State Updates

Agartala:

Natunbazar ADC village is one of the remotest areas in Amarpur block. It is approximately 100 km far from Agartala. The communication is not so well and local people cannot get full  facility of various services. But from last one year they are getting      e- service from our CSC, on the other hand people are getting all others services like tailoring, insurance & B2C services provided by BASIX. Our VLE, Butan Sutradhar is trying to increase B2C services; also he has arranged 17 tailoring customers, who are  getting trained from tailoring teacher.

Calcutta:

DIT organized Milan Mela : Conference & Exhibition in December, where various players in the telecom industry from across the country. SREI Sahaj and BASIX showcased their achievements under the CSC Scheme through PPTs / Brochures / Placards / Posters / Video Clips) and showcased their USPs in their respective Zones along with the achievements (services offered, reach, etc).

Dhanbad District:

Jail sakhshatkar is a SWAN based video-conferencing facility between CSC Coordination centres at Blocks HQs and jails so that relatives can talk and meet their relatives @ Rs 10 per 15 min slot. The service is operational in Dhanbad district on a pilot basis. The service integrates SWAN and CSC.

Jharkhand:

E-district has usually been delivered through facilitation centres across the various pilots that have been initiated. In Jharkhand, an alternate model has been adopted wherein CSCs located in Panchayats have been authorized to operate as Facilitation centers. The pilot has been nitiated in one block (Kanke) of Ranchi district. Connectivity is one major  issue. The model is unique as it involves empowerment of Government functionaries till the Panchayat levels and integration of the CSC project to maximize the reach.

E-Nagarik Sewa is basically a hybrid mode of issue of certificates through CSCs and is operational in 1000 CSCs in 125 blocks of Jharkhand. For the 12.9 lakh applications processed till date, Rs 1.29 crores has been the VLE earnings since 2009 @ Rs 10 per application. The State has earned Rs 64 lakh as offset.

Port Blair & Andaman Island:

10 CSC Centers were launched by Hon. Lt. Gov. on 12'th Dec 2011. Within 15 days CSC were able to collect 89 % of the electricity bills. Total transaction Numbered 22,000 and total money collected was Rs. 69 Lacs/ -. Additional G2C Services have been launched, it is expected that the end of Financial year , in Andamans Islands CSC would be offering 15+ G2C Services to the citizens.

Rajasthan:

1. Awards and e-Gov districts for December’2011 month are Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Pratapgarh and Dholpur.
2. Video Conferencing cum review meeting was held with all Tehsildar to ensure the delivery of digitally signed certificates service at every tehsil.
3. Local Service providers (LSPs) has been chosen through open tendering process to set up e-Mitra kiosks in urban areas of 27 districts. Rest 6 districts are in process of rebidding. LoI has been issued to all 4 LSPs i.e. M/s CMS Computers Ltd, M/s Aksh Optifiber Ltd, M/s Silver Touch Ltd and M/s Virmati Software & Telecommunication Ltd.

Tripura:

GMTD, BSNL, Tripura has given an approval of appointing all the "Common Service Center" of Tripura as DSA for Selling Recharge/Top up etc. The  development has already been communicated further to Basix (SCA) to get the agreement signed, with this Tripura become the 2nd state after  Arunachal Pradesh (In India) to get this opportunity to work with BSNL as a Direct Sales Agent (DSA). This service would be third in a row as far as G2C is concerned in the State of Tripura.

Fatikroy CSC is under Kumarghat Block, Dist –North Tripura. In this CSC the VLE is Gurupada Chakraborty and Field Supervisor is Jutan Das took a new initiative for providing tailoring services, to enhance the livelihood of the common people and as an  additional source of income to the family. We were able to register 23 Tailoring customers. In 3 months tailoring classes they were taught : Drawing, Paper Cutting, Cloth Cutting, Hand Stitching, Machine Stitching and Machine Maintenance. The Overall tailoring training is successful. Now, they are getting order from the local market. After all the success we are planning to make them in to a SHG & to provide them market linkage.  

Ukhrul District:

Workshop was organised by District           E -Governance Society, Ukhrul in Association with  DIT, Government of Manipur and Manipur State Information Technology Society (MSITS).in Ukhrul district headquarter on 20th Dec 2011. The workshop was on  “Delivery of Services through the Common Service Centres (CSCs)”, under NeGP, our state anchor, Mr. Shiladitya Sarkar, SPV, Regional Coordinator NE, DIT, GoI was there too share on the best practices of other states and convergence of National schemes with CSC scheme.

Uttarakhand:

1. Data Entry work of Pregnant Women and Child Tracking System (MCTS – Mother & Child Tracking System) is to be initiated across 29 CSCs in Almora District on Pilot basis. A Training / Workshop Session is scheduled to happen on the software application of the Health Mission to train 29 VLEs to do the Data Entry Work (Online / Offline) of the URHM under MCTS. The training will be provided by the officials of the Health Department of the respective District.
2. CSCs will operate as facilitation centers of the Commercial Tax Department for Registration of Dealers, e-filing of Returns, e-Tendering, etc. Officials of the department will be training the Master Trainers, who further will provide the training to the VLEs on Block Level and regular help will be provided, as and when needed, by the HelpDesk made available by the Department at the State Level.