The document summarizes various initiatives taken by the Government of Haryana, India to improve governance through information and communication technology (ICT). Key initiatives include establishing five committees of secretaries for inter-departmental coordination, setting up a Center of Excellence for Good Governance, mandatory IT plans for government organizations, rural citizen service centers, e-governance roadmaps, online services for land records, registration, municipalities, and implementation of mission mode projects. The status of these projects and future plans to strengthen ICT infrastructure and create a comprehensive state portal are also outlined.

1. Presentation on Various Initiatives taken for Improving Governance GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA

2. Initiatives for Good Governance Five Committees of Secretaries (CoS) for better inter-sectoral and inter-departmental co-ordination on issues of policy have been set up: Committee on Public Private Partnership Infrastructure and Urban Development Committee on Infrastructure and Urban Development Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Committee on Social Sector and Welfare Committee on Governance Issues

3. Initiatives for Good Governance Constitution of State Security Committee A Centre of Excellence for Good Governance (CGG) for making Government more effective, efficient, accountable and responsive to the needs of public is being set up at Gurgaon. Setting up of Divisional Development Review Committees

4. Guidelines for Preparation of IT Plans Mandatory for all Government Departments/ Boards and corporations to prepare IT Plan Intensive process re-engineering and administrative reforms is emphasised to be carried out before / alongwith implementation of IT Plan. IT Plans of 75 Government Organisations approved

5. Delivery of Citizen Centric Service through ICT Vision Statement : To achieve efficiency, transparency and accountability in governance by providing ICT enabled access and opportunities for all, anywhere, anytime One District Level e-DISHA Centre E stablished in Mini Secretariat of District HQs for delivery of Government services which can only be provided by the functionaries of the State. 1159 Rural CSCs(Citizen Service Centres) and 104 urban CSCs to be established before may 2008 for delivery of all G2C services. Agreement with Service Providing Agencies has been signed.

8. E-Governance and Capacity Building Roadmap Roadmaps for e-Governance and Capacity Building for 19 critical Departments of the State have been prepared This exercise was got done by an outsourced agency M/s Wipro The exercise has identified the present status, has fixed the further goals and has categorised goals into implementation phases. Haryana State is in the process of setting up of State e-Governance Mission Team (SeMT) Strengthening of State IT Department & other departments Training of Government employees of all the departments

9. Status of Mission Mode Projects Land Records: Land records are available online. www.jamabandi.nic.in . Out of 7081 villages, 6925 Jamabandies entered, 6859 validated by Patwaries, 6449 updated by incorporating mutations. Property registration: Computerized Registration of Properties & Land. All registrars and sub-registrars are registering documents through HARIS. Municipalities: House Tax Information System implemented in 74 Municipalities, Database of more than 10 lacs properties ready.

10. Status of Mission Mode Projects Commercial Taxes: Value Added Tax Management, Assessment, Collection System. VAT Return Processing, implemented at all ETO offices. Treasuries: Implemented at all the locations. Transport: Driving Licenses / Sarthi & Vehicle Registration / Vahan – More than 30 SDM offices implementing. Police: Police Wide Area Network functional since last 18 months connecting Range, Districts Hqrs with State Headquarter.

11. Some other High Priority Initiatives Agriculture: Agriculture Markets Network - all 106 mandies covered, Web site of Agriculture department launched. Pilot AgRIS at Rohtak Social Welfare : HaPPIS - Social Welfare Pensions: Timely disbursement of pension to 14 lacs old age and other pensioners every month. Linked with Birth & Death, Ration cards & Photo ID cards – Helps in detecting fraudulent cases. Technical Education: CEET - On-line Off Campus Counseling for Engineering Admissions. Haryana School Education Board: Board – Administrative Reforms carried out. All Results, admit cards published on web. Secondary & Higher Education: Teachers PIS, Rationalization, Health care : Software to monitor the Prevention of Food Adulteration, Software for Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), Software for Processing Bed Occupancy & Mortality Rate Food & Supplies : Food Network of 7 Organizations involved in procurement & distribution Finance : Workflow based State Annual Budget Preparation, Budget Revision,Release Monitoring & Expenditure Control System

12. G2G Applications for Smart Governance A Suite of packages Standardised for the entire state includes: Personnel Information System Payroll System Diary Dispatch (Dak) Monitoring System Meetings Monitoring System Court Cases Monitoring System Government Accounting System Office Inventory Maintenance Centralized File Movement & Tracking Information System (CeFMaTIS) on Intranet

13. Progress on other initiatives under NeGP STATE WIDE AREA NETWORK – ADHAAR Expected Date of Completion of vertical connectivity -- Oct. 2007 Facilities:Data Transfer, On-line Applications, Fax, Telephone, Video Conferencing upto DHQ level, E-Mail and Unified messaging Haryana has already awarded the contract. Site preparation near completion. Horizontal connectivity 6 departments in Phase I by Oct’ 2007 6 departments in Phase II by Mar’ 2008 STATE DATA CENTRE Consultant short-listed, Proposal sent to GOI, approval awaited Site for State Data Centre identified. State Data Centre is likely to be functional by March’ 2008

14. District Level Projects District Level e-Disha Centres (DLeDC) Already operational in 19 Districts LAN in District Mini Secretariats Established in 18 District Mini Secretariats. District level IT Training Labs Established in 18 Districts Three IT Training Labs with 20 Computers established at State HQ Chandigarh E-District Project Proposal sent to Govt. of India

15. Other e-Governance Initiatives Departmental Portals Comprehensive Portals / websites for 85 Departments / boards / corporations has been hosted for providing updated information to the citizens. Public Grievances Launched a comprehensive website for redressal of Public Grievances. Information Dissemination Information to the public is being provided on latest circulars, results, jobs etc through the state portal. Right To Information (RTI) A comprehensive website has been launched for disseminating information about various PIOs of the State.

16. Road Ahead State Portal Comprehensive Single State Portal being designed and developed for providing information to the citizens on any time, any where basis using multiple connectivity solutions. This portal will provide G2G, G2C, G2B and B2C interfaces. This portal will be the gateway to all the websites of the government organisations. e-Procurement State is planning to implement a comprehensive e-Procurement solution.

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