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Biometric Attendance for Haryana Teachers Soon In a bid to keep a tab on teachers and to prevent their increasing absenteeism from government schools, Haryana government has decided to install biometric fingerprint scanners in around 2622 government schools in the state.

“Many cases of teachers’ absenteeism have come

to light in Haryana government schools during the past few months. The situation is worse in the schools that are located in rural areas. “This project will be completed by August.

The biometric scanners are being installed under the centrally sponsored scheme for information and

JK to Launch SSDG

communication technology in schools,” he added.

Biometric fingerprint scanners would store the information about teachers like their time of arrival in the school and leaving the school. This scanner will read the fingerprints of the particular teacher and nobody could replicate them.

In order to keep redundant government paperwork at bay, Jammu and Kashmir gears up to launch a State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) to facilitate e-governace in the Valley. The SSDG which is expected to be launched by September this year, will route requests from citizens to government departments and send responses vice

Project Rolled Out in Punjab to Strengthen Upcoming GST Regime

Thane Launches Portal for Clearing Building Proposals citizen search for approval details, TDR proposal application and status tracking.

The portal is integrated to SMS and payment gateways. The portal uses “AutoDCR” a product developed by Pune-based company, SoftTech Engineers, for providing online building plan scrutiny and approval using CAD based technology.

The GIS enabled system allows full georeferencing of drawings submitted.

Wipro Infotech has bagged a contract from the Punjab government to deploy the Tax Management System across the State. Wipro will be responsible for design, implementation and management of IT infrastructure and outsourced transaction processing along with other support activities.

This includes procurement, deployment, operations and maintenance of the Department’s IT Infrastructure at various project locations as well as data migration, setting up of various front windows,

training, helpdesk and maintenance activities.

The Excise and Taxation Department is one of the major revenue collecting agencies and plays an important role in the fiscal structure of the State.

Wipro would also undertake design, development, customisation, testing and rollout of the Application Software across the state including support for a period of 5 years. The engagement includes migration of the application and data to the new Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime when it

e-Tendering Initiative Launched in Goa The Goa government is launching an e-Tendering initiative, which will enable contractors to bid, compete and be paid for government work projects online, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat announced on Thursday, 26th May 2011.

Unveiling the initiative to be serviced by the Karnataka State Electronics Development

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versa. The gateway is a core component in e-governance infrastructure and will facilitate exchange of data between various departments in the state government.

“The SSDG will act as a nerve centre and will handle a large number of transactions which, in turn, will ensure swift redressal of public grievances,” said an official.

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The Town Planning Department of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has gone online with a dedicated portal launched to clear building proposals. It offers online application for building plan approval, proposal status tracking, and

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Corporation (KEONICS), Kamat said that e-Tendering would make the process transparent. “Through this method, we will be able to achieve transparency. The contractors do not even have to come to the office to fill the tender, give the bill and even collect the payment,” he said.

Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC)

is the agency which will be implementing the e-Governance software. “Any contractor from any part of the world will be able to fill the e-Tender if he is eligible.

It is a user friendly technology,” he said, adding that the software followed norms of all Public Works Department and Central Public Works Department (CPWD).

is rolled out nationally.

Migration of the application and data as required for implementation of GST is also a part of the project. The department had proposed a scheme for computerisation of Sales Tax procedures in July, 2000. To implement this, the government created an autonomous body called Excise and Taxation Technical Services Agency (ETTSA).

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State Data Centre Launched in Bengaluru

A Rs 57-crore data centre designed to meet requirements of Karnataka government for the next decade was set up recently.

The centre will offer latest technologies including virtualisation and provide the servers on demand to various department of the government to facilitate e-Initiatives.

The centre will host e-Governance initiatives such as Unique ID, Registration Department, Transport Department,

Municipal Administration, e-Procurement.

The data centre is being maintained by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).The 4,000 sq ft data centre is the biggest in the country for implementing e-governance. Offices of all departments would be connected with the data centre within the next two years. At present, about 3,000 offices have been connected to the data centre.

About Rs 4,000 crore had been allocated for implementation of e-governance and other administration reforms and initiatives in the state for the current financial year.

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Get Paid for Your Unique ID, Enrol and Earn Rs 100 To accelerate the enrolment process in the Aadhaar project of UIDAI, the Karnataka government will shell out Rs 100 to every poor pensioner and job-seeker under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

The government will directly transfer Rs 100 into the bank accounts of beneficiaries of social security schemes — pensioners, physically disabled and widows — and those of rural employment

guarantee scheme who are below poverty line after they produce relevant documents as proof at the time of enrolment.

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i-Code Cards for Better Employment in Bihar The Department of Posts (DoP) has launched i-Code cards in Bihar to help the unemployed find better job avenues.

It is an initiative that would work as an e-Employment exchange and bridge the gap between the employee and the employers.

The candidates would have to bear onetime cost of Rs 300 to procure the i-Code cards through the post offices. Under the

scheme, the candidates would be enrolled at the website www.icodecity.com. The system developed by i-Code management system private limited would create profile of all enrolling members on line and allot each of them a unique i-Code number along with password. The candidates can update their details. The same data would be made available to companies absolutely free.

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MCD to Use Technology to Check on its Education System In a move aimed at bringing more transparency in its schools and keeping a tab on teachers’ working, MCD would introduce e-Governance from July this year.

Chairman of the MCD Education Committee Mahinder Nagpal said, “The move will help in making teachers of MCD schools more responsible.” He said with introduction of the new system, all MCD schools will be linked to headquarters of education department and its zonal

offices through Internet.

This will help officials of education department to directly monitor the activities in MCD schools, he said.

Initially, the system would be launched in 190 MCD schools in Shahdara (North) zone and subsequently in other zones. “e-Governance will not only lead to transparency in the functioning of teachers in MCD schools, but also make them more responsible towards imparting quality education,” he added.

Biometrics Enrolment Begun in Ukhrul, Manipur For the first time in the census population a new Biometric enrolment was officially launched under National Population Register (NPR) . During the function organised, the Biometric Enrolment was inaugurated by the Deputy Commissioner/Principal Census Officer Ukhrul, N Ashok Kumar IAS. The exercise

would entail photograph, iris-imaging and finger printing for every person above the age of five years for the purpose of entry in National Population Register (NPR) and Unique Identity Cards would be issued which will be the conclusive and universally acceptable identity and residence proof quality education,” he added.

Ration cards to be Succeeded by Smart Cards in Haryana In another important development in Public Distribution System (PDS), ration cards are going to be replaced by smart cards in Haryana. This is in a bid to increase transparency in PDS and Haryana will become the

first state in the country to have this kind of facility for the citizens. Initially, it would be started in four blocks of Ambala, Sonipat, Sirsa and Gharaunda on pilot basis.

The work to prepare smart cards will begin from May 27.

A Haryana government official informed that unique identification card (UIC) of the people in all age groups would also be prepared alongwith smart cards and the smart cards would eventually be linked with UIC.

Committees at district and village level would be formed to monitor the process of preparing UIC adding that smart card making camps would be organised in schools at village level and Nambardars and Sarpanches

of the villages would be roped in this process. Proper publicity would be made by visiting door-to-door in villages on the prescribed time and date so that no family could remain uncovered.

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