From the States Uttarakhand State Taking Giant Strides in e-Governance and Delivery of e-Services Edited by MOHAN DAS VISWAM ttarakhand, the land of origin of Ganga and Yamuna, Badrinath and Kedarnath, occupies a Uspecial place in the hearts of many people in Keeping its pace with the global this country & summons tourists worldwide to its alluring grandeur of natural beauty. Also known as IT world, NIC Uttarakhand is Adobe of Gods, the ‘Devbhoomi’, Uttarakhand with continuously instrumental in its majestic, snow-clad mountains, lakes, and a rich plethora of flora and fauna, not only enables one to steering ICT in the state, which constantly think about the Himalayas but to behold their pristine magnificence time and again. has left a profound impact on • Uttarakhand is the 27th state of the Republic of India improving the lives of people. • Foundation day 9th Nov 2000 All such endeavours made • Capital: Dehradun. I am happy that NIC, Uttarakhand has • Population: 101 lakhs (2011 Census) been the preferred choice of Government • Literates: 68.81 lakhs (> 7 years age) achieving significant innovative in e-Governance projects and appreciate • Boundaries: North – China (Tibet), East – Nepal, that NIC works in close coordination with breakthroughs including one of North-West – Himachal Pradesh, South – Uttar Pradesh the Government. I congratulate NIC in the fusions of Drona Technology, • Area: 53,483 sq km bringing out the highlights of the achieve- • Total Districts: 13 ments of my Government. The Govern- NKN, and VC, thus making an • Distinct geographical regions: High mountain ment of Uttarakhand is determined to car- onsite look and feel interactive region, Mid-mountain, and Terai regions ry forward the Digital India movement of • NIC-UK: Formal inauguration on 10th Nov 2001 by our Hon’ble Prime Minister with full vigour virtual review possible of the then Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Bhagat Singh and support in Uttarakhand in the coming Koshyari years so that all sections of the population Kedarnath renovation by Shri ICT Initiatives in the State are benefitted and Uttarakhand becomes one of the best e-Governed States in the Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime e-Mantrimandal - A Green Initiative Country. Minister of India, and accolades http://emantrimandal.uk.gov.in/ Paradigm transformation of business in Cabinet from him. meetings of Government of Uttarakhand through a complete workflow-based e-Cabinet solution. The system was inaugurated by Sri Trivendra Singh Rawat TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in Jan 2020. Hon’ble Chief Minister e-Mantrimandal is part of the commitment Uttarakhand of my Government of penetrating e-Governance in every sphere of life from apex to grass root levels – Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Officers of NIC and Gopan Department deserve accolades for this creditable job- Om Prakash, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of monitoring health of Health Services, this dashboard Uttarakhand. is the convergence of vital information at a single platform of all those parameters which are significant • Entirely paper-free system for maintaining quality health services. Launched by • From setting agenda for meeting to outcomes, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Hon’ble Chief Minister of K. Narayanan Uttarakhand in March 2018. Dy. Director General MoM, Action Points, Press releases & SIO • ATR by Departments • Functional at 200 hospitals [email protected] • Digital Institutional Memory and quick retrieval of • Daily OPD cabinet references • Trend analysis on diseases, geographical entities, • Remote meeting age, genders, health institutions • e-Mantimandal meetings Jan-Sep 2020-26 • Patient footfall/ Doctors Ratio • Drugs demand and status Arvind Kumar Uttarakhand Health Services • Blood type-wise availability across the state and Dadhichi Dashboard transaction trends Sr. Technical Director http://healthdashboard.uk.gov.in/ • 108 Ambulance Services trend analysis [email protected] An alert generating tool for disease outbreak and • No. of patients records on the portal: 58 Lacs 08 informatics.nic.in October 2020 From the States Uttarakhand Government E-Mantrimandal meeting in progress Uttarakhand Health Services Dashboard Chaired by Hon’ble Chief Minister Vehicles Location Tracking Portal bus services in lean period • Total No. of Bookings: 3020 The portal is developed to track the movement • Tracking of Bus • Total Revenue Earned: Rs 96 Lakh of public transport vehicles such as buses, taxis, etc. • Customer feedback analysis • Total Yatra e-Pass issued from July 20: 20,000 carrying passengers on-road (Bus, Taxi, etc.) through • DBT for concessional travel • Launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister in February VLT devices installed in the Vehicles. Launched by • Mobile Apps for Traveller, Conductor, Checking/ 2020 Secretary Transport in January 2019. Travelling Inspector • Number of Tickets Booked Online: 4.0 Lakhs Helicopter Services Portal • The prime objective of monitoring the safety of Kedarnath women • Revenue earned: Rs 34.60 Crore https://heliservices.uk.gov.in/ • Emergency alert when passenger presses the • Number of Passes Issued: 15,000 The portal facilitates pilgrims to book Online button Seats, with Payment Gateway Interface from any of • Monitoring at Command and Control Centre e-Office Implemented at Sachivalaya, Urban Development the three Base Stations of Phata, GuptaKashi, or Sirsi • Monitored through a GIS platform Directorate, Dehradun, and US Nagar district, to Kedarnath and return. Downloadable e-Ticket • Integrated with NERS of GoI e-Office is a Generic office automation suite that is produced at base stations on the date of visit. • Total number of VLTS devices installed in Vehicles: can completely replace the manual systems in Govt Pilgrims can choose a return date on the same day 5,000 • Total records received: 3 Crores, with 2 minutes offices at all levels and locations. The salient feature of travel or the next day, as per the Business Rules of frequency of the suite is the e-File component, by which Physical Civil Aviation authorities. • Total number of Alerts received: 300 files are replaced with Electronic files which are • Sold Tickets: 15,500 then transmitted electronically from one Section to • Revenue earned: Rs. 26 Crore (May-Oct. 2019) Starbus Another, with workflow process. The MIS component Before it became a configurable product, NIC’s enables monitoring of file movement and pendency School Education Portal https://schooleducation.uk.gov.in/ Starbus software had started its journey long at different levels and officers in integrated mode. The portal is designed to bring all stakeholders back in 2013 with an advance booking of seats • Total No of Offices covered: 26 of school education in a single platform viz Teachers, in six long-distance Volvo buses of Uttarakhand • Launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister in January Students, Administrators, and citizens. The portal has Transport Corporation – UTC. Already operational 2020 in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh, being modules for Categorization of Schools, Service profile replicated in Chandigarh, J & K, Sikkim, Meghalaya Uttarakhand Chardam Devasthanam of teachers & their extension, Teacher Transfers, & Andaman, and Nicobar targeting to replicate in NE Board Chardham Yatra Portal Student Enrolment, School Inspections, Rupantaran, states by Jan 2020.. Integrated Portal and Automation for better etc. It has GIS features and Analytical reports of • Online and Counter Booking of Seats both Advance management and bringing transparency for students such as enrolment, marks obtained, etc., and Current Kedarnath, Badrinath, and other pilgrimage & which are linked to the teachers’ performance. • Passes Management - School children, Freedom religious places. • Coverage No of Govt Schools: 22,000 (Approx) Fighters, Journalists, etc. • Online Puja Booking, Online Donation • No of Teachers: 70,000 (Approx) • Fleet and crew management • Online Accommodation booking • Launched by Hon’ble Minister for School Education • Route optimization, Data Analytics of occupancy in • Money Counting Modules in November 2017 Starbus of NIC Uttarakhand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Hon’ble Chief Minister inaugurating e-Office in Secretariat, Uttarakhand October 2020 informatics.nic.in 09 From the States Uttarakhand Chardham Devasthanam Board Chardham Yatra Portal Helicopter Services Portal Integrated Ecotourism Portal https:// Pragati Portal – Survey of India Portal for Online registration of Citizen Volunteer www.corbettonline.uk.gov.in/ An integrated portal to monitor the performance Force in the fight against Covid-19 https://covid19cso. Corbett Tiger Reserve is a popular Wildlife of all the projects of Survey of India across all the uk.gov.in/ sanctuary, visited by thousands of tourists every locations. Progress through this system can be HOPE (Helping Out People Everywhere) - https:// year. The portal provides tourists online bookings for monitored in terms of physical and financial aspects. hope.uk.gov.in/ launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister, roaming Jungle Safari, Night stays, etc. a platform for Covid-19 migrants job seekers to • Advance bookings for Jungle safari, Night Stay, Zoo Other Key Initiatives in the State register online according to skill sets acquired by Entry Covid-19 them. Employers also register themselves for skilled • Payment Gateway Integrated Covid-19 health and medical care manpower. • The portal is being replicated in Rajaji Tiger portal launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister in April