions. The tablets objective to implement STP/EHTP Scheme, set-up manufactured consisted of ARM processor based and manage infrastructure facilities and provide SoC with industry standard peripherals like USB other services like technology assessment and OTG, SD card, WiFi and with Android OS. C-DAC professional training. was entrusted with the task of evaluation and testing of 2000 samples from manufacturing lot of Objectives of the Society 1,00,000 Aakash tablet PCs, to ensure their quality. The objectives of the Software Technology Parks The tablets have been evaluated for their of India are: performance, functionality and reliability. 1. To promote the development and export of Electronic Personal Safety System software and software services including Societies Information Technology (IT) enabled services/ Electronic Personal Safety System is devised to Bio‐IT. assist women, children and the elderly persons in 2. To provide statutory and other promotional cases of emergency. The electronic personal safety services to the exporters by implementing system has two components, the safety device Software Technology Parks (STP)/ Electronics itself and the back-end infrastructure. The safety and Hardware Technology Parks (EHTP) device is intended to be used by citizens. The Schemes and other such schemes which may corresponding back-end system connects to the be formulated and entrusted by the police to provide mechanisms for tracking a person Government from time-to-time. who is in a vulnerable situation. 3. To provide data communication services The system is presently in use by Jaipur Police and including value added services to IT / IT C-DAC has proposed to replicate and deploy the enabled Services (ITES) related industries. solution across the country. 4. To promote micro, small and medium entrepreneurs by creating conducive School Book to e-books environment for entrepreneurship in the field C-DAC has developed a framework for School of IT/ITES. Books availability in e-book format. This enables (i) Key achievements of the organization are publishers to upload the electronic content with reproduced below: relevant data, (ii) Schools to search and collate e- Promotion of Development of Software and content into e-basta and (iii) Students to download Software Services e-basta contents (currently without payment only for free content and payment is being integrated In an effort to achieve its primary objective of along with Private Publishers) for use through an promotion and development and export of App on their tablet/phone/PCs. Currently about 380 software and software services, STPI has free books published by NCERT (in PDF format) are beenimplementing the Software Technology Parks integrated in e-basta framework. (STP) scheme for promoting software &

137 Societies 5nt wr eprig ne ET scheme. EHTP under exporting were 75units .Soft point services 2. International private Leased Line Circuits 1. services HSDC through its following network: the provides STPI software exporters at competitive prices. were exporting under STP scheme and more than more scheme and STP under exporting were eind n dvlpd y TI s vial to available is network, STPI by developed HSDC and designed state-of-the-art the services. SoftNET, (HSDC) Communication Data Speed High- of provision is sector software-exporting er. s n 11.04 mr ta 30 units 3000 than more 31.12.2014, on the As years. over manifold grown have schemes above the under registered units the by the made exports and successful widely been have schemes Scheme (EHTP) for electronic Park hardware industry. The above Technology Hardware Electronic and companies service technology information n o SP' rmral cnrbtos o the to contributions remarkable STPI's of One Provision of Data Communication Services 138 • Collocation services 4. VSAT services 3. which 46 centers are in Tier II and Tier III cities. of out country, the across operational are centres existing of revamping centres.As of now, a total of 53 STPI centres/Sub- as well as centres new industry, major thrust was given to establishing of to services incubation and statutory provide To 1,97,396 Cr.and from EHTP units Rs. 3,523 Cr. 2014), December estimated (till export earnings from STP 2014-15 units were Rs. FY the During of international data transmission. are ideal for companies that have high volume IPLC's user, the to exclusive and Secure etc. communication transmission, data for used are which communications, data international PCs r dgtl icis vial for available circuits digital are IPLC's (IPLC). Circuit" Leased Private "International The SoftPOINT service is the provisioning of provisioning the is service SoftPOINT The SoftPOINT • SoftLINK • Sponsorship/co-sponsorship of events SoftLink is a service offering Internet access Ø"ICTACT Bridge 2014" on 25th June, 2014 on a shared and dedicated basis. The service at Coimbatore was launched to cater to the rising demands of Ø "NASSCOM Product Conclave 2014" from the industry for better quality and committed 17th –18 th July, 2014 at Kolkata. services. Today SoftLink services enjoy a large th th Ø "ICT East 2014" from 7 –8 August, 2014 customer base amongst STPI's datacom at Kolkata services. The total bandwidth sold during FY Ø"NASSCOM Product Conclave(NPC) 2014-15 (till December 2014) was around North" on 27th August, 2014 at Gurgoan 1375 E1. Ø"Northern India International Trade Fair • Last Mile Connectivity (Local Loop) 2014" from 10th -18 th October, 2014 at STPI has set up its own digital Microwave Dehradun networks using Point-to-Point and Point-to- th th Ø"TiECON Delhi 2014" from 17 –18 Multipoint microwave networks, which cater October, 2014 to the primary needs of the STPI units. With the Ø"ESDM workshop to promote Domestic addition of Point-to-Point radio networks, the Electronic Product Design network was further strengthened enabling the &Manufacturing" on 22th October, 2014 at delivery of 2 Mbps, NxE1 links over the last Ranchi mile under the STPI's overall control. Ø"TiECON Chennai 2014" from 31st October- Promotion of Small and Medium Entrepreneurs 1st November, 2014 at Chennai. Societies by Creating a Conducive Environment in the field Ø"Pune Connect" on 8th November, 2014 at of Information Technology Pune STPI has been promoting SMEs and their cause by Ø"CII's Enterprise Odisha 2014" from th th offering incubation services, organizing events, 26 –30 November, 2014 at sponsoring/co-sponsoring events, participation in Bhubaneswar. events, human resource development and export Ø"MAIT ICT SME Conclave" on promotion efforts as follows: 28th November, 2014 at Thiruvananthapuram • Incubation Services Ø "INFOCOM 2014" from 4th –7 th December, STPI has been providing incubation facilities 2014 at Kolkata to start-up units at its various centers. This has Ø"IEEE Power India International been of immense help to start-up companies Conference" from 5th -7 th December, 2014 and entrepreneurs. at Delhi • Organization of events th st Ø"India Ideas Conclave 2014" from 19 –21 th Ø"Connect 2014" on 7 August, 2014 at December, 2014 at Goa Coimbatore • Participation in events Ø"NICT 2014" from 28th –29 th August, 2014 Ø"SANOG XXIV, APrIGF and YIGF" from at Guwahati th th 5 –9 August, 2014 at Greater Noida th th Ø"ITE.Biz-CeBIT 2014" from 12 –14 Ø"National Exhibition" from 3rd –7 th November, 2014 at Bengaluru September, 2014 at Kolkata th Ø"NICT 2014" on 9 December, 2014 at Ø"NASSCOM 25th Anniversary" on 28 th Shillong November, 2014 at Komarakom th th Ø"Connect 2014" from 15 -16 December, Ø"National Good Governance day" on 2014 at Chennai 25th December, 2014 at Delhi.

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SAMEER is a premier R&D institution with SAR Digital Image Processor laboratories at Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata and Headquarters at Mumbai, working in the high- The project aims to develop the Modular Synthetic technology areas of RF/Microwaves and allied Aperture Radar (SAR) Processor boards, for disciplines. SAMEER has a long-term strategy airborne SAR hardware and ground station to which consists of building of expertise by doing complete the image processing. Design of system core R&D and keeping abreast of latest trends and for mission mode configuration is being carried state of the art technologies, undertaking out. sponsored projects with specific deliverables and Direct writing of optical devices using setting up necessary infrastructures for making femtosecond laser R&D and deliverables viable and meaningful in terms of technology and applications. This Optical waveguide device writing using institution continues to be in a position of strength femtosecond laser is a novel green technology. in handling design, development and delivery of Researchers around the world are working on hardware to meet stringent specifications of user development of a variety of optical devices using agencies in its core areas of expertise including this technology. We have developed a laboratory High Power RF amplifiers, Communication system for device writing purpose. Passive optical systems, Atmospheric Radar Instrumentation, devices such as 1x2, 1x4 and 1x8 splitters have Linear Accelerators, RF/ Microwave/ Millimeter been written in glass and two layered structures Societies wave subsystems and systems, Photonics, have also been demonstrated. In a recent Microwave components/ modules and Industrial experiment, we have written the straight RF/ Microwave application products, Digital signal waveguide in Erbium doped glass for optical processing, Thermal Engineering of electronic amplifier application. hardware; design, test, measurement and consultancy services in electromagnetic Interference/ compatibility (EMI/EMC).

Achievements Fig: Erbium doped optical waveguide amplifier During the period 2014-15, achievements made in different Core and sponsored projects are detailed Antennas for special applications below: Objective of the project is to develop antennas with Core projects specific geometrical shape and structures for use in artillery application. Three types of antennas Marx technology based 200 KV UWB Impulse were designed and developed. generators for HPEM testing Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) Scheme for 200KV impulse generator has been finalized. High Voltage multiplier is developed and Objective of the project is Technology tested up to 80 KVDC, testing for 200KV DC is in Demonstrator for light weight low cost SAR using process. Prototype Fly-back transformer is FMCW principle. Hardware has been developed developed, tested for 20KV Pk-Pk O/P with HV. and algorithms for image formation and Prototype 15KV trigger generator along with single processing have also been developed. The Radar shot trigger generator has been developed and was calibrated in anechoic chamber and the tested. Prototype Marx generator up to 5 stages ground based evaluation in rail mounted platform (50KV) in air has been tested. New Spark Gap has yielded very satisfactory results. Flight

141 Societies oto Uis ae en nertd ih the with integrated Vacuum Processing been System. have Units Control Residual Gas Analyser, Vacuum Gauge Heads and Turbo Molecular Pump, Sputter Ion Pump, Pump, Ion Sputter Pump, Molecular Turbo Pump, Diffusion metallurgies. powder through tungsten ring for gyrotron cathode has been made gun have been fabricated. One prototype of Porous sapphire with dielectric were made. Various window parts of the gyrotron the of assemblies UHV Development of Gyrotron subsystems 250W CW power output are being designed. designed, fabricated and tested. The amplifiers for with CW power outputs 2W and 10W have been have 10W and 2W outputs power CW with amplifiers state Solid GHz. 1.3 at Amplifiers State Solid of development is project this of aim The High power solid state amplifier real time images. plotting and spectrometer from acquisition data being done on it for its modification for real time real for modification its for it on done being atr, FT Wvlnt tasom Wr is Work transform. Wavelength IFFT, pattern, Interference SLD, of spectrum plots and entered details user for graphs and images simulated using LabVIEW platform. Thesoftware generates developed been has Software (VOCT) OCT Virtual tomography (SD-OCT) sn seta dmi-pia coherence domain-optical spectral using Development of high resolution imaging system also designed and fabricated. are mirrors parabolic THz applications. these for and receiver. The laboratory setup has been made been have purchased for this lasers purpose along with THz emitter DFB The and adopted. laser been femtosecond has THz approach domain frequency generation and domain time THz The out carry range. THz 1 to to 0.1 in imaging and spectroscopy setup been has laboratory gadgets for a variety of important applications. A applications. important of variety a for gadgets deployable to environment R&D academic evolving from rapidly is technology (THz) Terahertz imaging and spectroscopy eeomn o Tr Hrz ehooy for technology Hertz Tera of Development get one for flight trial. want of suitable airborne vehicle. Efforts are on to for pending is platform airborne an in evaluation 142 h paa mnpl. hs eut i a very a in results This monopole. planar the frequency of lowest resonant below the other and introduce two additional resonances close to each to used are loads reactive The plane. ground the into cut slot ring a and posts shorting four plate, top of system cascaded a with loaded reactively by (formed monopole combining fourtriangularplatesperpendicularly), planar shaped cross- a of composed is antenna The GHz. 0.7-7 band frequency the in radiation developed was monopole-like characteristics with antenna (UWB) wideband ultra profile, low small, electrically An extremely low profile UHF Antenna wideband of characterization and Development testing of integrated this antenna array The is in Controller. progress. Radar and controller CAN Exciter, controller, TR with module been TR like has antenna Yagi-Uda subsystems the all with integrated and fabricated of array 4x4 A Active aperture wind profiler in progress is network neural using technique inversion eeomn cmltd Dvlpet of Development completed. development ao pr o cI bsd oto system control based cRIO of part Major completed. components V-band of Procurement Millimeter-wave Radiometer be will started testing shortly. and integration System ready. also is section RF The tested. and incorporated ehns isd te hme hs been has chamber the inside mechanism eeoe ad ul tse. h conveyor The tested. fully and developed been has applicator cum Chamber Vacuum The Development of Vacuum assisted RF dryer Widebandextremely lowprofileUHFantenna configuration has been chosen. Design and optimization of MMIC circuit is being done at schematic level using 0.15 micrometer MMIC design kit (PH15) from UMS, France. Once the optimization is over, the whole circuit will be fabricated.

High power amplifier at X band

Fig shows a prototype Gimbal system Literature study on the existing technical reports on the subject as well as market survey to identify compact ultra wideband antenna. The antenna with the existing product line is done. Several sub- reduced height is highly desirable in applications system level designs have been developed and such as high power vehicular jammer systems, tested individually. These comprise of 1 Watt pre- Software Defined Radio (SDR) and unmanned driver amplifier, 8Watts driver amplifier, power aerial vehicle (UAV). combining two driver amplifiers to generate 12 Watts of output power. Algorithm development for broadband communication system

Prototype hardware design completed. Matlab simulation of functional blocks is done. VHDL coding of Tx/Rx blocks and ADC/DAC/RRC/ Comb Societies Filter chain design, simulation done. Gold code generation/VHDL coding and PCB design and layout preparation completed.

Two axes Gyro Stabilized Servo-control System

A two axes gyro stabilized servo controlled gimbal system has been proposed to be developed. This Fig: X-Band Power amplifier can be utilized as a mechanical tracking or scanning system for detecting targets within a W-Band Frequency MMIC Based Low Noise specified range and angle in millimeter-wave radar Amplifier systems. Study of electronic components, processing units, dc motor and encoder is done. Design and development of W-Band MMIC LNA Design and development of CAD model for gimbal has several challenging steps. The design phase system is done. Design and optimization of includes tie-up with a suitable foundry service that algorithm of servo control unit is under progress. can provide the design kits for software Study and selection of gyro unit and peripheral ICs simulations as well as a suitable budget for the is ongoing. Procurement of components e.g. dc fabrication aspect. The actual design comprise of motor and encoder is completed and procurement circuit level and layout (MMIC Layout) level of of processors and electronic accessories for iterative simulations and verification of the same custom board design, gyro and peripheral ICs is by the foundry. The design and simulations have currently under progress. been carried out using ADS2012 and pHEMT Design Kit PH-10 provided by UMS Foundry Development of MMIC based 47GHz frequency Services. The fabrication has been done in the Multiplier foundry. On-wafer testing of the fabricated circuits (in die form) and in-house assembly and testing Literature survey of different configurations of have been initiated. MMIC multiplier circuit has been done and suitable

143 Societies with simulation. Optimization inthecircuitdesign isbeingdoneto optimization. further for need show results Test testing. for mount mechanical was the in circuit assembled whole the and epoxy loaded sliver with circuit the on bonded was diode Multiplier on fr is pooye rpe ws done. was tripler prototype first for mount simulation. Fabrication of circuit and mechanical and circuit of Fabrication simulation. os es hn . d hs en civd in achieved been has dB 0.5 than less loss Insertion achieved. been have 20dB than better loss return and simulated been have transitions nu ad upt aeud t microstrip to waveguide output and Input icis ws iuae i E smltr HFSS. simulator EM in simulated was circuits) multiplier diode input and output matching matching output and input diode multiplier ports, output and input at transitions microstrip pass filter, output band pass filter, waveguide to waveguide filter, pass band output filter, pass aiu psie at o te icis ipt low (input circuits the of parts passive Various irsrp rnmsin ie configuration. with line done transmission is circuit microstrip tripler the of design The W-Band Frequency Tripler being designed for the driver circuit. the W-band attenuator is complete. PCB layout is layout PCB complete. is attenuator W-band the providing various bias levels to vary attenuation of for circuits driver of Design complete. is diodes h mcaia mut n eoy odn of bonding epoxy and mount mechanical the Assembly of the fin-line circuit has been done onto ees a be otmzd n fabricated. and optimized been has levels to provide proper matching at different attenuation biasing circuit, and matching circuit for the diodes fin-line, tapered of consisting attenuator W-band W-Band Attenuator Fig: FabricatedMMICLNA 144 tutr. l te iia hrwr o various of hardware digital the All structure. arctd ih AU bxs n support and are boxes Antennas BALUN of with nos. fabricated 600 completed. been has subsystems the all of realization Hardware A ST Radar commissioned at user sites shortly. h sbsses ae en eind and designed been have sub-systems the developed for installation at Gauhati University. All etd o nnrdain et ad il be will and tests non-radiation for tested Amravati. Two units of 6 MV Medical Linac are fully is hospital, Foundation unit Cancer at Second installation under 2014. August, 26 on Planning and Hon'ble Union Minister of Health and Family and Health of Minister Union Hon'ble and Sabha Lok of Speaker Hon'ble the by inaugurated was facility The treatment. patient for used being is ui o 6 V eia Lnc a been is and operational now is system has linac the AERB, Linac Medical MV commissioned at 6 IIHNO, Indore. After clearance by of unit First 6 MV Linac JV Phase II and housing for control console are in progress. PCB's complete. all of fabrication and is gantry of Population source ion with beam system bending of verification system Experimental cooling water completed. and stack tube linac of The project is in final phase of completion multiple and photon electron energy medical linac Dual of Development Sponsored Projects Indian Institute of Head & Neck Oncology, Rau, Indore Photograph of 6 MV Linac "SIDDHARTH" operational at ot fetv idgnu S Rdr s being is Radar ST indigenous effective cost th . Brazing subsystems of the ST Radar has been made. Digital approach. Clean room is being revived to fabricate receiver tested. Radar controlled CAN developed some optical components in the lab. The tunable and tested. Complimentary software algorithm and lasers used for beat signal generation at THz code developed and tested. Major part of Signal frequency are giving very weak signal. Golay cell is processing software tuning and integration is awaited to confirm THz generation using done. Integration and testing of exciter module photoconductive antenna. completed. 48 boards of Distributed CAN Development of 75MHz, 30KW RF Transmitter Controller (DCC) assembled and tested. Final New indigenous design and development of 30 kW version of software developed for DCC boards and high power amplifier at 75 MHz frequency for a interface to PC, modified final design of Synch Govt Lab has been successfully completed. It has signal distribution board completed. Its layout, 42 been tested for stable high power performance. numbers of PCB fabrication and its assembly and The amplifier has been delivered and installation testing completed. Installation at site will be will be done shortly. initiated once the site is readied by GU. Development of 1680 MHz and 403 MHz Radiosonde & Ground System The delivery of five sets of Ground based 1680 MHz Radiosonde Receivers to IMD has been made. IMD has taken up the production of 1680 MHz Radiosonde systems. SAMEER has handed over

new BOM and Gerber files of New Data Integrator Societies and modified 1680 MHz transmitter card to IMD. Few test flights were also conducted at New Delhi using these 1680 MHz receivers. ST Radar Integrated test setup with GUI Development of Ka Band Polarimetric Doppler Radar for Cloud Profiling Multi leaf Collimator and Record & Verification Development of Pulse and LFM signal generation system for Dual Particles & Multiple energy using DDS completed. Pulse compression LINAC algorithm using NLFM completed. Design of The mechanical design and fabrication of various receiver sub system completed. Successfully hardware has been completed. The electronics generated the schematic of exciter unit. Generation system design and procurement of various of NLFM in DDS is in progress. Algorithm components along with motors, spindles and development of hydrometeor classification and drives has been completed. The design and cloud classification is in progress. Display fabrications of various PCB including motherboard software is in progress. has been completed. The electronics assembly of Shared Aperture Antennas for airborne various subsystems is in progress. The applications mechanical assembly of complete system with A feasibility design/study report for studying the Stainless Leaves has been completed. Control feasibility of applying the Shared Aperture Software including front end GUI has been architecture to various platforms has been completed and tested. Communication Protocol completed. A stacked four element Antipodal development for R&V system is in progress Vivaldi Antenna Array in combination with Development of broadband wireless modified Wilkinson four-way power divider communication system using terahertz feeding network has been realized for possible technology applications as part of the project. Design Analysis The optical frequency comb generation simulation Report is generated. The measured and simulated work was carried out using phase modulation results agree well. This wide band Antenna can be

145 Societies oe a 24 Gz ln wt apiao and applicator with along GHz 2.45 at power Pulsed CW/ kW 3 generate to capacity a having project involved development of two sources each This system is being developed for a Govt lab. The Development of High Power MW Source has been successfully completed. structural and environmental tests and the project pattern the all for qualified been has and requirements coverage meets antenna This delivered. along with the relevant documentation was was documentation relevant the with along MIL-STD-810F on to qualified trials antenna The flight aircraft. for obtained also was antenna this for certificate clearance flight The completed. ofra atna a be successfully been has antenna conformal h dsg ad eeomn o aron V/UHF airborne of development and design The Applications ofra VUF nen fr Airborne for Antenna V/UHF Conformal project has been successfully The completed. functions. CNI and EW various for antenna used in a shared array configuration for sharing the High PowerMicrowave system 146 May/June 2014 at MTPF, Ambarnath during FCS-MDL on conducted testing FAT tests acceptance Factory Chennai. SAMEER, at 2014 March/April during FCS-MDL on conducted ATP GRSE version in April/May 2014, at GRSE, Kolkata. Harbor acceptance trials (HAT) conducted on FCS- developed. been have (FCS) Systems Control Fire and MDL Development and Supply of FCS Systems (GRSE synoptic including Lakshadweep islands. 50 India of IMD's states Southern four under for laboratories Chennai at program training conducting is team SAMEER Currently Chhattisgarh. and Goa, Pradesh, Madhya Gujarat, Maharashtra, of state the covering RMC Nagpur IMD's 50 synoptic laboratories under Mumbai and at systems automation Observatory synoptic of SAMEER has successfully completed commission for IMD's Synoptic observatories System Automation of Development and Design standards initiated design Critical report submitted. Documentation as per CEMILAC airworthiness. for certification nierd nt o rdr liee after altimeter radar of units engineered Objective of the project is to develop and deliver and develop to is project the of Objective Radar Altimeter for 2F and 3F signal detection. provision as well as signal, sinusoidal modulated evolution board is examined to generate generate to examined is board FPGA evolution An experience. on hands for done being is controller flow Mass and concentration known developed for CO and NO gas. Calibration using Calibration gas. NO and CO for developed using Labview. Miniature Lab prototype is is prototype Lab Miniature Labview. using Automation of Laser control instruments was done based sensor to detect Toxic absorption chemical Laser Agents IR of development & Design satisfactorily tested using this system. plctr Svrl ape hv been have samples Several applicator. designed, developed and integrated with with integrated and developed designed, eprtr sno. h sucs ae been have sources The sensor. temperature on PID temperature controller and infrared infrared and controller temperature PID on based control temperature loop closed automatic ) Development of FCS – FN System

Hardware sub-systems of Fire Control System (FCS) Fincantieri ship are ready and being tested. Control Consoles wiring is being done. SQAP documents are prepared for approval. Algorithm implementation and GUI modifications carried out. Integrated testing of hardware modules and Pre- qualification testing and documentation are under progress. Development of Multiband Wrap around Antenna Two RF channel CDMA receiver The aim of the project is design and development of This system is meant for a critical application. In Wrap Around antenna for airborne application. A the receiver, two simultaneous RF channels will be number of antennas will be realized in a belt like received and each RF channel can receive two data configuration which includes S band Linearly channels simultaneously due to the application of Polarized Antenna, S band Circularly Polarized CDMA technology. Field Programmable Grid Array antenna, C band Circularly Polarized Antenna and (FPGA) has been used in the development of Ka band squint beam antenna. The antennas will be baseband module. Prototype unit has been used for telemetry and transponder application. completed and deliverable units are getting ready. Design of all the antennas has been completed. All the units will undergo environmental tests. Prototypes have been fabricated. Testing and Societies Spread Spectrum Transmitter optimization is under progress.

This is a multipurpose system. The system can be Ka Band Telemetry Transmitter system used as low power transmitter as well as a The aim of the project is to design and develop a Simulator for the evaluation of CDMA receiver. In Ka-band transmitter which will be used for this transmitter, Two CDMA codes will be telemetry purpose. Under this project, a Ka-Band generated for simultaneous transmission of telemetry transmitter needs to be developed at Ka signals in a single RF carrier. Ethernet access is an band with a bandwidth of 100 MHz. The transmitter added advantage and all the parameters can be has four identical channels with 7W CW power in controlled through a PC. The prototype unit is each channel. It receives IF signal at 70 MHz and being made ready for demonstration. up-converted it to Ka band using two stage of up- Design and development of coherent transmitter conversion. In 1st stage 70 MHz is up-converted to -receiver at W-Band S- band and 2nd stage up-conversion has done to up-convert it to Ka band. The aim of the project is to design and develop a coherent transceiver that operates at W band for A prototype for a helicopter sortie testing has been airborne tracking operation. Almost 20 developed and tested for compliance as shown in subsystems at W band have been developed photo below. indigenously under this project and the unit has been qualified for the required temperature range and other environmental specifications including vibration shock etc. Five engineering units have been delivered to user agency till date. Four more units are made ready for delivery. Photo shows the developed product.

147 Societies of antennas have been completed. Assembly and Assembly completed. been have antennas of Design, development and fabrication of a number a of fabrication and development Design, it can give both wide and narrow beam. the antenna has been designed in such a way, that of Ka band airborne telemetry system. The feed of agency. The antenna is required for ground testing user the to over handed and developed designed, A Ka band prime focus reflector antenna has been Ka band at Antenna Reflector of Development & Design fabricated been and inspected. has reflector main The fabrication. under and designed been have band S and band Ka for both S band and Ka band. The mono-pulse feeds mono-pulse The band. Ka and band S both in feed mono-pulse with reflector sub Surface) main reflector and one FSS (Frequency Selective (Frequency FSS one and reflector main one with configuration cassegrain a of consists antenna The tracking. mono-pulse for antenna of dual band (S band and Ka band) dual polarized dual band) Ka and band (S band dual of ein n dvlpet f ai Proximity Fuse (RPF) Radio antenna of development and Design development and design is project the of aim The Development of S/Ka band tracking antenna 148 Silchar in the first week of Feb 2015. Projects for North East region Down RF Seeker for Anti Ship Application Strapped of Simulation and Design Preliminary 2014. It has been planned to install the system at system the install to planned been has It 2014. December, in Silchar to transported and campus India. of System has region been developed and tested East at SAMEER North the in atmosphere neato bten adbopee and land/biosphere between interaction helping tostudythe Assam University,Silcharfor Silchar University Assam for SODAR of Development evolved in the process. under this project. A new coding scheme has also carried out has been waveform study and RADAR baseband the with along receiver and system, transmitter antenna of simulation and design The RADAR will be used beam-forming to develop the seeker system. digital spectrum spread namely RADAR of form new A application. ship anti for down seeker a strapped development of study for feasibility a out carry to is project this of aim The modules are under progress. IF Filter selection network is completed and rest of Integration and testing of S-band PLL, AGC circuit, user selectable between 2MHz, 4 MHz and 10 MHz. also is bandwidth IF The dBm). -50 to dBm (-90 low noise receiver with dynamic range of the 40 dB from S- Band to 70 MHz is done. The receiver is a S-Band operation,down-conversion MHz whilein operation, Ka-band received signal at Ka In band is down-converted to operation. 70 of mode the band mode and S-band mode. The user can select The receiver can be operated in two modes- Ka- modes- two in operated be can receiver The Receiver eeomn o K/-ad eeer RF Telemetry Ka/S-band of Development RPF of antenna has been done. measurement performance Radiation performed. been has antenna one of testing QT final testing is in progress prior to delivery of items. To develop and commission a SODAR system in system SODAR a commission and develop To Design and Development of Digital Ionosonde Hardware; Cyber Law; Cyber Security; IPR; GIS; system for Dibrugarh University Cloud Computing; e-Governance and related verticals. NIELIT is also the preferred agency for Various Subsystems of Ionosonde such as many State Governments for rolling out IT Literacy Transmitter, DSP System, Receive Antenna, Radar programmes for its employees and the masses. Controller Real time Data Acquisition Software have been completed. Receiver system NIELIT is also undertakng various projects under development is in progress. Capacity Building in ICT with the objective of creating human resources at various levels RF dryer for Assam University, Silchar including designing and conducting Employment System has been developed, fabricated, and Self-employment linked quality and cost assembled & tested for its specifications. The 24 effective education /training besides conducting IT hour test & evaluation could not be done because Literacy programmes for the masses, especially electrical power to operate system at full power is targeted towards the rural /underdeveloped areas not available since last 3 months. in the country. Development of RF based disinfestations system Over these 20 years, NIELIT has established itself & Quality parameter Measurement for IICPT as a premier organization having PAN-India Guwahati presence through a network of 31 own centres and The system design of various subsystems is in a network of about 900 accredited institutions and progress. The teams involved in Project 4&5 are about 6000 CCC facilitation centres. NIELIT's own Societies involved in this project also since the work involved offices are located at Aurangabad, Ajmer, Agartala, these projects are of similar nature Aizawl, Calicut, Chandigarh (with Branch office at Shimla), Chennai, Delhi, Gangtok, Gorakhpur (with Workshop Organized in North East Branch office at Lucknow), Guwahati, Tezpur, Two workshops were organized at universities in Imphal, Itanagar, Kolkata, Kokrajhar, Kohima, the North East Chuchuyimlang, Patna, Srinagar, Jammu, Shillong, Churachandpur, Lunglei, Ranchi, SAMEER in collaboration with Assam University at Senapati, Silchar, Jorhat & Leh. NIELIT is in the Silchar organised a three day workshop on process of opening a new Centre at Ropar in "Microwave basics and applications" during July th th Punjab. 25 to 27 2014. The wide repertoire of NIELIT Courses includes: (a) A workshop entitled "RF & Microwave Technology Courses in the Formal Sector, being offered by the for Modern Systems Design" was organized by NIELIT Centres, in association with State SAMEER in collaboration with NEHU at Shillong th th Universities/Technical Boards; (b) Courses in the during 8 -10 October, 2014. Non–Formal Sector viz; DOEACC 'O' Level National Institute of Electronics and Information (equivalent to foundation level), 'A 'Level Technology (NIELIT) (equivalent to Advance Diploma), 'B' Level National Institute of Electronics and Information (equivalent to MCA Level), 'C' Level, being offered Technology (NIELIT), is a Scientific Society of the by NIELIT Centres and other training institutions Department of Electronics and Information that have been granted accreditation for the Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications purpose; (c) Short Terms skill oriented courses by and Information Technology, Government of India, the NIELIT Centres depending on demographic is actively engaged in skill development and demands; and (d) Training Programs or Corporate development of human resources in the area of IT; Training programs, which are tailor made Electronics; Communications Technologies; programs, based on specific requirements.

149 Societies Physical Achievements lN.Atvte Target(2014-15) Activities Sl.No. b etn po ILTCnrs 6nmes0 ubr 4Centres 02numbers 06numbers 1,170 SettingupofNIELITCentres/ (b) 38,830 40,000 108 Toconducttrainingfornon-formal (d) 9,892 10,000 Toconducttrainingfornon-formal (b) d rn/rnwlo crdtto o 0Isiue 14Institute 20Institutes Grant/renewalofAccreditationfor (d) e ocnuttann o oreo ,40030,0 1,18,594 3,05,406 4,24,000 Toconducttrainingforcourseon (e) e aiiaint gnisfrcnuto gnis6Agencies 5Agencies Facilitation toAgenciesforconductof (e) (Target ac 12numbers 05numbers Tocreatestandardizedcourses (a) 18036 22,964 41000 (Targetachieved Toconducttrainingfornon-formal (c) 2,374 2,200 Toconducttrainingforlongterm (a) c rn/rnwlo crdtto o 0Isiue 70Institute 50Institutes Grant/renewalofAccreditationfor (c) .Toproducequalityprofessionals 1. .ExpansionsthroughCapacity 2. Building Activities Computer Course(BCC) Computer Concepts(CCC)andBasic year (otherthanCCC&BCC) courses withdurationoflessthan1 above byNIELITAccreditedInstitutes courses withdurationof1yearand Multimedia O/Aleveletc.) courses, HardwarecoursesO/Alevel, level course,Bio-informaticsO/A above byNIELITCentres(viz;O/A/B/C courses withdurationof1yearand conduct ofITcourses Examination/ Evaluation/Assessment courses conduct ofHardware/Electronic including NorthEasternRegion Extension Centresinthecountry MCA/BCA etc). formal courses(M.Tech/B.Tech/ Formal Sector. Courses intheFormal&Non- through LongTerm&Short o fSuet h er21-5tobetrainedfrom theyear2014-15 No. ofStudents ob rie u o3.221)1stJan,2015to (upto31.12.2014) to betrained 150 civmnsdrn No.ofStudents Achievements during TandUdron forachievement (Trained/Undergoing o fSuet 31stMarch,2015 No. ofStudents riig oftarget Training) 6institutes s (Target achieved) s (Target achieved) hieved) ) Sl.No. Activities Target (2014-15) Achievements during No. of Students No. of Students the year 2014-15 to be trained from to be trained (up to 31.12.2014) 1st Jan, 2015 to No. of Students 31st March, 2015 (Trained/Undergoing for achievement Training) of target

3. Online Services for other Agencies

(a) Online Assessment of candidates 2000 candidates 25460 candidates (Target achieved)

(b) Recruitment/Departmental 05 number of 27 number of (Target achieved) examination through examination examination cycles online services cycles

TOTAL 4,76,200 3,56,502 (excludes targets (excludes given at Sl. No. achievements given 1.c, 2 & 3) at sl.no. 1.c, 2 & 3)

Some Notable Projects and Achievements NIELIT is mandated by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt of India to conduct the training on 'BCC

Training Program on IT Skill to Improve Course' and 'BCC course with orientation to e- Societies employability of the Rural Youth belonging to Governance & e-Panchayat' for 1.5 Lakhs Elected SC/ST, minority community including women Representative & Panchayat Functionaries on pan beneficiaries (Target of 48000 candidates India basis. acheived) Online Services for Submission of examination Training Program on Electronics Equipment forms, Application for Institute Accreditations, Repair & Maintenance to Improve employability of Empanelment of Experts including Integration with the Rural Youth Belonging to SC/ST, minority payment gateway, besides SMS and automatic community including women beneficiaries (Target email services are successfully implemented. : 32400 Trained : 31931 candidates) National Level Workshop was conducted on Training Program on ITES - BPO (Customer Care & October 13, 2014 for Training Partners for Banking) to improve employability of the Rural Youth belonging to SC/ST, minority community including women beneficiaries (Target of 9000 candidates achieved)

Course on Computer Education in Rural India (Target: 100000 Village Level Entrepreneurs/ Achievement – 24716 candidates registered)

Scheme for Empowering Women in Rural India through Digital Literacy (Target of 25000 women Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble MoCIT delivering the achieved) Keynote Address during the National Level NIELIT Workshop on October 13, 2014. Seated on the dias are BCC Training of Panchayati Raj Functionaries in all (from left to right) Dr. A.K. Sharma, MD, NIELIT, Shri RS the States of India (Target 25000 PR Sharma, IAS, Secretary, DeitY, Shri Tapan Ray, IAS, Functionaries/ Achievement–20408 PR Additional Secretary, DeitY and Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Functionaries trained so far) Joint Secretary, DeitY.

151 Societies nrse NEI fr h cnut f Online of conduct the for NIELIT entrusted Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India has h Bra o Cvl vain euiy (BCAS), Security Aviation Civil of Bureau The educational services. between NIELIT and TCIL for the delivery of tele- of delivery the for TCIL and NIELIT between synergy create to aims which 2014, 24, April on Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. (TCIL) An MoU was also signed between NIELIT and the and NIELIT between signed also was MoU An the Delhi Government. of employees the for eGovernance in programme agency to impart capacity building training training building capacity impart to agency NIELIT has been nominated as one of the nodal the of one as nominated been has NIELIT India. of Government Grievances, Public Administrative and Reform of Department of plan training respectively under the Master e-Governance e-Governance Master the under days respectively 5 and days 3 duration of officers G2 and NIELIT has carried out training programmes for G1 start to likely shortly. are Centres NIELIT Srikakulam Kolkata. TheconstructionofbuildingsRopar& ete i ogig t graa Amr Pta & Patna Ajmer, Agartala, at ongoing is Centres NIELIT of campuses permanent of Construction Electronics/ESDM courses. rjc ad etn ad vlain f NIELIT's of Evaluation and Vetting and project Mission) Literacy Digital candidates (National NDLM under of assessment for needs NIELIT's certification & assessment portal based on on based portal assessment & certification will provide inputsin the developmentand creation of India Intel India. Intel with MoU an signed In line with the Digital India Campaign, NIELIT has Governance. for roll out of one year PG Diploma course in e- in course Diploma PG year one of out roll for (IGDTUW) Women for University Technical Delhi Gandhi Indira and Centre Delhi NIELIT between established was Understanding of Memorandum uig h NEI Ntoa Lvl okhp A Workshop, Level National NIELIT the During Government Officials. ersnaie, cdma n Senior and Academia Representatives, Industry institutes), (accredited Partners Training NIELIT from participation with Building Capacity 152 process. registration the facilitating for devices with biometric provided been have centres accreditation facilitation and Allthe her location. based onhis/ Facilitation centres, where the pensioner can and enroll Centres Accredited centres, NIELIT nearest the about information provides which developed tp/nei.o.n JeaPaan a been has JeevanPramaan http://nielit.gov.in/ portal web A presence. Pan-India and reach its of pensioners for their Digital Life Certificate because NIELIT has been entrusted with the job of enrolling be verified in the Online mode. also can certificates online the that so code, QR a signed digitally certificates in the issued Online mode, which bears also are candidates Successful candidates of authentication Aadhaar enabled with mode online the in examinations ne NL, a iiitd h cnut of conduct the initiated has NDLM, under NIELIT, oneoftheauthorizedexamination agency uig eerto o Go Gvrac Dy on Day Governance Good December 25, 2014. of celebration during DeitY Secretary, Additional IAS, Ray, Tapan Shri with Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma, MD, NIELIT in discussions stall showcasing its capabilities during the event. a up put had NIELIT Day'. Governance 'Good as was organized at New Delhi on December 25, 2014 In line with the vision of Digital India, a mega event and Education Training in all IT Government Schools in provide HP. to NIELIT entrusted h Gvrmn o Hmca Paeh has Pradesh Himachal of Government The courses. xmnto fr VE (vain Security) (Aviation AVSEC for examination biometric . Capacity Building and Skill Development trained under ESDM. So far Workshops have been in Electronic System Design and Manufacturing conducted at: Karnataka- on 2nd August 2014 in (ESDM) Bangalore; Telengana- on 26th September 2014 in Hyderabad; Uttar Pradesh- on 19th November DeitY has launched two Scheme for Skill 2014 in Lucknow and J&K- on 20th December Development in the ESDM sector which aims at 2014 in Jammu. enhancing the skilling capacities in ESDM sector through public and private sector for students/unemployed youth belonging to other disciplines. A Programme Management Unit (PMU) has been created at NIELIT for the implementation of this scheme.

An Empowered Committee has selected the states of Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana; Target divided equally i.e. 7,500 for each state), Jammu & Kashmir (Target: 15,000), Karnataka (Target :15,000), Kerala (Target: 11,250), Punjab (Target: Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Joint Secretary, DeitY delivering 15,000), Uttarakhand (Target: 3750) and Uttar the keynote address during the ESDM Workshop at Pradesh (Target : 15,000). Bangalore. Seated on the dias are (from left to right) Dr. A. Maulishree, CEO, IT Skill Development Society,Dr. Under the aegis of 'Digital India' programme Ashwini Kumar Sharma, MD, NIELIT, Ms. Tanushree Societies launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister, DeitY has also Deb Barman, IAS, Director, ITBT, Govt. of Karnataka, Shri Pradeep Doshi, ESSCI and Shri D.P. Nair, TSSC approved Phase II of the Scheme for "Skill Development in ESDM for Digital India" on Projects undertaken under the other Schemes of 09.12.2014 to cover all the States/UTs of the DeitY country in order to facilitate creation of an eco- Setting up of new NIELIT Centre at Ranchi, system for development of ESDM sector in the Jharkhand entire country for facilitating skill development for Foundation Stone for the NIELIT Centre, Ranchi 3,28,000 persons in ESDM sector at an outlay of was laid on August 21, 2014 by Shri Narendra Rs. 411 crore (approx.) in a period of 4 years. This Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. This is is in continuation of the above mentioned 'Scheme perceived as a major step by the Government of for Financial Assistance to select States/UTs for Skill Development in Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector' approved earlier which is being implemented in 8 states. Both the Schemes are to be implemented concurrently.

Under the scheme NIELIT has also facilitated the conduct of ESDM workshops in States. The aim of these workshops was to bring all the stakeholders together on a single platform and discuss the features of the scheme and the various modalities Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, concerning its implementation. The presence of unveiling the Foundation Stone for NIELIT Centre, Ranchi Industry representatives in these workshops was on August 21, 2014. Seen in the picture are (from L to R): also ensured so that the skill gaps could be Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister for identified and training be imparted accordingly to Communications & Information Technology, Dr. Syed Ahmed, Hon'ble Governor, Jharkhand, Shri Heman Soren, ensure maximum employment of the youth being the then Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Jharkhand

153 Societies col hlrn clee tdns n public and students college children, school among awareness security cyber Mass Creating a over period of 3 Shillong) years. Kohima, Agartala, (at Region of Medical and Paramedical personnel in the NE the in personnel Paramedical and Medical of Setting up of Medical Electronics Lab and training years. 5 of period a over Hyderabad C-DAC and Chennai implemented jointly by NIELIT Aurangabad, NIELIT ein n Pouto Tcnlge t be to Technologies Production and Design Capacity Building in the areas of Electronic Product for IT Masses for Programme. (PMU) unit monitoring programme nac vctoa sil n T n stig p of up setting and IT in skill vocational enhance an to and awareness with promote to Tally to exposure operations entry data entrepreneurs/ women creating for Delhi in Women of Training Region, Region, out of its total 31 NIELIT Centres in India. 16 locations in all eight States of the North Eastern date, NIELIT is offering training programmes from from programmes training offering is NIELIT date, a City Centre in Guwahati is also operational. As on on As operational. also is Guwahati in Centre City a Kokrajhar, Kokrajhar, Lunglei, Silchar & Tezpur. Apart from this Chuchuyimlang, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Jorhat, Imphal, Guwahati, Chuchuyimlang, available only at 9 locations viz; Aizawl, Aizawl, viz; locations 9 at only available rented premises. Out of 18 locations, land is is land locations, 18 of Out premises. rented Kokrajhar(Assam) have become operational from from operational become have Kokrajhar(Assam) Senapati (Manipur), Silchar & Jorhat (Assam), (Assam), Jorhat & Silchar (Manipur), Senapati hrcadu (aiu) Lnli (Mizoram), Lunglei (Manipur), Churachandpur up in NE Region, 6 Extension Centres namely; namely; Centres Extension 6 Region, NE in up stage. stage. Out of the 10 new Extension Centres to be set onwards. The Project is under implementation implementation under is Project The onwards. 14,400 students per year from the fifth year year fifth the from year per students 14,400 Centres in NE from 3080 students per year to to year per students 3080 from NE in Centres increasing the present training capacity of NIELIT NIELIT of capacity training present the increasing upgraded upgraded and 12 Extension Centres will be set up for Under the project, six NIELIT Centres will be be will Centres NIELIT six project, the Under period period of five years with funding support from DeitY. Centres at a total cost of Rs. 388.68 crores over a a over crores 388.68 Rs. of cost total a at Centres upgrading upgrading the training facilities of all the North East A A proposal has been approved by Union Cabinet for the IECT area nacn te riig Euain aaiy in capacity Education Training/ the enhancing eeomn o NrhEsen ein by Region North-Eastern of Development Training in the State of Jharkhand, in and IECT domain. Education Technical in excellence providing for Government Jharkhand the with jointly India 154 CS/eae P suet o te Society, the of the view in Keeping candidates. female including students PH SC/ST/Female/ ubr f addts eogn t the to belonging candidates of number large a of requirements Training IT the to caters Physically Handicapped candidates: coasi Shm fr SC/ST/Female/ for Scheme Scholarship years. Bengal" by NIELIT Centre, Kolkata over a period of 2 candidates on ICT at Cooch Behar district of West "Capacity Building for empowerment of SC SC of empowerment for Building "Capacity Government Employees over a period of 2 years. e- State and States creating NE of Youth ST the of readiness for Programme Building Capacity NIELIT Aizawl Centre over a period of 1 year. aaiy ulig etfct Porme n e- Governance in for ST Youth of Programme North Eastern States Certificate at Building Capacity Centre over a period of 3 Imphal years. NIELIT at Applications e-Governance for Building Capacity in students SC&ST of Training Information Technology over a period of 2 years. S) tdns n o oine cuss in courses oriented job in students (SC) Caste Scheduled 600 of Certification and Training Training). of Employment of by General sponsored (Directorate DGE&T seekers Job SC/ST of Training other and SC/ST Economically Weaker Sections for Programmes Training NIELIT Centre, Kohima over a period of 2 years. youths in the area of Cyber security in NE states by of building capacity and cyber-crimes emerging handle to agencies enforcement Law to training Enhancement of cyber forensics Lab for advanced 18 months. NIELIT Centre, Imphal & Gangtok over a period of by Sikkim" & Manipur of States NE in mechanism hog aporae riig n campaign and training appropriate through employees Government and Colleges Schools, among awareness Security Cyber Mass Creating of 3 years. Calicut over aperiod Scheduled Tribes"byNIELIT eie bsd wrns porme for programme awareness based devices access cost low through e-Inclusion & Skills IT Tripura by NIELIT over a period of 24 months. mechanism in NE states of Mizoram, Nagaland and hog aporae riig n campaign and training appropriate through The Institute demand of training requirements among the operating with its laboratories with well carved out weaker sections of the Society, NIELIT has a research mandate at Pune, Hyderabad and Thrissur. Scholarship Scheme for SC/ST/ Physically The main objectives for which C-MET has been Handicapped and Female students who are established are: pursuing O/A/B/C level courses as a full time • To establish technology up to pilot scale for a course through an Accredited Institute authorised range of electronic materials and transfer the to conduct the NIELIT Courses. As per the same to the industry for commercialization. Scheme, the candidates are required to clear all the papers in the first attempt and the income of the • To establish relevant characterization facilities. parents of the students should not be more than • To undertake applied research activities in the Rs. 1 lakh per year from all sources. Details of selected areas of operation. SC/ST and female candidates registered for • To establish National Data Base on Electronics DOEACC IT Software Scheme during 2014-15 are Materials. as under:- The mission of C-MET is to develop knowledge Total Students Registered = 22736 base in the electronic materials and their No. Female Students = 8962 processing technology for the Indian industry and No. of SC Students = 4664 become a source of critical electronic materials, know-how and technical services for the industry No. of ST Students = 2117 and other sectors of the economy. During the year an amount of Rs. 14.94 lakhs has Achievements been paid as scholarship for 350 nos of valid Societies candidates in respect of January 2013 exam and an The salient features of C-MET technical amount of Rs. 8.64 lakhs has been paid as achievements (area wise) during 2014 -15 are: scholarship for 358 valid candidates for July 2013 Integrated Electronics Packaging exam. Scholarship applications for another 479 • Developed LTCC integrable oxygen candidates received till January 2014 are under conducting ionic conductor material for process. integration of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) in Refund of Examination fee to the SC/ ST LTCC structures candidates: NIELIT is also refunding the • Developed Low-k dielectric material for LTCC examination fee to the SC/ ST candidates on -4 -5 with loss factor in the range of 10 to 10 . successful completion of O/A/B/C Level. • Fabricated cryocooler devices with integrated Free Training to SC/ST candidates in own Centres thermistor for temperature measurements. of NIELIT under SCSP/TSP scheme of DeitY: The devices are capable of achieving NIELIT is providing free training to all SC/ST o temperature difference up to 45 C. candidates in all the courses at its own Centres under SCSP/TSP Scheme. The expenditure • LTCC tapes fabricated using indigenous towards the same is reimbursed by DeitY on materials and testing for use for general regular basis. purpose applications is underway. Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology • Delivered first batch of LTCC packages for (C-MET) specific thin film devices to the user. Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C- • Delivered Igniter and g-switch substrate and g- MET) has been set up as a Registered Scientific switch package samples to the user. Society in March 1990 under Department of • Demonstrated test packages with buried Electronics & Information Technology as a unique microfluidic channels. concept for development of viable technologies in • Developed LTCC silver paste which is the area of electronics materials. C-MET is compatible with imported LTCC tapes

155 Societies arctdDS iai eoe ht nd anode photo aerogel titania DSSC Fabricated • • Developed graphene super capacitors having capacitors super graphene Developed • ntae te rjc o dmntain of demonstration on project the Initiated • yteie Bsuh upie unu dot quantum sulphide Bismuth Synthesized • Materials for Renewable Energy ii. Using 4N (99.99%) pure Germanium around Germanium pure (99.99%) 4N Using ii. i. The second trial run of Hafnium sponge pilot sponge Hafnium of run trial second The i. Ultra High Purity Established Pilot plant facility for Nano-ZnO for • h nn-lmnm n COCO powders CuO/CuO and nano-aluminum The • • Glasses with quantum dots ranging from 3 to ranging from quantum dots Glasseswith • Nanomaterials and Nano composites • Fabricated band pass filters operating in the in operating filters pass band Fabricated • • Developed low loss and medium permittivity medium and loss low Developed • • Reliability studies performed on indigenously on performed studies Reliability • range /g. of 150-200 m using titania aerogel having surface area in the series resistance( ESR ) up to 0.2 ohms. equivalent and 30F to 0.5F from capacitance aerogel super capacitor in pilot scale. hydrogen sulphide splitting in natural sunlight. nano-composites for catalytic study of of study catalytic for nano-composites higher content of C, O, N impurities. substantially with produced was germanium 5N5 (99.9995%) purity resistive zone refined zone resistive purity (99.9995%) 5N5 Hafnium chloride and reduced hafnium. ran and oxide, Hafnium hydroxide of steps intermediate through hafnium Kg 150 used distilled vacuum This purity. of 99.8% nearly of sponge Hafnium kg 9 produced plant electronics and desulpharisation applications. user for testing. the to delivered was and techniques various by characterized and synthesized been have measurements. 0 m yteie fr Magneto-optical for synthesized nm 20 frequency range of 5.1 to 5.7 GHz. combiners. composite dielectrics for radial power power radial for dielectrics composite 540 W. accelerator at RRCAT with an output power of n itgaig no NU- particle INDUS-2 into integrating and fabricating high power solid state amplifiers state solid power high fabricating developed microwave substrates by by substrates microwave developed

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156 )Silicon Carbide Phase-II project Proposal with 4) )A two inch and 18mm long 6H Silicon Carbide 3) Semiconductors for Gap power devices Band Wide - Semiconductors Compound idsr mes ae en odce at conducted been have meets industry 5 • NABL Accredited RoHS Facilities .A ao poet ih n uly f s 1127 Rs. of outlay an with project major A i. E-Waste Management eeoe NC hritr bsd thermal based thermistors NTC Developed • eeoe fu dfeet piezoelectric different four Developed • rprd rpee otd VF hn films thin PVDF coated graphene Prepared • Actuators and Sensors rud . k ec o hg pr cadmium pure high of each kg 1.5 Around • arctd hs pr kseie hn film thin kesterite pure phase Fabricated • testing facility during RoHS the year. through served been have industries 51 Nearly Electronics. in compliance RoHS about industries Indian amongst awareness create to country the across places various activity. Karnataka for support to the E-waste recycling ind ih h KIS Gvrmn of Government KBITS, the with signed per annum of An waste MOU PCBs. has been eosrto fclt t rcce 010 MT 30-100 recycle to facility the demonstration establish to sanctioned been has lakhs calibration. eo poe hvn NS traceable NIST having probes senor characteristics. ih nacd electromechanical enhanced with components piezoceramic and components aig rnprny f 6% o acoustic actuators and for sensor. >60% of transparency having n ws ie t te olbrtr o the for collaborator fabrication of the CdS/CdTe thin film to solar cells. given was and chloride and cadmium sulphate were prepared bopin ofiin o 1 m b spin by cm coating. 10 of coefficient absorption absorber having a band gap of 1.47eV and an and 1.47eV of gap band a having absorber Rs.1163 lakhs. MLDD wt a etmtd uly of outlay estimated an with DMRL/DRDO to submitted and formulated been has yeas 6H SiC Single crystal boules over a period of 4 a objective of delivering Semi-Insulating, 2" dia successfully. SC snl Cytl a be grown been has Crystal single (SiC) 5-1 Research Performance Indicator during year LIST OF ESC's EXPORT PROMOTIONAL 2014-15 ACTIVITIES: 2014-15

S.No. Activity Status PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL EXPOSITIONS 1. Research publications in journals 70 ØCOMEX IT, TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY SHOW 2. Conference presentations 26 7th – 11th April, 2014, OMAN 3. Invited talks 62 Oman is emerging an important export market for India. The Indian companies have made huge 4. Awards and Honours 07 inroads in the Omani market. There is a continuous 5. Patent applications 08 increase in trade and economic relations and many 6. Fellowships/visits (Abroad) 04 joint ventures between the two countries are being inked. Oman has undertaken a large scale 7. International/ National conferences 01 development programme focusing on organized diversification away from the oil industry and is looking for joint venture partners in various fields Electronics and Computer Software Export including ICT. Promotion Council The Council organized participation of 14 Indian Electronics and Computer Software Export ICT companies at the event. Promotion Council (ESC) is mandated to promote India's exports of Electronics, Telecom, Computer ØICT EXPO Societies Software and IT Enabled Services. ESC offers a 13-16 April, 2014, Hong Kong varied set of services to its members for accelerating exports. ICT Expo at Hong Kong attracts overwhelming response from buyers, visitors from global Some of the services of ESC are as follows economies to source innovative ICT products & • Facilitates participation in Global Trade Shows/ services. The Indian ICT companies Expositions and Conferences. enthusiastically participate under ESC's banner at this unique global platform by displaying cutting- • Undertakes Market Research/Studies and edge developments from information and publicity Campaigns in overseas markets. communications technology to the most up-to- date hardware and software applications to help • ESC facilitates business interface between them improve their standing in today's switched- Indian and foreign companies through on business world. Buyers– Seller Meets, and locates new business partners for Indian electronics, ESC organized India pavilion at the ICT Expo 2014 computer software and IT companies. at Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. The India Pavilion was visited by a very • For facilitating foreign trade, ESC provides on- large number of global buyers. line facility for Data Search. 30 Indian member companies participated under During the period April 2013 to March 2014, export the Council's banner. of electronics is estimated to have reached US$ 7664 million and software export is estimated to ØJapan IT Week have reached to a level of US$ 84 billion. 14th to 16th May, 2014,Tokyo, Japan During the period April 2014 to September 2014 Japan is one of the most lucrative market to explore export of electronics hardware is estimated to be IT business. There has been a continuous surge in US$ 3089 million and that of computer software India's IT exports to Japan. To assist Indian IT and services is estimated to be US$ 47 billion. companies explore and build business prospects

157 Societies umbrella and capabilities at the event under the Council's 14 Indian ICT companies exhibited their strength umbrella. and capabilities at the event under the Council's 24-Indian ICT companies exhibited their strength ak i rne aog h Tp 0 Global 50 Top the among ranked is Lanka Sri areas. domain focus key of number in choice Sri Lanka is emerging as a global ICT destination of 24-26 October , 2014, Sri Lanka Ø Dubai 2014. GITEX in participated companies 41 Indian banner, Council's the Under again. 2014 in participation of Indian ICT fraternity at GITEX Dubai h peiu eiin, S ognzd the organized ESC editions, previous the at response overwhelming the With world. the in one of the most important, exciting ICT exhibitions GITEX, at participating been has ESC companies, supplement the efforts & initiatives of the member exports continue to propel year by year. To further oa, h UE a eegd n important ICT India's an exports. ICT emerged India's for has destination UAE the Today, 12-16 October , 2014, Dubai Ø the global stage. on competitive advantage and a economic growth technology. The country sees IT as an engine of engine an as IT sees country The technology. rwh s nomto ad communications and information is growth economy global country's the behind driver huge a and economy, largest sixth world's the is Brazil platform to showcase offerings in the ICT areas. lge Bai. is rzl xiiin a a great a was exhibition Brazil Bits Brazil. Alegre, Porto at 2014 13-15, May during (CEBIT) 2014 Brazil BITS in participation Indian organised ESC May 13-15, 2014, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Ø Japan IT Week. Show-- IT largest Japan's at participation Indian with the Japanese IT buyers, the Council organized INFOTEL - SRI LANKA GITEX DUBAI BITS Brazil 2014 158 SEMINARS IN INDIA INCOMING DELEGATIONS Events to be organised The Council with the support of AGRA COMPUTER 8th August 2014 -- EXPORTERS AGRA IT WITH MEET INTERACTIVE companies with the visiting delegation. Council organised an exclusive meet of its member in the IT sector with the Indian IT companies. The companies. IT Indian the with sector IT the in with an objective to explore business opportunities A business delegation from Argentina visited India 15 – 16 September, 2014, New Delhi ARGENTINA DELEGATION WITH THE VISITING SECTOR" IT THE IN OPPORTUNITIES "BUSINESS Electronics Sector for meet B2B Seller Buyer Reverse 26-27 March 2015, New Delhi Ø International IT Exhibition and Conference 16-20 March 2015, Hannover, Germany Ø International IT Exhibition and Conference 12-13 February 2015, New Delhi Ø participation of 10 an Indian IT companies. companies IT the niches organized create market opportunity to Indian provide to objective even larger global services companies. ESC with an for competition of out centres competency niche high-in-demand establishing for conducive highly high quality talent pool. The environment is also is environment The pool. talent quality high a to access premium enjoy to (SME) Enterprises nqe datg fr ml ad Medium and Small for advantage unique h goig C idsr i Clmo fes a offers Colombo in industry ICT growing The Services Magazine. and Global by Cities Kearney Emerging 20 Top among ranked AT by destinations Outsourcing INDIA ELECTRONICS EXPO CeBIT INDIA IT SHOW - INDIASOFT 2015 ASSOCIATION organised an Interactive Meet with Mr. D K Sareen, Executive Director, ESC in his ICT exporters of Agra on 8th August 2014. Mr D K presentation on INDIASOFT 2015 stated that the Sareen, ED, ESC highlighted the Council's event is resulting in augmenting bilateral IT trade of initiatives and briefed the participants to avail ESC India with global economies. He stated that the Membership. This initiative was also taken to KICK global buyers can look forward to an opportunity to OFF INDIA IT SHOW 2015 preparations so as to witness innovative IT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES invite ICT exporters from Agra & around to exhibit which can help their business grow multifold. Shri at INDIA IT SHOW 2015. Rahul Chhabra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, and Mr. Bhagwat Swarup, Ministry Interactive Session of External Affairs, Govt. of India addressed the "MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES " gathering and requested the guests about the importance of event and how it can accelerate the 5.30 pm, Tuesday, 30th September, 2014, New tempo of IT trade and how the foreign companies Delhi can gain benefit by collaborating with Indian IT companies. During the question answer session, To create awareness & learn the art of expanding the Chairman, and Executive Director ESC your business foot prints & opportunities globally answered to the various queries of the eminent in the current era as well as the ways & means of guests. While delivering the vote of thanks, Mrs. doing business so as to strengthen the global base, Radha Bhatia, Vice Chairperson, ESC thanked the ESC organised an INTERACTIVE SESSION ON entire Ambassadors of various countries and the "MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES". Government officials from Department of Societies The Council invited eminent guests Mr Mahesh Commerce and Ministry of External Affairs, Sachdev, Former India's High Commissioner to Government of India. Nigeria and Mr Bastiaan Bijl, a Dutch national who CATALOGUE SHOW ABROAD is a consultant, responsible for delivering training programmes in market analysis and collaborating ØHONG KONG on the production of tailored studies to address the august gathering of senior Government officials, 23-26 OCTOBER 2014 industry, media etc.. 4-6 DECEMBER 2014

LAC & EU AMBASSADORS/DIPLOMAT MEET ESC in association with Consulate General of India, 7th NOVEMBER 2014, NEW DELHI Hong Kong organised Indian companies Catalogue Show at the following two shows: The Council is organizing 15th edition of its annual IT event INDIASOFT 2015 on 12-13 February 2015 1. Macao International Trade Investment Fair at New Delhi. In order to create awareness and between 23-26, October, 2014 at Convention market the event aggressively, the Council so as to & Exhibition Centre at Venetian Macao. host serious business buyers from Latin America th 2. HKTDC World SME Expo Annually 4-6 and European Union, organised a Road Show on 7 December, 2014 at Hong Conventional and November 2014 at New Delhi wherein the Exhbition Center, Hong Kong. Ambassadors of Latin American countries and European Union were invited. ERNET India

Welcoming the Ambassador's and other eminent ERNET India's Digital India Initiative guests, Mr. Nalin Kohli, Chairman, Indiasoft Connectivity& Infrastructure Organizing Committee highlighted the importance of the event and requested the guests to nominate ERNET India is an Autonomous Scientific Society foreign delegates/buyers to visit INDIASOFT 2015. of Department of Electronics and IT, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

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C Dadra Nagar Havelli under Directorate of Education, Daman & Diu and schools Govt. in infrastructure ICT of up Setting US Klaa n acpe b NJ on NUJS by accepted and Kolkata NUJS, at Network Campus of commissioning completed Under a MoU with NUJS, Kolkata, ERNET India had in process underway. tender open through equipment of enhancing schools their learning & teaching experiences. The procurement in IT of for use Havelli promote Nagar to & knowledge Dadra IT gaining labs, ICT and maintaining of Diu Department & Education Daman of teachers school 128 for conducted be will training teachers labs, applications. To get optimum benefits of these ICT tdns sn lts I tcnlge and technologies IT latest using students The ICT centers enhance the learning capabilities of the MoU, 64 ICT labs will be setup in both the UTs. 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Rs.78 domains lakhs. 4532 approx. registered/renewed mu Ntok t ainl nvriy of University National at Network ampus access from outside world through Firewall and E-Learning ICT Centers in 204 schools of antivirus systems. The project was under a Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh warranty of three years i.e. up to 20th Sept., 2014 ERNET India signed a Memorandum of for which ERNET had extended all support for Understanding (MOU) in January 2014 with smooth functioning of the network. Department of School Education, Andhra Pradesh Government to establish e-Learning Information & National Institute of Food Technology Communication Technologies (ICT) Infrastructure Entrepreneurship & Management (NIFTEM) in 204 Schools located in rural/tribal areas of Under a MoU, ERNET India is setting up Campus Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. The project is Network and other IT Infrastructure at NIFTEM intended to achieve "freedom from distance" and campus. 10 Gigabit fibre backbones connects bridge the gap between the increasing demands of Academic, Admin., Finance Buildings, Hostels, education for all and the inability of existing educational systems to meet such demands Guest house & Residential Area spread across the without support of ICTs especially in the terms of campus enabling students and faculty to enable to access, equity, and resources due to urban-rural access Intranet & Internet resources from their divide. These ICT centers would not only involve IT desktops, laptops on any where any time basis. The infrastructure but a combination of IT Hostel zone will also be Wi-Fi enabled with secure technologies, educational contents, access through centralized controller. The communication system, training of teachers, procurement & delivery of active equipment has support & maintenance. The ICT infrastructure been completed and installation of the same is would consist of standalone desktop PC's with under process. speaker, webcam, microphone, laser printer cum Societies scanner, Projector, UPS, LAN & Electrical cabling, ICT Centres in 250 Schools in rural areas of Ajmer Computer software (OS, Antivirus, MS Office), & Jaipur, districts of Rajasthan Computer Furniture, Educational Contents and ERNET India had signed a Memorandum of Management Information System (MIS) over cloud Understanding (MOU) in 2011 with State and internet connectivity. Government of Rajasthan to establish Information The computers are delivered in 152 schools & & Communication Technologies (ICT) centers commissioning of ICT Centers is in progress. One (labs) in 250 Schools located in rural areas of ICT Centre in ZPH School, Ragolu was inaugurated Ajmer & Jaipur districts of Rajasthan. The ICT on 27 Feb 2014 by honourable MOS (IT). Centers in 250 schools were commissioned by Setting up of Intranet of NIELIT and Smart Virtual July' 2011, a Network operation Center (NOC) cum Classrooms at NIELIT centers for quality training Datacenter was established in May'2012 at Ajmer to students in remote areas to monitor and manage services of e-Learning, Under this Project, ERNET India had executed this video conferencing, hosting of educational project in two phases for 17 Centers of NIELIT contents, provisioning of Intranet/Internet across India by setting up HD VC facility at 15 connectivity and help desk for resolving issues Centers & 02 Tele-presence at Centers of NIELIT reported by schools, if any.Subsequently, during 2012-2014. Only few items such as LED, considering the tough terrain of Ajmer, network Blade Server & Blade Storage commissioning were solution on microwave RF architecture pending. The procurement for these items were implemented for all 250 schools.To reach out the initiated to complete the project by February,2015. maximum benefits to students through these ICT Setting up of Digital Archival facility for labs, training for 725 teachers of Education Outcomes of the various Language Technology Department of Rajasthan for all the 250 schools projects along with dependencies: were trained.The project was handed over to Education Department of Rajasthan for further ERNET India is an implementing agency for the sustenance & maintenance on 31.05.2014. above said project of TDIL, DeitY. ERNET has designed, developed and setup the digital archival

161 Societies Ministries and Institutions generation Internet Protocol IPv6 to enhance the enhance to IPv6 Protocol Internet generation Government/ of staff for Program Training IPv6 (ICAR) (KVK's) Research & Agricultural of Council Kendra's Indian under Vigyan Krishi of e-Linkage The objective is to build capacity in the area of next creating an IPv6 enabled India. for and practices implement policies visualize and to create a pool of IPv6 aware workforce which can about IPv6 usage and benefits. This project visions awareness creating at aimed is project above The eSkilling Communication on 24x7 basis. Voice and E-mail Access, Internet for used being & operational is facility The Years. 5 for facility the of Management and operation monitor to has developed them as information Hubs. ERNET India Project Directorate's (KVK's/ZPD's) under ICAR & Infrastructure at 200 Krishi Vigyan Kendra's/Zonal eiae VA Hb n dpoe ICT deployed and Hub VSAT dedicated ih CR ENT ni hd salse a established had India ERNET ICAR, with (MoU) Understanding of Memorandum a Under uploading content has been approved. hog Dgtl intr (S. oiy for Policy (DS). Signature authentication Digital after through content upload can User done. has been Production server portal on of the archived. 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Modules of these these of Modules dependencies. with along research new or further for researchers to future in required when and as distributed securely be under funding from Govt. of India so that these can organizations various by developed dependencies documentation and research papers along with its tools, modules, functional various code, source files, executable including Language projects various Technology the of Outcomes for facility 162 such a way as to meet the objective of covering of objective the meet to as way a such It was envisaged that the funds should be utilized in education sector. but the technology can create a new opening for the many, for decision tough a be might concept new classrooms are endless. Although adopting such a h psiiiis r datgs f smart of advantages or possibilities The sides. both from participation more with student and teacher between interaction more promotes students. Moreover, this kind of education in class that this kind of education is perfect for all kinds of fact the is classes smart of popularity in increase n o te an esn eid h constant the behind reason main the of One in more important things. class lectures and thus, the time saved can be used of time the during presented be can and memory in information these all have Smartboards board. wasted earlier in drawing or preparing diagrams on the there is the advantage of utilising much of the time store then, And students effectively. more and the fast information helps it and targeted are students of senses audio-visual the because young students can easily relate with them. This is and eye-catching both is visual of kind This point. as sometimes, animated visuals are used to teach a fact, smart classes are almost like watching movies the In classroom. with a in teaching of method struggling traditional already are who students methods of teaching becomes appealing to to appealing becomes teaching of methods rsnain ad hs vsal attractive visually these and presentations classes use all interactive modules like videos and Smart capabilities. audio/visual and networking, devices, listening assistive technology, response such as computers, specialized software, audience technology, learning integrating by learning and teaching for opportunities foster that classrooms Smart Classrooms are technology enhanced enhanced technology are Classrooms Smart Room Class Smart projects Upcoming & Contributions officials. eieig h Iv tann t Government to training IPv6 the delivering started has ERNET cost. of free to organizations related and Ministries Central/State/Government/ to provided be will Training project, this Under DeitY. by funded been has project The institution. oenet raiain ad associated and in organizations specially Government IPv6 of deployment and adoption maximum schools and the 82000 schools that are purposes. Over a period of time and with the already ICT enabled across the country can be advancement in technology Wi-Fi as a medium of enhanced / augmented with the above devices communication has picked up and is now preferred wherever they are not present. This would help in over wired media. One of the key uses of Wi-Fi LAN covering more schools and would also help in is to setup Wi-Fi Access points at various creating the much needed platform for making blocks/buildings in campuses or common areas smart classroom in every school. for accessing internet & Intranet services through ERNET has successfully demonstrated its devices that are Wi-Fi enabled such as laptops, capability in delivering such type of solution at smart phones, tablets etc. NIELIT centers across the country successfully and The Campus Wi-Fi LANs seek to provide for an being mandated to ICT enable the education sector Internet connectivity to the students, staff and in the country is the right agency for its faculty members in all possible common areas like implementation. DeitY and MHRD intends to create Blocks/buildings/departments, canteens, Hostel, one smart classroom in every school across the residential, etc. country by introducing the above technology. In The students, faculty & staff mostly across the phase I, we aim to create Smart Virtual Class campuses are technology savvy but the usage is Rooms with Two-way Audio / Video Interaction low across campuses because of poor network and Facility at 3500 Remote School locations and 50 Internet access infrastructure, high cost of access DIET locations (District Level centre) around 5 and poor quality of the connection. One of the ways states namely Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tripura, to improve the Internet & Intranet access at the Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. This will include student & faculty level would be to improve the Societies establishing Central Location for Hosting MCU and overall network access infrastructure which would Recording/ Streaming Solution, designing of mean providing an easy and fast access to Internet scheduling software for schedule of classes to be & Intranet at the campus level on anywhere any transmitted from various central / DIET locations, time basis. With this thought ERNET aligned with designing /Preparation of training manual and MHRD to create the need and awareness around making it available online, Training operations Wi-Fi. During the last 8 months and various Staffs/ Teachers to operate smart classroom interactions , we have been able to consult MHRD facility. and helped them make a framework for Wi-Fi Wifi in Education Institutes deployments in universities and colleges. DeitY is The installation of Network Infrastructure at the also supporting and expected to fund for 5 model universities/Institutions is the need of the hour and Wi-Fi campuses / universities. will go a long way in improving the quality of Model Wifi in public Places education, communication and integration with the The Wi-Fi service in public places is a concept educational institutions in the country and which is expected to offer internet service to worldwide. In addition, each University and citizens and tourists roaming with their Wi-Fi institution will require to establish a Campus LAN enabled devices at the Hotspot giving secure for information dissemination and to provide browsing with URL filtering and basic firewall Internet access to the users of the Campus. features, limited access to Facebook, YouTube, Wi-Fi is the name of a popular wireless networking LinkedIn, email services and search engines. technology that uses radio waves to provide Beyond this the infrastructure deployed to serve wireless high-speed Internet and network the Wi-Fi could easily be accessed and utilized to connections. As the name suggests the system deliver other over the top services like surveillance, uses a wireless, air wave medium to transmit entertainment content, online digital signage, signals based on certain set of standard protocols connectivity for embedded devices for generating over both short and long distances for multiple real-time digital content from nature for enhancing overall intelligence in the system.

163 Societies Disabled New Policies/Projects Policy for Physically Physically for Policy Policies/Projects New RE cnrbtd ih eT i tkn te IoT the taking in DeiTY with contributed ERNET operable communication protocols." inter- and standard using possible is intervention human any without communication M2M which in identifiers, with devices, objects/ embedded of Internet of Things is a seamless connected network tremendous opportunities for many industries. hardware industry and promises to offer offer to promises and industry hardware nepa fr otae tlcm n electronic and telecom software, for interplay Internet of Things (IoT). IoT can also be defined as itself. The latest entrant to the digital space is the evolve is space digital the to entrant latest The to itself. continue would experts industry per as and years of couple last the in transformations h dgtl pc hs inse major witnessed has space digital The National Policy on IoT outlined. are framework in guidelines and activities various nieos ol ad hi acsiiiy The accessibility. their and tools indigenous n 'nuty upr' o standardizing for support' 'Industry and Building', 'Resource Centres& Vocational Centres', Capacity Awareness', 'Creating in categorized are Disabilities. The main building blocks of framework and created for overall development of Person with standardized be shall facilities and opportunities deal in various technology fields where where fields technology various in deal submitted to DeitY. The framework is designed to designed is framework The DeitY. to submitted Framework ERNET India has prepared an an prepared has India ERNET multiple years. fetv sl-utiig eeu mdl for model revenue self-sustaining effective cost and faster a for proposed model The center. data and analytics and firewalling, authentication, s te akal crir ee controller, level carrier backhaul, the use to suggested and infrastructure TSP model existing the on piggyback the and places public at ERNET builttheframework for Wi-Fideployments get faster, easy and free access. data/internet access, their expectation would be to ece) n taeln i bss o access 2G/3G to have devices the buses of most in Since internet. travelling and beaches) stations and railway airports, tourists at stands, market places and bus at (waiting places public at Wi-Fi provides a spot which helps citizens/tourists for Person with Disability (PwD) and (PwD) Disability with Person for Accessibility Accessibility 164 I Mma, I ad ay oe renowned more many and IIM Mumbai, IIT connected one the major institutions like IIT Delhi, institutions are under pipelines. ERNET had already R & D Activities dra srie re f ot n several and cost of free service the of eduroam benefits taking are who Institutions, 60 connected has ERNET DeitY. by funded is Project The network. Wi-Fi on working and laptop their opening simply visiting by institutions participating other when and campus across connectivity atcptn isiuin t oti Internet obtain from to staff institutions and participating researchers students, allows 'eduroam' - education roaming services in India. It ERNET India has successfully launched the the launched successfully has India ERNET Setting up the eduroam services in India urnl cnrbtn t Clain of Collation to contributing Currently • Draft IoT policy on 18th October,2014 • nei IT rmwr rpr o 8th on report framework IoT Interim • raie a IT dain okhp n 4th on workshop Ideation IoT an Organized • Steps Taken in last 6 months : integrator. technology a as acts & usability and accessibility oit ad hscl ytm, enhance systems, physical and society human integrating by entity intellectual an form internetworking, and transport universal enable nature, and human of relationship improve ratio, industry and daily life, improve resource utilization Internet of Things may provide dynamic control of optimization, etc., were highlighted as part of this. Areas likesafety,healthcare,agriculture,resource industry. to incentives right with Engagement and Centers Demonstration HRD, Building, Capacity policy is expected to support Innovation and R&D, The developments. product specific domain and capacity development, Research and development USD 15 billion by of 2020. industry It will IoT also an aim to create undertake to endeavors it policy, this Under policy. IoT Draft and report framework IoT Interim workshop, Ideation IoT an Organized concept at the policy level during the year 2014 and academia. nuty mnsre, soitos and associations ministries, Industry, from received view-points the to responses August,2014 July,2014 institutions. With help of eduroam network and • Setting up a IPv6 Lab for demonstrating IPv6 whole globe will benefit from the internet applications and imparting hands-on training connectivity with single user Id. facility to organizations wanting to use IPv6. Education Cloud • Empanelled by DoT, for propagating IPv6 by providing Consultancy, Project Management Virtual Scalable Educational Services for Schools & Implementation services to organizations (VSESS) is a R&D project conceptually based on desirous of migrating from IPv4 to IPV6. open source eDX based cloud platform. The major objective of VSESS project is to see how the • Closely involved with the International and economic benefits of Cloud as seen by the business National communities in development of IPv6 enterprises can be extended to educational technologies applications. ERNET India has domain. As part of the Phase I, an MoU with setup a IPv6 test bed, jointly with IISc Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan was signed and Bangalore for research on 6 LoWPAN and accordingly 14 KV schools in Delhi, Bangalore and Mobile IPv6.Throgh European Union funding Chennai regions, and 3 ERNET centers have been collaborating with International Organization connected over layer 3 MPLS using any-to-any on IPv6 related project such as 6Choice and network topology. As shown in network diagram, MyFIRE. schools can access education cloud services from • As part of its mandate to adapt emerging any of the three ERNET locations and also they can technologies, ERNET India is setting up as a collaborate amongst themselves. pilot an IPv6 Cloud based service to deliver E- The cloud infrastructure was deployed at both learning contents to Kendriya Vidyalayas.

ERNET Bangalore and Chennai center and internet Societies • To enrich the education community, an IPv6 bandwidth for the schools are provisioned from enabled smart classroom facility across the ERNET Delhi PoP. The learning and teaching country is being setup for NIELIT centers. services based on open source edX platform is hosted (http://portal.educloud.ernet.in) using e- Internet of Things learning contents from NCERT, OLabs, NROER, ERNET India has earlier executed DeitY funded R & ISRO and KJI. Virtual Desktops for students and D project "Prototype a 6LoWPAN network towards teachers have also been evaluated using both managing utility based Wireless Sensor Networks" commercial VDI solutions and open source and demonstrated with Agriculture usecase. options. In order to meet specific KV requirements, Currently, ERNET is extending the project experimentation/demonstration was carried out on outcomes to different application domains like, remote teaching, customized thin-clients and local water quality monitoring and smart metering caching of portal. applications. Connectivity ERNET India has done prototype implementation IPv6 using IPv6 for low power wireless personal area network (6LoWPAN) and Constrained Application With the exhaustion of IPv4 and the ever exploding Protocol (CoAP) for real-time monitoring of water number of devices hooking on to the internet, quality and industry effluents that often gets adaption of IPv6 has become a compulsion rather discharged into rivers for e.g., by textile than an experiment. IPv6 protocol is designed to manufacturers. The prototype setup uses separate overcome many of the problems inherent in IPv4, water quality monitoring sensors to measure pH, including mobility, auto-configuration, and overall oxidation reduction potential (ORP), electrical extensibility apart from offering nearly unlimited conductivity and temperature. The system design number of IP addresses to connect devices to the consists of a transmitter, a receiver and an actuator Internet.Some of the initiatives and activities component that are IPv6-enabled to support undertaken by ERNET India in the area of IPv6 are: remote monitoring and actuation over the internet. • Operation of a IPv6 enabled Pan-India Network The project approach developed can contribute to with 14 PoPs across the country. the upcoming National Level Initiatives on Internet

165 Societies New Initiatives (BAS) System Attendance Biometric enabled Aadhaar space between used radio bands or channels to channels or bands radio used between space white assigns reasons technical for which plan, Initiatives Excellence Operational ERNET's .The frequency allocation process creates a band- a creates process allocation frequency .The usage and sector specific for allocated and used band hasit'sowncharacteristics.Frequencies are each and bands various have frequencies Radio are used frequencies vulnerable to money, vegetation and climate. and time takes towers for microwave communications. 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BSNL Data Centre, Faridabad for providing state of at co-located been has Pop Delhi (IPS).ERNET's Firewalls and Intrusion Protection System System Protection Intrusion and Firewalls commissioning and installation of high end end high of installation and by upgraded commissioning been has Infrastructure Network Data Center and documents with an efficient electronic system. files of handling manual existing the replaces that Office. The e-Office is a Digital Workplace Solution e- the implemented successfully has India ERNET eOffice Marg, New Delhi since 28.11.2014 onwards. biometric attendance system at ERNET HQ, K.G. HQ, ERNET at system attendance biometric (AEBAS), ERNET India had enabled Aadhaar based Aadhaar-based biometric attendance systems systems attendance biometric Aadhaar-based As a part of Government initiatives and launching of as areas envisaged in application the DeitY other IoT policy. and (IoT) Things of ***** 166 true ubiquitous meaning to Internet in India. bring can which concept a create will project This and aired piggy backed over be existing service provider. would balloons connected usingalicensed frequencyallocatedor few which in ERNET isin talks withgoogle to implementa pilot to try and reach every nook and corner of wind this Earth. stratosphere, to control, helium, solar energy, LTE communication of tries concepts project the This assimilate balloon. project in year popular internetgiantwhohasspendmorethana are world a but is Google solution. a challenge find to researching similar the with struggling also are countries developed Various yet. as India a natural phenomenon. Though it is not a truth for Whenever we talk of Internet, ubiquitous comes as Evaluation of Google Balloons for connectivity deployments. emes akal o ay id f Wi-Fi of kind any for backhaul seamless rural locations for internet. This could also be a be also could This internet. for locations rural at deployments faster and effective cost a devise to able be would we project, this of success On climatic changes. or vegetation to due impact least with penetration is frequency This Mhz. expected topropagatelongdistanceswithgreater 560 to 500 are WPC to applied frequencies experimental The above. Km and of 10 a distance propagation at power for minimal with transceiver and antenna cost low a generating 100Mbps for a point to multipoint using a pilot in the region of Srikakulam which is a test for ERNET along-withMicrosoft,isjointlyconducting cannot. ones analog while channels, adjacent into packed 700 MHz. Thisisbecausedigitaltransmissionscanbe and MHz 50 about between areas large up particular, the switchover to digital television frees In changes. technical of result a as free becoming radio unused is or used, been never either also has which spectrum is for there assigned reasons, space technical white to addition In to both. interference destructive cause will adjacent channels immediately to transmissions nearby exist assigning since spaces channels, used between naturally white these however, commonly assigned for a purpose, such as a guard band. Most frequencies are unused, they have been specifically vi itreec. n hs ae wie the while case, this In interference. avoid National Informatics Centre National Informatics Centre National Informatics Centre empowered society and knowledge economy, the role of NIC has increased manifold. Development National Informatics Centre (NIC), an attached and launching of MyGov Portal, Aadhar Enabled office of the department, is a premier organization Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS), Jeevan providing e-Governance ICT Infrastructure, Praman for Pensioners, eSameeksha, eGreetings, applications and services for the delivery of citizen eSampark Programme, National Portal for lost and centric services. The role of NIC has become pivotal found children, Tourist Visa on Arrival, Secure in the implementation of ICT based initiatives at the email within Government, Shram Suvidha Portal central/state government level. One of the major etc. are some of the key initiatives undertaken by responsibilities of NIC is to keep strategic control of NIC during this year. Apart from this, ICT support these e-Governance applications on behalf of the to Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, government. Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, Labour and NIC provides ICT support to the Government in 80 Employment, Judiciary etc. has been provided. NIC Ministries/Departments, 36 States/UTs and 650 has been responsible for country-wide districts. NICNET, the nationwide Network has implementation of various e-Governance projects more than 70,000 end users. More than 2 million including many Mission Mode Projects of the users access NIC portals every day for information department. Mobile Fertilizer Monitoring System and services. The data centres of NIC host more (mFMS), ePanchayat, Cooperative Core Banking than 7000 websites of the Government. The NIC Solution (CCBS), National Portal on eTransaction National Cloud is presently hosting a number of Analysis and Aggregation Layer (eTaal), National critical applications on over 2500 virtual servers. Animal Disease Reporting System (NADRS), e- NIC has the largest e Mail service of the country Courts, ePrisons, Immigration Visa Foreigners with more than 90 million e Mails per month. It has Registration & Tracking (IVFRT), Central Plan the largest Video Conferencing network in the Schemes Monitoring System (CPSMS), e- country facilitating more than 25,000 conference Scholarship, etc. are some of the major ICT hours per month. initiatives taken up by NIC.

NIC has been playing a major role in development E Governance Infrastructure of e-Governance applications for important socio- Network Infrastructure economic sectors. With the launching of Digital India Programme by Hon'ble Prime Minister with The network infrastructure (NICNET) utilizes the objective to transform India into a digital multiple hybrid network technologies to provide

167 National Informatics Centre services over satellite based medium. While most While medium. based satellite over services Data offering decades 2 VSAT than more the for network running successfully been has NIC been increased by another 8 has Gbps. capacity gateway with the centres, along Data Pune, existing and Park Shastri at centres of applications and transactions at National Data of applications and NICNET users throughoutthecountry.Due to theincrease all to access Internet smooth provide to and latency minimum with globe the across h dt cnr ae cesbe o l te users the all to accessible are centre data the in hosted applications the that ensure to provided Uninterrupted are centres data to and users to services resolution. Internet speedy for country servers are installed in 13 locations throughout the DNS only cache Any-cast IPv6. on available sites extended to Data Centres to make more no of web completely on IPv6 along with Current IPv4. IPv6 is respective state NOC. Network is configured to run etal a Dli n i dsrbtd anr by manner distributed in and Delhi at centrally both monitored are applications and links various of monitoring and management The customers. level redundancy to provide the requisite SLAs to SLAs requisite the provide to redundancy level the core of Network to provide equipment and link in Improvements design change has been done to connected to this MPLS enabled backbone. backbone. enabled MPLS this to connected etc. getting are FCI as casting such groups user new Various web e-learning, like applications groups have started using this service for for service this using started user have various delivery, groups video and Data quality high for backbone the on enabled Multicasting which is implemented up to district backbone. With Various Railtel/PGCIL. user groups have been added from under MPLS links secondary and BSNL more number of districts, with primary link from link primary with districts, of number more mile redundancy for NICNET has been extended to Last links. Mbps 100 to shifted states of no More 1/10Gbps links and districts 34/100 Mbps links. Mbps 34/100 districts and links 1/10Gbps multiple through connected are states Gbps, 10 to of India.CoreNICNETbackboneisupgraded districts and States/UTs Ministries/Departments, onciiy o eta Government Central to connectivity 168 NICNET. under services VSAT the running for ISRO from NIC has leased transponder services in INSAT4CR work. rescue and relief facilitating for situations Emergency OperationCenters(EoC),duringcrisis disaster sites by the NDRF personnel for setting up VSATs (non motorized) which can be deployable carried to the transportable/quick and Fixed using Disaster NICSI through Battalions (NDRF) Force Response National for network communication NIC is also running satellite based reliable reliable based satellite running also is NIC services to rural citizens of India at their doorstep. Sector Social and services e-Gov delivering for North Eastern States and other part of the country, connectivity in geographically difficult locations of enabled internet type broadband provide to DeitY t omn evc Cnes CC, poet of project a (CSC), Centers Service Common at 2010 since NICSI through services VSAT running successfully been has NIC VSATs. department Govt. Central/State existing the for services gov e- of delivery the to addition in access internet of new accommodate central/state govt. requirements and also to provision pool spectrum existing from bandwidth additional of allocation envisages licensing and regulatory clearances. It also also It clearances. regulatory and licensing to subject VSATs, new of procurement and NIC for initiated upgradation of the existing been legacy VSAT network of has process Network, VSAT ih ifcl tran n i ntrl disaster natural in situations. and As part of the action terrain plan to augment the difficult with regions for especially strategy, communications motn mas f rvdn alternate providing of means important stable. Thus VSAT Network forms an essential and not are lines leased terrestrial where connectivity, connectivity, while others utilize VSATs as backup of source primary as VSATs have locations of these Some NICNET. by offered services based Network VSAT the on dependent are which J&K, hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and states, Eastern North as such terrain difficult with however, there are still services, areas, especially in regions broadband and terrestrial speed high to migrated been has connectivity Network the of National Knowledge Network (NKN) e-Governance Projects viz. Aadhaar Enabled NKN is the state-of the-art multi-gigabit pan-India Biometric Attendance System(AEBAS), e- network for providing a unified high speed network Pramaan, Mother and Child Tracking backbone for all knowledge related institutions in System(MCTS), IVFRT, NeGP Agriculture, CCBS, the country. A total of 1360 [including National e-Procurement, e-Panchayat, NREGA, GoI Search. Mission on Education for Information and NDC, Delhi has Disaster Recovery setup at Communication Technologies (NMEICT)] links to Hyderabad and Pune. All National Data Centres act institutions have been commissioned and made as Disaster Recovery Centres for State Data operational. In addition to the above, 66 virtual Centres. classrooms have also been setup at various Web Hosting and Cloud Computing Services institutes across the country. 360 institutes have NIC National Cloud Services have been launched been migrated from NMEICT to NKN. 89 core links National Informatics Centre have been established between various NIC/NKN under the Umbrella of Meghraj with the aim to PoPs. The list for the next set of approx. 108 provide scalable ICT infrastructure for quick institutes to be connected to NKN has been deployment of e-Governance initiatives of finalized. NKN connectivity has been extended to government users including ministries/ 326 out of the total 873 district links. Work is under department, state governments, etc. The service progress for remaining district links. NKN PoPs are has been designed to support Self Service created at Guwahati, Hyderabad, Bangalore, provisioning, multi-location and seamless Bhopal, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, integration of various state-of-art Cloud solutions. Gandhinagar, Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Currently a number of eGovernance projects Shimla and Jammu. Work is under progress for 5 including MyGov, Make-in-India projects etc. are NKN PoPs. NKN Services such as Bandwidth hosted in over 2500 Virtual Machines. Testing Service, OSIR (Open Source IP Registrar), The National Data Centre at Shastri Park, Delhi, DNS (Domain Name Server) have been launched provides Web hosting services support to various while launch of services such as BitAmbulator, ministries/department, state governments, LDAP PaaS (Platform As A Service), SMS gateway districts administrations to host their websites, and Mail gateway is underway. ISO 27001 portals e-Governance applications in shared and Certification for NKN has been completed for New managed environment from its Central Hosting Delhi & Guwahati while audit and certification is Infrastructure. More than 4000 websites/ portals of underway for other NKN super cores. NKN has government are running under this services conducted the Third National Level Workshop at IIT wherein 190 websites/applications have been Guwahati in Dec 2014. hosted in the current year along with successful National Data Centre hosting of various Board Exam Results & On-line Counseling for central as well as state boards for NIC is operating National Data Centres at Delhi, admission in various professional courses. Hyderabad and Pune. Hosting support for Approximately 3000 state websites currently being eGovernance Websites and Applications is being hosted by NIC state units are in the process of provided on 24X7 basis. These Data Centres also migration to NIC National Cloud. It is proposed that provide National Cloud services for Government this activity will be completed by March 31, 2015. Projects. Besides these, mini-Data Centres are also NIC State Units have been provided Cloud operational in all NIC State Centres to cater to the e- accounts. This will streamline management and Governance requirements at the State level. monitoring and ensure flexibility in creation of state Hosting support is also being provided for various sites.

169 National Informatics Centre Assessment of 3977 servers was done. 5300 new was done. 3977 servers Assessment of Vulnerability websites. the securing for applied being deployed in 5 Locations. 84000 firewall rules is solution Firewall Checkpoint developed. been has been done. 446 new antivirus signatures have Infrastructure IT NIC of Audit Security regularly. undertaken are policies of and modification addition/ issued are advisories wherein formulated A Comprehensive Cyber Security Policy has been has Policy Security Cyber Comprehensive A undertaken regularly.. are Response Security and Analysis analysis, monitoring, Incident Log networks, of Auditing Security vulnerabilities, for servers of scanning Periodic Soutions. Anti-virus and Management Prevention Systems, URL filtering, Patch Patch filtering, URL Systems, Prevention INT sn ntok ieal, Intrusion firewalls, network of using segments NICNET network critical the security at implementing solutions by systems client and NIC provides network security for NICNET, servers, Network Security NIC NationalCloud 170 plcto Scrt Adt aaeet System in Management Audit Security Application done been have .Enhancements modules coding secure of development and software/tools Application Security utmzto o oe suc security source open of customization phase, development the during Analysis usage Code solution Source enabling are activities Other applications. of audit security and scanning box black analysis, code source through ensured is environment development application secure A and Awareness building was undertaken. Training Evaluation. Technical and specifications for committee the of members as provided also was Support Offices. Government 20 over from was Support ICT provided for various proposals / requests received features. numerous a with enriched processing rule firewall for Application eotn Sse (AS ws enhanced. was (SARS) System Reporting aaeet ouin.euiy lrig & Patch Alerting Centralized Solution..Security in Management included were systems (ASAMS) for handling websites / applications the Ministries and Departments of the government, hosted at multiple data centres. Security audit of including the offices of the President and Prime mobile applications is being done. Under WebSOC Minister of India and Indian missions abroad. The for NICNET, following services are being carried primary setup is at Shastri Park, the near DR setup out- a)Server Scanning for malicious tools/codes has been configured at IDC Delhi. The primary and remediation b) Penetration Testing of deployed email domain is [email protected]. The email policy applications for vulnerabilities and remediation has been approved by Committee of Secretaries. through ticketing and c) Execution of Incident The service with infrastructure to handle 5 million Handling Mechanism to counter web application users will be operational soon. attacks . Critical web applications are secured SMS Gateway Services: An SMS gateway has been through Web Application Firewall to counter setup to integrate the various applications hosted Application layer threats. Malware/Incident by NIC for sending alerts and updates. Since its National Informatics Centre Analysis is carried out along with sanitization of launch in May 2010, over 1200 applications have security controls based on analysis results and been integrated with the gateway. A new SMS issue of advisories. The Security website has been gateway has been configured in Dec 2013. It has re-designed. advanced features like international SMS, toll free Certifying Authority number, and outbound dialing. The SMS application is a Web- enabled Government to NICCA provides Digital Signature Certificates Business (G2B), Government to Citizen (G2C) and (DSC) to the employees of Central and State Government to Employee (G2E) interface. This was Government Departments, Public Sector setup in NIC with the objective to empower Govt to Undertakings and Autonomous/Statutory Bodies, connect with its users through their applications. for promoting e-governance, by building a 'trusted' Projects with scattered field-force can access and digital environment in the usage of cyber space. update centralized information database from NICCA issues DSCs in G2G domain and provides anywhere using their mobile phones. The approx Online Directory Services for DSCs Certificate traffic per month is 50 crores. Revocation Lists(CRL). NIC will not charge for this service from APEX To revamp its Infrastructure and Services, NICCA is bodies (President/Vice-President/Cabinet Sectt) in the process of procuring new CA solution and and applications of PMO/DeitY/NIC. All other Managed Security Services from reputed industry Ministries/Departments will need to pay for the leaders to be managed for a period of five years. cost of the SMS as per the empanelled rates with The new setup is envisaged to meet highest NICSI. security standards and international quality. Under the revamp plan, NICCA shall also introduce new Video Conferencing (VC) Services services to be used in e-Gov applications i.e. Time VC Division is engaged in providing Multipoint Stamping Services, Online Certificate Status conferences over NICNET from its 631 existing Response Service(OCSP) and e-Sign Service studios spread across India. NIC augmented its (AADHAAR based issuance of DSC for short infrastructure to cater very large conferences duration). involving more than 100 locations in a VC Session. Messaging & SMS Services Hon'ble President of India addressed students of various Institutions on 7th Jan 2014 and 5-Aug- NIC provides messaging services to entire Central 2014. Hon'ble Prime Minister interacted with and State Government. A comprehensive web school children on the occasion of Teachers Day based Messaging Service has been extended to all

171 National Informatics Centre aiaa fr 1 fies ah o ae them and make rules financial of knowledge to with acquainted each officers 51 for Faridabad at the National Institute of Financial Management, Financial of Institute National the at MDP onFinanceManagement has beenorganised organized are as follows: Some of the highlights of Training Programmes Training of highlights the of Some implementation. h ucmn dmns f iia India Digital of demands upcoming the to IITs update the like skills of NIC professionals country to match with the of with institutions work premier to decided been has It same. the of expected to play a pivotal role in effective execution by the Government of India during this year, NIC is importance of Digital India Programme, announced aig elzd h srtgc n technical and strategic the realized Having Capacity Building VC has been implemented over NICNET and being than Rs. 1,000 Crores to the exchequer. Web based hours of VC sessions 28000 were conducted saving more site Around 3,00,000 of total 2014. with conferences multisite Dec 25th on Varanasi from Gujarat in labor unorganized of large gathering a addressed He Videoconferencing. over Hon'ble PrimeMinisteraddressedstudentsthroughVConTeacher 172 education. o Ctzn eti atvte icuig tele- including activities Centric Citizen for utilities and applications various showcased has NIC Colleges. and Schools Tribal 400 of students educating for Pradesh by Madhya extensively of used Government being is It departments. Government State & Central various by utilized raie mnhln tann porme on to programme proposed training is month-long It a organise Chennai. OTG NIC at etc., CAS On- Sign Single and Services, Web Restful Technology, CMS Drupal Java, in Development trained in Open Web Platform/Web 2.0, Application standards based Technology, NIC officers are also development of applications in Open Source/ Open regular M.Tech programme. In order to encourage its in Delhi IIT, by ,offered Security System and on (ii)Information courses and for Implementation (i)Database register to (PRC) Registration Candidate Professional for sponsored been of themhave officers skills,six To strengthenNIC the Web Application at Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. in involved are who those for organized been has training programmes on Web Application Security and processing the financial proposals. A series of procedures of Government of India, for scrutinizing s Day Advances in Design and Engineering software accessible resource that indexes scholarly articles Applications at IIIT, Delhi to make them well trained and (ii) MedIND - which hosts full text of medical in the concepts and global best practices of journals. Meetings of experts for evaluating the software engineering and current trends of design existing journals and selecting new journals for principles. inclusion in these IndMED and MedIND were organized. Web-sites of both IndMED and MedIND NIC WebConnect e-Learning Services over NICNET were revamped for user friendliness and visual continued to be utilized for Virtual Classroom attractiveness by content enrichment and re- Sessions for training; project support sessions for design. Full text of back issues of MedIND journals application during launch and post implementation were digitized and uploaded to respective journal support; Technology Update & Upgrade site. A Scientific Advisory Committee meeting was Knowledge sessions. Multicast technology is in held in the month of May 2014 for project place during the sessions which is leading to quick National Informatics Centre evaluation and future directions. Training cum User delivery with saving of the bandwidth Awareness programme was conducted at NIC HQs consumption. More than 3000 Sessions have been targeting users from Medical Research and journal successfully conducted on various technology editors from all over India. For wide publicity of topics like .NET, Java, Linux, Networking Tools, IndMED and MedIND, a Poster was mailed to all the PHP, and others. The e-Meeting feature is widely medical institutions of the country for display at use across the organizations at the NIC state and their libraries and notice board. District offices for project review meetings, case discussions and feedback over the project. CollabCAD

Some of the examples where NIC Web Connect is CollabCAD version 2.0 and 2.1 released for Linux being utilized are the TeleEdu Project for North- and Windows with latest OpenCASCADE geometry Eastern States, where schools are attending the kernel. 2D Profile (using Constraint Solver), 3D Virtual Classroom Training on Pre Engineering and Part (surface/solid)/Assembly modeling and 2D Pre Medical Entrance Examination, Integrated Plot Configurator (drawing) modules enhanced Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP),All India based on feedback from Vikram Sarabhai Space School Education Survey, Hindi Karyashala, Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Indo Electronic Performance Appraisal Report (ePAR), German Tool Room and Central Manufacturing Classroom teaching of Mathematics and Science Training Institute design engineers. Continuous subjects for student community in Giridih training and technical support to users and Jharkhand, Training on Central Public stakeholders was provided. CollabCAD e-CRM as a Procurement Portal, CONFONET, National Animal part of CollabCAD ERP is customized and Disease Reporting System (NADRS). implemented at Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM), DeitY, New Delhi. Products and Services Collaborative Digital Diagnosis System Bibliographic Informatics Services (CollabDDS) version 1.6 and 1.7 released for Linux and Windows with enhancements and Bibliographic Informatics Division is executing improvements as part of implementation phase of ICMR Project - National Databases of Indian NKN Model project. Collaborative sessions Medical Journals. Under this Project two resources commenced between All India Institute of Medical are continuously developed, maintained and Sciences (AIIMS) experts and six medical/dental updated with content from participating journals. institutes with real time sharing of imaging data These are (i) IndMED - bibliographic web and annotations over NKN using VPN. Periodical

173 National Informatics Centre of IVRS is implemented across states to improve to states across implemented is IVRS of concept parameters. The the input basis of on the benefits is being provided for individuals or group and schemes the about information the domains Dial.Gov Cooperative Core Banking Solution (CCBS) o h Da.o ifrain evc. n these In service. information Dial.gov the to Health Benefits, Services and Households Labour benefits are added Employment, Self widespread like having impact domains New only. Youth and Sports Child, & Women Farmer, Pensions, Initially the service was available for Scholarship, for available was service the Initially long term advances) have been completed. Development Bank (A bank / institution, dealing in o Pna Sae oprtv Agricultural Cooperative State Punjab for customization / Development connectivity. VSAT and made operational for the branches having only developed been has application CCBS of version lighter A module. office Head in added been have features Many holders. account KCC for started application and RuPay credit card facility has been CCBS through Environment Banking Core under brought are Bank Cooperative State Meghalaya of Office Head with branches 47 All Bank. the for and environment NEFT/RTGS and ATM services have been banking launched core in operational are Raipur DCCB of branches 61 All guidelines. NABARD per as compliant, System) Accounting (Common CAS is it (PACSs), Societies operative udlns n fr rmr Arclua Co- Agricultural Primary for and guidelines operative Banks (DCCBs) it adheres to RBI Banking n ayt-ofgr mdls Fr tt Co- Co- Central District and State (SCBs) Banks operative For modules. easy-to-configure in solution, addressing all the banking requirements, comprehensive and integrated core banking banking core integrated and comprehensive a is (CCBS) Solution Banking Core Cooperative Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh Dental Education and Research, AIIMS and Central and treatment planning of their patients with diagnosis Centre for enable to surgeons orthodontic nlss oue a be itgae for integrated been has module analysis Cephalometric doctors. to training and support 174 Domain Registration Digital Archiving and Management Services domains under GOV.IN to constituents of Indian of constituents of to GOV.IN allocation under domains for registrar exclusive the is NIC developed and demonstrated. hi fls Pooye plcto hs been has application Prototype files. their of archives digital building is (CIBRC) Committee server. Central Insecticides Board and Registration 8000 recordshavebeenuploadedintoapplication Around (http://dmrcarchives.nic.in). Internetwork DMRC through accessible and developed been Rail Corporation (DMRC) files for Phase I and II Metro has Delhi of archive Digital server. application 000 eod hv be ulae into uploaded been have records 20,000 Around developed. been has e-books including Parliament to pertaining content digital debates, parliament containing (http://eparlib.india.nic.in) Parliament Digital Library Library Digital Parliament (http://dspace.judis.nic.in). Web Portal of of Portal Web (http://dspace.judis.nic.in). full text judgments are available on JUDIS server JUDIS on available are judgments text full India has been developed. At present, around 1 lakh the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts of of Judgments the comprising system Information (http://dpl.presidentofindia.nic.in). The Judgments scanned negatives has been developed and and portal developed web through been accessible has negatives scanned and photographs digital containing Library Digital Photo developed. been has onwards 1952 from records lakh 6 than more containing Sabha Rajya of Debates Official of Repository Digital Online campaigns, Webinars etc. includes Publicity through Social Networking, SMS in team Dial.gov the by run being are campaigns publicity Various man. common the to sources different from information of flow the improve to different ministries and states. This will further help benefits by the respective their nodal & officers available schemes at the of entry data the enable to Dial.gov.An admin module has also been prepared service delivery platform and increase the usage of mobile app has been conceptualised to improve the the information service delivery. An android based government at various levels right from at Central, on Domain MDDS for various Ministries/ State/ UT, District and Sub-District. So far NIC has departments and Awareness Workshops on eGov registered more than 5000 domains. Other than Standards were conducted at Delhi, Ranchi and 3rd level domains, 4th level domains are also being Chandigarh. Final draft of IFEG document was revised and reviewed for submission to Apex body. registered under the 3rd level domain. A total Metadata of various documents was published on 98585 4th level domains have been registered till the eGov Standards portal i.e.Face Image Data 25th Dec 2014. Renewal of already registered Standard ,Fingerprint Data Standard, Iris Image domains is being done every 2nd year. For Data Standard, Guidelines for Usage of Digital convenience of the domain owner, email alerts are Signatures in e-Governance, eProcurement Quality sent for domain renewal, whois contact update Guidelines, ePramaan Framework, Mobile and also providing support for whois contact Governance, Technical Standards IFEG, update and name server update. Guidelines for Institutional Mechanism for formulation of Domain National Informatics Centre domain registration have been reviewed and new specific MDDS. Responsive theming of eGov Standards portal was done. Pustakmitra, a web guidelines are being finalized. application on Donation of books was developed, eGov App Store using HTML5 based Open Web Technology, for use in all mobile devices. The eGov App Store http://apps.nic.in is a common repository and market place of customizable & eGreetings & Sampark configurable applications at National Cloud which Under the Digital India initiative of the Government can be re-used by various government agencies of India, NIC has created an e-Greetings and /departments at Centre & States without investing Sampark portal. The objective of the e-Greetings effort in development of such applications. During portal is to promote a contemporary and eco- this year, 13 applications have been added in the friendly method of sending Greetings by portal out of 25 fresh applications contributed to Government officials and agencies to colleagues the portal. Awareness Generation programmes and friends. The portal allows users to select and were held for NIC officials and department officials send a greeting from several templates available for for the states/UTs of Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, an occasion. The Departments can also customize Himachal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Open the greetings by adding taglines relating to their zone, a platform which allows private agencies programmes of public interest. The first version of including SMEs to provide details of their good the portal was launched on 14th August 2014. Till applications which may be adopted by date over 5 lakh greetings have been sent. states/departments after due trials is ready for launch. A faster, newer and improved version of Sampark aims to create a repository of the contact eGov App Store is under development. The eGov details of all elected representatives, Government App store is funding various important projects like officials and professionals across India.The ePDS, Transport, ePrisons for productization. Sampark platform is being created to provide a platform of email addresses and mobile eGovernance Standards telephones, both department wise and profession Standards on a) Guidelines for Delivery Channels wise. The database created under this initiative can for Provision of Public Services through Mobile be used by all departments and ministries across Devices, b) Mobile Localization Guidelines, c)Best the Government to reach out to specific target Practices for Localisation of e-Gov Applications in groups. The portal would provide the provision to Indian Languages, d) Release and Change send mailers and SMSs to the user base of Management of e-Gov Standards were notified and Sampark. The connectivity and the single source published. Documents on Open Source Software repository of contact details of elected and Open API Policy were prepared. A Workshop representatives, Government officials and

175 National Informatics Centre eOffice Enterprise Application Integration raiainl nt, nldn several including units, 100 organisational nearly in implemented currently is eOffice the eOffice in Suite 1/2 applications major release the has happened. all For (eAPAR). Report Appraisal Performance Annual (CAMS), Messaging Services and Collaboration Book), (eService aaeet ytm PM) Srie Book Service (PIMS), System Management ytm eor, esne Information Personnel (eTour), System management System (eLeave), Tour Management Leave (KMS), System Management (eFile), Knowledge System Management File applications of of comprises suite a is product, eOffice The and online forms facilitates a near paperless office. repository central of documents, electronic file movement mechanism, access based role routing, file based rule and flow work The Government. scaling and responding to the dynamic needs of the for Open flexibility allows an that Framework Architecture on based is product The framework. together bringing by independent functions and systems under a single system reusable single transactions and processes. The product is built as ne-oenet n intra-government and inter-government transparent and effective efficient, more in usher Government . The eOffice developed by NIC aims to ainl -oenne rgam o the of Programme e-Governance National eOffice is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the Records in XML. process of approval along with the application as e- administrative approval and maintains entire entire maintains and approval administrative of process the streamlines project The services. oklw plcto t fcltt oln G2E online facilitate to application workflow Finance, of Ministry Ministry of Environment & Forest. The project is a of under Department Affairs Centres, Economic District and Centres State Headquarter, NIC in operational is eHRAdm August 2014. 15th on launch its since sent been have mailers of over 1.8 crore records and over 9 crore sampark and effective efficient to e-Governance. It currently the has a leading repository in process, stakeholders governance various between contact effective and sustained to lead will Professionals 176 eProcurement h tbe eo gvs h nme o tenders of number processed using the GePNIC for the gives last three years. below table The and integrated with the GePNIC application. developed was module System) Based Cost and (Quality QCBS GePNIC. with integrated SBIMoP State Government. Payment Gateway with SBI and integrated in GePNIC as pilot for implementation in hrhn. ot edrn fr ok was works for tendering Post Jharkhand. are auctions being carried out by the states of Maharashtra and Electronic MMP. under launched n Rvre (tp/euto.o.n was (http://eauction.gov.in) Reverse) and portal using XML central facility. eAuction Portal (Forward this to information tender their pushing are Organizations User 50 tendering. electronic sn te eta Pbi Poueet otl for portal Procurement Public Central the using 120 Central Govt user departments / ministries are http://eprocure.gov.in. Around accessed at can be across various Ministries and the line Departments point single made procurements on information a the to access provide to Portal Procurement Public Central The mmp. http://eprocure.gov.in/ nomto o al tts n Us under UTs and states tender all consolidated of the view information to up put been has portal common A units. Sector Public major and Union Territories and 12 separate instances for Governments State 24 in implemented is GePNIC Bank and Asian Development Bank CVCs guidelines. the World to adheres also also It tendering. on guidelines and states various in followed eind aig no con te edr rules tender the account into taking designed from any place on 24x7 basis. The system has been ouet, lrfctos scr o ln bid line on submission and access to bid opening event to all, secure clarifications, documents, tender to access free enables It bidders. amongst edrn poes n non-discrimination the and at of process aims stage tendering each It in Services. transparency and enhancing Works Goods, as easily be adopted for all kinds of procurement can such which system based web a is (GePNIC) NIC Government e-ProcurementSystemdevelopedby files created and tracked through the physical system. 13,40,000 and files electronic 4,38,000 with users 65000 covering levels, Government iitisdprmns t eta ad State and Central at ministries/departments Financial Year No. of Tenders Value of Tenders Haryana ,Punjab, Bihar Delhi and Chandigarh. (Rs Crores) Cloud Based GIS Deployment Infrastructure is 2014-15 (Up to 2,09,416 3,66,180 procured and installed. State GIS Infrastructure for Dec 2014) 6 States has been completed with necessary 2013-2014 2,20,640 3,66,458 training.

2012-2013 1,35,975 1,59,523 Guidelines for Indian Government Website (GIGW) GIS and Remote Sensing Services In order to make the Government Cyberspace Under Up-Scaling of Multi-Layer GIS Platform, useful, citizen centric and accessible to all, it has NICMAPS Platform services are being updated in been constant endeavor of NIC to make more and terms of Digital GIS Assets from 1:50 K to 1:10 K more websites compliant to GIGW. 17 workshops with Terrain Map Services using high resolution and trainings have been conducted across National Informatics Centre satellite data. Under GIS Applications & Services Ministry/Department in order to sensitize the NICMAP Services as well as API based map layer stakeholders to achieve GIGW compliance to the services are extended to e-governance projects viz. websites. Online suggestions were invited through telecom, panchayat, Banking, and Post Offices etc. the website guidelines.gov.in, compiled and and Cadastral Application Integration for Newai presented before an expert committee setup for Tehsil, Tonk District, Rajasthan Application. High finalizing the recommended revision to the GIGW. resolution Satellite data of Cartosat1 processing A SUGAM web community was developed and completed for Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab and Tamil maintained in order to strengthen and support the Nadu. Very High resolution Satellite data (50 cm) of implementation of GIGW. Monthly newsletters WorldView2 for Lucknow and Solan processed were send to registered users of GIGW and SUGAM .Freezing of standards & methodology for feature web community to keep them abreast of latest extraction in 1:10 K for Road, Railway, River, Canal, development in the areas of web development, Water Bodies and settlements has been done. accessibility, security and compliance. A website is Development of Web Based GIS Data Creation Tool also available to keep the users informed on the and Feature extraction completed for Gujarat, latest developments.

Guidelines for Indian Government Websites

177 National Informatics Centre NITs/IIITs, Online Registration for JEE in (Advanced) admission for (CSAB) Board Allocation Seat Central CBSE, by conducted Main JEE for System ITI courses.Someofthe projects areRegistration and Diploma B.Ed, PG, UG, Medical, Engineering, level in admission for State country the across and Institutions National various Counselling for 45 Projects undertaken has NIC 2014-15, Session Academic the For Admission. Granting Allotment, Seat for Counselling Examination/Test, ciiis i. Entrance/Qualifying viz. activities major three includes process typical A process. admission an in involved tasks all encompasses ntttos n hi amsin rcse. It processes. admission their in institutions rvdn edt-n slto t academic to solution end-to-end providing product software enabled web a is Institutions -oneln fr diso i Academic in Admission for E-Counselling Praman etc. Jeevan NADRS, Dial.gov, for associates process Support Services are running successfully with 16 Centre Call un-employed. & handicapped Widow, DBT IVRS for GPF& leave, Uttarakhand Pension for Agriculture Intra details, subsidy & UP price, daily commodities data, served meals collecting MGNREGA work allotment, Mid-Day-Meal IVRS for usd vrfcto, S & BS results, IBPS & SSC verification, subsidy trial, outbound dialer for Dial.Gov campaign, MNRE field worker education assessment IVRS & its field Missing Children sighting & reporting IVRS, ASHA Board, Development Land UP for Message Voice as such ministries/departments various for POCs were reported. and CBSE 10th & 12th Uttarakhand Board results Web based Admission Counselling of, Court Supreme & Court High Bombay of Toll-Free on number on IVRS with published over 1Lakh calls. Case status were Results Election Assembly and Sabha Lok Dial.Gov. for deployed were recognition voice with applications 6 IVFRT, deployed for Tourist VISA on Arrival (TVoA) under was (IVRS) System Response Voice Interactive Telematics Support 178 Utility Mapping Services lm eaiiain uhrt (R) I RGI In (SRA). Authority Rehabilitation Slum management using Mumbai Basemap and send to built. DPR was prepared for effective infrastructure been has application web and accurately marked Boundaries and Beat routes in six cities have been Pincode Boundaries, Post Offices, Letter Box, Beat All location. their from entry data for created was Digital basemap of six cities. A web editing module GIS mapping of their assets data on the 1:1000 the on data assets their of mapping GIS was carried out in which DoP initiated a project for Posts of Department for Integration GIS services. olcoae Dprmn o ps ae using are post of Department Collectorate, h aece truh INT Mumbai NICNET. through agencies the to accessible is NDCSP at hosted 1:1000 of scale on Basemap Cities, Metro Six for Project CADM data and analyse for infrastructure management. In Agencies can access, share and use wide range of user agencies like Delhi Police and Delhi Jal Board. accurate Geographic Information, accessible to the nrsrcue SI wt cpblte t produce to capabilities with (SDI) Infrastructure Data Spatial wide city a creates which NDCSP the Digital in hosted and (Delhi), created been has Delhi of Basemap Project Mapping Utility Under basis. 24X7 on services basemap providing and Delhi New NDCSP, at hosted and 1:1000 of scale developed digital map of seven metro cities on the Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. UMD has has UMD Mumbai. and Kolkata Hyderabad, heaa, aglr, hna, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, to platform such providing is Division Mapping then all departments can build applications.Utility Smart city GIS. Once the city GIS has been created utilities have to be superimposed to create a Unified h lre cl mp f h ct o wih l the all which on city the of map scale large the is Governance City Smart a of element basic The been undertaken. also have projects level state Many Management. Hotel of Institutes in Admission for Counselling ore, eta Tahr lgblt Test Eligibility Teacher Central courses, Dental and Medical in Admission for Counselling Test, Medical National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by CBSE, Pre-Dental / Pre-Medical India xmnto fr diso i IT ad S, All ISM, and IITs in Admission for examination project, District Map services created for RGIs User The System has in-built leave management feature NDMA and NDEM. too. Efforts are on to make the system smarter. The website is enabled with graphical representations Major National Projects and all type of reports that are tailored to employers Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance and employees needs. The system helps not only in System(AEBAS) transparency of employees present, but also in As part of Digital India program of Government of disciplining the office and office-goers culture. This India, Deity/NIC/UIDAI implemented Aadhaar initiative is one of the Governments milestones in enabled Biometric Attendance System in all Central reflection of a healthy and dignified image of Indian Government Offices across India and is now being government among the people, in and out. extended to all state governments. The system Consequent upon successful implementation of enables an employee to register attendance by Biometric Attendance System in Delhi region, it National Informatics Centre his/her Finger Print / Iris and get authenticated was decided that this will be extended to all central online with their bio-metric attributes stored with government offices in India and to State UIDAI.. The Cloud-based software is operated from Government offices in States. According NIC National Data Centre and UIDAI. The front end infrastructure was enhanced and separate servers system is the BAS tablets or desktop devices. were setup for central government offices Connectivity to devices is established through Wi- (central.attendance.gov.in ) where 434 Fi/GPRS/LAN with Internet or SIM based GSM on organisations with 95335 employees and 3237 tablets. Attendance request from a client is sent active devices are registered with this system and with attendance ID and Biometric Data to a the count ascending with time.Employee Centralized Attendance Server. Aadhaar Number registration is now underway in many of these mapped against ID and fingerprint is sent to UIDAI organisations. Similarly, State level servers were for authentication. On valid authentication, setup for Maharashtra, Telanagana, Uttarakhand, attendance is marked and response sent to client. Kerala, Goa and Madhya Pradesh. Organisation

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179 National Informatics Centre Commissions) and District level (600 district fora). (36 State National, State at the Consumer Forums CONFONET Central Armed Police Forces Project uoain f ciiis netkn t the at undertaken activities of automation for solution single-window a provides CONFONET ICT of implementation further Roadmap for CAPFs. for FRS and study Gap doing currently is NIC Establishment. and Personnel to related forces of details various depicting MHA for developed been has CAPFs for Dashboard integrated An applications. common of implementation the on plan action Robust e) with Functional Requirement Specification (FRS). Specification Requirement Functional with specific requirementconsolidated CAPFs d)Force across functionalities common of Identification c) with CAPFs b) Firming up of scope in line with DPR Studying and assessing the existing IT applications h sre o ses ht I pooe ae a) are: proposed NIC that steps of series The and requested NIC to be the implementing agency. recommendations the implement to decided has was CAPFs" for prepared Roadmap by MHA on modernization of "ICT CAPFs. MHA titled (DPR) uasa a (S) A eald rjc Report Project Detailed A (SSB). Bal Suraksha National Security Guard (NSG), and Seema Seema and (NSG), Guard Security National (ITBP), Police Border Tibetan Indo (CISF), Force oie oc (RF, eta Idsra Security Industrial Central (CRPF), Force Police Rifles (AR), Boarder Security Forces (BSF), Central Assam namely, CAPFs, seven the are There country. across locations different at deployed and cater to a specific purpose having varying strength iity f oe far (H) a cetd to under created was (MHA) Affairs (CAPFs) Home of Ministry Forces Police Armed Central timings (including shift duties) different for organisations. and organisation of an timings within employees differential for provide being to also pursued are modifications resolution provide matrix.Software and calls related hardware receive to engaged be to proposed is centre call of being setup. Helpdesk is being strengthened. A strengthened. A being is Helpdesk setup. being of State these servers in also. Other State servers are on in the process now is process onboarding 180 Digital India Portal Monitoring Tool eomn Gvrmn tog Technology, though : Government E-Governance Reforming Programme, Access Internet Public Phones, to Broadband Access Universal namely, Highways, pillars 9 has programme The Citizens. of Empowerment Digital Demand, Utility to Every Citizen, Governance and Service on a as Infrastructure Digital of are: vision India digital areas focus three The paperwork. reducing made available to citizens electronically by by electronically citizens to available made aims at ensuring that the government services are also It governance. effective ensure to and India of people the and departments government the economy. Digital Indiais a Governmentinitiative to integrate knowledge and society empowered digital into India transform to is Minister, Hon'ble Prime by launched programme, India Digital uploaded on the central server. been have cases consumer 9,73,000 around and system monitoring case online using are forums consumer 411 around Currently, scheme. plan been provided to the consumer forums during 12th and newsetofhardwareoperationalstaffhas enhanced been has Centre Data at Infrastructure period with an outlay of Rs. 70.0 Crores. Crores. 70.0 Rs. of outlay an with period on as Confonet Phase III scheme during 12th plan This project is continuous in nature and still going and free text search for judgments is also available. case using number, complainant name, respondent facility name etc. search Quick history. case and status case judgments, lists, cause regarding information dependable and accurate to access the portal http://confonet.nic.in, consumers have easy Through software. application Monitoring reports etc. are carried out through the Online Case eodkeig n gnrto o statistical of generation and record-keeping judgments, of recording cause lists, generation of notices, of issue proceedings, court of recording osmr. h rgsrto o complaints, of registration the to The justice consumers. of delivery bound to time forums achieve consumer the at e-governance and for working of solution systemizing transparency, ICT efficiency, an provided has project The eKranti Electronic delivery of Services, Information Allocations, Cause Lists, Daily Case Proceedings, for All, Electronics Manufacturing Target NET Case Registrations, etc. Nearly 4,15,00,000 cases ZERO Imports, IT for Jobs and Early Harvest from 13400 courts are uploaded on National Programmes. A Digital India monitoring tool has Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) from District & been developed to monitor the progress of various Subordinate Courts across the country regularly. components and sub components of the 9 pillars. Nearly 350 District & Subordinate Courts have The tool has the facility to update fortnightly created their web portals under ecourts.gov.in progress reports by concerned eDistrict MMP Ministries/Departments and various stakeholders. Similar tool is also developed for State eDistrict Division at NIC Headquarters has been Governments to monitor the activities taking place formed at the instance of DeitY to ensure better under Digital India Programme at State Level. A coordination among NIC states centers for National Informatics Centre web portal on Digital India Programme is also effective & faster roll out of eDistrict MMP services. under development. The prototype designs were To facilitate knowledge sharing and interaction put on MyGov Portal for public comments. Based among states, VC workshops have been organized on the feedback received, the final portal is in which already developed NIC pilot applications expected to be launched by February 2015. have been demonstrated to other NIC states involved in the eDistrict MMP project so as to avoid eCourts duplication of efforts. The VCs enhanced the eGovernance action has been commenced in knowledge of these applications among the NIC 13,436 courts (wherein eCourts CIS Software is State units, as a result, some of the states have installed in 13,323 Courts, Hardware in 13,436 shown interest in adopting existing applications courts and establishment of LAN in 13,606 ensuring saving of time and cost. The division has courts)so far. District and Subordinate courts have collated best practices across the states and been completed last year. Site preparation activity circulated the same to all States/UT. Model MoUs has been completed in 813 Courts and LAN has for NIC as Application Development Agency (ADA) been established in 414 courts. Computer and SI have been circulated to all States for signing hardware has been installed in 20 courts and with respective State Governments. NIC has signed Application software has been deployed in ADA MOU with 10 states and SI MOU with one UT approximately 96 courts. Generator Sets have been for implementation of eDistrict MMP. eDistrict installed to provide power backup approximately in portal (http://edistrict.gov.in) has been developed 400 Court Complexes and Open Source based CIS for sharing information, services and applications software has been implemented in Patna, across states/ UTs for implementing eDistrict Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, MMP. Regular VC meetings are held with states for Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur High Courts. A monitoring the status of the project. pilot test for establishing Video Conferencing has e-Hospital successfully been completed between 5 courts & 5 Jails in different States (AP, Assam, J&K, As of now, e-Hospital@NIC has been implemented Uttarakhand & West Bengal). POs for establishing in 45 different Hospitals across the country VC facility between 488 Court complexes & 342 including AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr. Ram Manohar Central/District/Sub Jails across Nation have been Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, Sports Injury Centre at placed. Around 13,400 District and Subordinate Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. Implementation of courts across India have started providing key e-Hospital@NIC was started during this financial services like Case Filing, Registration, Case year in NIMHANS, Bangalore and Sri Venkateswara

181 National Informatics Centre ePanchayat (Total No. of Assets Created -1,21,378) 7. 7. -1,21,378) Created Assets of No. (Total vouchers1,83,138)National 6. AssetDirectory 18 is 40,255) 5. PRIASoft 21 (Total No. of PRIs with PRIs of No. (Total 21 PRIASoft 5. 40,255) is 4. ActionSoft 28 (No. of Plan Units using ActionSoft (No. of action plans created in FY 2013-14 - 64,792) Bodies with Profile Details: 60873) 3. PlanPlusProfile28 Details:withBodies3. 60873) States are on board 2. Area Profiler 31 (No. of Local epciey 1 Lcl oenet ietr All Directory Government Local 1. respectively. h nme o Sae uig h application the using States of number the PES applications. Following is the applications and 36,000 people have been trained on one or more or one on trained been have people 36,000 country on all PES applications.PESthanall countrymorefar, on So oe. riig s en udrae ars the across undertaken being is Training codes. interlinkedfollowLocalandGovernment Directory being used by the States. All the applications areapplications the All States. the by used being out. Currently, all the 10 applications are extensively riigMitnne ciiis r big carried being are activities Training/Maintenance Mission Mode project was rolled out and and out rolled was project Mode Mission Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) under ePanchayat been completed. Integration with Cash Cards and Call Centre has Centre Call and Cards Cash with Integration CNC. Patient Portal has been Bank made operational and Blood in implemented been counters. has Software Management cash main been on has started Services Radiology and Lab wards, Management Module has been implemented in 10 Ward Hospital, Centre RP and Hospital Main in trs Cuaiy ain Rgsrto ad In- and implemented been has (ADT) Registration Patient Registration Patient Causality stores, Centre P R has and Stores Main in implemented been System Management Inventory locations, en ae prtoa i hospitals/centres/ in operational made been have Billing and Cash hospitals/centres, different ponmns a be md oeainl n 8 in operational made been has Appointments including Registration OPD established. been has Local Area Network (LAN) having about 700 nodes Printers have been installed and are functional. A functional. are and and installed been have Printers Scanners Code Bar Machines, Client Thin Network (SAN) having capacity of 4 TB, Thick and J&K. At AIIMS, New Delhi, 7 Servers, Storage Area Gas Rahat Hospitals at Bhopal and 2 Hospitals in Hospitals 2 and Bhopal at Hospitals Rahat Gas Tirupati, (SVIMS), Sciences Medical of Institute 182 ePDS 36 states instances and 1148 prisons were created. various alerts states. and messaging services were added. all and suite software of a as remodeled was ePrisons department prisons to service a as software for NDC at deployed was ePrisons ePrisons Officials) Government State (Central/ Management Senior operations, through graphs, and charts/ tables, for entire TPDS Status trackingof MIS Reportingand for Dashboard nic.in), (http://pdsportal. citizens for States all of system unified single A - Portal Transparency run, trial on are States 6 wherein operations TPDS regarding complaints tracking are on trial run. An online module for registering & Redressal and Monitoring System wherein 9 states Grievance Public Shops. Price Fair and godowns State godowns/ FCI between commodities the of Management and Tracking with along used being is Inventory Stock and allocation generation, for Allocation and Supply Chain progress. Management which is in is States 23 of updation issuance/ for citizens for application based workflow online which enables digitization of existing ration cards/ System Management Card Ration Online states. 31 by used being is and information Stakeholder Management System (SIMS) which digitizes digitizes which (SIMS) System Management A cmrss f tkhles Identity Stakeholders of comprises CAS solution provider for various aspects of the project. and consultant technical the is NIC world. the in perhaps the largest distribution network of its type is Shops Price Fair lakh 5 than more of network to eligible households under TPDS. The PDS, with a providing specific entitlements at subsidized prices right to food and nutritional security a legal right by the make to seeks Act Security Food National The on board 61,944). 10. National Panchayat Portal 26 (Total no. of PRIs Management Portal 5 (867 training details entered) rm acaas r o bad 9 Training 9. board) on are Panchayats Gram . oil ui Meig aaeet (20,000 1 Management Meeting Audit Social 8. ServicePlus 2 (21 services have been made online) Of 18 states, 235 eprisons were created and data eSamiksha migration from legacy software to ePrisons was eSamikSha, an online Monitoring and Compliance carried out for 56 jails in 8 states. National Prisons Mechanism has been developed to fast track the Portal was developed for online data / dashboard / compliance of pending action points, proposals, online visitor booking and various statistics of the targets, etc of various Ministries/ Departments/ jails in the country was collected. National Prisons Organisations of Government of India and Information portal was developed for secured Government of States/UTs. The will enhance access of various queries and alerts for intelligence efficiency, bring transparency, reduce the need of agencies. Training program was conducted for 9 protracted correspondence and improve the states in person and 5 states through VC and communication between Business to Government ePrisons was demonstrated to DEITY, MHA, (B2G), Government to Government (G2G) and vice APCCA and various DG(Prisons). eVisitor was versa. Ministry/Department/ Organization can National Informatics Centre remodeled as workflow based application and obtain compliance status from the Implementing hosted at NDC and is implemented at ministry of Organization on action points, proposals, issues, mines. Online visit request was released at SCI and targets, etc. The system automatically pushes system study was made for eProsecution, SRS was information to the respective Implementing prepared. eProsecution software was developed as Departments/Organisations/ Agencies enabling a workflow based application with various them to submit the status regularly till completion. modules. eProsecution was demonstrated to the visiting prosecutors from Karnataka Govt.

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183 National Informatics Centre ahor ta poie a eltm aggregated real-time a provides that dashboard delivery to citizens. eTaal is the electronic electronic the is eTaal citizens. service to of delivery terms in services e-Governance of indicator for measuring the real-time performance n-oed lcrnc rnatos s h best the as transactions electronic end-to-end of number the identified NIC and DeitY initiatives. wide criterion or metric Government- to evaluate the impact standard of all no existed there (KPIs), Indicators Performance Key and Levels Service esrmn mcaim dfnd through defined mechanisms measurement performance internal specific had applications eta ad tt/T oenet. hl some While Governments. State/UT and Central nldn Msin oe rjcs Vros e- by implemented been Various had initiatives Governance Projects. Mode Mission departments including Government State and Central of taking place under various eGovernance initiatives e-Transactions of view aggregated an provides iie srie dlvrd cos h cuty It country. the across delivered services citizen Layer (eTaal) is a common platform for evaluating Analysis & Aggregation Transaction Electronic and ethanol production etc. FRP calculation and SEFASU loan Sanction details eal, eitain o epr o sgr details, sugar of claim export subsidy for Registration sugar details, raw , arrears price cane subsidy under PDS/lifting of levy sugar for PDS and eadn cn cuhd uiiain f sugar of utilization , crushed cane regarding tt GvrmnsUs o gtig inputs getting for Governments/UTs State provides a window for online connectivity with the functioning of Government. The portal also also portal The Government. of functioning smooth well as mills as the sugar management of ytm lo rvds rnprny n h data the in transparency provides new also The system sector. sugar of management better oenet o ae rmt oiy eiin for decisions policy prompt take to Government tp/eua.i.n Ti hs epd the helped has This http://esugar.nic.in. eual frihn dt through data furnishing regularly otl bss Ams al h sgr il are mills sugar the all Almost basis. monthly a on mills sugar by inputs of submission online for platform based web a developed has Sugar aaeet n ua sco, h Drcoae of Directorate the sector, sugar in management eTaal data the systemize and improve to order In e-Sugar 184 nul rdcin f ifrn cmoiis are commodities different of Production Annual 56 of Production Vanaspati Commodities are available from 2014. system. May from since mills operation VOPA 150 around from generated e-Vanaspati otl Poom akoldeet are acknowledgements Proforma Monthly statistics and MIS generated: Around 1123 1123 Around generated: MIS and are statistics following The . Mills Vanaspati Registered Non from no Registration VOPA for Application otl lo rvds wno fr online for window a provides also portal well as smooth functioning of the Government. The as mills Vanaspati the of management data the in Vanaspati sector. The new of system also provides management transparency better policy for prompt decisions take to Government the has helped This http://evegoils.nic.in. data furnishing a on monthly basis. Almost mills online 150 VOP mills are regularly Vanaspati for by inputs platform of submission based web a developed in management data has Directorate ofVanaspati Vanaspati sector,the the improve to order In with over 580 crores eTransactions. States and UTs have been linked to the dashboard 36 all and Ministries Central 2560 21 over from eServices and operation nation-wide in been Central all has eTaal governments. UT / State and Ministries covers It software. application the of integrity or security privacy, on compromising form enabling users to graphical drill down to lowest level and without tabular in data transaction h dsbad aiiae qik nlss of analysis quick facilitates dashboard The requirements. resource monetary or manpower of terms in data the synchronizing for users the Thus, the process does not cause any overhead on because it pulls the data from clients in real-time. in clients from data the pulls it because distinctive is eTaal However, mechanism. push a designed on the principle of consolidation projects work on the of Most technology. Services Web using real-time in it with integrated applications application from count The e-Transaction the pulls automatically level. Block) (Tehsil/ District sub- and District State, Central, Governments- view of e-Services delivered at different levels of levels different at delivered e-Services of view sent to CSO on a quarterly basis (VOPA mill wise). Information System for Food grains Management). Around 12 Mills have applied for VOPA DCMS has helped FCI in managing the depot codes Registration online. Production Data received management of hired and de-hired depots in a online from 150 mills is up to date. decentralized manner. IRRS application enables FCI to collect the daily stock transactions viz., GISTNIC receipts, issues, dispatches, storage loss and The objective is to provide information services by storage gain, of 1854 depots having a total capacity collection, collation, preservation, value addition of 35142416 MTs. Development of Release Order and dissemination through digital channels to the Automation with appropriate linkages with citizens. Following services were added during the weighbridge and IRRS and related applications has current financial year: Content Dissemination in been initiated. DISFM enables FCI to know the Local Language : A low cost open technologies stock lying with agencies other than FCI. DCMS National Informatics Centre based solution has been developed for rendering (States) has enabled to digitize the State Govt. information in Indian Languages. This solution was depots, Private & wholesaler go-downs and successfully used to create context sensitive kerosene depots which cater to the PDS. Depot knowledge intensive SMS messages in a local profile of 7600 food grain depots with a total language to the farmers. e-Recruitment : For the capacity of 17803148 MTs and 1953 kerosene benefit of un-employed youth and Government depots with a total capacity of 1229352 KLs have employers, a common scalable, one-stop, non- been digitized. Procurement Monitoring System is stop solution e-recruitment has been designed and being used by all the procuring states for feeding developed. Citizens seeking jobs can register and the procurement data related to Kharif & Rabi also apply online in response to the online seasons for wheat, paddy and coarse grains. An advertisements, track the status, obtain hall tickets application for monitoring the Court Cases of FCI and know the results. The employers can advertise has been implemented and a backlog of around jobs and process the applications and prepare 7824 cases has been digitized so far. merit lists as per Govt norms and rules, Immigration, Visa, Foreigners Registration & transparently, efficiently and effectively. NIC- Tracking (IVFRT) eSecure : Designed, developed and deployed, Secure, Scalable, Service NIC eSecure Immigration, Visa, Foreigners Registration and authenticates any online transaction ensuring Training (IVFRT) is one of the central Mission Mode confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation in a Projects (MMPs) in the NeGP which is transparent, efficient and effective manner. E- conceptualized with an aim to enhance the Secure provides five layers of security to the online experience of in-bound and out-bound travelers transactions. from and to India by looking into the aspects of Passport, Visa, Immigration, Foreigners Integrated Information System for Food Grains Registration and Tracking. MMP-IVFRT under Management (IISFM) NeGP having budgetary allocation over 1000 crore Integrated Information System for Food Grains was approved by the Cabinet in May 2010 with a Management (IISFM) enables availability and vision to develop a secure and integrated service share-ability of accurate food grains related data to delivery framework that facilitates a convenient aid the decision makers and planners of food travel while strengthening security. As per the security. Major components of IISFM are Depot defined deadlines set for activities under IVFRT- Code Management System (DCMS), IRRS (IISFM- MMP, the progress of the project is very timely. Rapid Reporting Services) and DISFM (District Few highlights are as under:- VSS (Online Visa

185 National Informatics Centre Jeevan Pramaan smartphone, along with an inexpensive biometric inexpensive an with along smartphone, tcnb oeae n proa optro a or computer personal a on operated be can It made available to pensioners/ other stakeholders.other pensioners/ to available made edn dvc. h cin apiain a been has application client The device. reading eie r optr b pugn i a biometric a in plugging by computer, or device ubr n boerc eal fo hs mobile his from details biometric and number nbe h rcrig f h pninr Aadhaar pensioners the of recording will the enable application The self-certification. towards h bnft f h cmo mn fe te push the after man common the of benefit the pensioners, has one more enabling mechanism for ahrbsd iia Lf Criiae for Certificate Life Digital Aadhar-based uhrte. h Jea Paan cee an scheme, Pramaan Jeevan The authorities. hog a ie etfct ise b specified by issued Certificate Life a through instead of requiring to present himself physically or uhrte fr otniy f eso eey year every pension of continuity for authorities can now digitally provide proof of his existenceto his of digitallyproofprovidenow can oig I a i rle t oe a rr retired crore a pensioner a PSUs, and government of employees over to relief big a In coming. hog a oda t esr ter eso kept pension their ensure to ordeal an through rendered immobile by the ravages of time, to go to time, of ravages the by immobile rendered n ln oede I ws tuy inhuman truly a was them of many people, old It forcedrequirementthat overdue. long and presence at bank branches once a year is welcomed ht hy r aie y eitrn ter physical their registering by alive are they that The idea of making pensioners free of the obligation 24x7. functional is Centre Support MEA and BOI ICPs, implemented at 61 Indian Missions and 5 Airport 5 and Missions Indian 61 at implemented imtis ae 1 fne erlet is enrolment finger Delhi. 10 Park, based Shastri Biometrics at established is IVFRT Centralized Centre locations, 400 in out rolled oege Suet nomto Sse (SS is (FSIS) System Information Student Foreigner locations, 400 in out rolled are modules C-Form modules, cFRO and FRRO with computerized are implemented at25Airports, 13 FRROs/360FROs Cs 8 IP ae ewre wt CB AI is APIS CFB, with networked are ICPs 83 ICPs, 83 at operational are services System) Control (Immigration ICS Missions, 174 at operational isos OI Oln OI plcto) is Application) OCI (Online OCI 155 missions, at implemented been have Cases Referral prtoa i 15 isos PC hc and Check PRC Missions, 155 in operational Application), CVISA and BL Check have been made 186 at direct transfer of subsidy to farmers. The project aims system management Fertilizer based Mobile (mFMS) System Management Fertilizer based Mobile DoLR has been completed. of programme building capacity for Courseware on request has been developed and is being tested. providing plot boundaries, village maps to citizens Land Records Computerisation Project imported on Bhunaksha. A Mobile app for for app Mobile A now Bhunaksha. be on can data imported ETS and baseline Hanging Tippans, FMB, of care take to developed was that has been completed for 14 states. A new feature new A states. 14 for completed been has Solution) Mapping (Cadastral Product Bhunaksha successfully processed. otl n mr ta 2,0 hv been have 26,000 than more and portal more than 46,000 DLCs have been generated on the state pensioners through state treasuries. Tillnow the to the expended being is for facility The pensioners. portal the by provided data Certificate r aray n rcs o uig h Dgtl Life Digital the using of process in already are Defence PensionDisbursing Organisation(DPDO) mlye poiet ud raiain (EPFO), Organisation Offices, Fund provident Post Employees Banks, like Agencies disbursing t h tm o atetcto. h Pension The authentication. of time the at conclusively establish that the pensioner was alive agency to access a Digital Life Certificate. This will disbursing pension the enabling ultimately basis, e podd o cnrl aaae n real-time on database central a to uploaded be including date, time, and biometric information, will edn dvc. e dtis f h pensioner, the of details Key device. reading A pensionerbeingenrolledbyauthenticationthrough Retina ScanunderJeevanPramaan is divided into four phases. Phase 1 is designed to Scheme, Mother Death Review, eTaal, MCTSFC, make visible the supply of fertilizers from State Call Centre. Unstructured Supplementary companies to wholesalers and then retailers. The Service Data (USSD) based solution for MCTS system keeps track of the raw material imported Service data updation was launched in 10 states. and used in the production of fertilizer and the Promotional SMSes in English and Hindi (more dispatch of fertilizers from the plants to districts by than 15 crores in number) were sent to rail/road as per the movement plan prepared by beneficiaries. SMSes to Health Authorities for DOF. The movement plan is prepared from the monitoring the scheme were also sent. requirement received from Ministry of Agriculture MyGOV for different states/districts. The systems in its way prepared Dealers directory, Manufacturer, On July 26, 2014, Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Marketer and their marketing arrangement, Narendra Modi launched MyGov platform to National Informatics Centre Products produced by different companies, empower the citizens of India to contribute towards Rakepoints/warehouse where fertilizer is sent, Swarajya. MyGov encourages citizens as well as Automated the calculation of On-Account Subsidy, people abroad to Discuss and Do. There are Freight Subsidy, Balance subsidy. mFMS has a multiple theme-based discussions on MyGov SMS based component to support the where a wide range of people can share their acknowledgment of receipt of fertilizer by thoughts and ideas. MyGov aims to establish a link wholesaler/retailer not having internet between Government and Citizens towards connectivity. The system is fully functional where meeting the goal of good governance. At MyGov - Phase 2 aims at capturing the sale of fertilizer to Citizens Can Directly connect with the Government, buyer. The pilot has been launched in 12 districts. Ministries and Departments led by Hon. Prime Various solutions have been designed to capture Minister realize their hidden potential and talent on the sale as the retailers are in far flung areas. The a national platform and get recognized (Discuss), retailers can enter the sale by using any one of the Express views on policies, programs and matters following : Web application , if internet connectivity of national interest (Do Tasks), Collaborate on key is there, POS device and Retailer shop areas of development and governance, Contribute management system , if internet connectivity is to nation building while earning credits along the poor or not there. Phase 3 and phase 4 which aims way by posting views on Discussions. Completing at direct transfer of subsidy to buyer and then tasks volunteered for Government can understand eventually to farmer will start once phase 2 will get viewpoints of citizens and gather feedback, get stabilized. peoples' ideas and their contribution through the tasks, Identify talent and expertise which can be Mother Child Tracking System (MCTS) garnered towards the success of projects, MCTS has been implemented across the country in Implement best ideas and achieve the goal of all the states. MCTS was started in December 2009. Good Governance. Prime Minister Shri It has registered more than 7.8 crore pregnant Narendra Modi, launched the Swachh women/mother and more than 6.8 crore of children Bharat Abhiyaan on Oct 2, 2014. MyGov and their health care services record. More than 2.2 developed a creative and collaborative platform lakh ANMs and 9.2 Lakh ASHAs have been http://swachhbharat.mygov.in to make the registered on MCTS Portal. Of above, 1.54 Crore nationwide movement a resounding success. As pregnant women and 1.27 crore children have been on January 28, 2015, MyGov has 762081 users, registered in 2013-2014. MCTS was integrated 145 tasks, 144 discussion themes, 141444 task with PFMS for Direct Cash Transfer under JSY submissions and 415311 comments.

187 National Informatics Centre ainl osmr al rfrne (NCCP) Preference Portal Call Consumer National (NADRS) or SMS to 1909 and register either in Fully Blocked dial can Customers SMSes. and calls blocking by (UCC) Communications Commercial Unsolicited concerns of customers who do not want to receive System Reporting Disease Animal National NCR (tp/ncta.o.n addresses (http://nccptrai.gov.in) (NCCPR) Registry Preference Call Consumer National The 2014-15. FY the in veterinary sessions learning Web through officials 1745 to provided been has training Application country. the of locations geographical different in diseases animal of containment and mlmnain f pcfc taeis o control for strategies specific of implementation provides the basis for the DADF for formulation also and data disease The manner. expeditious an in the control and containment of particular diseases for steps necessary taking for Government State concerned the Husbandry, to (DADF) Fisheries Animal and Dairying of Department by issued Project Monitoring Unit (CPMU) and advisories are rjc' dt i big nlzd t h Central the at analyzed being is data project's eotn te nml ies dt. h NADRS The data. disease animal the reporting are (nodes) blocks 4500 approx. and simplified en irtd o a. h apiain a been has application The far. so migrated been have nodes 5200 approx. and Internet Broadband provided connectivity under NADRS project is migrated from VPNoBB to network The locations. Infrastructure in 6919 locations out of 7032 project AR hs en prtoaie wt ICT with operationalized been has NADRS

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188 o20, h vrin o Ida otl was Portal India of launched in Dec 2012. 2 It has been the most version popular the Nov2005, National Portal of India nomto ad evcs Iiily anhd in launched Initially Services. and Information igeWno-ces o l Government all to Single-Window-access under Project in a to bring of NeGP integrated servicescategory Mode Mission a is Portal India easy and feasible to view in handheld devices. NCCPR became a mobile responsive site making it insurance agencies to view their reports separately. The same module is been made ready for Bank and entity. particular any of data UCC data, UCC wise Agency data, Insurance wise UCC data, Bank UCC login TRAI wise TSP following: the under view to TRAI facilitating developed been has UCC header Telephone for module The TSPs. the of needs the facilitating from or number reference and details of complaints were fetched from unique the helpline to get the needful get done for them. to Status on locations relying of instead them to their allocated resources of uploading bulk a do to ICICI,HDFC like TMs many facilitated This one. by one uploading of methodology the changing implemented was locations TM of uploading bulk The TSPs. other by uploaded report consolidated n h pra rglry n dwla the download and regularly portal the in the ServiceProviders. Now theTSPs upload them effort of submitting the same to TRAI manually by was module the minimizing portal the in added and developed numbers back call International n vros te rprs Bakitn of Blacklisting reports. other various and the to reflect of in the registration certificate of all validity the TMs the registration and was made 5 years. The Rs.5000 same was made to slashed with 14th amendment the TM accordance registration fees was In scrubbing. and for Providers (TMs) Access Telemarketers the by downloaded be can which week a twice updated gets database NCCPR Tourism. Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT, goods and automobiles, Communication/ Communication/ automobiles, and goods Consumer Health, Education, Estate, Credit Real Cards, / Products Banking/Insurance/Financial are: Categories Category. Blocked Partially in or source of information to a wide range of stake of more than 8000 Multi-Drug Resistant TB holders from citizens, to government, to business, Patients are being monitored. A mobile application to Indian Diaspora. It is a gateway to over 10000 for the private sector has been released. Interface Indian Government websites and has a rich with external applications have been made repository of Forms, Documents, Services, Acts, operational. Rules, Schemes and web Links. Following major NREGAsoft activities have been undertaken during the year: New look and feel of the portal, Migration from Fund Management Module tracks the transfer of Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 version, GIGW compliance funds from the Ministry of Rural Development to and STQC certification for Website Quality , Mobile the pocket of the person. Grievance Redressal Apps on Android platform developed in house for System allows all stakeholders including illiterate India Portal On pilot basis, Data from State Portal worker/Citizen to lodge complaint and trace National Informatics Centre was integrated for online services section from subsequent action taken. Social audit module: This Tamil Nadu, Nagaland and Sikkim, Facebook and module captures the details of the social audit done Twitter pages created and regularly updated for in various Gram Panchayats. Labour Budget wider social media presence towards promotion Module helps Gram Panchayats in preparing plan and outreach programme of India Portal, Web for the next financial year. E-FMS: This Electronic Ratna Awards 2014 has been organized and Fund Transfer Module facilitates the credit of Website of 7th Central Pay Commission amount into accounts of beneficiaries directly. (http://7cpc.india. gov.in) was made live and Aadhar Based Payments are also being promoted. implemented through e-FMS. CSO-CFT Module: Civil Society Organisation and Cluster Facilitation NIKSHAY Team to facilitate GPs with a team of 4 four In order to monitor individual TB patient, NIKSHAY, personnels with each CFT. IEC Module: This Inter- case-based, web-based application software has Personnel Education & Communication module is been developed and hosted at http://nikshay.gov.in an initiative to educate and communicate with on June 4, 2012. TB has been declared as notified villagers to making them better understand disease and private health establishments and their MGNREGA. Mobile application: The mobile patients are being registered at this website. DOTS interface for NREGASoft has been developed to Providers Directory has been developed and made work in offline mode covering Work Demand, Work available to users. SMSes are being sent to Allocation, MB measurement with work site photo, National, State & District level users on daily basis Muster Roll Attendance, IPPE Work planning and for monitoring the progress. As of now, more than Aadhar Seeding modules. It also geo-tags the 36 lakhs TB patients have been registered on location of data entry at the time of taking NIKSHAY. More than 44 thousand Designated attendance and measurement book photographs, Microscopic Centres (DMC)/ Peripheral Health to ensure the data entry is done on the site only. The Interface (PHI) have been registered. More than application is ready and is expected to be launched 8000 Contractual Staff information is available and in the mid of January 2015. more than 2100 Health Establishments have been Open Government Data Platform: India registered while 1.7 lakhs TB patients of Private Sector have been registered. Apart from this, multi- The main driving force behind the initiation and drug resistant TB Patients monitoring module were implementation of Open Government Data initiative added for Laboratories and DRTB Centres. Around in India is the National Data Sharing and 96 thousand lab reports have been uploaded. Data Accessibility Policy. NDSAP paves way towards the

189 National Informatics Centre oiae, 21 rsucs otiue under contributed resources 12516 nominated, (97 Central, 7 State) Data Controllers have been have Controllers Data State) 7 Central, (97 104 now, of As implementation. NDSAP facilitate Project Management Unit (PMU) has been setup to this NDSAP departments. respective their in spearhead initiative to nominated are Controllers) oenet f ni. oa Ofcr (Data Officers Nodal India. of Government of organizations ministries/departments/ with various available funds public through generated facilitate for proactive and open access to the data to means a as NIC by developed was data.gov.in platform a sharing Hence platform. data dynamic a enabling through Principles Data Open initiation of and the consequent implementation of 190 pushing for community engagement. Camps/meets Data various in participation active an is there and users registered to sent are newsletters Monthly stakeholders. for conducted where 11-Dec-2014 various awareness and on sensitization sessions were held was conference endorsements. Open Data and Open API API Open and Data Open endorsements. o rlae f aaes ih multiple with datasets of release for received been have suggestions 590+ submitted, API keys availed by users and 12617 APIs requests 1689 users, registered 45367 have downloaded, are Resources times 883007 and viewed times M Visualizations and7 APIs havebeen created, 2.17 39 aaos y 5 eatet, 363 departments, 85 by catalogs 3389 Property Registration and citizens to facilitate tracking of a "Child in distress". It requires data entry and updating at Computerization of Registration is operational in various levels such as Police stations, Child Care 24 States/UTs and Integration of Land Records and Institutions (CCIs)/Homes, Shelters, Child Welfare Registration was completed for 10 States/UTs. Committees, and Juvenile Justice Boards etc. Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojana The "TrackChild" system holds a database of 1.57 e-RSBY Project, Ministry of Labour & lacs of "Missing" & 0.64 lacs of "Found" Children. Employment, Government of India has launched a Around 0.42 lacs "Missing" children could be health insurance coverage Rashtriya Swasthya matched so far in the system. It also holds the Bima Yojana (RSBY), for the families of database of 2.20 lacs of vulnerable children living unorganized workers under various categories like at various CCIs. So far, 8,400 no of Police Stations,

BPL (Below Poverty Line), BOCW (Building and 3,400 CCIs are uploading data in the system. National Informatics Centre Other Construction Workers), MGNREGA, Beedi A citizen centric portal for tracing missing children Workers etc. RSBY, empowers beneficiaries to (khoyaPaya) has been developed as an Early avail cashless medical or/and surgical advise Harvest Programme under Digital India. Any citizen or/and treatment(s) in any of the public or private registered with the portal can provide information hospitals, empanelled under the scheme, in the about a missing or sighted child, without waiting to country. RSBY is currently being implemented in complete the legal formalities. The information 26 States with more than 3.7 crore families using supplied by the citizen would be made available for smart cards and more than 65 lakhs of public view after a quick moderation, thereby hospitalization cases are reported. NICs Key saving the valuable time. The citizen can further do Management System (64 KB SCOSTA based smart searching of the database of the children by card) solution has been its backbone for matching the attributes of the child (s)he has lost or implementation with more than 10,000 hospitals in sighted.. Thus the portal will assist the citizens in 479 districts. Besides smart card solution, NIC has locating a missing child even before the law been actively providing IT support at Directorate enforcement agencies come into picture. The General of Labour Welfare (DGLW) through its preliminary version of the portal has been portal (rsby.gov.in) and various on/off-line developed and is tested on dummy data. A mobile modules covering pre-enrollment, enrollment, app in android for reporting sighting of children beneficiary verification, hospital empanelment and also has been developed and made available in the treatment at hospital, claims processing, and portal for free download. premium payment etc. Transport Project TrackChild Portal In 2014 a new initiative had been undertaken to "TrackChild" is a portal to track the 'missing' as well consolidate the whole distributed system into a as 'vulnerable children' of the country under single entity with the twin objective of achieving Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) of proper control, security and manageability of the Ministry of Woman and Child Development. currently distributed systems and also extending 'TrackChild' provides a virtual work space for the scope and quality of G-to-C, G-to-B and G-to-G Police, Child Care Institutions, CWC, JJB, ICPS services. This will also enable real time access of bodies, PRI/ULBs, Civil Administration, Legal full set of data without need of any partial and Services Authorities & Citizens. It also provides a periodic replication. This application is planned to networking system amongst all the stakeholders be rolled out by 1st half of 2015. The proposed

191 National Informatics Centre Visitor ManagementSystem (VMS) VAT Computerisation management software solution for all Government with a vision of being a common centralized visitor Visitor Management System is being implemented started. h Chtigr sae s e NG hs been has NeGP per as state Chhattisgarh the software as per NeGP. Software Development for Development Software NeGP. per as software r big mlmne i te Tx software. existing the streamline to CTax made being are Efforts the in implemented being are reconciliation, e-enforcement,e-Anti-evasion,etc. eeain oln fr poesn, e- processing, form online generation, amn o txs eRfn, nln forms on-line e-Refund, taxes, of Payment elr, -iig f A ad S rtrs e- returns, CST and VAT of e-filing Dealers, Some of the online e-services like e-Registration of Commercial Taxes Departments in 18 States/Union Territories. State for (CTax) system Tax computerization Commercial implementing is NIC driving crore 6 licenses were and issued under Sarathi Vahan are vehicles under Crore registered 15 etc. e- e-Grass e-District, Treasury, SSDG, like with applications integrated external Project Transport on. so and support, Digital Signature, Open API, Mobile Apps SO, ut-eie aaiiy Multi-lingual capability, Multi-device (SSO), Authentication System (CAS) and Single Sign On Sign Single and (CAS) System Authentication ol lk cod nrsrcue Centralized infrastructure, cloud like tools ICT modern on emphasis be will and There security. safety performance, operational achieve optimum to infrastructure control and software aa etr akd p y Dsse Recovery Center both Disaster of which will have the latest hardware, a by up backed center data whole country will be maintained in a national level and fault tolerance. The data and highest application for the facilitate to acceptable standard of speed, information security redundancy built-in and of a robust data network with adequate bandwidth backbone on the be built system will country. The evcs f aa t al h RO ars the across RTOs the all to Vahan of services common, centralized platform and deliver the core applications for all RTOs across all states into a into states all across RTOs all and for applications database the consolidate will architecture 192 Departments 03,4 Coe a o 0-a-05 ih over with 05-Jan-2015 on as Crores 10,32,043 INR touched GePG through e-Payments portal. revenue for eBIZ through collected receipts DIPP of administration ePAO in departments new Ver 6.0 has been enchanced for 4 new Banks and 6 (DIPP), Ministry of Industries viz COMPACT-DIPP Promotion and Policy Industrial of Department for Software Accounting ePayment. for facility a with CPWD of DDOs Divisional 278 of out 142 in implemented successfully was Lekha Nirman Accounts and Ministries Central to Services NIC log as a security measure is also available. the appointment list and provision to store the user record visitormovement; Automatic generationof and pass visitor issue internet, and through photograph capture booked not are which visit, new register can ministry the of reception / PRO time); or date visit the in change / (confirmation status approval visit about alerts based eMail and SMS requests; visit the forward / reject / approve Other features include access to the officer to view / offices and providing better services to the citizens; allow for better crowd management at government visits approved and Pre-booked department); or ministry concerned the of website the at provided be can registration visit the to link (a internet the visit to any government office in advance through advance in office government any to visit access control. Citizens are provided access to book their based role and modular provides VMS can be extended to any government office. and parameterized are customization for required aspects the All officer. respective the of locations government office just by creating / users, ministry, bhawan and ministry any to extended be can intelligence purpose and RTI related information.It oie n ohr netgtn aece for agencies investigating other and police for support providing Aadhaar; the with visitors about data integrated storing offices, government the the of PROs all to connectivity throughout providing country, Bhawans / Ministries / offices 98,36,869 successful e-payment Advices from 413 Animal Husbandry Pay and Accounts Offices and 142 Cheque Drawing NIC is executing ReALCRAFT project to register the DDOs of 54 Ministries and Departments made fishing vessels operating in the nine coastal states through 22 Public Sector and Private Sector Banks. (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, The Payment Life Cycle has shrunk to 4.15 days Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa & West (December 2014) from the Bill preparation Date to Bengal) and four costal UTs (Daman&Diu, Beneficiary Account Credit date as against the Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar average of 20.07 days in the cheque based mode of Islands). ICT infrastructure procured, deployed payments. SMS Alerts are generated for Banks and commissioned at all 166 ReALCRAFT centres when PAOs submits e-payment advices on GePG in the country. Approx. 2 lakh vessels have been and SMS alerts to beneficiaries when successful registered and 600 users are accessing the system. credit information in submitted by accredited National Informatics Centre banks. Beneficiary Interface provided to enquire Art & Culture status of payments through a One Time Password Website of Ministry of Culture was redesigned as using their registered mobile numbers. per the GIGW guidelines and Social Media pages created and launched. Computerization of the 17 Agriculture Schemes of the Ministry was commenced. A NIC is providing technical support to Department Mobile App for the Cultural Events of India was of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC), Ministry of designed and developed providing details of the Agriculture for NeGP-Agriculture Mission Mode Cultural events organized by different Project. Under this project software has been organizations throughout the country. The app developed for Fertilizer Quality Control System and provides the timings, location, charges and route Training Information System. NIC has of venue based on the GPS. Nehru Portal was implemented Extension Reforms Monitoring developed for commemorating the 125th birth system. Weather Forecast and Agro-met advisory anniversary of Shri Jawaharlal Nehru and the System has been developed for providing weather yearlong celebrations. Phase II of National Online forecast and agro-met advisories to registered Register of Monuments and Antiquities' for farmers through SMS and e-mail alerts as well as National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities on web. Detail study report on Soil Health Card has (NMMA) was developed. Video Conferences were been submitted to Department of Agriculture & conducted between Secretary Culture and heads of Cooperation. Workshop on ICT applications in different organizations under the Ministry and Agriculture was conducted jointly with DAC on Ambassadors of India in different countries like 19th and 20th June 2014. Technical support was China, Japan, Indonesia, Mynamar, Vietnam etc. provided for conducting Krishi Vasant event organised by DAC during 9-13 February 2014. Census Website was designed and developed for live Agriculture Census & Input Survey webcasting of 9 parallel sessions of the event and Computerization of Agriculture Census 2010-11 & uploading of videos of the event for later viewing. Input Survey 2011-12 is being executed by NIC for Under Pesticides Registration Project, facility for Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC), checklist of uploading documents for mandatory Ministry of Agriculture, in association with State documents, digitally signing of certificates Agriculture Census Departments of all the incorporated. Technical support is being provided States/UTs. Phase-II (Data on detailed to Directorate and Plant Protection, Quarantine & Characteristics of Operational Holdings) Storage for digitization of documents. computerization is successfully completed in 35 States/UTs and the reports are also finalized..

193 National Informatics Centre carried out. ciet Icdn Rprig ytm a been has System Reporting Incident Accident/ System, Surveillance System, Schedule Airline Domestic System, Register Aircraft Civil pilots, lgt rw iess Mdcl xm ytm of System Exam Medical Licenses, Crew Flight of UDAAN,Issue Management SystemforStores, plctos uh s Qot Inventory PQSoft, as and such websites applications Portal/ various of Maintenance a be ipeetd o passengers. for implemented been has rges Fe olcin otl s ed t be to ready launched. First Phase of Know Your is Rights system portal collection Fee progress. xmnto Ts cnr o 10 oe i in is nodes 110 of centre Test Examination developed for DGCA and establishment of Online of establishment and DGCA for developed (Modular) on European Safety Agency pattern was ytm o Arrf Mitnne Engineers Maintenance Aircraft for System mlmne. o DC oln Examination online DGCA also For were implemented. PRISM SPARROW, BAS, system, Helicopters Limited). Court Case Monitoring Monitoring Case Court Limited). Helicopters (Airports Authority of India,Air India, Pawan Hans Pawan India, India,Air of Authority (Airports Commissioner of Railway Safety and PSUs PSUs and Safety Railway of Commissioner ueu f ii Aito Scrt, Chief Security, Aviation Civil of Bureau Aviation, Civil of General Directorate for as well E-office hasbeenimplementedfortheMinistryas Civil Aviation of various plan schemes and programs. formulation for Departments State and Central by the department website. This data is primarily used state-wise details was released and is available on with report India All The NIC. by computerized been has 2012 year reference with Data Census village-wise information. The 19th Livestock Livestock 19th The information. village-wise covering basis all-India on done is Enumeration statistics. fishery and machinery, and implements n olr, nml prtd agricultural operated animal poultry, on information provides also It etc. sex-composition livestock population category- wise along with age, on information collect to is Census Livestock of ready in not the States of is Bihar and Jharkhand. Data The aim Pradesh. Madhya and Chhattisgarh f uaa, ayn, iahl Pradesh, Himachal Haryana, Gujarat, of 28 States/UTs and is nearing completion in the in states completed is computerization Holdings) Phase-III (Data on Farm Inputs used by Operational 194 office automation and e-governance applications, e-governance and automation office various of implementation and development the is NIC for support ICT Industry, regular providing in instrumental Heavy of Department the In Department of Heavy Industries being implemented. is NIC, by developed system based web a India, from exported and manufactured drugs the of authenticity and To genuineness the (GIGW). ensure Websites Government Indian for Guidelines per as maintenance and presentation eapn ad teghnn fr better for strengthening and revamping en mitie ad s ne te rcs of process the under is and maintained being Departments website(http://commerce.gov.in)is The department. the in implemented successfully is System Attendance Biometric based Aadhaar operations. Intranet Internet/ for infrastructure maintaining the country's trade databases and ICT applications, e-governance and automation office various of implementation and development the for support ICT regular providing in instrumental In the Department of Commerce, NIC is is NIC Commerce, of Department the In Department of Commerce their countrywide LAN/WAN for VC of establishment. restructuring and of CGDA for establishment software various etc. Force, Air Army, Indian to DefenceServicesintheirrecruitmentportalsof portal services cell Support implementation, & development Veteran Force. Air Indian and Army, Navy and welfare Ex-servicemen Production, Defence Services, Engineering Military Accounts, Ministry as well as Armed Forces Tribunal, Defence the to provided were services support Technical office implementation at a number of MoD offices. organizing camps for retired Defence Personnel. E- through MoD in implemented been has software Pramaan Jeevan strengthened. further be will and offices. BAS installation at 90 offices is completed 11 total for connectivity BSNL provided & offices command for setup VC of implementation project (DGDE) Estates Defence General, Directorate For Defence e-Office Mission Mode Project is being through 76 Banks, and facilitates Credit Card and implemented through DoARPG in the Department. Debit Card Payments. The Department web site (http://dhi.nic.in) has Department of Posts been developed and is being maintained by NIC and is under the process of re-designing for better ePost Office - e-IPO was extended to Indian presentation and maintenance as per Guidelines Citizens living in India. The portal enables customer for Indian Government Websites (GIGW), e-Book to transact postal business any time and from has been developed / created in-house for DHI anywhere using debit or credit cards. ePost Achievements. A web-based interface has already Presently, ePost facilitates the customer to send been developed for PSEs under DHI to online post their messages to any address in India with a data for monthly flash results and fact sheets, the combination of electronic transmission and re-structuring of the system is in process. Systems physical delivery through a network of almost National Informatics Centre developed by other NIC units have been 1,55,000 Post Offices. Philately New software on successfully implemented such as: CPGRAMS, My Stamp developed and implemented by NIC. My RTI-MIS, AVMS, CDDO, SPARROW, NDSAP, Stamp is the brand name for personalized sheets of Video Conferencing Services. Aadhaar based Commemorative Postage Stamps of India Post. Biometric Attendance System has also been The personalization is achieved by printing a thumb successfully implemented in the department nail photograph of the customer images and logos recently. of institutions, or images of artwork, heritage buildings, famous tourist places etc., alongside the Department of Industrial Policy Promotion selected Commemorative Postage Stamp. (DIPP) Implemented the BAS system in Dak Bhavan for Make in India website/portal Department of Posts employees. Also, (http://makeinindia.gov.in) has been made enhancements were done in Enumeration operational by hosting in Cloud environment. Information System. Under Phase-III Computerisation of Indian Patent Directorate General of Foreign Trade(DGFT) and Trade Marks Registry Offices, ISA/IPEA International Application (Patent) Processing Directorate General of Foreign Trade has System was made operational for processing an automated all its schemes. A centralised version of international patent application. Accession to online system has been launched for all of its 38 Madrid Protocol system was made operational for offices throughout India. Scope of eBRC( Bank processing of Trade Mark Applications and Realization Certificate ) has been increased to protection of Trade Marks in many cover services export. A new online mode for countries/organisations of countries who are Importer Exporter Code has been launched. members of Madrid protocol. Stock and Flow Directorate General of Supply and Disposal based Dynamic Utility for Patents and Trade Marks (DGSD) was implemented to provide the applicants/stakeholders with the facility to view the In O/o Directorate General of Supplies and Patents/Trade Marks under different stocks and the Disposals e-Procurement System for Rate flow of Patents/Trade Marks applications among Contract is already in operational successfully. In the various stocks and Comprehensive Payment the O/o Chief Controller of Accounts (CCA), Bill Gateway for Patents and Trade Marks Online Submission by various suppliers was also made Applications was implemented through Central mandatory. The implementation of Referral orders Bank of India and Bill Desk to allow for Payments is under progress.

195 National Informatics Centre utm uy etfct ad xie Duty Excise and Certificate Duty Custom by Solar Power Developers to obtain Concessional implemented for online submission of application of submission online for implemented ikgs A e bsd ytm a been has system based web A Linkages. the against supplies and Blocks Coal allocated of development the of monitoring the facilitating Linkages & completed inMinistryofCoalfordevelopment Blocks Coal on System Database Integrated based web a of Study System process. clearance project effective for Power, of Ministry CEA, decision supportto developed, forproviding prvl rcs Mntrn Sse was System Monitoring Process DPR and Approval Installations Electrical of Inspection for Application Online based Web electrification. rges f aiu mlsoe o village of milestones the various monitoring of for progress Power, of Ministry REC, Yojna(DDGJY) was developed and implemented in Jyoti Gram Upadhyay Dayal Deen under projects ytm o 1t Pa PaeI ad 2h Plan 12th and Phase-II Plan 11th for System e bsd ua Eetiiain Monitoring Electrification Rural based Web Energy districts. y C, Es f l te tts DO o al the all of DEOs states, the all of CEOs ECI, by conferencing services of NIC were extensively used Video completed. was cloud websites ECI 34 of hosting and audit Security demand. high during out to ensure the infrastructure is ready for delivery carried was applications of hits/ testing Load second. 13357 of peak with recorded were world Election a total of 467 million hits from all over the Parliamentary General In successfully. completed was Kashmir & Jammu Jharkhand, Maharashtra, nha rds, dsa Ski, Haryana, Sikkim, Odisha, Pradesh, Andhra eea Asml eetos21 fr states for elections-2014 Assembly General time for General Parliamentary Elections-2014 and real in dissemination and transmission Results management. election better and dissemination service delivery, greater transparency, information a big way for providing used easier access to electors for India of Information Technology with the support of Commission NIC in Election 2014 In Election Commission 196 Department of Economic Affairs was developed. It netet rmto Bad FP) under (FIPB) Board Promotion Foreign Investment of consideration for proposals submit A web based application for enabling companies to Finance financial and analysis physical of river cleaning for projects implemented. NMCG for MIS and on Clean Ganga(NMCG) Ganga Development Fund India, Zoological Survey of India, National Mission of Survey Botanical Authority, Conservation Tiger India has been implemented. Websites for National Recognition Applicationfor recognition ofZoos in uoaig oklw Cnrl o Authority Zoo Central workflow. automating for Technology Source Open using implemented and developed been has Boards Control Pollution State for System Monitoring and Management niomna sau. nie Consent Online status. environmental aaees n re t poie country's provide to order in parameters environmental basic of data non-spatial spatial/ the analyze and retrieve view, to interface web a State Basic Environmental Information Database is developed for Central Zoo Authority. GIS for Indian Retrieval Management Information System System Information Management Retrieval and Archival E-Document proposals of tracking Environment, for implemented Clearances Wildlife and of Forests Monitoring and Submission planning and response implemented. Online Online implemented. response and planning epne ytm o ceia emergency chemical for System Response e GS ae Eegny lnig and Planning Emergency Based GIS Web Environment and Forests /WAN augmentation, est/otl eeomn, opD, LAN CompDDO, development, website/portal tedne ytm ABS, E-office, (AEBAS), System Attendance Biometric Enabled etc.Aadhaar grievances DBTL including lodging refilling, connection, LPG new for registration online by facilitating for implemented OMCs been has system online LPG Petroleum, of Ministry for prepared Report Study System LPG on Based country. across located projects Photovoltaic Solar off-grid grid, Micro Exemption certificates issued by MNRE for Mini & also enables them to track the status of their Health and Family Welfare proposals and FIPB Section to process the Technical Support was provided for Network, proposals. System Requirements Study was Internet, Video Conferencing, Biometric carried out for computerization of Debts Recovery Attendance System, VPN, eProcurement. New Tribunals (DRTs) and Debts Recovery Appellate Projects implemented include Programme Tribunals (DRATs) under Department of Financial Implementation Plan (PIP) Monitoring System, Services. A web based application for reporting of Online Clinical Trial Monitoring System (OCTMS), progress of opening of accounts under PM Jan Leprosy Patients Monitoring System, Dhan Yojana was developed to facilitate banks to Reproductive Child Health, Rasthriya Baal Swasth report the progress and the Department of Karyakram (RBSK) Financial Services to monitor the progress state- wise and bank-wise. An application Human Housing and Poverty Alleviation National Informatics Centre Resources Management System for Central National Urban Livelihoods Mission MIS is Excise, Delhi Zone was developed and designed, developed and maintained by NIC- implemented. Biometric Attendance Monitoring MHUPA Division. Presently it is implemented in all System was implemented in all the five states. Ministry Website revamped as per GIGW Departments as well as about 50 attached and guidelines. Development of Ministry of HUPA web subordinate offices under Ministry of Finance. site as per GIGW guidelines is in progress. Food Processing Industries Websites and the applications maintained include JnNURM MIS and Website, Ministry of HUPA Management Information System for efficient & website, NBO Website and File Tracking System. effective management of information related to National Mission on Food Processing has been Human Resource Development implemented. It facilitates States to enter Ministry of Human Resource Development sanctioned project details and generate various (MHRD) has re-launched its website to make it monitoring reports apart from maintenance of the student and teacher friendly. Central University data. It also facilitates management of centralized Portal has been launched. A dedicated portal has data and serves as monitoring tools to the Ministry been developed for All India Survey of Higher for smooth & efficient implementation of National Education. Entire Survey is being conducted Mission on Food Processing. To make the Ministry through On-line data upload. NCERT on behalf of a less paper office Digitization of Office Records MHRD has been conducting country-wide All India was initiated. The Ministry has digitized around School Education Survey. The data is collected 1,00,000 documents which will be retrieved from 15 lakh Schools and 30 lakh Habitations. through a software by the Ministry officials. NIC Under Saakshar Bharat, NIC was assigned the task also assisted Ministry in implementing the of Creation of a Web Based Planning, Bank following new initiatives taken by new Authorization and Monitoring Application for the Government:- Posting of employees details on Implementation of the Scheme upto the Gram sampark.nic.in e-Procurement e-Office Aadhar Panchayat levels. Portals supported include Sarva Enabled Biometric Attendance System(AEBAS) Shiksha Abhiyan portal, Scheme of Support to Hosting an open discussion forum – 'How to Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education & Skill reduce post-harvest losses in supply chain of fruits Development and Copyright Portal, National Portal & vegetables' on MyGov.In portal to connect with for Mid Day Meal Scheme. In this year, Ministry of citizens and encourage participative governance. HRD is planning to collect the number of mid day

197 National Informatics Centre Centrally administered Wi-Fi access was provided was access Wi-Fi administered Centrally Network Support Services were upgraded. upgraded. were Services Support Network integration.. media social include to revamped & website network, support etc. Department website was restructured database, as such activities societies of DeitY to provide support for various for support provide to DeitY of societies and divisions various with Coordinated Monitoring System. Certificate Utilization and modules esne Ifrain ytmPS, e-Office System(PIS), Information Personnel System, Management Security System(FACTS), ee oe o iaca Accounting Financial to done were for Bhavishya application software. Value additions on-board to bringDeitY system wasimplemented DDO Comprehensive services Software/Database Information Technology and and Central Government officials will be generated aa il e nertd n udtd n the in updated State District, for and Alerts portal. MDM centralized integrated be will data This services. SMS lakh and IVRS 12 through (about Schools) schools in daily served meals Ministry ofHumanResourcesDevelopmentWebsite 198 Justice and Legal Affairs complete case data. CIS has also been been also has CIS data. case complete Service Tax Appeal Tribunal (CESTAT) with with (CESTAT) Tribunal Appeal Tax Service and Excise Customs, of Benches Five in as well as Tribunal (CAT) Central Administrative Bench of CIS Gauhati. Principal in of implemented been also has software Court High in implemented Case Information System (CIS) software has been during the year for the department sessions VC around 600 to conduct was provided Support Facility VC same. the implement to DeitY Support provided to societies & attached offices of bio-metric based Aadhar attendance system was implemented successfully. users. dept. 500 to eot ae lne t b gnrtd through generated dashboard. be to planned are based reports Role decision. policy and interventions hog SS n eal o immediate for email and SMS through implemented in Telecom Disputes Settlement and Ministry of Mines Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). DSpace based In Mineral Concession Approval System (MCAS), Judgments search solution has been implemented an Online Query System for the State Governments in High Courts of Kerala, Bombay and Nagpur and receiving comments/ responses from them is Bench of Bombay High Court. Software for the made operational. The said module benefits all requirements of Mediation Courts in Delhi has been stake holders like Centre and State Government in initially implemented for Principal Court. Court terms of speedy transfer and disposal of various Cases Monitoring System (CCMS) software has queries raised against the Mineral concession prior been implemented in Department of approval applications. The website of Ministry of Telecommunication (DOT), Ministry of Civil Mines is under process for GIGW compliance. Aviation and AIR INDIA. Litigation Management eVisitor system is also implemented in the Ministry System (LMS) has been implemented in CAS of Mines, which generates and accepts online pass National Informatics Centre branch of Law Ministry for monitoring of Union requests from the visitor and officials. Government Cases, in various Courts. Ministry of Minority Affairs Labour Online Scholarship Management System (OSMS) NIC is providing support to implementation of has been integrated with Public Finance Unified Shram Suvidha Portal which facilitates Management System (PFMS) for transferring the ease of reporting at one place for various Labour scholarship amount directly into beneficiaries' Laws, consolidated information of Labour bank accounts through DBT. "WAMSI -Waqf Inspection and its enforcement. NIC MoLE is a Management System of India" implementation is partner in this scheme for providing total IT underway in 28 State/UT Waqf Boards (SWBs) as solution to the Ministry of Labour in data de- of now. Work-flows for core functions pertaining to duplication, LIN generation, randomized management of Waqf Properties at the level of inspections as per scheme through its portal SWBs are being carried-out through WAMSI On- managed on cloud. Common Application System line System. Public Interface of WAMSI On-line for Employment Exchanges (CASE) has also been System is also being maintained to disseminate the successfully running in 121 employment Waqf Property Current Information to the general exchanges of 12 States at National/State Data public. Citizens can help SWBs in Centres. The National Council on Vocational correcting/verifying the data shown on the Web Training System MIS, is a web based integrated Portal by responding to SWBs through Data Verify application system serving as DGET intranet is Form available on the Web Portal operational with ITI Affiliation module. Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Ministry of Earth Sciences IT support to the Ministry covers National portal for Integrated Web Portal System for MoES to enable EM filing, MSME trainees database, Rajiv Gandhi them to disseminate information among the Udyami Mitra Yojana, maintenance of Website of Scientific and Research community and MoES MSME including mobile version. Support to Research organisations was developed. National Development Commissioner, MSME was provided Knowledge Network for MoES was implemented. to Credit Link Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) High Definition Video Conference systems using Application, Cluster Development Program (CDP) high speed NKN/NICNET connectivity for the application. Other applications supported include MoES-HQ and its nine attached/autonomous Training and Skill Development Management offices across the country was implemented.

199 National Informatics Centre National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Implementation software and deployed as software as a serviceto as software as software anddeployed Programme and Statistics of Ministry Ministry of Steel System (eHRCMS) was remodeled as role based role as remodeled was (eHRCMS) System Web based Human Rights Complaint Management Ministry Module. three modules viz. State Module, CSO Module and has portal The Kolkata. at Organisation Statistical and Union Territories of India and Central Central and India of Territories Union and collect State Domestic Product data from to 35 States objective the with developed been has Portal completed using the successfully application. The State Accounts been Statistics has 2012-13 for has been successfully implemented and the survey was designed, The developed project and hosted. of Industries (ASI) for the CSO-ISW wing of MoSPI CPSMS System is built in. Portal for Annual Survey and system Sansad with processing transaction ebr f alaet M) n Ctzn Online Citizen. and (MP) Parliament of Member Districts, Implementing Ministry, Nodal holders stake the among Flow Work of Implementation serves as G2G and G2C e-governance initiative for Portal Scheme. The Area Development MPs Local designed and developed for the Implementation of Development Scheme (MPLADS) Portal was was Portal (MPLADS) Area Scheme Local Development Parliament of Member Integrated Biometric Based Attendance System Aadhaar (AABS) were implemented and Website its on e-Book of Compilation Ministry and publishing of system. management document and Knowledge Offices, attached/Subordinate and PSUs Ministry include On-line interface for collection of MIS from h eGvrac apiain implemented applications e-Governance The National and Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme. Bodies Autonomous for System kl Dvlpet aaeet Information management Development Skill Assistance & Development (TREAD) Application, (TREAD) Development & Assistance ytm Tae eae Entrepreneurship Related Trade System, 200 Official Language Department Drinking Water and Sanitation eta Tasain ueu n Cnrl Hindi Central Training Institute has and developed. Bureau Translation Central Bilingual Website has been revamped. Website for imti Atnac Sse implemented. System Attendance Biometric Based Aadhaar e-Office Implemented Shabdkosh. aahbks (iiga, Bidirectional (Bilingual, Mahashabdkosh ouin ATARJHSA e- MANTRA-RAJBHASHA, solution Translation Hindi to English LILA-Prabodh, Pragya, & Praveen package learning Hindi Online package), dictation (Hindi Shrutlekhan-Rajbhasha other Indian languages like and Unicode enabled technology, Hindi for tools latest using software I i poiig ehia spot n bilingual in support technical providing is NIC meeting information wise on all SHG parameters. the collect to implemented been has implemented in 21 states. Tablet based application being e-Procurement - PMGSY In services. webs through NSAP-MIS central to state from details beneficiary push to to facility have Lakshdweep tt pnin cee fr hrhn and Jharkhand for schemes pension State Benefit Transfer(DBT) started in Lakshadweep UT. Direct digitized. been has scheme widows and disability age, Old of data beneficiary Crore 2.08 about Programme Assistance Social National In interested customers. literature, contact details, website details, etc. for etc. details, website details, contact literature, product videos, details, company details, product by common people Citizens are able to upload their sanitation and water domain, for facilitating its use rural in R&D technologies/ innovative publish to Innovation Forumthe Ministry hasinvited citizens Through system. information functional the of constructed during the year was developed as part oue o Idvda hueod toilets household Individual for Module Capturing Data Mission, Bharat Swachh Under application made operational at NHRC. Sampada Manav NHRC. at introduced was BAS all State Human Rights Commisions. Aadhar based Panchayat Informatics Division Development/Implementation of PIMS-eService Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) under Book, Smart Performance Appraisal Report ePanchayat Mission Mode project was rolled out Recording Online Window (SPARROW) & Property and Training/Maintenance activities are being Related Information System (PRISM) for IAS carried out. Currently, all the 10 applications are officers by e-office team, e-Record Room, extensively being used by the States. Modules in Compassionate Appointment Monitoring System use by states are Local Government Directory, Area (CAMS), Determination of vacancies & Roster Profiler PlanPlus, ActionSoft, PRIASoft, National Maintenance, Sankalp, Grievance Portal for PMO; Asset Directory, ServicePlus, Social Audit Meeting Redesigning of Pensioners Portal (MMP), Management and Training Management Portal. Bhavishya, Empanelment & Appraisal System, 61,944 Panchayats are using the National websites, RTI Portal, Recruitment Rules Formulation, Amendment Management System: Panchayat Portal. In addition, an audit application National Informatics Centre has been developed to address the financial audit (RRFAMS), Domestic Funding of Foreign Training need of Panchayats. Additionally two end-to-end (DFFT), Empanelment & Appraisal System (EASY), workflow based MIS were developed to automate Centralized Public Grievances Redress And Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), Appeals and and Backward Regions Grant Fund programmes of Complaints Management System for CIC. New the Ministry. initiatives taken up include Customization of RTI Online portal for other states, revamping websites Parliament of DoPT, DPPW and PensionersPortal.

NIC has developed no. of web enabled applications Planning Commission for the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Rajya Sabha Secretariat and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. 1,560 dataset resources for 773 catalogues Some of the major applications include Credit & (Categories) have been uploaded onto data.gov. thrift Society MIS, Intranet site of Rajya Sabha CAS portal has been designed and developed in- Secretariat, Sales and Archives Inventory & Sales house with the objective of web enabled Accounting, New GIGW compliant Hindi website of automation of various processes and workflow Rajya Sabha, Parliament Question/Answers Portal involved in disbursement of Central Assistance. for Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, RTI Application India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS), 2047 Management/ Processing System, MIS for Papers Portal offers a platform to facilitate academic and Laid before Parliament, Design of New website of policy discourse the possible future pathways for Lok Sabha, Members Portal Lok Sabha, Members the Indian energy sector and enable prioritize some of 16th Lok Sabha MIS, Online Reference Service possible interventions for deeper analysis. HHRS for members, Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and tool 2014-43 is a software application designed, Training Alumni & Courses MIS, Committee on developed and implemented to develop insights Government Assurance MIS, Parliament Digital into what the future may hold given the way things Library Portal, GIGW compliant website of MPA, are now. Biometric Attendance System has been Implementation of e-office in MPA, Special deployed Mentions/Rule-3877 notices MIS for MPA, Rural Development Publishing of new datasets on Data.gov.in portal. Under IAY workshops and training was conducted. Personnel and Administrative Reforms Mobile Application Prototype developed SMS Activities include release of RTI Online Portal with based pull, push and alert service for each payment gateway for Maharasthra Government; transaction. Five state rural housing schemes

201 National Informatics Centre eind n dvlpd o ar ot Manual out carry to developed and designed was application level camp and application MIS Social Justice & Empowerment developed and for BRO. designed was System Management Cadre Organisation. Road Border for guidelines GIGW Shipping & Transport and Ocean Development Biotechnology Technology, and Science development and hosting of new web site as per as site web new of hosting and development ot KI ahor poet. . Design, A. projects. Dashboard KPI Ports on Indian Ports Business Information System and Association to IndianPorts Support wasprovided implemented successfully at Ministry of Shipping. ahr ae Boerc tedne System Attendance Biometric based Aadhar associated its and Portal. e-SamiKsha customising by organisations Shipping of Ministry for the project. Shipping Samiksha portal is implemented under operational made are modules Tour e- and e-Leave System, Management Knowledge hpig Te nr mnsr pra, e-File, portal, ministry Intra The Shipping. of Ministry in successfully implemented E-office Scheme. Symposia Seminar for Applications Online and Scientist Indian for Scheme Travel International Online- include development under Applications hierarchy. organization the through tasks related workflow capabilities in order to process all project Department of Science and Technology. It provides aoiso hs en mlmne for implemented been has Nanomission nie Poet aaeet ytm of System Management Project Online- at various levels, District MPs, officers other and Officers Nodal State Collectors, of data capturing for developed Gram Yojana Website was developed. Module was Aadarsh Saansad demonstrated. and developed rttp mdl fr EC apn was mapping SECC for module Prototype redesigned foroptimizationanduser-friendliness. iso o Mdy Paeh Wbie was Website Pradesh. Madhya of Suraksha Mission Samajik Samagra with Convergence de. ovrec wt MGNREGA. with Convergence added. 202 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Telecommunications monitoring the status of redressal of complaints of redressal of status the monitoring in TRAI helps also portal This developed. been has Authority Appellate or provider service their with lodged appeals or complaints their of status current the track to website A provider. service their of Authority Appellate and centre complaint facilitates the consumers in locating details of the of details locating in consumers the facilitates ytm TCS pra (http://tccms.gov.in) portal (TCCMS) System eeo Cnues opan Monitoring Complaint Consumers Telecom PBG/FBGs, issues relating RTI. seset f iess mitnne of maintenance licenses, of assessment to relating revenue issues licenses, Loan, to related and collection GPF settlement, to pension related reports generate and data feed DOT (Controller of Communication Accounts) offices of of work report for Accounts division in which CCA state Developed forms. declaration assets signed related information system) to upload and digitally implemented. Implemented PRISM (Property (Property PRISM Implemented implemented. Report Recording Online Window) were were Window) Online Recording Report Appraisal Performance (Smart SPARROW and eOffice system, attendance Biometric prepared. specification and technical architecture report was Wireless requirement functional and and up taken was Division licensing for System payment. timely Integrated for offices CCA 10 additional was hosted. ePayment system was implemented in and completed was website DoT of (WPC) Wing Coordination & Planning Wireless of Redesigning designed and developed. implementation of MS act by Local Authorities was eeoe. plcto t mntr the monitor to was Application castes developed. Scheduled Commission National cee. opan Mntrn Sse for System Monitoring Complaint Schemes. and designed was developed to DoSJE facilitate the NGOs working of for DoSJE schemes six all NGO Proposal processing and Tracking System of Online for application The processed. been has Census Data 2011 data provided by the Ministry the by provided data 2011 Data Census Scavenger Surveyinstatutory townsof India, The lodged by the consumers with the service classification / reclassification is being developed providers. Till 31st December 2014, 48357 on priority basis. complaints have been registered , of which 41764 Union Public Service Commission complaints have been disposed off.LAN implementation in TRAI : To have a high availability Online Recruitment Application (ORA) is an Online intelligent network design with structure, Recruitment Application for various recruitments modularity and hierarchy and vision to support conducted by UPSC. It provides an easy and 24X7 data/voice/video, TRAI decided to modernize and access to the candidates who want to register on upgrade the existing LAN with state of the art ORA and can apply for the active vacancies posted technology. Entire network backbone has been by UPSC. E-admit Card Systems for System for designed with redundant switch and firewall Online Processing of Examinations(SOAP) & ORA architecture to avoid downtime. Provision has E-admit cards are generated for recruitment as well National Informatics Centre been made for firewall placement in redundant as examinations of UPSC. E-Admit Card provides mode with IPS, centralized Wi-Fi solution with the facility to the candidate to download their Admit better reliability and centralized voice solution with Card from the system. It is very convenient and IP phones and Analog phones for 250 users. user friendly system developed for the candidates both examinations & recruitments SOAP and ORA Tourism is integrated for Transaction Analysis with eTaal. Detailed Project Report and SRS for Institute Under SSC application online registration, Typing Management System for Ministry of Tourism Test and Stenographer test, online document covering all aspects of academic ERP solution for verification, Result Processing are available. institutes under the Ministry have been approved. Urban Development The development for this has started. Financial Accounting System has been prepared for enabling Vigilance complaints online system against CPWD overseas offices of Ministry of Tourism to submit officials has been launched for public. Residents expenditure and receipts online and ensure that Mobile App launched for CPWDSewa has been proper norms are followed as defined time to time. made Bilingual. Enlistment of Contractors was Travel Trade portal for online recognition of travel migrated to NIC Cloud. BAS was implemented in trade service providers has been launched. It has CPWD Delhi. Migration to National Cloud for made the entire process of Travel Trade division of eDharti, eGazette, PMIS-JnNURM and Website of Ministry of Tourism (MoT) paper less. It has L&DO are in progress. JnNURM - Project embedded workflow for approval of online Management Information System(PMIS) has been recognition of service providers. Ministry of developed for Transition Phase of UIDSSMT & UIG Tourism under Prime Ministers 100 days agenda schemes. Under eDharti, new modules for had identified one innovative project Mobile Mutation-cum-Substitution, for Sucessor-in- Application for Tourists by the title Incredible !ndia. Interest & for Lease Deed Generation have been The application provides diverse information like implemented. MIS for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Classified Hotels across the country, Approved has been developed. GIS of Urban Local Bodies Travel Trade service providers, Approved Guides, developed & integrated with MIS. Facebook & Major Tourist Destinations, India Tourism offices Twitter Accounts launched for MOUD & integrated contact List to the tourist. The application is with MOUD Website. RTI module for RTI appeals & available for download on Android as well Apple replies linking facilitated with Min. of Personnel, platforms. Software for online submission of Public Grievances & Pension. Directorate of application for hotel project approval & Estates Unit- eAwas, Automated system of

203 National Informatics Centre PP) Te nie rcs wr fo o child of flow work process entire The (PAPs). online registration of Prospective Adoptive Parents and country the across adoptions child handling Women and Child Development Water Resources en eeoe ad anhd o agencies for launched and developed been Child Adoption (CARINGs)forIntra &InterCountry has on Portal International system adoption citizens is being introduced. CARINGS An online An CARINGS introduced. being is involving citizens actively by children missing tracking noml ytm o sedn u te rcs of process the up speeding for system informal Justice Boards etc. in the 36 States. Juvenile In addition, an Committee, Welfare Child Institutions, Care Child Units), Protection Child District and Child Protection Society/Units Support Unit,State Project Central Branch, Crime Bureaus, Record includes all Police Stations, District & State Crime It bodies. ICPS and Police for space work virtual based ICT comprehensive a is This developed. rcCID otl a be dsge and designed been has portal TrackCHILD Testing of the application is in progress. of Water Resources, RD & GR has been developed. Water for Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry Applications for Issue of NOC to abstract Ground abstract to NOC of Issue for Applications Application for Receipt and Processing of of Processing and Receipt for Application hosted on Ministry Website. A Web based based Web A Website. Ministry on hosted oenet cs t. a be dvlpd and developed been has etc. Acts Government Participatory Irrigation Management & State State & Management Irrigation Participatory for bill Model participants, of list presentation, rga shdl, ofrne aes & papers Conference schedule, convention the program providing page web A hosted. Ganga & its Tributaries has been developed and developed been has Tributaries its & Ganga umsin f ugsin fr eueain of Rejuvenation for Suggestions of submission iity ae en rae. wb ae for page web A created. been have Ministry NIC cloud. The Facebook & Twitter accounts for accounts Twitter & Facebook The cloud. NIC on hosted been have https://nmcg.nic.in Ganga http://mowr.gov.in and National Mission for Clean compliant website of Ministry of Water Resources h nwy eind r-eeoe GIGW re-developed & designed newly The implemented Online booking for Marriage/Social purpose was purpose Marriage/Social for booking Online - Online Allotment of Guest Accommodation and Accommodation Guest of Allotment Online - implemented for Delhi Government. Holidayhomes Estates was Directorate of Houses of Allotment of 204 Andaman and Nicobar Islands NIC Services to State and Union Territories Youth Affairs and Sports SMS to monitor public grievances received by DC grievances received public to monitor SMS with implemented was Nivaran" "Sahaj Software launched through Common Service Centers. Centers. Service Common through launched Issue of Record-of-Right for Land Records Records Land for Record-of-Right of Issue numbers to vehicles by Auction was launched. The Smart CardforVehicle RC andAllotmentof Fancy for S/w recruitment. for examination of conduct for implemented was System Management Exam updated online in the website. The web based Govt. and captured data employee Offices Govt. online. made statistic day polling orders, appointment activities like Polling personnel deployment, deployment, personnel Polling like activities Electoral Roll search. Parliamentary Elections 2014 anhd o Oln Vtr eitain and Registration Voter Online for was Department launched Election of website New The procurement procedure the restructured also has NIC states. the within been given the powers to transfer / post personnel also SIOs have Officers. The State IFD function as all the NIC State centers have been authorized to authorized been have centers State NIC the all On the basis of delegation of powers, IFD officers in enhanced. significantly been have SIOs of powers are being strengthened. As part of this, the financial different levelshavebeeninitiated.NICStateUnits at NIC of strengthening towards actions, Various Implemented. a be cmltd ABS a been has AEBAS completed. been has website MYAS interface with "Social Media" of the implementation and Development Design, MYAS. the of departments the both in implemented been NADA have been deployed. eOffice" and and "ePAR" SAI has the of websites revamped and process and Deployment of the new website for the MYAS is in Development Design, approved. been has project and Programme Connect Sports Enabled ICT for submitted been has DPR development. under is Application Booking Hostel Youth Online application. dpin a be cvrd n h portal the in covered been has adoption office. Tribal Health Profile System" was training to prospective departments. Additional implemented for capturing details of each member module on import and export permit implemented of primitive Onges tribes of islands. Technical in Excise branch. Treasury Net & Jan Suvidha support provided to A&N Admin in GoI projects system implemented in district offices. Workshops like SPARROW, RealCraft, Online clinics, conducted on IVFRT project for Police Department. MNREGA, e-PES, NADRS, Track Child, NHM. Technical support provided in NPS, NADRS, NDAL, Workshops were conducted for national level Transport, MCTS, NKN, e-Courts, Track Child, projects of GoI like eTaal, IVFRT, AppStore, NDAL. Agmarknet, e-Granthalaya, CONFONET and DSC processing. Successfully provided Website Andhra Pradesh maintenance, VC, Internet and e-Mail services to e-Office was implemented in AP in Secretariat. Web Governor, Chief Secretary, District Admn. and services published for CM Dash Board. other user departments. Data center services Implementation of software for General Elections & provided to Election Department. National Informatics Centre State Elections, Jeevan Pramaan, e-Panchayat Assam Suite & UBD, Watersoft Project (RWS Department), SPARROW for IAS Officers Personnel Information System developed and and Aadhaar enabled Bio Metric Attendance implemented in Agricultural Marketing Board. System. Support provided for establishing the DR Support provided to all Election Districts for setup for the state. e-Procurement Project & randomization of Polling Personnel, EVMs and migration of 7 A.P.Govt Dept Applications to Oracle Micro-Observers. SMS Service Commissioned for Exadata. e-Court s/w implemented in 829 courts Vahan in a number of DTO Offices. Assam High and National Core ver. 1.1 implemented in all 215 School Leaving Certificate (HSLC), Assam High court complexes. ePDS implemented in all Madrassa Examination and Assam Higher Districts of AP for 1.2 cr card holders, 4.5 cr Secondary Examination Results were web- citizens. Jeevandan (web portal on human organ published. S/w developed and implemented in all transplantation program) made operational. e- districts of Assam to facilitate Teachers post Hospital implemented in SVIMS Hospital Tirupati. regularization. Elected Representative and Govt Data Centre Services provided and 12 Institutes Employee Database built up and submitted in were brought under NKN. Counseling applications response to the requirement from the PMO. for 5 streams completed for 7 States. Nursing Council s/w for backlog entry developed & deployed. NKN PoP got inaugurated and National Arunachal Pradesh Workshop on NKN organized at Guwahati (dec 14). Technical support provided by NIC State and 23 Trainings conducted on many e-Governance, IT District Centre during Lok Sabha & Assembly Basic and Sectoral programmes like Transport, elections for polling personnel & EVM Registration, Rural Development, Land Records, randomization, counting, webcasting & VC. e- IVFRT and others. SPARROW project implemented for IAS officers. Bihar Land Information System developed for District Land Management dept. Annual lease rent 300 static and dynamic websites have been hosted collection & reports implemented in DC Capital at Bihar Data Centre. Capacity building office. Under MMP CT, e-Registration (VAT/CST), programmes taken up for digital literacy and MIS e-CST, e-Purchase, e-Sales, e-Returns, implementation. Implemented Projects includes I- implemented. Accrual based Accounting module BhuGoal (GIS mapping of Bihar Infrastructure), developed for Dept. of Town Planning & ULB and Samvida (Online portal for Contractual/Volunteer training provided to the ULBs. Support to e- Services), E-Gazette(Bihar Gazette Publication), procurement MMP (GePNIC) in PHE Dept. with Bhu-Abhilekh (Land Records Computerization

205 National Informatics Centre eltm Eetoi PS t al 1 municipal 11 all to PDS) Electronic Real-time Online (Centralized COREPDS extended and jails Chhattisgarh Chandigarh 9 new districts. Implemented e prison for 5 central for applications (transport) VAHAN/SARATHI and BHUNAKSHA, Land Records application BHUIYAN mlmne Cdsrl apn solution mapping Cadastral Implemented Computerization is being implemented. hniah diitain n em o e-Mail, Internet, VC, Web services. Municipal Corporation of terms to in provided Administration support Chandigarh Regular SWAN. under 4 10 new links under NKN, 6 links under NICNET and integration of eGRAS was done for 5 Banks. Set up computerization, launchand Treasury andBudget Under application. the of Module Postal the using Printing & Dispatch of Smart Card based DLs/RCs Solution. Centralized a to shifted PDS based Card imparted touserdepartment.MultiModuleSmart module for sanitary wing developed and training and developed wing sanitary for module optl Cadgr. abg Bn tracking Bin Garbage Chandigarh. Hospital, implementation initiated in Govt. e-Hospital Medical College & Technology successfully. launched Information Departments and Health in Office netr Mngmn Sse fr T ad e- and CTU for System Management Inventory Stores activities. day counting and polling poll, Pre- for 2014 Elections General during developed application integrated based Mobile - GEMS The Management) software. (Election ELECON and AWAASoft MGNREGASoft, ERP, Prison IVFRT, e-PDS, e-Panchayat, Sarathi, and Management Systems),Vahan (Large Project e-SamikSha Officers), IAS of (ACR SPARROW (Engineering and Medical Admissions), Admissions), Medical and (Engineering seby. lo mlmne e-Counseling implemented Also Assembly). for System Management and Reply QRMS(Question System) Accounting Entry FACTS(Double aaeet nomto System),G- Information Management okn o Gv. ures, MS (Project PMIS Quarters), Govt. (Online of e-Niwas booking HRMS, System, Information ytm, -rnhly, oet Management Forest e-Granthalaya, System), optrzto o Uiest Examination University of Computerization otae, -nvriyCaay - e-University(Chanakya Software), 206 VPN registration and DR site for CCTNS. domain, GOV.IN updating, and maintenance Site Web and test typing Computer-aided for support Dadra and Nagar Havelli Lekha, NSAP, Track Child, RACE. Technical Technical RACE. Child, Track e- NSAP, CIS, Lekha, CONFONET, NADRS, Permit, National SARATHI, VAHAN, for support maintenance and Implementation Panchayat. at and CSC through SMC. Web base RoR and portal for issuing of RoR to Land Forest Tribals, Water Billing System, FTS of & Online RBD at allotment Records), NLRMP (Land Scholarship, BOARD, WAKF , module Employment portal, Sub Registrar, Mutation Mutation Registrar, Sub portal, Employment of Computerization Panchayat. District MG- at NREGA Profile) (LGD, Area ePRI Portal, Panchayat IVFRT, PRIAsoft, to support maintenance and Implementation implemented. module chain Digitization NFSA. complete under e-TPDS and solution of NIC and E-prison supply DNH for SSS of national database on arms license, second Learner phase for Aid License) implementation Implementation at DNH. Test (Screen STALL Initiated case monitoring Revenue system. and retrieval Archiving, Online Gazette colleges, Livelihood State in admission nacd Luce apiain o online for application Launched enhanced. Sabha Question Answer Monitoring System System Monitoring Answer Question Sabha Skill Development Authority (CSSDA) & CG Vidhan State Ministers Chief for Portal students. OBC ST, eCasteCertificate, Pre-metric e-Scholarship for SC, eatet. mlmne Sw for S/w Implemented Department). or Cs mntrn sse (Health system monitoring Case Court and up check health student's School employees, System, Human Resource MIS for 30000+ 30000+ for MIS Resource Human System, ajen ks, nie pdmc Reporting Epidemic Online kosh, Sanjeevni Yojana, Shravan Bal & Hriday Bal Implemented nvriy Lk ah Eetos 2014. Elections Sabha Lok & University optrzto i Chtigr Kamdhenu Chhattisgarh in Computerization implemented. was application Citizenship Indian issuance, visa for system filing, info foreigner's for application Online IVFRT Under monitoring. A Ofcr, adrhn nie oue and grievances module online for portal Samwad Jan Sansad online Jandarshan Officers, IAS for ePAR application Implemented corporations. Daman and Diu Goa

Technical Support to "Samay Sudhini Seva" project, Implemented new modules for Accounts & CT-MMP - VATSOFT NLRMP AVANIKA (Rural & Treasury, payment gateway, Realcraft, e-Challan, , Urban Land Records) GARVI (Sub Registrar Fish estimation & utilization, Transport, Road Tax Computerization), ONLINE ROR & CSC and Passenger Tax collection, Municipal Councils, TRANSPORT VAHAN, SARATHI, NRSR, Online Online Payment of House Tax for Panaj, VATSoft National Permit, and computerized Test for (Commercial Tax Dept Computerization) and Audit Learning License. Technical Support to Trail in VATSoft. Generation of TDS Certificates Administration in NeGP implementation like Online, Integration of e-Challan, Registration SWAN, SDC, SSDG, SP, eDistrict, HMIS, eTreasury modules Garbage Control, DC*Suite Project and and locally developed projects. Support for Land Conversion Cases. Implemented Hospitals Surgery & Maternal Deaths and Online Public

VC/NICNET/ EMAIL/VPN/DIGITAL SIGNATURE National Informatics Centre services. Implemented DBTApp, ePrison, eAPAR Grievance reporting systems. Running Goa Excise (SPARROW) project and DSC for IAS officers & Management System (GEMS), Information on Online eAPAR. Support provided for IVFRT, OSMS, Motor Vehicle Notifications, Land acquisition NSAP, TrackChild and Computer-aided typing test awards, Caste Certificates and Domicile for recruitment. Web Sites maintenance and Certificates generation s/w. Implemented Medical updating support and VPN registration. Inventory System at Raj Bhawan, Goa. Extended Redesigned daman.nic.in, diu.gov.in & dnh.nic.in support for the General Election 2014 Coordinated development & hosting for Education Gujarat & Fire Department websites. e-Dhara computerized land records and data is Delhi shared with other systems iKsan, Ration Card and NFS portal launched in e-PDS in which 21 Lakh Resurvey. Implemented Online Job Application applications entered and around 11 Lakh ration System for govt recruitment. Xtended Licensing cards printed. More than 21,000 tenders worth Node was converted into a PRODUCT under Rapid over 6,942 Crores processed over E-procurement & Rollout & Replication Project. XIDMINXtended system. DSSSB Recruitment system implemented All-India Drugs Manufacturers Integration Node through which 18.35 Lakh applications for 155 evolved into a CLOUD application with a READY-to- recruitment exams received. For year 2014-15 USE Login for any manufacturer, across India. Counseling System implemented for IP University, Initiated MMP, the Gujarat TPDS a MMP covering DTU, NSIT, TTE, and IIIT & IGIT. Launched e-Forest modules- Scheme Policy management, allocation, software to receive online application for tree online permits, godown, Transit Pass System, Bio- removal in Delhi Implemented e-SLA for metric verification based Food Coupon System, monitoring of delivery of 361 citizen centric bio-metric based online transaction and receipt services of Delhi Govt and the DBT system. system for Fair Price Shops. Farmer Registration Support to DIVCOM for e-pramanpatra, DORIS, application (i-Kisan) implemented across state at all Land Records, Lok Sabha elections and e- e-Grams.(12,000,00 + farmers registered with their Litigation being implemented in Delhi Govt. and biometric verification). Also adds convergence with FCI. Technical support to CM and Lt Governor Ration Cards biometric and Land records data. office, Polio Immunization Programme and ATVT is a single window citizen centric service Payroll-DDO, GPF Monitoring system, e-yojana, e- delivery (180+ service) system. Online counseling purti, e-Awas, e-Gazette, CONFONET, websites for all technical courses in the state. Completed the hosting, creation of VPN, secure Broadband process of Property Registration of Documents. Accounts, e-mails and VC sessions, Webcasting. The e- Nivrutti (DOP,GOI) automated all the pension activities at DAP level.

207 National Informatics Centre Services in Mission Mode Projects. 47 ucsfly ehia & C Consultancy ICT & Technical successfully. SDC 24X7 and NKN NICNET, of operations Officers, IAS all for (e-APAR) SPARROW Run Chandigarh. UT and Haryana for Tracking) and Registration ne IFT Imgain Vs & Foreigners & Visa (Immigration, IVFRT under Centralized Foreigners Registration office (C-FRO) Haryana, Punjab and for UT Chandigarh and the IVFRT MedLEaPR Implemented Empowerment. & Justice Social e-Procurement, Police, Agriculture, omril ae, -itit, -IH, e- e-DISHA, e-Districts, Taxes, Commercial rauis ePnhyt Municipalities, e-Panchayat, Treasuries, Sarathi), (Vahan, Transport HALRIS), (HARIS, ECI. by (NLRMP Projects Mode symposium Mission State in Support Zone North in Practices Electoral Best as selected initiative e-Dashboard Employees. UIDAI Govt. DBT Schemes Beneficiaries. and The Representatives Elected of Established Database 2014. Election. General Assembly ucsfl odc o 21 Lk ah and Sabha Lok 2014 of conduct successful evn rmn ar Cms ee organized were successfully. CEO appreciated the ICT services for Camps Patra Praman Jeevan Haryana Mobile AppofManav Sampada 208 project for school children Sidham was developed. Swayam youth. unemployed registered otl o rvd bte sil riig aiiis to facilities training skill better provide to Portal Job Employment the in integrated s/w allowance oenet eeps Te kl development skill The receipts. Government Treasury- Cyber eChallan s/w have the been rolled out in and State for online Registration Factory Online The tax. of auto-calculation for developed been has carriers stage for software calculation a be dvlpd Te tt Ra Tax Road State The developed. been has for registration of deeds, for the benefit of citizens Sabha Lok elections 2014. A software General interface for circle rates the during State Administration and District the to provided was support technical Product. Extensive as a being developed been has implemented in the State of software Jharkhand and is Sampada Manav The ECI. of data omsin a be aadd h Sae Civil State Services Award 2014 as it the re-uses the Electoral roll awarded been has Commission aaeet ytm o te tt Election State the for System Management Rolls Electoral The database. UIDAI the from data fetching by ePDS for ID Aadhaar the to member every linking by State the in implemented been The Electronic Ration Card Monitoring System has Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir through system. BHAGYA LAKSHMI, Girl Child Insurance System used for issuing 15 Lakh Provided complete support during Lok Sabha and insurance bonds. Forest Produce Tracking System Assembly Elections with 21 ICT applications issued 9.21 Lakhs permits. Launched e-services including SMS based poll day monitoring, Q for dealers of commercial taxes in Karnataka and N- management, online election staff deployment. E states. Establishment of e-Court CIS s/w at 54 Tehsil courts with 1.84 lakh transactions of cases. Launch Kerala of JK Assembly Online Questioning System Portal Implementation of eDistrict s/w crossed 1 crore with website and Online recruitment portal for JK applications. The Android based mobile application Service Selection Board with online admit card for MVD Enforcement Team LAIS implemented in download facility. The e-Treasury was KLA 80 NKN nodes, NICNET 244 commissioned, implemented at 48 treasuries along with National Informatics Centre NKN-KSWAN integration with 9 districts 2300 pensioner's portal and Budget Information email accounts created and 155 VC sessions System. Provided Online Learner Licenses conducted. The State Data Centre - ISO audit services through Parivahan portal. The ERCMS completed for 20000:2011 and 27001:2005 implemented for 2.5 million ration cards holders. CUSAT CAT 2014. Done e-admissions for MCA, The JK NOC Data Centre is functional on 24*7 M.Tech, B.Tech lateral entry Allotments and basis. Implemented double accounting system at Counseling in professional colleges. S/w PRICE 84 urban local bodies and the NADRS is at 122 implemented in PWD, 2052 estimates created 120 locations. Launched e-office (DC office Jammu) got AS, and 129 got TS, using 1207 officers. The e- and Paryaas (online grievance redressal system for Procurement application was integrated with Kathua). E-Procurement used in 4856 tenders. online payment mechanism for Depts. & 140 PSUs Implemented e-hospital at 7PHCs and 4 CHCs. GPF with 2009 officials and 1247 Bidders trained. computerization(at all offices), MCTS (at all Implemented eOffice in Govt. Secretariat, coir blocks), e-Prison at 3 major jails and online board and trained 300 officials. The online information collection form for Migrants Property counseling done for Exam management & result launched. publication system for SSLC, DHSE, VHSE, SAY, Karnataka TTC.

Implemented the Online Unified Allotment process Lakshadweep for admissions to Medical, Engg. Courses The Online Pre Harvest Test System has been (benefitting one Lakh students), the Scholarship successfully implemented for the MPEDA (Marine system for SC, ST, OBC, Minorities (benefitting 20 Products Export Development Authority). The Lakh students) and online recruitment for various Online payment s/w integrated for Electricity Billing Depts. The KIC software helped dispose 16,000 and Consumer Management System for Dept. of RTI applications. Implemented e-prisons in 61 Electricity. Implemented U T of Lakshadweep prisons (in State wherein details of 19,000 Android Mobile Application for Ship Ticketing prisoners are recorded) and e-Hospital Hospital System in Lakshadweep and e-Courts system. Management Information System under the Rapid Replication Rollout programme of DeitY. The XLN Madhya Pradesh A system for providing on-line workflow system for Under NKN 1 Gbps/100 Mbps connectivity issue of license for retail / whole sale drugs stores provided to six new Institutes in MP. Conducted is implemented and about 30,000 licenses issued 90000 site hrs of VC, also Bandwidth increased

209 National Informatics Centre for Jalgaon, Sindhudurg & Raigad districts. system management chain supply implementing facility for Rajbhavan and CM office. Workshop for Maharashtra and Tender account creation services. Set up VC up Set services. creation account Tender and Website PIB. Email services, Hosting and Development Design and DGFT Patent, and Mark Registry Trade Customs, Bureau, Immigration as Technical services to the Central Govt. offices such eotn Sse sfwr i 32 Tehsils. 392 in software System reporting /. mlmne Ntoa Aia Disease Animal National Implemented s/w. application RTI the and s/w fund Relief CM the of Consumer Forum Network and the NLRMP software. for Roll out support Technical and Network Knowledge National of Management Nandurbar. eaiiain nomto Sse a NIC, at System Information Rehabilitation Sarovar Sardar Departments. Central and State in E-Office of Implementation portal. Maharashtra -rcrmn-nie amn eald for enabled payment E-Procurement-Online Implementation of s/w for VOA at Mumbai Airport. applications such as transport, public distribution. Web service for sharing of data of national e-gov national of data of sharing for service Web districts. all in initiated ePDS of Implementation colleges, e-Office for MPSEDC, MAPIT & EPCO. non-professional to admission Online Elections. Bodies Local U & Parliamentary to Support ICT Roads. Rural of maintenance form system MARG E- Meghalaya, & Punjab for portal e-Scholarship Land Records & of District-sub-ordinate Courts. Launched Computerization implemented. being project IVFRT implemented. Scheme Assistance Monitoring and Industrial Investment & Promotion rp, ihr dcto La Application Loan Education Higher crops, various for e-Uparjan-Procurement for System computerized. Hospitals Rahat Gas Six Health). (covers Pension, Scholarship, Food, Security, and the and Samgra Samajik keepers Suraksha Mission (SSSM) project Livestock for solution based ICT e-Vet e-Cooperatives, Implemented District. evcs old u ars te tt udr e- under state the across out rolled services CLASS SMART project for 100 schools and based colleges. Additional 21 Room Class Virtual for between Bhopal Delhi to 10G. Technology support 210 Commission. Online NGO proposal Tracking Tracking proposal NGO Online Service Commission. Public Meghalaya the in implemented umsin f plcto Frs a been has Forms Application of submission Computerization of Online Registration and Online Shillong. & E.K.H in implemented Tracking) and project (Immigration, IVFRT Visa, Foreigners Treasuries. Registration and Accounts of Directorate the in implemented Biometrics using Verification aain et Pninr ie Certificate Life Pensioner Dept. Taxation under Taxes of (E-Refund) Refund for Application Online and Exchange Employment Land Registration, of Computerization registered). 70000 students than (more implemented is processing & Registration E-Scholarship Online Resource. Divisions of PWD, PHE, and Forest Water Water Forest and PHE, PWD, of 133 in Divisions implemented application NET Division Offices. Govt. all in system e-Payrol centralized & & Revenue Tracking System & Employee Database and e-DistrictProject.ImplementedExcisePermit for services Meghalaya Legislative gateway Assembly (MLA) Secretariat SMS NIC Implemented Sericulture Projects and Handloom activities. of based) (GIS Monitoring and School Secondary rcsig ytm i Cucl f Higher of Council in Systems Processing System. Implemented Exam Results & Accounts & Results Exam Monitoring Implemented System. Fertilizer and e-Procurement PDS, e- CONFONET, AGMARKNET, Running (OFEM). Meghalaya Memorandum Entrepreneurs of Filing Online and Mother Child Tracking System in Health Dept. Dept. Veterinary in NADRS e-Court, MGNREGA, Scholarship, Board Waqf Dept., Welfare Social Systems (IFMS) in Finance Management Dept. Implementation of NSAP in Finance Integrated and Manipur Secretariat, VAT in Department of Commercial in Tax Payroll & System Monitoring Case Electricity Dept, File Tracking System (FTS), Court & Report(CMTR) in Monthly Tariff Online Consumer Certificate Due No Billing, Energy payment, Department. Transport Computerization of Treasury, Pension in SARATHI & VAHAN Implemented Manipur System & Track the Missing Child Portal mutation system which covers all types of implemented for the Social Welfare dept. mutations, sale & purchase, partition, Inheritance, Implementation of Vahan, Sarathi, eTAAL, Odisha Estate Abolition (OEA) Act, Odisha DATA.GOV.IN, DIAL.GOV.IN and PDS Prevention of Land Encroachment (OPLE) Act, computerization in progress. Odisha Govt Land Settlement (OGLS) Act and Court Orders. Vahan & Sarathi have been rolled out at all Mizoram RTOs. E-Abhijoga - Online grievance redressal & Implemented PDS, web based GPF statement, monitoring mechanism across the State covers Commercial tax dept. Computerized Transport Chief Ministers, Chief Secretary, Department dept. projects, IVFRT, NADRS and treasury roll out Secretaries, Directors and District Collectors. to all sub-treasury. Successfully implemented e- Implemented e-Payment of wages under pri, .E-court, NADRS, AGMARKNET, monthly MGNREGS to Postal passbook, e-Panchayat and e- National Informatics Centre expenditure report web based reporting system scholarship system for all ST, SC, SEBC, Minority (Finance) and E-taal. students. OSSOPCA Workflow automation system implemented since Kharif 2014 covering all Nagaland processes up to seed certification. Rollout of EM I Online ILP Application integrated with SMS and II workflow automation system for Department gateway running in all 11 districts. Tenders worth of MSME across the country. Rs.72.43 Crores done through e-Procurement Puducherry under State PWD PDS Nagaland State Portal completed. Running CAS (Core Application Implemented Nilamagal (web enabled back office System) in 51 Police Stations. SPARROW Project workflow based application) for the Department of successfully implemented. COMPACT 2000 for bill Survey & land record (Karaikal district), QCBS processing, e-payment for supplier payment, staff module for evaluating tenders under salary payment implemented in AG Office. MMP - eProcurement, application for seeding of Aadhaar IVFRT data entry in progress & cFRO setup in 2 in Ration cards under PDS and PVAT application districts underway. Technical Support for ongoing for the Commercial Taxes Dept. which caters to the projects such as Sarathi and Vahan application, complete back office automation and online Online Scholarship Management System, Treasury delivery of services to the dealers. Technical Computerization, File Tracking System and annual support to all RTOs for VAHAN and SARATHI Patta Monitoring System, Implementation & applications, Real time poll monitoring system support in Employment Exchange, MCTS, PMGSY, (RTPMS) and Trends dissemination system (TDS) Mid-Day Meal MIS, ERMS, CONFONET, Land in General Elections, 2014. Online vacancy booking Record Computerization (NLRMP), e-Prison, and submission modules introduced in MGNREGA, AGMARKNET, NADRS, E-Court, Employment exchange (EE). Automation of Labour VATsoft and Track Child projects. Dept. covering factory plan approval, issue of factory licenses, and submission of returns has Odisha been completed. The issue of Permits and online collection of excise duty is being carried out for the Implemented e-Procurement in all departments of Excise Department, Govt. of Puducherry. Govt of Odisha, major PSUs of State, 103 ULBs, 21 ITDAs, and Central PSUs like Mahanadi Coalfields Punjab Ltd, Paradip Port, and NALCO. Running web based Designed, Developed, Implemented PPSC- s/w to facilitate end to end process flow on-line Integrated solution for Recruitment, Portal Invest

211 National Informatics Centre eeomn fr rprto o Oln Ration Rajasthan. in out rolled project MEGHRAJ Online Cards. of s/w preparation Completed for ORACLE. development BSI by done of RSDC of audit Centre surveillance in Data participation Rajasthan State Rajasthan. of Institute Rajasthan DBT. Tech support provided under under NKN fund to all of major transfer for system Laxmi Shubh are runningatpilotlocation RTOAlwar.Launched projects SARATHI and VAHAN complexes. court Information System is functional in 233 out of 238 acaa Dws bia mntrn. Case monitoring. Abhiyan Diwas Panchayat 4 n Oln sw o Pnhyt a Dp. for Dept. Raj Panchayat for s/w Online and 14 Education of PTET- Rajasthan for website Counseling (Ajmer), Institutes Regional for process Admission Online & Launched Secondary Secondary. Senior Board Rajasthan Result Online of Call. declaration Voice automated for SSP in Service Web e-Sanchar Organized Portal functional. Web SSA Rajasthan of version bilingual & Act RTE for Lottery Centralized 2014. Election ir Osres n Eeto IT n Parliament in ICT Election and Observers Micro formation, Party Polling EVM, of Randomization Office DC Mansa. eOffice and eScholarship, Punjab, giutr, AR, AA/RS fr IAS for eAPAR/PRISM NADRS, Agriculture, ubr rgsrto, RSN I, NeGP MIS, fancy PRISON of registration, issuance numbers for portal online VAHAN, High Sarathi, of E-services Portal, for Plates Registration Security services e in Support Tech Meal. Day MID for app Android and Election for System Management system,DistrictInformation eim nepie) otl Bod Bank Blood Portal, Enterprises) Medium & Small MSME(Micro, Programme, Assistance Portal, e-Panchayat, eCourts, DBT, National Social New features in Suwidha-WEB, Medico Legal Case t itgain ih anh eda. diin of Addition Kendras. Saanjh with integration its Public Grievance Portal, Right to service portal and Counseling for technical courses, Jeevan pramaan, Based Web Website. DGR Dynamic and Portal ITI ESO, of Income) State and Index Price Consumer , RTI Statistics, Employee Accounts, Body Local Price), Index Industrial directory, modules(Village Punjab, Mid Day meal Monitoring System, System, Monitoring meal Day Mid Punjab, 212 Tamil Nadu Sikkim module). ula cmuiy etfct, eie fee revised certificate, community (upload institutions Self-Financing for enhanced project & Grievance. The e-District Adi Dravidar Scholarship Certificates Registration, for Ex-Servicemen NEEDS scheme. on Developed Web based system for application file to Entrepreneurs for system Launched Online of details daily. FPS around 30,000 transmission with implemented Dept Co-op of Shops Price Fair for system monitoring stock based SMS use. land view to citizens for facility for Source Chennai MetropolitanDevelopmentAuthoritywith Open using Maps Use Land based utility with integrated GIS Web Developed TPA. by developed payment login CSC The taluks. 175 covering Districts 32 to Revenue extended application e-District The applications. 1600 and in TamilNilam based Web the taluk, Perambalur cuiy f plctos Ipeetd in Implemented applications. of bulk scrutiny and System Mgmt Financial Public using Provision for disbursal of scholarship through DBT nie coasi Mm Sse database. System Mgmt Scholarship Online the in Beneficiaries Lakh 32 were There Districts. all in implemented office Back OAP for Workflow system The Department. Taxes for Commercial launched month) per sent SMS lakh 4.75 - Dealers & SMS service to the Dealers (Mobile Seva Offline payment of taxes through bank counters for Registration & Driving Licenses. Vhn rjcs lo uoaig Vehicle automating also projects Vahan & Information System (CIS). Tech Support in Sarathi Case Academy Judicial Sikkim the and Authority, Service Legal State Sikkim for website Developed Room System. Information Employee Copy the and Software and Room Record Implemented oenet f ikm o 1 departments. 12 for Sikkim of government eNC otae Poesd edr for tender Processed software. GePNIC and the Ward level) Profile till Programme, Health Annual Medical, & Welfare (Family s/w History) Implemented CATCHIS (Citizens Health Status and in all districts. Sensitization of National Database of Arms License Telangana (transport dept.), RuralSoft@NIC, e-Panchayat. The NKN node was established at Agartala Govt. Support extended to state government in building Medical College, Tripura Institute of Technology. MIS for newly formed state. Developed e-PDS modules for activities of civil supplies department Uttarakhand in Ration Card management with Aadhar Seeding & NIC Uttarakhand has been providing consultancy supply chain management. Implemented the e- for integration, management, design, panchayat project for Gram Panchayats for development, hosting & maintenance of eSPAN - computerization of Birth & Death Registrations, Integrated Web-based Social Security pension House Tax Assessment, and Demand Collections & application. (http://ssp.uk.gov.in) for State Social Trade Licenses. Implement e-office s/w in Welfare Department. eSPAN with user interface in Government Departments. Samagra Kutumba Hindi has successfully bridged last mile gap Survey done (Computerization of 1.3 Crores between govt. and the beneficiaries of Govt. The National Informatics Centre household survey data) and shared the data with beneficiaries can access eSPAN services through other departments using web services. Launched web, Mobile Apps, IVRS and SMS, thus achieving Webland system for web based centralized land the digital inclusion and community outreach. records management to store, manage 4.25 Crores eSPANs G2C citizen services include e-payments land records belonging to Agricultural Land of pensions, Information about Pension schemes Owners along with Crop details. Project CARD and current pension rates along with relevant GOs, (centralized registration database) of 3.5 core FAQs, contact details, dashboard reports with registrations of properties, marriages and chits map-based, tabular and chart data to analyze since 1983 was implemented. Conduct Web based pension disbursement and current status Counseling for admissions in various professional disbursement i.e. Pension passbook. eSPANs courses for Engg, Pharmacy, and Management & process automation, G2G integration with states Polytechnic Diploma. Developed Mahila Sishu - Treasuries portal and its further G2B integration digital solution for empowerment of women and with banks portals have ensured fiscal children. Completed GIS Application for School management and e-payment of pension amount Mapping and Data Base Creation for Industrial directly into beneficiaries bank accounts. Seamless Training Institutes. integration has contributed largely to departmental Tripura efficiency in serving needy.

Developed & supported the workflow based West Bengal Hospital Management System, e-Hospital Suite, which has been replicated in another 12 hospitals Implemented web based e-BHUCHITRA and in Kerala, MP, Karnataka, Meghalaya totaling 32+ eNathikaran (in 2 regional offices). eServices in hospitals across country. The e-PDS software was VAT operational. IVFRT application in 24/26 customized for Tripura and nine lac Ration cards Registration offices was completed. The were digitized. Work-flow based Electronic development of Contract carriage permit, Ordinary Residents Register- a citizens database AGRISNET (SMS-base Advisory for farmers for have been created and implemented in four blocks fertilizer) and applicatione Abgari (License, Label in Tripura. Land Registration System [TORS] was Registration, Transport pass), e-Return for Excise improved, & integrated with Jami software [Land Licensee, Stock Inventory system and e Chemical Records] across the state and hosted at Tripura Exam lab operationalised. Implemented the State Data Centre. Technical support extended to eProcurement, eOffice, ERP(for Ennore Port) and all running applications includes Taxes MMP, e- POMS at Chennai Port. Application Server at HDC Hospitals, e-Suvidha, e-Courts, Vahan & Sarathi migrated to Open Source. In MGNREGA- the e Fund

213 National Informatics Centre Open Technology Centre (OTC) nld eDsrcs otl f et & Continued & DeitY of Portal e-Districts include TN Mark-Sheet Verification Service Drupal Projects Saree Dhoti Distribution, TN Web based Land Records & Priceless TN Survey, Kutumba Samagra ehoois Wb20 rjcs nld TS include projects Web-2.0 technologies. support project teams to understand and adopt the T cniud o xlr Oe Technologies, Open explore to continued OTC local NSAP and national between software. software bridge of development counseling, Dental and Medical Undergraduate State quota WB JEE, provided for Counseling was Portal & GH Reservation implemented. Online e- Online implemented. Reservation GH & Portal Dept.of Tourism- and Distribution of food grains. Lifting for system base SMS PDS and pensioners Govt. non WB for computerization DPPG course, WB and Cadre Secretariat Services), e-Counseling for PG Medical Common for Record (Service World bank projects. Provided support for ePAR for support Provided projects. bank for World generation Report MIS Online - ISGPP and Cash Transfer Scheme for unmarried girl students for portal - Kanyashree Implemented out. rolled SC/ST/OBC certificate) and Track Child application implementation is in progress. The OSCAR (Online aaeet ytm o G uig DSC using GP for System Management 214 computing Cloud Source Open and Web-2 Training: Service. CollabDDS, (i) App for Visually Challenged, (k) SSO akgn o ClaCD ClaLn and CollabLand CollabCAD, and Building of (h) Packaging TN Nilam, Tamil to Support engaging industry for Niche Areas for for NIC (g) DSC document tender The (f) Tuning Sever Mail University, TN (e) Support to Anna TN CIPA Project for & TN Cloud OpenStack (d) IVFRT-Chennai), and AR DAVP, NIC-TNSC, (NDC-Pune, services VM (c) NCEG, Transport, AR NRLM, for Hosting Other DeitY. Activities: (a) Support for to Kick start DVD for SC, submitted (b) SourceForge using & Collaborative Application Development Platform Software, National Policy on Open API, IFEG-Main Drafts on National Policy on Open Source Source Open on Policy National on Drafts Report: and & Standard Policy, CouchDB Swift-Object-Store. Cassandra, Apaches data: Big for Test bed Record &Municipality. Service: TNLand PB) & Shram Suvidha Portal. Database Replication India). DR for databases: OCMMS (KL, JH, HR & HR JH, (KL, OCMMS databases: for DR India). of SC and JH & (PB,HR,KL PCBS for (OCMMS) Consent Management & Monitoring System System Monitoring & Management Consent Online Suvidha, Shram Affairs, Tribal and Affairs Minority of Ministry for e-Scholarship Servers: hand-holding support Performance Tuning of App Software Development Unit (SDU), Pune Management System (MAMS),for Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Kerala. Software Development Unit, NIC,Pune is Additional tasks undertaken were Regional developing software applications for Finance, coordination for GIGW Compliance and OGD Agriculture, Registration, Land Records and Services, Web Services, Email Accounts, VPN DSC Education mainly for Maharashtra State. However, Certificates, Cloud Services management, few of these applications are also implemented in Network Operating Centre (NOC) for 47 Key other States. E-Court project for district level Locations. Training Services (Security Audit, SDLC offices is being executed at National level for all Practices, Web Portal Development, CMS etc). States. The following list is for the projects in year 14-15. 1) eCourts Case Information System (CIS) National Informatics Centre Services Inc District CIS 1.0 is implemented nationally at 3937 (NICSI) locations. CIS 2.0 web enabled version is under testing. 2) eRegistration The citizens can prepare NICSI has continued to provide ICT Solutions & National Informatics Centre their documents online using the online templates Services to Central / State Governments, Public and make necessary payment of Stamp Duty and Sector Enterprises and other Governmental Registration Fee online and submit the document Organizations. By the end of the financial year, for Registration. 3) eSearch - A property NICSI would be involved in implementation of transactions search report traces all past around 2200 + new projects. During this year, registered transactions of a property. 4) GSO GSO NICSI also added a lot of new clients, products and Software is web portal for stamp inventory services to its list. To effectively meet the new management. It is integrated with GRAS, Treasury, requirements in the coming months, NICSI is ARTHWAHINI and iSarita. Bankers, stamp revamping its processes for effective and timely vendors, treasury, etc are users of GSO software. service delivery. NICSI has been involved in the 5) eMutation -The eMutation module caters to implementation of various important projects online Updation of Land Records in Maharashtra during F.Y. 2014-15. Some of these include NKN, through various types of Transactions and in use at SWAN, National Data Centre, Core banking, e- 150 locations. 6) Sanch Manyata Sanch Manyata is Vidhan Green Governance Tool for HP State, a web based S/w for Sanctioning the teaching and Redesigning and Restructuring Lane for Food non teaching staff of school. Corporation of India, e-Panchayat, Rajasthan State Cooperative Bank Branches Computerisation, e- Software Development Unit (SDU), Kochi Gov AppStore, Computerisation Registration & Stamps in Sub-Registrar Offices in Rajasthan Some of the software developed by Software State, Rapid Replications of XLN & e-Hospital in development and Training Centre, Kochi , are CAT- Karnataka, Rapid Replication of HRMS Application 2015 for Cochin University of Science and in Jharkhand, Aadhar Enabled Biometric Technology (CUSAT) for Online registration for Attendance System / e-Mail Solutions for various courses. .e-Admissions and e-Counseling Government of India / Jeevan Pramaan as Digital for CUSAT Web Portals were developed for Coir India activities. Beneficiary Services,Ministry of MSME, Kerala Mediation and Conciliation Centre (KSMCC), HIGHLIGHTS Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), for the Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Major highlights during the year are as follows: Development (DCCD) and for NIFPHATT. Other Agriculture Division developed a website for live applications developed were Fisheries Marketing & webcasting of 9 parallel sessions of the Krishi Production Management System (FMPMS) - an Vasant event and also provided the facility of ERP based system for Procurement, Inventory uploading videos for later viewing. Also, the CROP Management, production, Sales , Marketing and project provided the feature of digitally signing the Accounting for NIFPHATT and Mining Activities certificate.

215 National Informatics Centre Administrative Reforms, Decisions of CoS, etc. Swachh Bharat, Infrastructure Targets, Targets, Infrastructure on Bharat, PM Swachh to Ministries/Departments different by made presentation the during taken decisions the on action follow-up the monitor to implemented In Cabinet Secretariat, eSamiksha has been been has eSamiksha Secretariat, Cabinet In gateway payment were implemented. of integration with Services transport lcinFre aaeet otae and software Management Election/Force software, Mechanization Farm students, medical oneln apiain o egneig and engineering for application Counselling e- reporting, on-site for Software Management n ia, I srie Rcutet otl for Project portal Service, Recruitment Contractual/Volunteer service, GIS Bihar, In a contribution from the office. the Coffee-Table book on NKN which was primarily organized at Guwahati during was Dec 15-17, NKN 2014 with on Workshop National Third districts. t epe Dose ad mlmne i all in implemented and Doorstep Peoples at In Assam, software was developed on Government project was implemented for IAS officers. e-SPARROW The Lok elections. Assembly and Sabha simultaneous during Department Election rnca Paeh ucsfly supported successfully Pradesh Arunachal Nehru Portal was launched. 5 included pages. which media social and website new a schemes, India of events cultural for The Art and Culture division launched a mobile app Meeseva integration. f Psbos o Ro ws aiiae through facilitated was Ryot for ePassbooks of New concept completed for80ofthePattadars.A eitain et Adar edn was seeding Aadhaar Dept. Registration agencies like Banks, Agriculture Dept & & Dept Agriculture Banks, like agencies a frhr teghnd sae b external by shared & strengthened further was records land the of management comprehensive n nha rds, e Ln Pra for Portal Land Web Pradesh, Andhra In records land through CSCs. for issued was Right" of "Record vehicles. of certificate registration for launched est b 2,0 cniae. mr Cr was Card Smart candidates. 25,000 by website ih nie onodn o Hl Tces from Tickets Hall of downloading online with n naa ad ioa Ilns tee was there Islands, complete automation Nicobar of Govt. Examination System and Andaman In 216 13400 courts uploaded data on a daily basis. were recorded on ecourts.gov.in hits portal and around crore 13.21 approximately e-courts, Under PRISM etc. for SPARROW, gateway Book, PIMS-eService payment Maharasthra, with Portal Online RTI Administrative Reforms Division was the release of The major highlights of the Personnel and and Personnel the of highlights major The LMS research Source and eLearning tools Open were implemented. Services, Learning E Under 46093 4th Level Domains were registered. Domains were registered and 3120 were renewed, ne Dmi Rgsrto, 9 3d Level 3rd 295 Registration, Domain Under Department of Industrial Policy Promotion(DIPP). mlmne hog CI Bl Ds ne the under Desk Bill & CBI through implemented for Patents & TM Online Applications was was Applications Online TM & Patents for Gateway Payment Comprehensive Applications. rcsig f aet Tae Mark(TM) Trade & Patent of processing Madrid Protocol were made operational for for operational made were Protocol Madrid to Accession & Processing Application(Patent) h sses o IAIE International ISA/IPEA for systems The Make in India website/portal of DIPP was launched. locations throughout India. identified army navy, & level Offices Disbursing raie fr eie Dfne esne at Personnel Defence retired were for camps organised Praman Jeevan 100 than More AIIMS, at Bhopal. India of society Telemedicine of conference nttt dy n 1t Ana Itrainl International Annual 10th and day 59th Institute AIIMS , Indo-Global 2014 Expo & Summit Healthcare at CollabDDS of demonstration & Presentation AIIMS. at conducted CollabDDS on Faculty Dental & Medical of Training on Hands at all Districts. In Chattisgarh, SWAN was integrated with NICNET Chandigarh. Chandigarh are being executed by NIC UT UT NIC by executed being are Chandigarh UT of departments and all in implementation eHospital eOffice MMP, eDistrict MMP, Treasury appreciated, highly during was 2014 Elections (GEMS) General application integrated Mobile Web application Pustakmitra was developed using system for processing of FIPB proposals, HTML5 and CSS3 for use in all mobile devices. Development of Human Resources Management Awareness workshops on eGov Standards were System for Central Excise, Delhi Zone were conducted. developed.

Election commission website received more than With implementation of MIS for NMFP under Food 467 million users with a peak of 13,357 hits/ Processing Industries, all sanctioned projects can second. be monitored by the Ministry. The MIS is being used for answering various queries and generating Online Registration Module of Integrated reports. NIC was also involved in implementing Pharmaceuticals Database Management System various new initiatives of new Government like (IPDMS) was launched to capture Products and hosting discussion forum on MyGov.In, Product Source details from Pharmaceutical implementation of e-Office, e-Procurement & Manufacturers/Marketing companies/importers/ AEBAS. National Informatics Centre Distributors as per DPCO13 to facilitate price fixation/revision/monitoring of medicines in the Under GIS and Remote Sensing Services, there Energy Division. was enhancement of multi-layer GIS framework from 1:50 K to 1;10 K strengthening the core Under Environment and Forests, CZA Recognition foundation of National GIS, NICMAPS in public Application was inaugurated. NMCG website was domain, GIS services Initiative under Digital India also inaugurated. Programme and GIS platform services for Telecom This year eOffice was implemented in 26 GIS for mapping of NOFN fiber infrastructure central/state ministries/departments/PSUs with 70 connecting Panchayats, mapping of schools, and demonstrations, 170 Training/ Capability Building banks etc. Programmes/Workshops covering 3700 persons Multi-tenant citizen centric scalable one-stop non- spanning 93 organisational units. There were 22 stop national level services created for use by workshops conducted for SPARROW with over citizens and other stakeholders under GISTNIC 5000 ePARS generated this year. division.

First National Conference on eProcurement under Guidelines for Indian Government Websites MMP including all States /UTs was conducted (GIGW) developed by NIC have been adopted by during Aug 2014 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi by Department of Administrative reforms and Public Nodal Ministry, Department of Commerce. GePNIC Grievances (DARPG). system has facilitated processing of 6,84,479 tenders worth Rs. 10,42,171 Crs over the past 7 Haryana CM Grievance Redress and Monitoring years from 2007-2014. System and CM Web Portal was launched. e- Registration (AMS-HARIS) was launched at 8 eTaal has been in nation-wide operation since District level Tehsils. SIGMA-Smart Interface for e- January 2013. With the active participation of Governance through Mobile Application was various Central Ministries and State/UT launched at Karnal. Government departments, over 2550 eServices have already been integrated with eTaal with over In Himachal Pradesh, Cyber Treasury interface for 5.7 billion eTransactions recorded till December online Government receipts has been integrated in 2014. This reflects the Government-wide the IFMS. The eBaalNidaan software for NCPCR N acceptability of the initiative in terms of its utility Delhi has been customized and implemented. The and importance. Ration Card Monitoring System has been integrated with UIDAI. Manav Sampda has been Under Finance, projects such as SRS for implemented in Jharkhand State. computerization of DRTs/DRATs, Web based

217 National Informatics Centre database of the entire state under Samgra Samajik Citizen of creation was there Pradesh, Madhya In implemented in Lakshadweep. Online payment integration in Electricity billing was transparency in Labour Inspection. eotn a oe lc fr aiu Lbu Laws, Labour various for place one at reporting of ease facilitating Programme Jayate Shramev on launched was Portal Suvidha Shram Unified implemented. successfully been have monitoring SMS support, casting Web observers, micro of development, Randomization website Election 2014. Elections districts for the District Administration in Loksabha all by services Support Mobile). on (TREND ToM App Android Using and http://trend.kerala.gov.in n eaa Gnrl lcin 04 RN of published TREND Process 2014 Dissemination Election Counting General Kerala, In Tracking Child and System completed. Judiciary for enablement olu o eHsia hs en ae u. Mobile up. taken been has e-Hospital of Rollout Panchayats has been carried out. Rapid Replication Property Record Maintenance for the Gram Gram the for Maintenance Record Property in orderliness bringing for project a Karnataka, In in Jharkhand. made operational in 11 Blocks as a model initiative was HHT using Distribution ration based Aadhaar Jammu. ytm ipeetto o efie t C office DC at eoffice Questioning of implementation online System, JK having of website launch Assembly e-Assembly: deployment, staff summary revision of electoral rolls, online election transactions online management, Q monitoring, plctos nldn SS ae pl day poll based SMS including applications ah, seby lcin wt 2 ICT 21 with Elections Assembly Sabha, Lok during support provided Kashmir & Jammu Technology. mlmne scesul udr Information under successfully implemented was system attendance bio-metric based Aadhar incoming Indians and size for rest and reduced foreigners to half. outgoing for discontinued totally converted to electronic form. D/E Cards have been omC n Fr- hv be completely been have Form-S and Form-C based Paper issuance. Visa paperless completely is which regime, Arrival on Visa Tourist awaited VR hs eutd n mlmnain f long of implementation in resulted has IVFRT 218 districts & 2 CFRO's were set up in Kohima and Kohima in up set were CFRO's 2 & districts the all in initiated was NDAL(IVFRT) Nagaland, In Creative Tasks: 30, 63. Discussions: Forum Open 131, Tasks: 105, Themes: Discussions 23, Groups: 720121, Users: good governance. Till January 5, 2015 MyGov has: enable to engagement citizen for centre one-stop a into evolving of mission larger a to spearheads yo hd hml bgnig n now and beginning humble a had MyGov Tracking Child Mother System a better application make to work on. USSD through Entry Data integration, SMS Interfaces, External for Application MoSPI Project designed, Software developed and hosted. Industries of Survey Annual successfully. implemented and developed cee PAS oP Poet designed, Project MoSPI MPLADS Scheme Development Area Local Parliament of Member Enterprise. implemented under Ministry of Small and Medium was States eight for filing EM for portal National users of mFMS. to capture developed voice of peoplec and Help desk to support was system redressal Grievance for the retailers shop without internet connectivity. /retailers. wholesalers Retailer shop Management system was automated from daily stock fertilizer, of squaring of receipt of acknowledgment get to solution based SMS developed had mFMS Taxation and IVFRT online system was launched. of e-Refund Portal, e-Scholarship Meghalaya, In social justice department. under level state and district at application online granted were NGO's and 2014 in delivered were services lakh 3 than More Samitees. Panchayat Service and online software for 5000 out of 27000 Kolhapur at System Information Office, Collector PRO sfwr fr aaahr State Maharashtra for software SPARROW There was successful implementation of of implementation successful was There Assembly Questions for all Departments. to Reply of computerization and elections bodies local urban and Parliamentary to support ICT was services under e-District Project in the State. There more 21 of out roll and Project Mission Suraksha Dimapur. SPARROW project was successfully Card entry were made available for locations where implemented in the State. 51Police Stations have internet connectivity was an issue. installed and running on CAS(Core Application System). Mobile App, GIS interface, SMS integration and Web Interface, External interface made NIKSHAY eHRCMS got implemented at three State Human complete. Rights Commission under National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Current status of implementation under NREGAsoft was States: 34; Districts: 648; Blocks: NICSI for FY 2013-14 had been graded as Very 6,605; Panchayats:2,48,058 ; Households Good by the Department of Public Enterprises Registered : 13.21 Crore; Workers Registered : (DPE) post evaluation of the various financial and 28.51 Crore; Job card issued : 13 Crore; Scheduled non-financial parameters as per MOU entered into Castes and scheduled Tribes participation 48

by NICSI with its Administrative Department percent . National Informatics Centre (DeitY). Under Open Government Data Platform features National Portal of India is a Single-Window-access added were Responsive Web Layout design, to all Government Information and Services. Built Enhanced Visualization Platform, Better User on Open Source Platform, the portal is certified by Experience and efficient discoverability of STQC and conforms to World Standards by resources, Cataloging of Similar resources with complying with the mandatory requirements of Revisions Time stamping, APIs offered on request, GIGW. It is bi-lingual (Hindi and English), the portal Service to Embed Catalogs, Custom Widgets to is also available through a mobile version and share/Link filtered set of catalogs. android app. Under Open Technology Group, highlights were Under Natural Hazards Management Information Tender for Niche Area, Web-2 offline and online System, NDRF Battalions are equipped with 30 applications, Database replication service for transportable VSATs for relief and rescue PCBs, Draft National Policies on OSS, Open API operations. and IFEG-Main, Consultancy and perfomance tuning for Application and Database servers across Under Network Security division, Comprehensive nation, VM service & capacity building to adopt Cyber Security Policy was drafted and Security Open Technology. Audit of NIC IT Infrastructure was carried out. Procurement Proposals for Firewalls, UTMs, IPS, Major projects implemented in Orissa included management and logging solution for Checkpoint BhuNaksha Integration, Document Management firewalls, SIEM solution, Antivirus licenses, DDoS System, Vidyarthi, e-Sakhyam, e-Nijukti, e-Auction solution were undetaken. for Excise department, eQuarters, IVFRT implementation, Farm Mechanisation, Fertiliser Under NIC-DDWS Informatics Cell, RDIS Div, a Licensing System, OSSOPCA, e-Pest, Jalanidhi, mobile application has also been developed to Pumpset tracking system etc. upload photographs of the beneficiary along with the constructed toilet and the GPS co-ordinates of STQC certification for Rajya Sabha and MPA the same. This has resulted in high amount of websites were given under Parliament. transparency. In Planning Commission, India Energy Security In NRLM, data of about 26 lakh SHGs, 3.05 Crore Scenarios (IESS), 2047 Portal was implemented beneficiaries, 30000 core staff involved in the and it offered a platform to facilitate academic and ground level implementation and all the policy discourse for the possible future pathways implementation units details were collected. Offline for the Indian energy sector and prioritized some solution for SHG Registration and Monthly Report possible interventions for deeper analysis.

219 National Informatics Centre Samagra Kutumba survey data base of Telangana of base data survey Kutumba Samagra seeding. Aadhar of percent 95 with implemented n eagn, PS nie loain was allocation online ePDS Telangana, In implementation. eeiire i OP ak fie project office back OAP in beneficiaries aig t T sae y a o d-ulcto of de-duplication of way by state TN to savings -Tremendous Dept welfare Social and for Revenue eServics the developed TNSC NIC Chennai. n ai Nd, ra CC wr luce in launched were CSCs Urban Nadu, Tamil In (v) Databases Implementation and (vi) Drupal CMS Engineering and Design Software (iv) Technology euiy i) otae etn (i) pn Web Open (iii) Testing Cyber Software (i) (ii) Security includes which areas, and management technical of various in number Programmes a Training organized has Division Training was completed. of Collaborative Development of Software Systems Promotion and Projects eGovernance the of Open Source for Initiative National New A - CollabDev a Project Software Division(SSD), Under Systems per year were collected. houses Lac and 30 than more of details financial convergence Physical, houses. of sanctioning cee ws atrd n 2 sae dd e- did states 25 and captured was schemes states was captured. Data of 10 state rural housing n A, aa f A ipeetto fo al the all from implementation IAY of data IAY, In out. e-PMS online was inaugurated. rolled was E-Prisons woman. pregnant lakh 2 to SMS Alert under PCPNDT project in Hindi was sent made. been had Portal Pehchan for Registration mlmne. eeomn o Marriage of Development implemented. u udr VR Poet n aata hd been had Rajasthan in Project IVFRT under out n aata, VA ors Vs o Arvl has been initiated at Airport, Jaipur. CFRO, Arrival C-Form roll on Visa Tourist TVOA Rajasthan, In and statistical Organization. of websites of welfare department and Economic and department welfare of websites of were camps for Jeevan Pramaan and inaugurations AgrisNET, NeGP-Agriculture was organised. There Cabinet Secretary were provided. State to Level workshop for Portal InvestPunjab of Presentation erimn, nie oneln fr ITI, for Counselling Online recruitment, n ujb Itgae Slto fr PPSC for Solution Integrated Punjab, In news dailies. Intelligence agencies and was covered by various by covered was and agencies Intelligence National Prisons Information Portal was set up for 220 ibreet f l Ae Wdw n Disability and Widow the Age, Old in of disbursement onwards 2010-11 FY from Department sitn te taahn Sca Welfare Social Uttarakhand the assisting pension Application Security of NIC Social Uttarakhand at had Web-based been Integrated - eSPAN implemented in the entire state. conclave & the eDistrict project is being being is project eDistrict the & conclave CII UP the during community business the from applause spread wide received computerisation a luce b te omril tax Commercial the by launched was System Pension Samajwadi The Pradesh, Uttar In editing tool had been developed for Data the user. Web requirements. their per as application hi dt oe te aea ad creating and basemap the over data their superimpose and NICNet via environment secure the to access agencies. providing Users were able to access was the basemap in UMD Division. Mapping Utility from step first its got Governance ne Uiiy apn Srie, mr city Smart Services, Mapping Utility Under and application approval. Toilet Hold House Individual monitoring of daily sanitation activities and and activities sanitation daily of monitoring ward level data for existing & planned Infratructure, Mission Online was launched facilitating upload of ne Ubn Development Urban Under for rollout. ready made was were software e-District cards and digitized ration Lacs 9(Nine) - ePDS far. so hospitals 42+ totaling states different in hospitals In Tripura,e-Hospital was replicated in 12(twelve) Ministry. f rvl Tae soitos n Ofcas of Officials and Associations Trade & Travel of was launched by Secretary Tourism in the presence was Tourist launched for by Secretary Tourism. Travel Apps Trade portal Mobile Tourism, Under inaugurated. ors VS o Arvl VS ih al centre call with IVRS Arrival on VISA Tourist ne Tlmtc Dvlpet Promotion Development Telematics Under coordination across departments. data enabled software sishu Mahila country. the in Hyderabad,is thefastest implemented atGHMC eOffice schemes. government of plan effective for state enabled data sharing across the departments , wch Bharat Swachh , Pensions among more than 5.25 Lakhs Chattisgarh, E panchayat suite implementation was beneficiaries as on date. awarded II prize at national level.

Under Video Conferencing (VC) Services, Honble Dial.gov has been awarded as "The Best In-House President addressed numerous students of Innovation Project" by elets CloudGov 2014. Centrally Funded Institutions twice an year. Honble Dial.gov project has received SKOCH-Order of PM interacted with various school children on Merit in Digital India 2.0, at 37th SKOCH Summit occasion of Teacher's day. 2014.

For Web based Admission counselling project, CCBS won Skotch order of Merit and CSI three major institutions/State have adopted NIC e- eGovernance Award. Admission solution in the current year namely; Indian Institute of Technology, Bihar State eTaal won eIndia award 2014 Counselling Board and Cochin University of National Informatics Centre Science and Technology. NICe-Secure based solutions, developed by GISTNIC won Smart City 2014 Award. Mahila- Pe-Bhuchitra, GRIPS, e-Nathikaran, OSCAR, e- Shishu, another citizen centric solution won Smart Procurement, TrackChild, Kanyashree, e- City 2015 Award Counselling and Tourism portal created significant of impact in e-Governance and Citizen Service GePNIC Bagged two eIndia 2014 awards under delivery in West Bengal. best implementation category for Government of Kerala and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited. Under Women and Child Development, missing children and child adoption portals were set up. In Gujarat FDCA: IDC Insight Award 2014 in Government Category. XGN received Manthan Under Youth Affairs and Sports, "Government Award 2014 and XLN received Skoch Order of Sports Infrastructure Online Booking System" was Merit. MH-XIDMIN received Skoch Award of launched. Excellence. AWARDS In Haryana, e-Mausam, AMS-HARIS, e-Dashboard NIC has always emphasised on development of for Poll Management in Elections and Jansahayak quality applications which have been selected for received Skoch Order of Merit Award 2014. awards and appreciation, in the area of e- Tourism Web Portal, received Todays Traveller Governance, by several prestigious national and Award-2014 for IT. Drug Inventory & SCM System international organisations. As in previous years, and e-Mausam received eINDIA-2014 awards. during 2014-15 also; a number of NIC projects Himachal Pradesh bagged Manthan 2014 Winner implemented at National, State, District and Taluka award for JailVaarta Project which enables levels have been awarded for their contribution to relatives of prisoners to interact with them through e-Governance. Some of the important awards are VC. It also received the HP State Civil Services Day listed below: 2014 award for ERMS. Six projects have been Under Accounts Informatics, Government awarded Skoch Order of Merit 2014. ePayment Systems (COMPACT and GePG) won the In Jammu and Kashmir, Paryaas, an online eLets CloudGov 2014 award in the category "Best grievance redressal system developed by the NIC Cloud Usage for Business Efficiency" and also Kathua received the SKOTCH Order of Merit award eLets Financial Inclusion and Payment System 2014. 2014 under the category "Online Payment Solution". Idukki was awarded Kerala State award for Best e- governance district, Palakkad for the second best. In Bihar, Force Deployment Application Software Kannaur district was awarded CSI Nihilent Award received CSI-Nihilent Award for year 2013-14. In

221 National Informatics Centre Award 2014. application has been awarded Skoch Order of Merit 2014 gold award for ITI eCounseling-2014. BBMS been awarded has Skoch Order of Application Merit Award 2014. meal Skoch- Day Mid Punjab, In by eIndia. application received an eGovernance award issued In Puducherry, the PDS supply chain management Governance for e-FMS in MGNREGS. in practices Innovative and Excellence for Award Ministers Chief e-Sakhyam, to Award Manthan VIDYARTHI, Document Management System, System, Management Document EDSoft, e-Nijukti, VIDYARTHI, , e-Pothi to award inclusion In Orissa, e-World Award to e-Nijukti, Skoch digital Conference. e-Governance National 17th during Governance ISA wn od ainl wr o e- on Award National Gold won NIKSHAY Motor Vehicle and e-Payment of Taxes. East Award 2014 for Dealer Point Registration of Registration Point Dealer for 2014 Award East e-North 2014. Awards Commission eINDIA received Service (MPSC) Public Meghalaya Dept. Taxation of form e-Application and Registration viz. e-CST, e-Dealer Profile, e-Dealer Point Point e-Dealer Profile, e-Dealer e-CST, viz. In Meghalaya, SKOCH Award 2014 for four projects software of NIC Akola. o eoenne rm uig Virtualization using frame eGovernance for Skoch and South Asia and Asia Pacific award 2014 Information System of NIC Kolhapur, Maharashtra. E-Governance award for 2014 the Collector Office Gov Award for Sustainability. Disabled, Education Portal received CSI Nihilent e- National Award for Best State for the Welfare of the n aha rds, PRH otl received Portal SPARSH Pradesh, Madhya In MPEDA developed by NIC Lakshadweep. was given to the project Online PHT System for System PHT Online project the to given was excellence for award e-Governace CSI-Nihilent Project sustenance category eIndia award. for e-governance initiatives Realcraft was awarded ***** 222 Skoch Order of merit 2014 Award. received MIS ISGPP 2014. Award e-Gov Manthan Nihilent e-Gov Award, Kanyashree received received Kanyashree Award, e-Gov Nihilent CSI & 2014 Award Platinum Governance Smart Skoch received e-Abgari award, Appreciation Gov e- CSI-Nihilent received IMPACT Bengal, West In Skoch 37th the Summit during 2014. Merit of Order Skoch received Uttarakhand Security NIC of application Social pension Web-based Integrated eSPAN Pradesh. coasi Mngmn Sse i Utr Uttar in System Management Scholarship ASO Sca Invto Hnus for Honours Innovation Social NASSCOM held on the 7th Award Nov East 2014 at e-North Aizawl (Mizoram). the in category governance e- the in winner the awarded was Registration Under the Transport Project, Dealer Point Point Dealer Project, Transport the Under Sishu. India Award for e-PDS, Manthan Awards for Mahila Telangana received Skoch award 2014 for ePDS, e- Category for Mobile Platform Services. Award under the Innovation in Governance Governance in Innovation the under Award 2014 eINDIA the bagged State Nadu Tamil NIC got PSU Awards 2014. Project Department Agriculture eParwana- noain wr, oenet f India. of Government Award, Innovation eThibak, Department, Esbtr- IGR Project got Nasscom Foundation Social Agriculture Analysis, & Recording Rainfall eRecords, eMutation, eMojani, Application, Manyata Sanch for Awards SKOCH 7 received Pune Unit, Development Software The to RTE Online Portal of NIC Rajasthan. Category. CSI e-Governance award was also given Education under project ERP best for Award India RTE Online Portal of NIC Rajasthan received 10th e- Inclusion and Payment Systems FIPS Award 2014. Financial awarded been has PayManager System Payment & Preparation Bill Online Rajasthan, In Promotional Matters

Citizen's / Client's Charter Innovation/R&D Infrastructure in emerging areas of ICT&E In accordance with relevant guidelines, the • e-Learning: Providing support for Promotional Matters Department prepared a Sevottam compliant development of e-Skills and Knowledge Client's/Citizen's Charter and Grievance Redressal network Mechanism in February 2011. The Charter has nine sections and is hosted in DeitY's website:- • e-Security: Securing India's cyber space www.mit.gov.in. The nine sections of the Charter • e-Inclusion: Promoting the use of ICT for are as under:- more inclusive growth • Internet Governance: Enhancing India's 1) Vision role in Global Platforms of Internet e-Development of India as the engine for Governance. transition into a developed nation and an empowered society. 4) Service Standards The Department has identified 22 services 2) Mission with relevant Service Standards whose details To promote e-Governance for empowering are available on the website of the Department. citizens, promoting the inclusive and sustainable growth of the Electronics, IT & 5) Public Grievances Redressal Mechanism ITeS industries, enhancing India’s role in In the Client's/Citizen's Charter, an officer of Internet Governance, adopting a multipronged Joint Secretary level has been identified as approach that includes development of human Nodal Officer for Grievance Redressal and the resources, promoting R&D and innovation, Grievance Redressal process has also been enhancing efficiency through digital services stipulated. and ensuring a secure cyber space. As a part of implementing Public Grievances 3) Objectives Redressal System, the Department has set up Public Grievances (PG) Cell for Grievance matters. • e-Government: Providing e-infrastructure The Centralized Public Grievances Redressal for delivery of e-services System (CPGRAMS) is in operation in the • e-Industry: Promotion of electronics Department. A link of Public Grievances Portal hardware manufacturing and IT-ITeS (PGPORTAL) has been provided on the website of industry the Department. The portal also facilitates • e-Innovation/R&D: Enabling creation of

223 Promotional Matters )Responsibility Centres 7) )Stakeholders/Clients 6) given below: as is 31.12.2014 till Cell RTI/PG by physically as well as online received grievances of number The iwn te nie urn sau o the of status current online the Viewing • Lodging online reminders • Lodging online grievances • access, offers the following facilities to citizens:- faster a providing besides system, The geographical location. any from citizens the by Internet eevn te reacs ogd nie through online lodged grievances the receiving hscly3 32(86.48%) 2119(96.18%) 37 2203 redressed Physically received Online No.ofGrievances Grievance No.ofGrievances Source of listed as below:- its stakeholders/clients. They are as under:- grievance tnadzto, etn ad Quality and Testing Standardization, • National Informatics Centre (NIC) • In the Charter, the Responsibility Centres are Centres Responsibility the Charter, the In Citizens of India. • Common Business Organizations (CBOs) • Industry/Industry Associations relating to • ocre Universities/Academic Concerned • • State Governments/Union Territories, Territories, Governments/Union State • Government of Departments / Ministries • the of Offices Attached - STQC and NIC • Autonomous Societies / Companies of the • In the Charter, the Department has identified has Department the Charter, the In Certification (STQC) IT, ITeS & Electronics Institutions, R&D Institutions/Labs PSUs of India Department Department 224 8) Indicative Expectations from Service Service from Expectations Indicative 8) and they are as under:- identified been also have Recipients Service Recipients Submission of complete Security Incident • pointed deficiencies to response Timely • Submission of complete applications. • umsin f opee & grant R&D complete of Submission • • Submission of Electronic copy of project of copy Electronic of Submission • iey umsin f Utilisation of submission Timely • umsin f opee ai Detailed valid complete of Submission • n h Catr idctv Epcain from Expectations indicative Charter, the In nin optr mrec Response Emergency Computer Indian • • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Circuits Integrated Semiconductor • Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT) • Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) • • Electronics and Computer Software Software Computer and Electronics • Education and Research Network (ERNET) • ete o Mtras o Electronics for Materials for Centre • • National Institute of Electronics and and Electronics of Institute National • otae ehooy ak o India of Parks Technology Software • Advanced of Development for Centre • Society for Applied Microwave Electronics • revised proposals. including format, prescribed in proposals Reporting form. out in application forms. document for Mission Mode Projects. Certficates (UCs) in prescribed format. requests. rjc Rpr (DPR)/proposals/ Report Project Team (ICERT) Layout-Design Registry (SICLDR) Export Promotion Council (ESC) India Technology (C-MET) (formerly DOEACC) Information Technology (NIELIT) (NIELIT) Technology Information (STPI) Computing (C-DAC), Pune Engineering & Research (SAMEER) • Implementation of the projects by all the • aligning foreign collaboration activities in concerned Clients (PIs/ Stakeholders etc.) India's 'Digital India program' and 'Make in as per the norms & as applicable. India' initiatives of the Government of India.

9) Month and year for next review of Charter • creating a conducive environment for international cooperation to help industries to The next Charter review date is fixed for July, cooperate with the industries of other 2015. countries RTI Matters • fostering, encouraging and promoting research and development in the application of The Department and its Attached / Subordinate information technology related facilities. Offices/Societies are separate Public Authorities in terms of Section 2(h) of RTI Act, 2005. They have uinitiating joint projects like IT institutes, their own websites and each of these Public software parks, programmes for joint Authorities has its own Central Public Information R&D and facilitating IT Advisers etc. Officers (CPIOs)/ Appellate Authorities (AAs). For • showcasing India's ICT strength to the globe Promotional Matters any information relating to these Authorities, by organizing, sponsoring and participating in applications need to be submitted to the concerned trade fairs, symposiums, exhibitions CPIOs of these organizations as per provisions of qA Joint Declaration of Intent for cooperation in RTI Act, 2005. There is an RTI Cell in the the field of Information & Communications Department, which is receiving point for RTI Technology and Electronics (ICTE) was signed applications and also deals with coordination of between the Ministry of Communications and matters relating to RTI. All Public Authorities have IT of the Government of India and the also hosted relevant inputs / documents on their Department of State of the Government of the respective websites, as required under Section 4 of United States of America. The Joint the RTI Act. The relevant contents are reviewed and Declaration aims to develop and strengthen updated periodically by the concerned Public industrial, technological, research & Authorities. innovation and economic cooperation between India and U.S. in the ICTE sector, International Cooperation explore opportunities for collaboration in With the Government's new outlook on foreign India's ambitious Digital India programme, relations and ambitious National Digital Electronics Manufacturing and Human initiatives, the International Cooperation (IC) Resource Development in ICTE sector through cooperation among private and public entities Division of Department of Electronics and of both the countries in a focused manner Information Technology has been synergized to under the umbrella of the ongoing India-U.S. promote international cooperation in the emerging ICT Dialogue. In The ICT Working Group and frontier areas of information technology under Meeting between India and U.S. held during bilateral and regional framework of cooperation. IC January 14-15, 2015 in Washington, D.C., it Division continuing interaction with countries, was agreed to continue to explore the international bodies, academia, institutions for opportunities for collaboration on forging partnerships for mutual progress, also implementing India's ambitious Digital India provides an opportunity for sharing of knowledge initiative with the goal of enhancing digital and experience. infrastructure, deploying e-governance, e- The IC Division has been involved in the following services, expanding the diffusion and use of tasks: ICT as a tool to expand economic

225 Promotional Matters q Smart City projects. aiu eegn iiitvs nldn China including initiatives in emerging various participating proposed also companies by the Chinese Government . The Indian IT Indian The . Government Chinese the by exports through a single point Help Desk increase to be created to companies ICT Indian pn o rae faeok o facilitating for framework a create to upon agreed was It sides. the both by highlighted were sector ICTE in India of achievements and initiatives various wherein Delhi New in Joint Working Group Meeting on ICT was held India-China, the of Session 1 The depth. in o u idsr t udrtn te Special the regulatory issues and market understand potential in SOEs to industry our to opportunity an provide to (SoEs) Enterprises Owned State Chinese of Meeting Roundtable and requirement Licensing and Certification participated in Regulatory Workshop on on Workshop Regulatory in participated and organized also side Indian The CHINA. SOFT and (CIFTIS) Service in Trade for Fair to China, DeitY participated in the International IT-ITES Sector. To further the IT-ITES exports MoU istopromotefurthertradewithChinain ek f ac, 04 Te betv o the of objective The 2014. March, of week 2 the in Beijing in Dialogueheld Economic nutyadI,Ciadrn h Strategic 3 China duringthe Industry andIT, Ifrain ehooy n Mnsr of Ministry and Technology Information & Communications of Ministry between signed exports to China and in this regard a MoU was UIDAI participated in the workshop. & CERT), DOT, MHA,DSCI, CERT, BIS, STQC, BIS, CERT, MHA,DSCI, DOT, CERT), & Government/agencies like DeitY (e-Gov, IPHW Maryland. Members from different different from Members Maryland. 2nd week of September 2014 in Gaithersburg, rwh NS ognzd Wrso on during ICT' on India with Trade in 'Standards Workshop a organized NIST economic growth. for platform a as Internet the of borders, and foster the global and open nature sector and facilitate the flow ICT of data across the the in innovation promote that policies of importance the on reached was agreement and empower citizens. Besides, broad broad Besides, citizens. empower and jobs, productivity, create opportunities, boost There has been a focus to further our IT & ITES st rd nd 226 q q q q 04 n SF CIA 04 n May-June in 2014 CHINA SOFT and 2014 CIFTIS 2014, Hannover CeBit including fairs of number a in participated Industry representatives ICT Indian with DeitY regard this In geographies. to other shift focus sector to the year to motivate and facilitate IT & ITES & IT facilitate and motivate to year the innovation. and investment and e-Commerce sectors, eeomnctos Itre industry Internet & Telecommunications ee oe n eeomns in developments on done were discussions meeting, the During Delhi. New SoftBank in DeitY was held in October, 2014 in Msayoshi Son, CEO, Chairman and Founder of solutions and facilitation of private sector. xet, eeomn o plt r demo or pilot of development and experts, officials public of exchange practices, best of exchange programmes, training and Building Capacity of means by countries the both of benefit mutual the to M-Governance the MoU is in furtherance of e-Governance and aaeet n azna a sge on signed August 28, 2014 in was New Delhi. The objective Tanzania of on Management President's Office, Public Service Service Public Office, President's been also has finalized. plan work based timeline a context this In India. in investment more greater create and awareness of business opportunities to attract interact can industry ICTE Canadian and India where collaboration issues, investment, innovation and R&D R&D and innovation investment, issues, mobility including cooperation B2B covered of Member States. The JWG clusters meeting with Canada innovation among cooperation promotion with EU focus was also made on made also was focus EU with promotion business and R&D than effective Other of cooperation. areas identified these further JWGs reviewed, being activities ongoing addition tothe ICT domainwereorganized.In in Canada and (EU) Union European between A number of initiatives have been taken during iitra ee iaea etn ihM. Mr. with meeting bilateral level ministerial A A MoU between DeitY and e-Gov Agency under on Wrig rus JG meetings (JWG) Groups Working Joint 2014, 1st Israel Innovation Conference-MIXiii about technology trends in electronics and ICT 2014 during the third week of May 2014 in Tel sector. The information related to events, Aviv and a sideline Conference on 19th May supported by DeitY through Grants-in-aid, has 2014 at Tel Aviv University organized by the been listed on DeitY's website. Indian Embassy, India USA Technology During the year, twenty three proposals from Summit 2014 in Greater Noida and World various organizations like R&D institutions and Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) academia from all over the country were approved 2014 in Mexico. under the scheme. Through these events the latest During the year the following international projects information/trends in high tech areas like Health have been initiated/completed: Tech Innovations and Advances on MRI Technology, Smart Materials, Structures and • Setting up of a Sustainable IT Infrastructure for Systems, Ferroelectronics and Dielectronics IT Training in CLMV/ ASEAN materials, Electronic Design, Computer Networks • Up-gradation of India-Uzbekistan Jawaharlal & Computer Aided Verification, Advances in Nehru Centre for Information Technology. Computation, Modeling and Control of Transitional Promotional Matters • Setting up a Centre of Excellence in IT at and Turbulent Flows, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Eurasian National University, Astana, Telemedicine on Revolutionizing Indian Kazakhstan Telemedicine, Recent Trends in Information Optics • South Asia Sub-regional Economic & Quantum Optics, Current Development in Cooperation Information Highway (IH) Project Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Nano Physics with (SASEC) Applications, Plasma and Nanotechnology and 29th • Setting up of Telemedicine Network in Armenia National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology, Emerging Electronics, Bioinformatics • Central Asia E- network to connect Research in India, Cloud, Big Data & Trust, image & Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Video Processing, Advancements in Polymeric Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. Materials, Polymer Science & Technology, • Setting up of Digital Libraries in Bhutan and Emerging Materials : Characterization & Nepal Applications, Perception & Machine Intelligence etc. were shared by the experts. The papers were Support to Conferences/Seminars also presented about the latest work being carried DeitY provides financial support for organizing out in the related areas by International/ National conferences/seminars/ workshops/ symposia, experts. etc. at regional/national/ international level to R&D Office Automation institutes, IITs, NITs, Central/State Govt. Software/Database services Universities, IIITs, Scientific Societies/Bodies of • Comprehensive DDO system was Govt. Departments, registered professional bodies implemented to bring DeitY on-board for and industry associations related to ICT Sector, Bhavishya application software. R&D organizations and NGOs registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 to provide a • Value additions were done to Financial platform for bringing together experts from Accounting System (FACTS), Security industry/academia/R&D and other user Management System, Personnel Information community to discuss and share their expertise System (PIS), eOffice modules and Utilisation Certificate Monitoring System.

227 Promotional Matters Information & Documentation Centre (Library) VC Facility Network Support Service Website n aiu sbet icuig Electronics, including subjects various on The I&DCpossessesapproximately 30,000books undertake projects in the Department. retired officials of the Department and trainees who the Network). Further, of services are also provided to the officials the Library (Developing DELNET through Department to facility loan –Library &DC also provides various other services like inter I etc. books Journals, returns of & manage issue to System Management Library based RFID uses It etc. journals books, latest of inventory an with (I&DC), Centre Documentation and Information This Department has a well planned Library viz Library planned well a has Department This sessions during the year for the department. VC 600 around conduct to provided was Support ahr ae bomti atnac system attendance bio-metric based Aadhar • etal amnsee W-i ces was access Wi-Fi administered Centrally • • Network security auditing got done & & done got auditing security Network • nent ad it ws prdd o 1GB. to upgraded was width band Internet • • The website was restructured & revamped to revamped & restructured was website The • oriae wt vros iiin and divisions various with Coordinated • DeitY of to implement the offices same. attached & societies to provided was implemented successfully. Support Support successfully. implemented was provided to 500 dept. users. implemented. opine eomnain were recommendations compliance upgraded accordingly. Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) H/W was H/W (IPS) System Prevention Intrusion maintained and upgraded on daily basis. was site The integration. media social include website support etc. network, database, as such activities various oite o DiY o rvd spot for support provide to DeitY of societies 228 Committee on Information Technology (DRPSC on Standing Parliamentary Related Department The Surveillance Laws and India's Mechanisms etc. on Report and Programme India Digital Medium Sized and IT companies, Employment through Small to Encouragement Items, Electronic other and Mobile for Standards Name, Domain Internationalized Network, Knowledge National Parliament Matters akn icdns f oenet Websites, Government of incidents Electronics, Hacking on Policy National Professionals, rmto o I i NR Mgain f IT of Migration NER, in IT of Promotion Privacy, and Protection Data Level, root Grass at E-Governance Media, Social on Accounts Fake Things, of Internet Internet, on Languages Indian of Translation 2000, Act, IT of Amendment India, in Security Cyber Polices, Related Internet Plan, e-Governance National Technology, Information oiy n lcrns Ntoa Plc on Policy National Electroncs, on Policy National Project, India Digital Hub, Manufacturing cons n oil ei, Electronic Media, Social on Accounts auatrn, iue f oil ei, Fake Media, Social of Misuse Manufacturing, nent Frin netet n Electronics in Investment Foreign Internet, P' i Sal on, ilto o Piay on Privacy of Violation Towns, Small in BPO's were handled, like Super Computers, Cyber Crime, During the year, a number of Parliament Questions Consortium. Library MCIT through users its to Standards ISO various e-resources i.e. IEL ACM digital library and to access of online provides Department The Posts. Department and C-DOT DOT, India, ERNET CCA STPI, Dte, STQC C-MET, SAMEER, NIELIT, from the National Informatics users Centre (NIC), C-DAC, Information the comprises & which Technology(MCIT), Communications of Ministry Consortium, Library the viz initiative Ministerial h Dprmn i seredn a Intra- an spearheading is Department The 24x7) is also (Books available to service the authorized e-books users. Currently, annum. per an on Procures average 100 books and approximately 60 Journals I&DC literature. English and Computer, IT, Computer Languages, Fiction, Hindi IT) discussed and considered the Demands for The proposal of reconstitution of Hindi Advisory Grants 2014-15 of the Department of Electronics Committee has been sent to the Department of and Information Technology and laid its 52nd Official Language and the last meeting of this Report on the Table of the Lok Sabha on Committee was organized on 21st March, 2013. 3rd 12.02.2014. issue of 'Spandan' the departmental Hindi magazine was released. To promote the use of The Standing Committee on Information Hindi in official work, a Monthly Incentive Scheme Technology selected the following subjects for has also been started in addition to Annual discussion during the year 2013-2014. Incentive Scheme for Noting & Drafting in Hindi. • Progress and Implementation of National e- Hindi pakhwada was organized by the department Governance during September 2014. In order to enhance the • Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Right to use of official language Hindi in government work, Privacy many competitions were held and winners were awarded. Besides this, organization of some other

The Annual Reports 2013-14 and Audited Accounts Promotional Matters competitions related to Hindi has also been of all Societies, under the Administrative Control of proposed. the Department of Electronics and Information Technology were laid on the Table of both the In order to implement the official language policy Houses of Parliament during the Winter Session, and promote usage of Hindi in government work, 2014 of Parliament. an official inspection pertaining to official language implementation was done in four offices under Use of Hindi in Government Work and Expected administrative control of Deity i.e. NIELIT, New Technological Development Delhi; STPI, New Delhi; C-DAC, Mumbai and In order to review the progressive use of Hindi in SAMEER, Mumbai. official work and the implementation of Official During the period under review various important Language Policy of Government of India, departmental documents like annual report, Parliamentary Committee on Official Language did performance budget, outcome budget, various inspections during the period under review at STPI cabinet note, notes for Parliamentary Standing Nasik, ETDC Goa, which are under administrative Committee, parliamentary questions, Demand for control of Deity. Concerned organizations are Grants, follow up action reports, monthly report for working according to the suggestions given by the cabinet were translated from English to Hindi. Committee.

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229 Appendix I Notes:

13 12 11 10 8 7 9 6 5 4 3 2 1

S. No.

i)* (iv) (iii) i)@ (ii) i Sources (i)

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production

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67800 13610 31000 14970 15160 29000 6980

Refrigerator, 2,7,8,10-ELCINA;

of

Communication

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2010-11 347310 268610 128870 21800 35400 14970 17000 32000 78700 7700

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3-GARTNER;

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24800 40500 16500 18700 34300 91766 8500

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Air 803822530 681063

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516891 104700 412191 164172

26645 46000 25800 40447

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(` Crore)

S.No Verticals / Item 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 *

1 Consumer Electronics 3000 1400 1227 1600

2 Industrial Electronics 3500 4500 5600 5900

3 Computer Hardware 1900 1300 2100 2400

Communication & Broadcast 4 7800 14800 18200 20900 Equipments

5 Electronic Components 9700 18400 15500 13200

Sub-Total 25900 40400 42627 44000 46704 36692

6 Computer Software 237000 268610 332769 412191 527292 612144

Total 262900 309010 375396 456191 573996 648836

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231 Appendix III against DeitY to Department of Commerce vide IFD's OM No.3(20)/ # PAC Para (Audit) dt.21.01.2015. The comments are awaited. Para No.4.2 of Report No.17 of 2014 - ATN has been sent to O/o ATN on C&AG paras pending with O/o DGA, P&T: DeitY to Department of Commerce vide IFD's OM No.3(20)/13-Budge Para No. 2.1- 2.35 of Report No.8 of 2013 - C&AGI has been requ ATN on C&AG paras pending with C&AGI: .No.5.2.6.5- Irregular payment of Conveyance charges and Local 8. .No.5.2.6.3-Unauthorized expenditure of Rs.88.02 lakh- STPI- P 7. .No.5.2.6.2-Inadmissible payment of Transport Allowance pendin 6. .No.5.2.6.1-Inadequate monitoring resulting in non-recovery of 5. No.5.2.6- Outstanding Advances -Settled 4. .No.5.2.5.4-Non-constitution of Staff Inspection Unit– Pending 3. .No.5.2.5.2- Non abolition of vacant posts -Settled 2. No.5.2.3– Internal Audit - Settled. 1. settled and 2 sub-paras are pending with DeitY: Para No.2.1 of Report No.12 of 2006: There were 8 sub-paras as *ATN on C&AG Para pending with DeitY: II I

PAC Para No. 2.1- 2.35 of Report No.8 of 2013 C&AGI has been r has been 2013 C&AGI No.8 of of Report 2.1- 2.35 Para No. PAC Sumary -

11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. No. Sl. 12.

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the detailed below. Out of which 6 sub-paras have been DGA, P&T for vetting vide OM No.3(17)/14-Budget ested to drop and transfer the paras shown against 13-Budget (Audit) dt.08.01.2015. with DeitY

Rs.76.31 crore- Loans Statement -Settled erformance Incentives – Settled Travelling Allowances-Settled t (Audit) dated 08.01.2015

equested to drop and transfer the paras shown transfer the drop and equested to Annual g with DeitY

the Ministry the Ministry resubmission by their Audit isawaiting onsand observati but returnedwith No. ofATNs sent - in

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Reports: Financial Appendix III to PAC by theMinistry been submitted but havenot audit vetted by been finally which have No. ofATNs

Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Appendix IV Department of Electronics and Information Technology Annual Plan 2015-16

Sl. Scheme/Programme Budgetary Support No. 1 National Informatics Centre (NIC) 700.00 2 Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Programme 100.00 3 Digita l India Programme 1586.80 Digital India Programme and Manpower Development 714.80 Electronic Governance 450.00 Technology Development Council Projects 30.00

Micro-Electronics and Nano-Tech Programme 35.00

Convergence, Comm. & Strategic Electronics 15.00

R&D Medical Electronics & Health Informatics 6.00 Appendix

Cyber Security (including CERT-In, IT Act) 85.00

Promotion of IT & ITeS Industries/Electronics & IT Hardware Manufacturing 74.00

IV Technology Development for Indian Language 20.00 National Knowledge Network 150.00

Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) 7.00 4 C-DAC & Other Autonomous Societies/Bodies 123.20 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) 75.00 Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) 20.00 Electronics Materials Development Council (EMDC) 10.00 Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) 10.00 Educational Research Network (ERNET) 0.10 NIELIT (erstwhile DOEACC) 8.00 Media Lab Asia 0.10

5 Secretariat - Economic Services (DeitY) 58.00 GRAND TOTAL 2568.00

233 e-Government: 1 .o betv egtAto ucs niao ntWih xeln V Excellent Weight Unit SuccessIndicator Action Weight Objective S.No. delivery e-infrastructure

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which Central/State Departments Mobile Delivery of Operationalisation Cloud Transactions Capturing measure of citizens

space more transacting

Phase e-services Network Datasets Additional Data.Gov No. Schemes enhanced added infrastructure No. institutions connected

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of of of e-District

Launched

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than

Service %

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of 1 under additional additional

UTs

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of

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piePretg . 99. 59 09.9102.7 100 99.69 80 90 95 97.6 99 2.7 Percentage Uptime delivery

for of of

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as large to using to

to

be

a NKN

be

Number States ubr211 31 0 0 5 8 9 11 13 15 2.1 Number ubr25 0 8 6 4 2 9 82.47 98 196 120 140 160 180 200 2.52 Number

2.5243210 802.02 2 . 52 11 72 51.99 95 24 17 19 21 23 25 2.1 ubr25 0 08 06 0 0 2.52 100 705 60 70 80 90 100 2.52 Number ae213/121 50/040/321 50/043/321 04/02/ 31/03/2014 15/03/2014 01/03/2014 15/02/2014 31/01/2014 2.1 Date Numbers Crores month ubr185 54 53 5101.8 100 55 30 35 40 45 50 1.8 Number Number1.865432 8.751001.8 ubr27201010101028102.7 100 238 140 150 160 180 200 2.7 Number

of

per 234

in

0%9%8%7%6%Achievement 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

. 81 41 01 51.99 95 17 10 12 14 16 18 2.1 .21 11 12 0 2.52 100 21.27 8 9 10 11 12 2.52 r odGo arPoor Fair Good ery Good agt/Ciei au Performance Target /CriteriaValue Appendix V Submitted) cr Score Score a Weighted Raw 049.32.04 97.33 2014 Target / Criteria Value Performance

S.No. Objective Weight Action Success Indicator Unit Weight Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor Raw Weighted Score Score 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Achievement 2 e-Industry: Promotion of 20 Setting up Submission of final Date 2 15/06/2013 30/06/2013 15/07/2013 31/07/2013 15/08/2013 15/07/2013 80 1.6 electronics hardware Semiconductor Cabinet note, after manufacturing and IT- Wafer Fabs inter-ministerial ITeS industry consultations, for obtaining decision of the Cabinet on the recommendation of EC for setting up of two semiconductor wafer fabs in the country To attract Amount of Rs.(crore) 3 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 75000 100 3 investment Investment proposals in attracted in Rupees ESDM sector (crore)

To take further To take action for Number 2.4 10 8 6 4 2 35 100 2.4 action for notifying Brownfield implementation of clusters. Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) Scheme To accord in- Number 243210 7 1002 principle approval to Greenfield Appendi clusters. Mandating & Implementation of Date 2.6 03/10/2013 03/12/2013 03/02/2014 03/03/2014 31/03/2014 03/07/2013 100 2.6 regulating “Electronics and Standards for Information electronics goods Technology Goods x

(Requirements for V Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012” To formulate a Approval of the Date 4 30/08/2013 30/09/2013 30/10/2013 15/11/2013 15/12/2013 N/A N/A Integrated Cabinet Note Performance and Skill Enhancement Incentive Scheme for STP Units.

Special Approval of the Date 4 30/08/2013 30/09/2013 30/10/2013 15/11/2013 15/12/2013 N/A N/A Promototional schemes by the Scheme for IT- competent authority ITES MSMEs.

3 e-Innovation / R&D: 13 Initiation of new Projects initiated in Number 3.9 37 33 29 26 22 54 100 3.9 Implementation of R&D R&D Projects Electronics, IT, Framework - Enabling Communication & creation of Innovation/ Broadband R&D Infrastructure in technology emerging areas of ICT&E/Establishment of mechanism for R&D translation

Promote creation Number of IPRs Number 3.25 20 18 16 14 12 19 95 3.09 of Intellectual created, Property (IP) predominantly Patents Create / Upgrade Establishment / Number 2.6 2 1 0 0 0 2 100 2.6 Technical Initiation of Infrastructure Technical Infrastructure R&D Translation Tangible outputs Number 2.6 6 5 4 3 2 6 100 2.6 namely in terms of - Proof of

235 .o betv egtAto ucs niao ntWih xeln V Excellent Weight Unit SuccessIndicator Action Weight Objective S.No. e-Learning: 4

e-Security: 5 Appendix V of support Knowledge

e-Skills India’s

for

cyber and

network development Providing

Securing

space

setting Languages Plug-in systems Te Development Indian applications Governance Scheme Localization Efforts Promotional xt R&D Initiation area Cyber Appraise 9

to learning projects approval Technology Language Cyber campaigns Public Trainings cyber systems the enhancement cyber Enabling 9

Languages

for Speech in Projects

organisations posture the Electronics improvement (ITES) Enabled (ESDM) and System of Research a A Academies

for

Security as ability

thrust

4 Scheme Electronic

attacks space of

Web

security security Indian

awareness of Manufacturing in

of

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for new

& to

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and up

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of to in Services and obtain

on & resist

new

and in

IT

to

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in systems Text Alpha Development Completion have Applications E-Governance Languages Plug-in

&

areas

IT/IT

give

campaigns Awareness programs/ Cyber Projects of ICT and

to R&D mechanism institutional Establishing etc. Technology Transfer Deployment demonstration development concept/Prototype on Approved Initiation learning Technology been

Number assurance compliance practices security enabled organisations security Number overseas international/ participated national conducted Number

version

Speech

in

of Obtaining of Obtaining Language

Security as

4 translation.

localized the the

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Web of Indian

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ubr13 51 0981 0 1.35 100 15 8 9 10 12 15 1.35 Number ae13 10/041/221 80/041/321 10/0431/10 31/03/2014 15/03/2014 28/02/2014 15/02/2014 31/01/2014 1.35 Date ubr36432105103.6 100 5 0 1 2 3 4 3.6 Number

e-

ubr182 81 41 6101.8 100 26 12 14 16 18 20 1.8 Number ubr181 09871 0 1.8 100 11 7 8 9 10 11 1.8 Number

ae06 11/033/121 50/042/221 10/0431/10 31/03/2014 28/02/2014 15/02/2014 31/01/2014 31/12/2013 0.65 Date ubr181 0101.8 100 10 6 7 8 9 10 1.8 Number ubr183213101.8 100 3 1 2 3 1.8 Number

ae13 10/041/221 80/041/321 10/0428/02 31/03/2014 14/03/2014 28/02/2014 15/02/2014 31/01/2014 1.35 Date ae13 10/041/221 80/041/321 10/04NAN/ N/A 31/03/2014 14/03/2014 28/02/2014 14/02/2014 31/01/2014 1.35 Date 236 0%9%8%7%6%Achievement 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% r odGo arPoor Fair Good ery Good agt/Ciei au Performance Target /CriteriaValue 21 0 1.35 100 /2013 cr Score Score a Weighted Raw 21 0 0.65 100 /2013 21 01.08 80 /2014 A Target / Criteria Value Performance

S.No. Objective Weight Action Success Indicator Unit Weight Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor Raw Weighted Score Score 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Achievement Security incident Average time taken Hours 1.8 4 5 6 7 8 4 100 1.8 response to register, initiate action and provide initial response to a reported security incident

6 e-Inclusion: Promoting 4 Initiation of New Initiation of 4 New Number 143210 2 800.8 the use of ICT for more ICT Projects for ICT Projects inclusive growth Gender benefiting Women empowerment

Initiation of New Initiation of 4 New Number 143210 2 800.8 ICT Projects for ICT Projects development of benefiting SCs SCs under Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) Initiation of New Initiation of 4 New Number 143210 1 700.7 ICT Projects for ICT Projects development of benefiting STs STs under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)

Scheme for IT Launch of IT Mass Date 1 31/01/2014 14/02/2014 28/02/2014 14/03/2014 31/03/2014 04/03/2014 77.14 0.77 Mass Literacy Literacy Scheme

* Efficient Functioning of 3 Timely submission On-time submission Date 2 05/03/2014 06/03/2014 07/03/2014 08/03/2014 11/03/2014 11/03/2014 60 1.2 Appendi the RFD System of Draft RFD 2014- 15 for Approval

Timely submission On-time submission Date 1 01/05/2013 02/05/2013 03/05/2013 06/05/2013 07/05/2013 01/05/2013 100 1

of Results for x

2012-13 V * Transparency/Service 3 Independent Audit % of % 2 100 90 80 70 60 52 0 0 delivery of implementation implementation Ministry/Department of Citizens’/Clients’ Charter (CCC)

Independent Audit % of % 1 100 90 80 70 60 74.87 74.87 0.75 of implementation implementation of Public Grievance Redressal System

* Administrative Reforms 6 Implement % of % 1 100 95 90 85 80 100 100 1 mitigating implementation strategies for reducing potential risk of corruption

Implement ISO % of % 2 100 95 90 85 80 100 100 2 9001 as per the implementation approved action plan Identify, design Timely submission Date 2 15/05/2014 16/05/2014 19/05/2014 20/05/2014 21/05/2014 15/05/2014 100 2 and Implement of Action Plan for major innovations. enabling innovation

Identification of Timely submission Date 1 24/03/2014 25/03/2014 26/03/2014 27/03/2014 28/03/2014 18/03/2014 100 1 core and non-core activities of the Ministry/Departme nt as per 2nd ARC recommendations

* Improving Internal 2 Update Timely updation of Date 2 10/09/2013 17/09/2013 24/09/2013 01/10/2013 08/10/2013 17/09/2013 90 1.8 Efficiency/Responsivenes departmental the strategy s. strategy to align with 12th Plan priorities

237 .o betv egtAto ucs niao ntWih xeln V Excellent Weight Unit SuccessIndicator Action Weight Objective S.No.

Appendix V * Mandatory Objective(s) * Mandatory Ensuring * Framework Accountability the

Financial

compliance

to

Timely 1 Reports. PAC of Timely paras of 31.3.2013 Parliament presented PAC pending Early 31.3.2013. Parliament presented C&AG Audit pending Early

ATRs ATNs

Sectt.

Reports

of

disposal disposal Paras

submission submission Reports

to on C&AG

ATRs ATNs

the on to

to Audit

before before

of

PAC

of of on on

Percentage .during of months) due submitted Percentage Report Parliament the disposed outstanding Percentage the disposed outstanding of months) due submitted Report Percentage during Parliament

presentation

presentation

date year.

year. date

to

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within off

by year. 6 within of of

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during ATRS ATNs CAG

date

PAC. date of

of

.5109 07 010100.25 100 100 60 70 80 90 100 0.25 % .5109 07 010100.25 100 100 60 70 80 90 100 0.25 % .5109 07 010100.25 100 100 60 70 80 90 100 0.25 % .5109 07 010100.25 100 100 60 70 80 90 100 0.25 % 238 0%9%8%7%6%Achievement 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% r odGo arPoor Fair Good ery Good agt/Ciei au Performance Target /CriteriaValue oa opst cr 81.96 Total CompositeScore: cr Score Score a Weighted Raw Appendix VI Employees structure Total Employees structure (Total and SCs/STs/PWDs as on 01.01.2015)

Group Permanent/Tempor Total No. Of SC % of SC ST % of ST Persons % of ary Employees total total with PWDs employees employee disabilities

Group ‘A’ Permanent . (i) Other than 112 17 15 18% 06 5.36% 01 .89% lowest rung of class-I

. . (ii) Lowest rung 19 02 10 53% 01 5 26% - - of Class-I

Temporary

(i) Other than 32 04 12.50% 02 6.25% -- -- Appendi lowest rung of Class-I 21 02 9.52% 01 4.76% 01 4.76 Lowest rung of Class-I x

Group ‘B’ Permanent 56 06 10.71% 02 3.51% 01 1.79% V I (Gazetted)

Temporary Nil ------

Group ‘B’ Permanent 107 18 16.82% 08 7.47% 04 3.73% (Non- Gazetted) Temporary 05 01 20% 00 00% -- --

Group ‘C’ Permanent 203 70 34.48% 14 6.89% 06 2.95%

Multi- Temporary 15 03 20.00% 01 6.66% 00 0.00% Tasking Staff, Group ‘C’

(Erstwhile Group ‘D’)

Total 570 123 21.57% 35 6.14% 13 2.28%

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