CSC

Common Service Centres (CSC)

scheme is one of the mission mode projects under the Digital India Programme.

Common Service Centres (CSC) scheme is one of the mission mode projects under the Digital India Programme.
CSCs are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country.
It is a pan-India network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the country, thus enabling the Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society.

The CSC is a strategic cornerstone of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), approved by the Government in May 2006, as part of its commitment in the National Common Minimum Programme to introduce e-governance on a massive scale.
The CSCs would provide high quality and cost-effective video, voice and data content and services, in the areas of e-governance, education, health, telemedicine, entertainment as well as other private services. A highlight of the CSCs is that it will offer web-enabled e-governance services in rural areas, including application forms, certificates, and utility payments such as electricity, telephone and water bills.In addition to the universe of G2C services, the CSC Guidelines envisage a wide variety of content and services that could be offered as listed below:

Agriculture Services (Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Veterinary)
Education & Training Services (School, College, Vocational Education, Employment, etc.)
Health Services (Telemedicine, Health Check-ups, Medicines)
Rural Banking & Insurance Services (Micro-credit, Loans, Insurance)
Entertainment Services (Movies, Television)
Utility Services (Bill Payments, Online bookings)
Commercial Services (DTP, Printing, Internet Browsing, Village level BPO).

The Scheme creates a conducive environment for the private sector and NGOs to play an active role in implementation of the CSC Scheme, thereby becoming a partner of the government in development of rural India. The PPP model of the CSC scheme envisages a 3-tier structure consisting of the CSC operator (called Village Level Entrepreneur or VLE); the Service Centre Agency (SCA), that will be responsible for a division of 500-1000 CSCs; and a State Designated Agency (SDA) identified by the State Government responsible for managing the implementation in the entire State.
CSC Online Monitoring Tool
The four key applications developed and currently implemented which form part of the CSC monitoring solution include:

CSC SMART Solution: This application tracks CSC roll out progress at block level up to the stage CSCs are finally commissioned. The application tracks CSCs over stages, such as selection of SCAs, selection of CSC locations, identification of VLEs, setting up IT infrastructure, Internet connectivity, commissioning, final certification of CSCs, the system also tracks status of BSNL connectivity at various CSC and provides useful performance information of CSCs.
CSC Online Monitoring Solution: Post CSCs are commissioned; the online monitoring tool helps in registration of CSC IT terminals and tracks uptime of IT terminals. Each CSC PC is required to install and register online monitoring tool. The online registration process serves a proof of availability of CSC IT terminals as validated by their unique machine ID (Mac ID) and internet availability for delivering digital services.
CSC Online Dashboard: This tool provides executive MIS on registration and uptime status of CSCs on Pan India basis and tracks the performance of CSCs, SCAs and States based on uptime logs generated and disseminated by the online monitoring tool.
CSC Connect: CSC Connect is a facility available to various Service Access Provider (SAP) Portals to allow CSCs to login into their portals using their unique CSC ID / password combination defined under CSC Online Monitoring System. This facility would save CSC the trouble of registering their profiles and remembering their IDs and password with multiple SAPs. The CSC Connect mechanism would make it possible for CSCs using their unique CSC ID / Password to gain access to the SAP Portal and will also help DIT to measure the usage of services of various SAP sites at various CSCs.

The solution currently serves the following purpose

Provides unique identification of a CSC based on their geography
Maintains a centralized database of CSCs, VLE with their addresses, email and contact details.
Enables online registration status of CSCs
Reckons uptime performance of CSCs which have been registered online on a daily basis
Maintains uptime Performance of a CSC, SCA and States based on CSC performance in their respective territories
Provides role based access to all the stakeholders based on their privilege geographic usage
Provides single waterfall view of CSCs from Pan India-State- District-Block to the ultimate CSC
Enables recording of BSNL connectivity status at each of the CSCs

One of the key mandates of CSC scheme is to deliver Government to Citizen (G2C) services. Various G2C services of Central Government Ministries and departments, apart from State-specific services have been integrated on the Digital Seva portal for delivery to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country through the network of CSCs.

Bharat BillPay :
Bharat BillPay is a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conceptualised system driven by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). It is a one-stop bill payment platform for all bills – electricity, mobile, broadband and landline, DTH, Gas, Water, etc - across India with certainty, reliability and safety of transactions.
Two primary participants of Bharat BillPay are:
 Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) – which implements operational, technical and business standards for the entire system and its participants. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) functions as the BBPCU.
 Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units (BBPOUs) - BBPOUs are authorized operational units, working as per the standards set by BBPS. BBPOUs will on-board billers, aggregators and payment gateways; and set up agent network and customer touch points to handle bill payments through different delivery channels.
With CSC SPV becoming a BBPOU, CSCs can provide Bharat BillPay service and further enable the villagers to pay their Electricity, Water, Gas, DTH and Broadband & Landline Post Paid bills.

FASTag through CSCs
FASTag is an Electronic Toll Collection system in India operated by NHAI. FASTag is a simple to use, reloadable tag which enables automatic deduction of toll charges and lets you pass through the toll plaza without stopping for cash transaction. The tag employs Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) technology and is affixed on the vehicle's windscreen after the tag account is active. It is currently operational at more than 425 toll plazas across national and state highways.
CSC SPV has partnered with NHAI to dispense FASTags through the network of CSCs. VLEs will dispense FASTags at the toll plazas after procuring them through the Digital Seva Portal; register customer details on portal and affix the tag on the car.

Passport
Ministry of External Affairs partnered with CSC SPV in 2014 to launch Passport Seva services through CSCs across the rural hinterland. Services available through CSCs include filling and uploading of Passport Application Form, payment of fee and scheduling of appointment for visit to Passport Kendra. During 2016-17, around 2.19 lakh Passport applications were submitted through the CSC network across the country.

PAN Card
Applications for new PAN Card are processed through CSCs in collaboration with UTI Infrastructure Technology And Services Limited (UTIITSL) and National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). PAN Card service through NSDL was introduced for CSCs in February 2016. During 2016-17, 28.94 lakh Applications for PAN Card have been submitted through CSCs.

Swacch Bharat Abhiyan
Swacch Bharat Abhiyan is the biggest ever cleanliness drive launched by the Government in 2014 to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. In 2016, Ministry of Urban Development partnered with CSC to facilitate online applications through CSCs for construction of individual household toilets across the country under the campaign. During 2016-17, 5.26 lakh applications for individual household toilets were submitted through CSC network under Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is an ambitious housing scheme of the Government for creating affordable housing units for urban poor. Although, entire urban area of the country will be covered under the scheme, the initial focus is on 500 select cities.
In November 2016, a MoU was signed between Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) and CSC SPV for receiving PMAY applications through CSCs. The service is being provided by 60,000 CSCs located in urban areas across States/ UTs. During 2016-17, 27.97 lakh Applications were submitted through CSC network under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme.

FSSAI
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) partnered with CSC SPV in July 2016 to provide Food Business Operator (FBO) registration service through CSCs. This initiative is aimed at registering a large number of unregistered FBOs in the country with the FSSAI through the vast network of CSCs. Under the service, Registration Certificate is auto generated after filing of online application through CSC. During 2016-17, 95,603 applications for FBO Registration have been submitted through CSCs.

Soil Health Card
Soil Health Cards are issued by the Government to farmers with crop-wise recommendations of nutrients and fertilizers required for individual farms to help them improve productivity through judicious use of inputs. Launched as a scheme in 2015, the Government plans to issue these cards to 14 crore farmers.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare signed a MoU with CSC SPV in December 2016, to engage CSCs in the Soil Health Card scheme. During 2016-17, 1.24 lakh farmer registrations have taken place through CSCs across 23 States.

e-District
Districts are the de facto front-end of government. The e-District project has been conceptualized to improve the experience of G2C interactions for citizens at the districts through seamless delivery of various services like certificates, licences, Ration Card, disbursement of social welfare pensions, online filing of RTI, land registration, land records, Government taxes, utility bill payments, etc.
e-District services of 11 States and 3 Union Territories are available on Digital Seva portal. These States/ UTs are: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Puducherry. During 2016-17, 40.51 lakh transactions have been made on Digital Seva portal for e-District services.

Election Commission Services
The Election Commission of India, in its endeavour to improve enrolment and correct data errors in the electoral rolls for hassle free elections, has partnered with CSC SPV for delivery of various electoral registration forms and EPIC printing through CSCs. So far, the Electoral Registration Management System (ERMS) of Tripura, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, and Maharashtra have been integrated with Digital Seva Portal.
During 2016-17, CSCs have 34,780 Electoral Registration Forms in these nine States, where as 56.18 lakh EPIC have been printed and delivered through the CSC network in these nine States.

Mobile Recharge
Mobile Recharge of all the 14 Telecom Service Providers can be done through the Digital Seva Portal. This service connects with the Telecom Service Providers to enable customers recharge their mobile real time. The payments can be made through the e-wallet available through the Digital Seva Portal.

Mobile Bill payments
Mobile Bill payments of 8 Telecom Service Providers can be done through the Digital Seva Portal. This service connects with the Telecom Service Providers to enable customers to pay their mobile bills real time.

DTH Recharge
Dish TV Recharge of all six DTH operators can be done through the Digital Seva Portal.

Digital Finance Inclusion, Awareness & Access:
Lack of awareness of digital financial literacy, especially among the rural population is a major challenge in the country, more so in light of the demonetization by the Government and plans to make India a cashless economy. There was an urgent need to create awareness among the citizens, especially in rural and semi-urban areas regarding digital financial services. Under the “Digital Finance for Rural India: Creating Awareness and Access through CSC’s” project launched by the Government in November 2016, CSCs were enabled to host awareness sessions on government policies and digital finance options available for rural citizens as well as enabling various mechanisms of digital financial services such as such as IMPS, UPI, Bank PoS machines, etc. The project was conducted in a campaign mode by CSC SPV till March 2017. CSC SPV was entrusted with the responsibility of registering of 100 lakh citizens and enablement of 25 lakh small merchants under this programme. Till March 2017, CSC SPV registered more than 2 crore citizens and enabled around 21 lakh merchants.

‘VLE Bazaar’ – A rural e-commerce venture
VLE Bazaar is an online market platform dedicated to unique Indian handicrafts and cottage products which are handmade, ethnic, organic and natural. It aims to unleash the potential of rural economy to address lack of decent jobs and reliable income, low productivity, informality, ineffective organization, and to encourage participation of rural people in decision-making. VLE Bazaar is working to bridge the gap and provide that much-needed platform between rural artisans and urban consumers. Products procured are specialty of the particular region with an element of traditional knowledge, local art, modern technology and design inputs. VLE Bazaar aim is to develop craft based enterprises and explore new and commercially sustainable models of livelihood generation.
VLE Bazaar catalogue includes:
 Products from TERI- The Energy And Resource Institute
 Leather products
 Publications
 Jute Bags from West Bengal
 Organic India products
 Stoves & Solar LED
 Pulses and spices
 Pickles
 Himcraft products
 Organic Tea
 SOCHE NGO handmade products
 Shawls from Uttarakhand and Nagaland
 Agra Shoes
 Madhubani Paintings
 Handicrafts Jute items from West Bengal
 Saffron and Kahwa from JK

Skill Development:
CSC SPV has initiated skill development courses with the vision of -
 Providing the skill training to youth in rural areas
 Getting them certified, and
 Making them eligible for suitable employment opportunities or to be self-employed.

Initiatives under skill development:
 Skilling of Persons with Disability (PwDs)
 Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) under PMKVY

CSCs as GST Suvidha Provider:
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is the new system of taxation in India which has merged many individually applied taxes into a single tax. It was introduced as the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act 2016, following the passage of Constitution 101st Amendment Bill.

GST is a comprehensive indirect tax on manufacture, sale and consumption of goods and services throughout India to replace taxes levied by the central and state governments.

Although the GST system will have a G2B portal for taxpayers to access the GST systems, GST Suvidha Provider or GSP is one of the methods of interacting with the GST system. The taxpayer via GST Suvidha Provider, which will provide all user interfaces and convenience via desktop, mobile and other interfaces, will be able to interact with the GST system.

CSC SPV has taken the initiative of becoming a GST Suvidha Provider. All CSCs across the country would act as GST Suvidha Provider and will help merchants in filing taxes under the new regime and also provide necessary training and support services to people.

Banking:
In 2010, the Reserve bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines to Banks for delivery of financial services through the CSCs to bring citizens in rural areas under the ambit of financial inclusion. CSC SPV has since partnered with 42 public and private sector banks and regional rural banks to leverage its last mile network to bring the unbanked, especially marginalized communities and women under banking. Under this partnership,CSCs across the country can become Business Correspondent Agents / Customer Service Points to deliver banking facilities to citizens, such as:

 Opening of Accounts (Manual)
 Opening of Accounts (eKYC)
 Money Deposit
 Money Withdrawal
 Balance enquiry
 Recurring/Term Deposit
During 2016-17, banking services of 36 banks – 23 PSU Banks and 13 Rural Banks - have been made available through 11,940 BC Points across the country.During the financial year, 382.71 lakh transactions worth Rs. 5,70,163.61 lakh were done by these BCs.
During 2016-17, 1,26,309 VLEs have registered under Digi Pay service. Around 28.351 lakh successful transactions have been made at CSCs under Digi Pay to withdraw Rs. 17,901.89 lakh.

Insurance Service :
CSC SPV acquired license from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) in 2013 to work as an authorized intermediary to market life and non-life insurance products through the Rural Authorised Persons, i.e. the VLEs. CSCs started offeringGeneral, Health and Life Insurance policies to rural investors. So far, 36 insurance companies have come on board to offer various insurance policies through CSCs. CSCs have also started offering motor third party insurance to its rural customers.
Sale of New Policies:During 2016-17, 40,016 RAP VLEs sold new insurance policies, both life and non-life, to 2,15,677 new customers and collected premium worth Rs. 2389.57 lakh from those customers.
Collection of Renewal Premium:CSCs across the country can also collect insurance premium towards renewal of life insurance policies. During 2016-17, around 40,000 CSCs have been engaged in renewal of life insurance policies of 18 insurance companies. During the year, these RAPs have collected renewal premium worth Rs. 31,026.36 lakh from existing 8,31,710 life insurance policy holders.

Jan Suraksha Schemes:
In 2015, theGovernment launched three special insurance and pension schemes for citizens, especially from the unorganized sector and marginalized communities. VLEs working as BCAs can offer the three social security schemes – Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) to citizens. The Punjab National Bank has agreed to extend APY enrolments of their account holders through CSCs across the country.

Pension Service:
The National Pension System (NPS) is a voluntary, defined contribution retirement savings scheme designed to enable the subscribers to make optimum decisions regarding their future through systematic savings during their working life. NPS seeks to inculcate the habit of saving for retirement amongst the citizens. It is an attempt towards finding a sustainable solution to the problem of providing adequate retirement income to every citizen of India.

NPS is based on a unique Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) which is allotted to each Subscriber upon joining NPS. NPS accumulates savings into subscribers PRA while he is working and using the accumulations at retirement to procure a pension for the rest of his life. NPS service has been launched through CSCs since April 2017.

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY):
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is a comprehensive, yield based crop insurance scheme of the Government which aims to provide financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damage arising out of unforeseen events. The scheme cover crop losses due to –
 Prevented Sowing / planting risk
 Non preventable risks like Drought, Dry spells, Flood, Inundation, Pest and Disease, natural fire and lightning, storm, cyclone, typhoon, tempest, hurricane and tornado etc
 Post harvest losses
 Localized calamities – due to hailstorm, land slide and inundation Crop Insurance has been launched in 2017 for farmers through CSC SPV network in partnership with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company.

NDLM-DISHA:
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), under Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, initiated a Scheme for IT Mass literacy in 2014. The first phase of the programme, called National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM), was launched in August 2014 to provide basic digital literacy to 10 lakh citizens in select blocks of each State/UT by covering one person from every digitally illiterate household. The second phase of the programme, named as Digital Saksharata Abhiyan (DISHA) was initiated in December 2014 with the objective of providing basic digital literacy training to 42.50 lakh citizens. Grassroots government functionaries like ASHA and Anganwadi workers and authorized ration dealers were also covered under this scheme. CSc SPV achieved the targets under the NDLM-DISHA scheme by October 2016, much ahead of the project deadline. Over 100 lakh citizens were registered under the scheme for digital literacy training, of which 87.68 lakh were trained and 53.46 lakh certified.

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA):
Following the successful implementation of NDLM-DISHA scheme, Government of India launched a new digital litracy scheme in February 2017, specifically targeted at rural areas of the country. ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)’ envisages digital literacy training to six crore citizens in rural areas, thereby reaching out to 40% of rural households by covering one member from every digitally unskilled household. CSC SPV has been engaged as the Implementing Agency for the scheme.

Cyber Gram Yojana:
Cyber Gram Yojana is part of the Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) being implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs. Under this programme, basic digital literacy training is imparted to students from minority community, especially girls studying in Madrasas. During 2016-17, the project has been implemented in four States, namely West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura and Rajasthan. During the period, 1.88 lakh Madrasa students have been registered under this programme, of which 1.55 lakh have been trained and 1.43 lakh certified.

NABARD Financial Literacy Programme:
CSC SPV collaborated with NABARD to provide financial literacy training to rural citizens. A pilot of the Financial Literacy Programme (FLP) was implemented in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in February-March 2014, through which 10,102 beneficiaries received training. Following the success of the pilot, the programme was extended to Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Programme was implemented in 2015 through 3,010 CSCs in these States and trained over 100,000 beneficiaries on financial aspects like expenses, savings and investment options.

Legal Literacy Programme:
CSC SPV partnered with the Department of Justice under the Ministry of Law & Justice and UNDP in February 2015 to implement the Legal Literacy Programme through 50 CSCs in Palamu, Garhwa and Latehar districts of Jharkhand. The programme was aimed at providing training to citizens, especially from marginalized communities on legal rights and duties. Following Jharkhand, the project was extended to Rajasthan in November 2015, where 2,000 VLEs across 32 districts participated.

Other Education Courses:
NIELIT Courses: National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) is an autonomous scientific society under MeitY that provides professional education through non-formal sector. CSCs provide facilitation services for students of NIELIT, such as:
• Online Registration/ Fee Collection of Students
• Online Examination Form Submission
• Printing of Exam Admit Card

CSC BCC Course:
In an effort to achieve basic computer literacy in an inclusive manner, CSC SPV provides the Basic Computer Course (BCC) with emphasis on hands-on training. The programme equips a person to use computers in professional and personal space.
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Service: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and CSC SPV have partnered to provide facilitation services for NIOS students. Under this partnership, CSCs can promote open schooling in rural India, register students, pay registration and examination fee, provide admission status and declare results.
Online English Speaking Course (GOLS): CSC SPV has partnered with Gurukul Online Learning Solution (GOLS) to provide the ‘Online English Speaking Course’, which is targeted at the rural youth to teach them English in a simple and interactive way.

Learn English:
Learn English is an English language course which delivers supplementary learning. The course content is certified by the British Council and is specially designed to learn English easily.

Tally Certified Programme:
Tally Certified Programme from Prompt Enterprise is a two-month course, designed to learn Tally ERP9 though e-content.

Tally Kaushal Praman Patra:
Tally Education has introduced a certification on Tally ERP 9 - Tally Kaushal Praman Patra through the CSC platform. Candidates who are interested in Tally and want to pursue it as career choice can opt for this course.

Introduction to GST:
Tally has introduced a new course on GST, ‘Introduction to GST’ through the platform of CSC. This course is useful for any citizen who wants to update his/ her knowledge on GST. Sarkari Pariksha: Sarkari Pariksha is an online platform for helping students prepare for both the State and Central Government exams.

Agriculture in India has a significant history. Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fisheries accounted for 13.9% of the GDP in 2012, about 60% of the total workforce. The economic contribution of agriculture to India's GDP is steadily declining with the country's broad-based economic growth. Still, agriculture is demographically the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India.

Per 2010 FAO world agriculture statistics, India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, major spices, select fresh meats, select fibrous crops such as jute, several staples such as millets and castor oil seed. India is the second largest producer of wheat and rice, the world's major food staples. India is also the world's second or third largest producer of several dry fruits, agriculture-based textile raw materials, roots and tuber crops, pulses, farmed fish, eggs, coconut, sugarcane and numerous vegetables. India ranked within the world's five largest producers of over 80% of agricultural produce items, including many cash crops such as coffee and cotton, in 2010. India is also one the world's five largest producers of livestock and poultry meat, with one of the fastest growth rates, as of 2011..

Tele-health Consultations:
Derived from Greek word "Tele" meaning "distance" and Latin word "mederi" meaning "to heal”, telemedicine is the form of primary care where the patient seeks the doctor’s advice about non-emergency medical problems which don’t require doctor’s location visit. It doesn’t replace face-to-face consultation when it is needed, but complements it. In order to provide grass root level access points for health consultation among communities through digital medium, CSC is offering video based tele-consultation service throughout India at affordable rates. CSC SPV partnered with Apollo Hospitals Limited in 2014 to allow the VLEs across the country to facilitate the tele-consultations with doctors from Apollo Hospitals. In 2016, CSC SPV launched its own tele-health consultation services throughout India through Allopathic, Homeopathic and Ayurvedic doctors across the country.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Scheme:
Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Scheme aims at making quality medicines available at affordable prices for all, particularly the poor and disadvantaged, through exclusive outlets called ‘Jan Aushadhi Medical Stores’. The scheme is implemented by the Bureau of Pharmaceutical Public Sector Undertaking (BPPI). CSC SPV partnered with BPPI in 2015 to set up generic medicine stores under the Jan Aushadhi Scheme at the CSCs across the country.

Diagnostic Services:

Hello Health Kits:
Launched in September 2016 in collaboration with Hello Health, diagnostic kits are used to test parameters like Blood glucose, BP, ECG, BMI, Spyrometry, Pulse oximetry and Body Temperature. Hello Health kits have been piloted in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Punjab & Haryana.

3Nethra Kits:
CSC SPV has partnered with Forus Health Private Ltd (3 Nethra) for eye testing services at CSCs. The service was launched in November 2016.

Tele-medicine Remote Diagnostic Kit – Control H:
Control-H is an integrated wireless healthcare monitoring medical device that helps in monitoring Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Blood Oxygen, body temperature, Total Cholesterol, Haemoglobin, and Blood Glucose.

Thyrocare:
CSC SPV has partnered with Thyrocare to provide diagnostic services through CSCs. Thyrocare diagnostic services have been piloted in Aurangabad, Maharashtra and VLEs can offer following diagnostic tests at affordable prices:
• Blood Test - CBC, HBA1c & TSH
• Urine Test - Urinary MA, Creatinine and Albumin/Creatinine Ratio
• Water Test - Detection of physical & chemical impurities, elements, bacteria & pesticides in water

JIVA Ayurveda Scheme:
CSC SPV has partnered with JIVA Ayurveda to bring Ayurveda consultation and over 150 Ayurvedic products to citizens through the CSC network. The service was launched in July 2016 in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. JIVA Ayurveda product sale is now live in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, apart from northern Indian states.

Health Homeo :
CSC SPV has launched a new service called Health Homeo package, which contains the following:
 9 doctor consultations via video call.
 Treatment for unlimited diseases and health problems throughout the year and unlimited German medicines for the patient for one year.
 No courier charges for up to six couriers of medicines; after six deliveries.
 Free Homoeopathic Family First Aid kit.
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Your Chance to Build India - DIGITIZE INDIA PLATFORM (DIP)
A Digital India Initiative Implemented by CSC e-Governance Services India Pvt Ltd. Participate in Digitize India Initiative & Get Paid

Background
DIP is an initiative of Government of India under Digital India program to digitize physical records and reduce piles of papers stored in record rooms or offices of Government, Government organizations and even non-Governmental private organizations. It allows organizations not only to free their warehousing real estate but enables them to keep their records longer and in safer environment.

How to join the Digitize India Platform
It's a simple three step process to start earning rewards:
Step 1 - Visit digitizeindia.gov.in and registers as a user. This is as simple as creating an email account.
Step 2 - Log in with your user id/password and start digitizing.
Step 3 - Digitize India Platform will facilitate in checking the accuracy, calculating the rewards and make payment to the user/participant .

How to submit records for digitization to DIP
Any organization (Government Department/Government organization/private organization) can submit their records for digitization to CSC SPV. The records should preferably be in a scanned image format. However, organizations who wish to submit physical records will have to pay for scanning separately.

The CSC SPV helps creating template of pages being digitized and submits the template for approval of organization submitting the records for organization. The data/records are thereafter processed for digitization.

CSC e-Governance Services India Limited has collaborated with The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) at locations where CSC has been acting as Business Correspondent. This payment system is called as DIGIPAY.

This system facilitates disbursement of government entitlements like NREGA, social security pension, Handicapped, Old Age Pension etc of any Central or State Government institution/entity, using Aadhaar authentication service of UIDAI.

This system is based on demographic and biometric/iris information of an individual, which reduces the threat of any fraud or non-genuine activity. Aadhaar facilitate anytime, anywhere, anyhow authentication for the citizen/customer. This service is currently working on windows and Android based Laptop/Desktop/Mobile phones.

Introduction
For creating electronic signatures, the signer is required to obtain a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from a Certifying Authority (CA) licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. For offering fully paperless citizen services, mass adoption of digital signature is necessary. A simple to use online service is required to allow everyone to have the ability to digitally sign electronic documents. CSC-CA is setup to cater the needs of issuance of Digital Signature Certificates for eSign services.

eSign is an online electronic signature service which can be integrated with service delivery applications to facilitate an eSign user to digitally sign a document. Using authentication of the eSign user through e-KYC service, online electronic signature service is facilitated.

Features of eSign

Save cost and time	e-KYC based authentication
Improve user convenience	Mandatory e-KYC id
Easily apply Digital Signature	Biometric or OTP based authentication
Verifiable Signatures and Signatory	Flexible and fast integration with application
Legally recognized	Suitable for individual business and Government
Managed by Licensed CAs	API subscription Model
Privacy concerns addressed	Assured Integrity with complete audit trail
Simple Signature verification	Immediate destruction of keys after usage
Short validity certificates	No concerns regarding key storage and key protection

Certification Practice Statement (CPS) captures the rights and obligations of each and every entity participating in the issuance and usage of Digital Signature Certificate. The CPS documents the basis for issuing, managing, using, suspending, activating and revoking of Digital Signature Certificates. It is intended to legally bind all parties that create, use, and validate Digital Signature Certificates within the context of the certification practices.

ABOUT DIGITAL INDIA

The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

The journey of e-Governance initiatives in India took a broader dimension in mid 90s for wider sectoral applications with emphasis on citizen-centric services. Later on, many States/UTs started various e-Governance projects. Though these e-Governance projects were citizen-centric, they could make lesser than the desired impact. Government of India launched National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in 2006. 31 Mission Mode Projects covering various domains were initiated. Despite the successful implementation of many e-Governance projects across the country, e-Governance as a whole has not been able to make the desired impact and fulfil all its objectives.

It has been felt that a lot more thrust is required to ensure e-Governance in the country promote inclusive growth that covers electronic services, products, devices and job opportunities. Moreover, electronic manufacturing in the country needs to be strengthened.

In order to transform the entire ecosystem of public services through the use of information technology, the Government of India has launched the Digital India programme with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

E-governance initiatives in India took a broader dimension in the mid 1990s for wider sectoral applications with emphasis on citizen-centric services. The major ICT initiatives of the Government included, inter alia, some major projects such as railway computerization, land record computerization, etc. which focused mainly on the development of information systems. Later on, many states started ambitious individual e-governance projects aimed at providing electronic services to citizens.

Though these e-governance projects were citizen-centric, they could make less than the desired impact due to their limited features. The isolated and less interactive systems revealed major gaps that were thwarting the successful adoption of e-governance along the entire spectrum of governance. They clearly pointed towards the need for a more comprehensive planning and implementation for the infrastructure required to be put in place, interoperability issues to be addressed, etc. to establish a more connected government.

e-Kranti : National e-Governance Plan 2.0

The national level e-Governance programme called National e-Governance Plan was initiaited in 2006. There were 31 Mission Mode Projects under National e-Governance Plan covering a wide range of domains, viz. agriculture, land records, health, education, passports, police, courts, municipalities, commercial taxes, treasuries etc. 24 Mission Mode Projects have been implemented and started delivering either full or partial range of envisaged services. For more details click here

Considering the shortcomings in National e-Governance Plan that included lack of integration amongst Government applications and databases, low degree of government process reengineering, scope for leveraging emerging technologies like mobile, cloud…etc, Government of India has approved the e-Kranti programme recently with the vision of “Transforming e-Governance for Transforming Governance”.

All new and on-going eGovernance projects as well as the existing projects, which are being revamped, should now follow the key principles of e-Kranti namely ‘Transformation and not Translation’, ‘Integrated Services and not Individual Services’, ‘Government Process Reengineering (GPR) to be mandatory in every MMP’, ‘ICT Infrastructure on Demand’, ‘Cloud by Default’, ‘Mobile First’, ‘Fast Tracking Approvals’, ‘Mandating Standards and Protocols’, ‘Language Localization’, ‘National GIS (Geo-Spatial Information System)’, ‘Security and Electronic Data Preservation’.

The portfolio of Mission Mode Projects has increased from 31 to 44 MMPs. Many new social sector projects namely Women and Child Development, Social Benefits, Financial Inclusion, Urban Governance, eBhasha…etc have been added as new MMPs under e-Kranti.

Vision of Digital India

The vision of Digital India programme is to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

Vision Areas of Digital India

The Digital India programme is centred on three key vision areas:

Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen

Availability of high speed internet as a core utility for delivery of services to citizens

Cradle to grave digital identity that is unique, lifelong, online and authenticable to every citizen

Mobile phone & bank account enabling citizen participation in digital & financial space

Easy access to a Common Service Centre

Shareable private space on a public cloud

Safe and secure cyber-space

Governance & Services on Demand

Seamlessly integrated services across departments or jurisdictions

Availability of services in real time from online & mobile platforms

All citizen entitlements to be portable and available on the cloud

Digitally transformed services for improving ease of doing business

Making financial transactions electronic & cashless

Leveraging Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) for decision support systems & development

Digital Empowerment of Citizens

Universal digital literacy

Universally accessible digital resources

Availability of digital resources / services in Indian languages

Collaborative digital platforms for participative governance

Citizens not required to physically submit Govt. documents / certificates

Vision Area 1: Digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen infrastructure

A well connected nation is a prerequisite to a well served nation. Once the remotest of the Indian villagers are digitally connected through broadband and high speed internet, then delivery of electronic government services to every citizen, targeted social benefits, and financial inclusion can be achieved in reality. One of the key areas on which the vision of Digital India is centred is “digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen”.A key component under this vision is high speed internet as a core utility to facilitate online delivery of various services. It is planned to set up enabling infrastructure for digital identity, financial inclusion and ensure easy availability of common services centres. It is also proposed to provide citizens with “digital lockers” which would be sharable private spaces on a public cloud, and where documents issued by Government departments and agencies could be stored for easy online access. It is also planned to ensure that the cyberspace is made safe and secure.

Vision Area 2: Governance and services on demand

Over the years, a large number of initiatives have been undertaken by various State Governments and Central Ministries to usher in an era of e-governance. Sustained efforts have been made at multiple levels to improve the delivery of public services and simplify the process of accessing them. E-governance in India has steadily evolved from computerization of Government Departments to initiatives that encapsulate the finer points of Governance, such as citizen centricity, service orientation and transparency.

The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was approved in 2006 to take a holistic view of e-governance initiatives across the country, integrating them into a collective vision. Around this idea, a massive countrywide infrastructure reaching down to the remotest of villages is being developed, and large-scale digitization of records is taking place to enable easy and reliable access over the internet. The ultimate objective was to make all government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets, and ensure efficiency, transparency, and reliability of such services at affordable costs to realise the basic needs of the common man".

Six elements are crucial for ensuring that governance and services are made available on demand to all citizens and other stakeholders in the country.

Vision Area 3: Digital empowerment of citizens

Digital connectivity is a great leveller. Cutting across demographic and socio-economic segments, Indians are increasingly connecting and communicating with each other through mobile phones and computers riding on digital networks. The Digital India programme itself promises to transform India into a digitally empowered society by focusing on digital literacy, digital resources, and collaborative digital platforms. This also places emphasis on universal digital literacy and availability of digital resources/services in Indian languages.

Approach and Methodology for Digital India Programme are:

Ministries / Departments / States would fully leverage the Common and Support ICT Infrastructure established by GoI. DeitY would also evolve/ lay down standards and policy guidelines, provide technical and handholding support, undertake capacity building, R&D, etc.
The existing/ ongoing e-Governance initiatives would be suitably revamped to align them with the principles of Digital India. Scope enhancement, Process Reengineering, use of integrated & interoperable systems and deployment of emerging technologies like cloud & mobile would be undertaken to enhance the delivery of Government services to citizens.
States would be given flexibility to identify for inclusion additional state-specific projects, which are relevant for their socio-economic needs.
e-Governance would be promoted through a centralised initiative to the extent necessary, to ensure citizen centric service orientation, interoperability of various e-Governance applications and optimal utilisation of ICT infrastructure/ resources, while adopting a decentralised implementation model.
Successes would be identified and their replication promoted proactively with the required productization and customisation wherever needed.
Public Private Partnerships would be preferred wherever feasible to implement e-Governance projects with adequate management and strategic control.
Adoption of Unique ID would be promoted to facilitate identification, authentication and delivery of benefits.
Restructuring of NIC would be undertaken to strengthen the IT support to all government departments at Centre and State levels.
The positions of Chief Information Officers (CIO) would be created in at least 10 key Ministries so that various e-Governance projects could be designed, developed and implemented faster. CIO positions will be at Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary level with over-riding powers on IT in the respective Ministry.

Programme Management Structure for Digital India Programme

The Programme management structure for the Digital India prorgamme as endorsed by the Union Cabinet is as follow:

For effective management of the Digital India programme, the programme management structure would consists of a Monitoring Committee on Digital India headed by the Prime Minister, a Digital India Advisory Group chaired by the Minister of Communications and IT and an Apex Committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary. The structure has the needed secretarial/ monitoring/ technical support and appropriate decentralization of power and responsibility to ensure effective execution of the various projects/ components by the implementing departments/ teams.

Key components of the Programme Management structure would be as follows:

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for programme level policy decisions.

A Monitoring Committee on Digital India under the Chairpersonship of Prime Minister which will be constituted with representation drawn from relevant Ministries/ Departments to provide leadership, prescribe deliverables and milestones, and monitor periodically the implementation of the Digital India Programme.

A Digital India Advisory Group headed by the Minister of Communications and IT to solicit views of external stakeholders and to provide inputs to the Monitoring Committee on Digital India, advise the Government on policy issues and strategic interventions necessary for accelerating the implementation of the Digital India Programme across Central and State Government Ministries/Departments. The composition of the Advisory Group would include representation from the Planning Commission and 8 to 9 representatives from States/UTs and other Line Ministries/Departments on a rotational basis.

An Apex Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary would be overseeing the programme and providing policy and strategic directions for its implementation and resolving inter-ministerial issues. In addition it would harmonize and integrate diverse initiatives and aspects related to integration of services, end to end process re-engineering and service levels of MMPs and other initiatives under the Digital India Programme, wherever required.

Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC)/Committee on Non Plan Expenditure (CNE) to financially appraise/ approve projects as per existing delegation of financial powers. The EFC/ CNE headed by Secretary Expenditure would also be recommending to the CCEA the manner in which MMPs/ eGovernance initiatives are to be implemented, as well as the financial terms of participation for States. A representative of the Planning Commission would also be included in both the EFC and CNE.

A Council of Mission Leaders on Digital India headed by Secretary, DeitY would be established as a platform to share the best practices in various existing and new eGov initiatives under Digital India and also to sensitize various government departments about ICT projects of DeitY. While the inter-departmental, integration and interoperable issues of integrated projects / eGovernance initiatives would be resolved by the Apex Committee on Digital India headed by Cabinet Secretary, the technical issues of integrated projects would be resolved by the Council of Mission Leaders.

Further, considering the scope of the Digital India Programme and the need to look at issues such as overall technology architecture, framework, standards, security policy, funding strategy, service delivery mechanism, sharing of common infrastructure etc. at a programme level, it is proposed that the technical appraisal of all Digital India projects be done by DeitY, prior to a project being placed before the EFC/ CNE. This appraisal would cover issues relating to inclusion of adoption of Standards, utilization of Cloud and mobile platforms, consideration of security aspects, etc. The Secretary, DeitY or his representative may also be included as a standing special invitee to all EFC/CNE meetings, which are appraising/approving MMPs. It may be mentioned that the DeitY has already set up a Programme Management Unit, namely National eGovernance Division (NeGD) to provide support to departments in conceptualizing, developing, appraising, implementing and monitoring respective MMPs / eGovernance Initiatives.

Institutional mechanism of Digital India at State level would be headed by State Committee on Digital India by the Chief Minister. State/UT Apex Committees on Digital India headed by Chief Secretaries would be constituted at State/UT level to allocate required resources, set priority amongst projects and resolve inter-departmental issues at State level.

For effective monitoring of Digital India, usage of Project Management Information System would be mandatory in each new and existing Mission Mode Projects to capture the real or near real time details about the progress of the project. This tool should be proficient enough to capture the parameters for each stage of project namely, conceptualization and development, implementation and post implementation. The parameters could be decided in consultation with various line Ministries / Departments and DeitY.

Since the “e-Kranti: National eGovernance Plan 2.0” is already integrated with Digital India Programme, the existing programme management structure established for National eGovernance Plan at both national and state level has also been decided to be integrated appropriately with the programme management structure being envisaged for Digital India Programme at national and State/UT level.

AADHAAR

Aadhaar identity platform is one of the key pillars of ‘Digital India’, wherein every resident of the country is provided with a unique identity or Aadhaar number. The largest biometrics based identification system in the world, Aadhaar is a strategic policy tool for social and financial inclusion, public sector delivery reforms, managing fiscal budgets, increase convenience and promote hassle-free people-centric governance. It is unique and robust enough to eliminate duplicate or fake identities and may be used as a basis/primary identifier to roll out several Government welfare schemes and programmes for effective service delivery thereby promoting transparency and good governance.

Website.https://uidai.gov.in/beta/

BHARAT BROADBAND NETWORK (BBNL)

Bharat Broadband Network Limited is a special purpose vehicle set up under Companies Act by Government of India with an authorized capital of Rs. 1000 Cr. It has been mandated to create the National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) in India. A total of around 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats spread over 6,600 Blocks and 641 Districts are to be covered by laying incremental fiber.

Website.http://www.bbnl.nic.in/index.aspx

CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (COE-IT)

The Centre of Excellence for IoT was announced as a part of the Digital India Initiative to jump start the IOT ecosystem taking advantage of India's IT strengths and help the country attain a leadership role in the convergent area of hardware and software. The main objective of the center is to create innovative applications and domain capability. Additionally, the center will help build industry capable talent, start-up community and an entrepreneurial ecosystem for IOT.

Website.http://www.coe-iot.in/

CERT-IN

CERT-In was formed with an aim to secure Indian cyber space. CERT-In provides Incident Prevention and Response services as well as Security Quality Management Services. CERT-In has been designated under Section 70B of Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 to serve as the national agency to perform the following functions in the area of cyber security:

• Collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents

• Forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents

• Emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents

• Coordination of cyber incident response activities

• Issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents

Website.http://www.cert-in.org.in/

CSC 2.0

CSC 2.0 aims to establish a self sustaining network of 2.5 lakh CSC centres at Gram Panchayat (GP) level under Digital India and deliver various citizen centric services. It is envisaged as transaction-based and service delivery-based model, delivering a large bouquet of e-services through a single delivery platform, which would increase the sustainability of the CSCs across the Country. The project proposes to strengthen the CSC network by ensuring standardization of service availability and ensuring capacity building of all stakeholders involved.

Website.https://csc.gov.in/

CYBER SWACHHTA KENDRA

Cyber Swachhta Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) is a part of the Government of India's Digital India initiative to create a secure cyber space by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users so as to prevent further infections. It is set up in accordance with the objectives of the ‘National Cyber Security Policy’, which envisages creating a secure cyber eco system in the country. This centre operates in close coordination and collaboration with Internet Service Providers and Product/Antivirus companies.

Website.http://www.cyberswachhtakendra.gov.in/

DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAM JYOTI YOJANA

One of the flagship programmes of the Power Ministry (MoP), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) is designed to provide continuous power supply to the entire rural India. With this scheme, the government had decided to electrify 18,452 unelectrified villages within 1000 days, by May 1, 2018. The DDUGJY can benefit rural households significantly as electricity is extremely vital for growth and development of the country.

Website.http://www.ddugjy.in/

DIGILOCKER

DigiLocker is the Indian Government’s flagship program aimed at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. DigiLocker ties into Digital India’s visions areas of providing citizens a shareable private space on a public cloud and making all documents/certificates available on this cloud. Targeted at the idea of paperless governance, DigiLocker is a platform for issuance and verification of documents & certificates in a digital way, thus eliminating the use of physical documents.

Website.https://digilocker.gov.in/

DIGISEVAK- VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (VMS)

DigiSevak is an online volunteering platform for interested citizens who want to contribute to the success of Digital India program. Various government department and agencies can create volunteering tasks and volunteers can choose tasks based on their skills and interest areas. The platform provides means for end-to-end execution of a volunteering task, right from registration of volunteers to creation of tasks, evaluation of tasks and rewards & recognition of contribution by volunteers.

Website.http://digisevak.gov.in/

DIGITAL SAKSHARTA ABHIYAAN (DISHA)

The Digital Saksharta Abhiyan or National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) Scheme has been formulated to impart IT training to 52.5 lakh persons, including Anganwadi, ASHA workers and authorised ration dealers in all the States/UTs across the country. The initiative aims at training non-IT literate citizens to become IT literate to enable their active and effective participation in the democratic, developmental process, and enhance their livelihood too.

Website.http://www.ndlm.in/

DIGITIZE INDIA

Digitize India Platform (DIP) is an initiative of the Government of India under the Digital India Programme to provide digitization services for scanned document images or physical documents for any organization. The aim is to digitize and make usable all the existing content in different formats and media, languages, digitize and create data extracts for document management, IT applications and records management.

Website.https://digitizeindia.gov.in/

DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER (DBT)

DBT was initiated with the aim to reform Government delivery system by re-engineering the existing process in welfare schemes for simpler and faster flow of information/funds and to ensure accurate targeting of the beneficiaries, de-duplication and reduction of fraud. DBT will bring efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability in the Government system and infuse confidence of citizen in the governance. Use of modern technology and IT tools will realize the dream of MAXIMUM GOVERNANCE MINIMUM GOVERNMENT.

Website.https://dbtbharat.gov.in/

eBASTA

In line with the Government's Digital India initiative, this project has created a framework to make school books accessible in digital form as e-books to be read and used on tablets and laptops. The main idea is to bring various publishers (free as well as commercial) and schools together on one platform. In addition to the portal, a back-end framework to facilitate the organization and easy management of such resources has been developed, along with the web-based applications that can be installed on tablets for navigating the framework.

Website.https://www.ebasta.in/

ELECTRONIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (EDF)

As part of the ‘Digital India’ agenda of the Government, and to develop the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector in order to achieve ‘Net Zero Imports’ by 2020 and to look at India as their next destination to cater to the domestic Indian demand as well as act as an exports hub in the ESDM sector. It is with this objective that an Electronic Development Fund (EDF) is set up as a "Fund of Funds" to participate in professionally managed "Daughter Funds" which in turn will provide risk capital to companies developing new technologies in the area of electronics, nano-electronics and Information Technology (IT).

Website.http://www.edfindia-canbankventure.com/

eSIGN

eSign is an online electronic signature service which can be integrated with service delivery applications via an open API to facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document. Using authentication of the Aadhaar holder through Aadhaar e-KYC service, online electronic signature service is facilitated

Website.http://cca.gov.in/

ESSO-INDIAN NATIONAL CENTER FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES

ESSO-INCOIS was established as an autonomous body in 1999 under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and is a unit of the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO). ESSO- INCOIS is mandated to provide the best possible ocean information and advisory services to society, industry, government agencies and the scientific community through sustained ocean observations and constant improvements through systematic and focussed research.

Website.http://www.incois.gov.in/portal/index.jsp

eTRADE

The Department of Commerce is pursuing the project eTRADE, the purpose of which is to facilitate foreign trade in India by way of promoting effective and efficient delivery of services by various regulatory / facilitating agencies involved in foreign trade so as to enable the trade to avail services from these agencies in online environment.

Website.http://etrade.gov.in/project.aspx

GARV GRAMEEN VIDYUTIKARAN MOBILE APP

The mobile application provides real-time updated data of ongoing electrification process to all users/stakeholders and provides information about Government schemes and electrification data. The app can also be used for sharing inspirational stories of differently-abled, who achieved success despite all odds.

Website.http://garv.ddugjy.in/

GOVERNMENT eMARKETPLACE

Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is single window solution for online procurement of common use Goods & Services required by various Government Departments / Organizations / PSUs. GeM aims to enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement. It also provides the tools for direct purchase, e-bidding and reverse e-auction to facilitate the government users to achieve the best value for the money. The portal offers online registration facilities for all stakeholders namely Government Users, Product Sellers and Service Providers.

Website.https://gem.gov.in/

HERITAGE CITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUGMENTATION YOJANA (HRIDAY)

The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, launched the National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) scheme on 21st January, 2015, with a focus on holistic development of heritage cities. The scheme aims to preserve and revitalise soul of the heritage city to reflect the city’s unique character by encouraging aesthetically appealing, accessible, informative & secured environment.

Website.http://hridayindia.in/

INTEGRATED HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM (IHIP)

An Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) is being setup by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The primary objective of IHIP is to enable the creation of standards compliant Electronic Health Records (EHRs) of the citizens on a pan-India basis along with the integration and interoperability of the EHRs through a comprehensive Health Information Exchange (HIE) as part of this centralized accessible platform.

Website.https://www.nhp.gov.in/

IRCTC CONNECT

In order to cater to the growing demand of passengers to make the ticketing application more user-friendly and faster, IRCTC Connect was developed. The new app with several add-on features is based on the next generation e-ticketing system. Synchronised with the ticketing website, the app facilitates search and book train tickets, check existing reservations or cancel them, and get upcoming journey alerts

Website.https://www.irctc.co.in/eticketing/loginHome.jsf

JEEVAN PRAMAAN

Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled digital service for pensioners of Central Government, State Government or any other Government organization. The new service aims to streamline the process of issuing life certificate and make it a hassle-free experience for the pensioners. With this initiative the pensioner’s requirement to physically present him/her in front of the disbursing agency or the certification authority will become a thing of the past benefiting the pensioners in a huge way and cutting down on unnecessary logistical hurdles.

Website.https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/

MEGHRAJ

In order to utilise and harness the benefits of Cloud Computing, Government of India has embarked upon an ambitious initiative - "GI Cloud" which has been named as 'MeghRaj'. The focus of this initiative is to accelerate delivery of e-services in the country while optimizing ICT spending of the Government. This will ensure optimum utilization of the infrastructure and speed up the development and deployment of eGov applications.

Website.https://cloud.gov.in/index.php

MOBILE SEVA APP STORE

A mobile applications store (m-AppStore) has been created to facilitate the process of development and deployment of suitable mobile applications for delivery of public services through mobile devices. The m-AppStore store is integrated with the MSDG and it shall use the MSDG infrastructure for deployment of such applications. The m-AppStore is based on service oriented architecture and cloud based technologies using open standards as far as practicable.

Website.https://apps.mgov.gov.in/index.jsp

NATIONAL SUPER COMPUTING MISSION (NSM)

National Super Computing Mission has been envisaged to empower the national academic and R&D institutions, spread across the country, by installing a vast supercomputing grid comprising of more than 70 high-performance computing facilities. These supercomputers will also be networked on the National Supercomputing grid over the National Knowledge Network (NKN).

Website.https://nsmindia.in

OPEN DATA

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India - data.gov.in - is a platform for supporting Open Data initiative of Government of India. The portal is intended to be used by Government of India Ministries/ Departments their organizations to publish datasets, documents, services, tools and applications collected by them for public use. It intends to increase transparency in the functioning of Government and also open avenues for many more innovative uses of Government Data to give different perspective.

Website.https://data.gov.in/

RAPID ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

National e-Governance Division, a division of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has developed a Rapid Assessment System (RAS) for continuous feedback for e-services delivered by Government of India and State Governments. This system has multiple channels for receiving feedback and is backed by analytics. These analytics will help integrated departments for continuous system improvement and better governance.

Website.http://ras.gov.in/

SINGLE WINDOW INTERFACE FOR TRADE (SWIFT)

As part of the “Ease of Doing Business” initiatives, the Central Board of Excise & Customs, Government of India has taken up implementation of the Single Window Project to facilitate the Trading Aross Borders in India. The 'India Customs Single Window' would allow importers and exporters, the facility to lodge their clearance documents online at a single point only. Required permissions, if any, from other regulatory agencies would be obtained online without the trader having to approach these agencies. The Single Window Interface for Trade (SWIFT), would reduce interface with Governmental agencies, dwell time and the cost of doing business.

Website.https://www.icegate.gov.in/SWIFT/

STATE WIDE AREA NETWORK

The Government had approved the Scheme for establishing State Wide Area Networks (SWANs) across the country, in March, 2005 to be expended by the Department under Grant-in-Aid of Rs. 2,005 crore, over a period of five years. Under this Scheme, technical and financial assistance are being provided to the States/UTs for establishing SWANs to connect all State/UT Headquarters up to the Block level via District/ sub-Divisional Headquarters, in a vertical hierarchical structure with a minimum bandwidth capacity of 2 Mbps per link.

Website.http://meity.gov.in/content/state-wide-area-network-swan

ACCESSIBLE INDIA CAMPAIGN MOBILE APP

Sugamya Bharat Abhiyaan or Accessible India Campaign is a nation-wide flagship campaign for achieving universal accessibility that enables people with disabilities to gain access for equal opportunity, live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. The campaign targets at enhancing the accessibility of built environment, transport system and Information and communication ecosystem. The mobile application is a crowd sourcing platform to comprehensively obtain information on inaccessible places across the country. The mobile application is available on IOS, Android and Windows platform and can be downloaded from the respective App Stores.

Website.http://accessibleindia.gov.in/content/

AGRIMARKET APP

The mobile application has been developed with an aim to keep farmers abreast with the crop prices and discourage them to carry-out distress sale. Farmers can get information related to prices of crops in markets within 50km of their own device location using the AgriMarket Mobile App. This app automatically captures the location of the farmers using mobile GPS and fetches the market prices of crops which fall within the range of 50km. The prices of agri commodities are sourced from the Agmarknet portal. Currently, the apps is available in English and Hindi languages.

Website.http://mkisan.gov.in/downloadmobileapps.aspx

BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO

The campaign aims at ensuring girls are born, nurtured and educated without discrimination to become empowered citizens of this country. The Campaign interlinks National, State and District level interventions with community level action in 100 districts, bringing together different stakeholders for accelerated impact. The initiatives youtube channel show various videos related to the campaign.

Website.http://wcd.nic.in/BBBPScheme/main.htm

BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)

Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is an app that makes payment transactions simple, easy and quick using Unified Payments Interface (UPI). It enables direct bank to bank payments instantly and collect money using a Mobile number or Payment address. Bharat Interface for Money app is currently available on Android and it is downloadable from Google Playstore, for smart phones.

Website.http://www.npci.org.in/

CRIME AND CRIMINAL TRACKING NETWORK & SYSTEMS (CCTNS)

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) is a plan scheme conceived in the light of experience of a non-plan scheme namely - Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA). CCTNS aims at creating a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of policing through adopting of principle of e-Governance and creation of a nationwide networking infrastructure for evolution of IT-enabled-state-of-the-art tracking system around 'Investigation of crime and detection of criminals'.

Website.http://www.ncrb.gov.in/BureauDivisions/CCTNS/cctns.htm

CROP INSURANCE MOBILE APP

Crop Insurance mobile app can be used to calculate the Insurance Premium for notified crops based on area, coverage amount and loan amount in case of loanee farmer. It can also be used to get details of normal sum insured, extended sum insured, premium details and subsidy information of any notified crop in any notified area.

Website.http://mkisan.gov.in/downloadmobileapps.aspx

DIGITAL AIIMS

The first step in the Digital AIIMS project was taken in January 2015 with the creation of an effective linkage between AIIMS, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY). A unique health identification number for every patient visiting AIIMS was generated on an Aadhar platform. The Unique Health Identification Number gave every Patient visiting AIIMS a Digital Identity.

Website.http://ehospital.nic.in/ehospital/

e-GRANTHALAYA

e-Granthalaya is an Integrated Library Management Software developed by National Informatics Centre,(NIC), Department of Electronics & Information Technology. The application is useful for automation of in-house activities of libraries and to provide various online member services. The software provides built-in Web OPAC interface to publish the library catalogue over Internet. The software is UNICODE Compliant, thus, supports data entry in local languages.

Website.http://egranthalaya.nic.in/

E-PANCHAYAT

e-Panchayat is an e-Governance initiative for the rural sector providing comprehensive software solution attempting automation of Gram Panchayat functions. It is a platform for panchayat representatives to connect with rest of the world, which aims to bring out the local voices by empowering the local communities to showcase and share local social, cultural and economic practices, stories and challenges.

Website.http://epanchayat.in/

Ebiz

eBiz is being implemented by Infosys Technologies Limited (Infosys) under the guidance and aegis of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. The focus of eBiz is to improve the business environment in the country by enabling fast and efficient access to Government-to-Business (G2B) services through an online portal. This will help in reducing unnecessary delays in various regulatory processes required to start and run businesses.

Website.https://www.ebiz.gov.in/home/

ECI EVM TRACKING

It is a GPRS based mobile application for ECI Officials to scan barcode on EVM machines (BU or CU or VVPAT), which is used in Polls.

Website.https://apps.mgov.gov.in/descp.do?appid=217

eDISTRICT

The e-District Mission Mode Project (MMP) is envisaged to strengthen the district administration of the state by providing ICT support to the participating departments and district administration in terms of providing centralized software application for selected category of citizen services and training for staff of the departments with a view to improve delivery of the citizen services being rendered by these departments. Services developed under e-District project would be delivered through various delivery channels like:

· Direct access by Citizens through e-District portal as a registered user.

· Existing Atal Jana Snehi Kendra's / B1 / K1 service centres.

· Common Service Centres (To be established upto Grama Panchayat Level).

Website.https://edistrict.gov.in/

eGREETINGS

eGreetings portal aims to promote a contemporary and eco-friendly method of sharing greetings by Government officials and agencies as well as citizens to colleagues and friends for National Holidays and other national occasions. The portal allows users to select and send greetings from multiple occasion-specific templates. Government Departments can also customize the greetings by adding tag-lines and messages related to their programmes and schemes.

Website.https://egreetings.gov.in/

eHOSPITAL

e-Hospital@NIC(link sends e-mail) is an open source health information management system ( HMIS) which is configurable and easily customizable with multi-tenancy support. It is designed to deploy in cloud infrastructure to manage multiple hospitals seamlessly. The generic application addresses all major functional areas of a hospital. A workflow based HL7 complient and ISO/IEC 9126 certified end-to-end solution Software for hospital management which covers complete treatment cycle of OPD/IPD as well integrates clinical, administrative, and billing/ insurance activities.

Website.http://ehospital.nic.in/ehospital/

eMSIPS

The electronic MSIPS (e-MSIPS) Application System enables online submission and scrutiny of applications submitted to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) under the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (MSIPS) and Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) schemes. All registered users can submit their applications in the system, using the forms designed for the same. The system will enable online scrutiny of applications and online generation of responses to the applicant. The applicants can view the response in the system.

eNAM

National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC (Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee) mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. The NAM Portal provides a single window service for all APMC related information and services. This includes commodity arrivals and prices, buy and sell trade offers and provision to respond to trade offers, among other services. While material flow (agriculture produce) continues to happen through mandis, an online market reduces transaction costs and information asymmetry.

Website.http://www.enam.gov.in/NAM/home/index.html

eOFFICE

The eOffice product aims to support governance by ushering in more effective and transparent inter and intra-government processes. The vision of e-Office is to achieve a simplified, responsive, effective and transparent working of all government offices. The Open Architecture on which eOffice has been built, makes it a reusable framework and a standard reusable product amenable to replication across the governments, at the central, state and dis trict levels. The product brings together the independent functions and systems under a single framework.

Website.https://eoffice.gov.in/

ePATHSHALA

Developed by NCERT, ePathshala for showcasing and disseminating all educational e-resources including textbooks, audio, video, periodicals and a variety of other print and non-print materials through website and mobile app. The platform addresses the dual challenge of reaching out to a diverse clientele and bridging the digital divide (geographical, socio-cultural and linguistic), offering comparable quality of e-contents. All the concerned stakeholders such as students, teachers, educators and parents can access e-books through multiple technology platforms i.e. mobile phones (android, iOS and Windows platforms), and tablets (as e-pub) and on web through laptops and desktops (as flipbooks).

Website.http://epathshala.nic.in/

EPFO WEB PORTAL & MOBILE APP

The web portal for Employees' Provident Funds Ordinance allows employees to check their EPF balance through an ePassbook which is an online version of their physical passbook. The mobile app allows the members to activate their UAN accounts from the comfort of their mobile phones and can also access their accounts for viewing their monthly credits through the passbook as well view their details available with EPFO. Similarly the EPF pensioners have been given the facility to access their pension disbursement details through this mobile app. Likewise, the employer can also view their remittance details.

Website.http://epfindia.gov.in/site_en/

ePRISON

The Scope of this project is to computerize and integrate all the activities related to prison and prisoner management in the jail. This application suite will provide the vital information about the inmates, lodged in the prisons, in real time environment to the prison officials and other entities, involved in Criminal Justice System. It will also facilitate online visit request and grievance redressal. ePrisons application suite, developed by NIC, is cloud based product designed with easy to use GUI and embedded with a comprehensive security features. It can be easily adopted by any state prisons department with minimum customization efforts since all the possible customization features are parameterized and can be configured by the users.

Website.http://eprisons.nic.in/NPIP/public/Home.aspx

ePROCUREMENT PORTAL (CPP)

The Central Public Procurement Portal of Government of India facilitates all the Central Government Organizations to publish their Tender Enquiries, Corrigendum and Award of Contract details. The primary objective of this portal is to provide a single p oint access to the information on procurements made across various central government organization.

Website.https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app

eSAMPARK

e-Sampark is a mechanism to connect the government directly with citizens across India by running mailer, outbound dialing and SMS campaigns. The platform is used for sharing informational and public service messages. The concept of e-Sampark has been introduced to establish proactive communication by digitization of campaigns. The multi-faceted platform facilitates not only seamless communication between the government and citizens, but also maintains a database of contacts of the nodal officers, representatives and citizens. In addition, users can also view the previous campaigns conducted.

Website.https://sampark.gov.in

eTAAL

eTaal is a web portal for dissemination of e-Transactions statistics of National and State level e-Governance Projects including Mission Mode Projects. It receives transaction statistics from web based applications periodically on near real time basis. eTaal presents quick analysis of transaction counts in tabular and graphical form to give quick view of transactions done by various e-Governance projects.

eVISA

The Ministry of Tourism supported the initiative regarding the implementation of Tourist Visa on Arrival enabled with Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) (renamed as e-Tourist Visa) strongly and committed all support to Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Civil Aviation for implementing this programme. The e-Tourist Visa enables the prospective visitor to apply for an Indian Visa from his/her home country online without visiting the Indian Mission and also pay the visa fee online.

Website.https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html

FARMER PORTAL

It is envisaged to make available relevant information and services to the farming community and private sector through the use of information and communication technologies, to supplement the existing delivery channels provided for by the department. Farmers’ Portal is an endeavour in this direction to create one stop shop for meeting all informational needs relating to Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries sectors production, sale/storage of an Indian farmer. With this Indian Farmer will not be required to sift through maze of websites created for specific purposes.

Website.http://farmer.gov.in/

FERTILISER MONITORING SYSTEM (FMS)

The FMS software monitors movement of various fertilisers at various stages in their value chain. The website provides information on fertiliser companies dealing with these fertilisers, the rate of concession on each fertiliser, its MRPs and productwise / statewise details of despatch and receipts of fertilisers at different destinations across the country.

Website.http://www.urvarak.co.in/

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)

Geographic Information System (GIS Software) is designed to store, retrieve, manage, display and analyze different types of geographic and spatial data, which allows users to produce maps and other graphic displays of geographic information for analysis and presentation and thus serves as a valuable tool to visualize spatial data and/or to build decision support systems for further use in any organization or research bodies. GIS stores data in geographical features and their characteristics; these features are typically classified as points, lines or areas, or as raster images. GIS stores information using spatial indices that make it possible to identify the features located in any arbitrary region of a map.

Website.https://ncog.gov.in/

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (GSI)

The Portal has been developed through the Online Core Business Integrated System Project (OCBIS). The objective behind the Portal is to provide a single window access to the information and services being provided by the GSI for the broad geoscientific community, citizens and other stakeholders. An attempt has been made through this Portal to provide comprehensive, accurate, reliable and single point source of information about GSI, its activities, achievements, geoscientific information and its various facets.

Website.https://www.gsi.gov.in/

GOODS AND SERVICE TAX NETWORK (GSTN)

The GST System Project is a unique and complex IT initiative. It is unique as it seeks, for the first time to establish a uniform interface for the tax payer and a common and shared IT infrastructure between the Centre and States. The portal envisions becoming a trusted National Information Utility (NIU) which provides reliable, efficient and robust IT Backbone for the smooth functioning of the Goods & Services Tax regimen enabling economic agents to leverage the entire nation as One Market with minimal Indirect Tax compliance cost.

Website.http://www.gstn.org/index.php

HIMMAT APP

Himmat is an initiative by Delhi police especially for women. Himmat is an emergency service, comprised of an android emergency application, which can send a distress call or emergency message to Delhi Police officials and specified contact or group in an emergency situation faced by a woman. The Police personnel will get these SOS alerts and locations on a portal and as a sms on their mobile phones as well.

Website.http://54.169.6.175/#

ICDS SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING AND NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (ISSNIP)

SSNIP is World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) assisted project, implemented by Ministry of Women Child Development in 162 high malnutrition burden districts in 8 States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The objectives of the project is to support the Government of India and participating States to (i) strengthen the ICDS policy framework, systems and capacities, and facilitate community engagement, to ensure greater focus on children below three years of age; and (ii) strengthen convergent actions for improved nutrition outcomes.

Website.http://wcd.nic.in/issnip/home.htm

KHOYA PAYA

The Khoya Paya portal is a citizen-based website to exchange information on missing and found children. It has been developed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY). The website is an enabling platform, where citizens can report missing children, as well as sightings of their whereabouts without wasting much time. The ‘Found’ children can also be reported on this web portal. The reporting can be done through text, photographs, videos and other means of transmitting and uploading information to the site.

Website.http://khoyapaya.gov.in/mpp/home

KISAN SUVIDHA

Kisan Suvidha is an omnibus mobile app developed to help farmers get relevant information instantly. The app provide information on various details such as weather, market prices, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, agriculture machinery, dealers, agro advisories, plant protection and IPM practices etc. Other unique features like extreme weather alerts, market prices of commodity in nearest area and the maximum price in state as well as in India have been added to empower farmers in the best possible manner.

Website.http://www.kisaansuvidha.com/

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (KMS)

Digital India Program envisions to ‘Transform India into a Digitally Empowered Society and Knowledge Economy’. To spearhead this vision, Knowledge Management Portal has been created to establish a culture where knowledge is captured, shared, created and reused. It provides a platform to leverage the transformation of data to knowledge by systematically aligning with the organizational goals and strategy.

Website.https://kms.negd.in

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)

Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of electronic courses (e-learning) and training programs. As a capacity building tool, LMS facilitates efficient administration of e-learning and training for various government officials both at centre and states/union territories. It has the objective of enhancing knowledge and skills of users as per their roles envisaged in the e-Governance Competency Framework (eGCF).

Website.https://lms.negd.in/

MADAD APP

Consular Services Management System (MADAD) has been setup for Indian Citizens to log and track Grievances pertaining to the Consular Services offered by the Indian Embassies (Missions/Posts) abroad. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) with a view to provide mobile enablement of MADAD, has launched MADAD Mobile Application on Android, iOS, and Windows platforms.

Website.http://www.madad.gov.in/AppConsular/welcomeLink

mASSET

mAsset is a mobile based tool that act as a supplement application to capture details such as photo and Geo-coordinates of the Assets into National Asset Directory (NAD). Additionally, this application is also used to capture the details of Asset (Category, sub-category, name of the Asset, Photo & Geo-coordinates) which are not available in the NAD application. NAD is one of the applications developed under Panchayat Enterprise Suite under e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project.

Website.http://assetdirectory.gov.in/

MCA21

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India, has initiated the MCA21 project, which enables easy and secure access to MCA services in an assisted manner for corporate entities, professionals, and general public. The MCA21project is designed to fully automate all processes related to enforcement and compliance of the legal requirements under the Companies Act, 1956.

The project further seeks to achieve inter-operability with the National e-Governance Services Delivery Gateway (NSDG), which will help extend MCA services to businesses via multiple front-end delivery channels, and which will also help provide other value-added services over and above the base services offered by MCA21.

Website.http://www.mca.gov.in

mCESSATION

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, in partnership with World Health Organisation and the International Telecommunications Union, has started an initiative for utilising mobile technology for tobacco cessation. WHO-ITU’s ‘Be Healthy Be Mobile’ initiative, aims to reach out to tobacco users of all categories who want to quit tobacco use and support them towards successful quitting through constant text messaging on mobile phones.

Website.http://www.nhp.gov.in/quit-tobacco

mKAVACH

MKavach is a comprehensive mobile device security solution with an emphasis and approach on protecting mobile device resources rather than scanning for malwares signatures. The major threats on mobile devices can be broadly categorized into data compromise, malicious applications, physical thefts and mis-utilization of hardware resources. M-Kavach is designed to provide protection against the above mentioned threats, through its features such as Secure Storage, Application Manager, Anti-Theft, Call/SMS filter and authorized access to device resources like WiFi, Bluetooth & Camera.

Website.https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=cs_eps_mkavach

mKISAN

mKisan SMS Portal has been conceptualised to give a quantum leap in coverage of farmers and geographical area in a timely, specific, holistic and need based knowledge dissemination among the farmers by leveraging the power of mobile telephony in such a way that all sectors use this platform to not only reach out to the farmers but also to address their concerns and queries.

Website.http://mkisan.gov.in/

MOTHER & CHILD TRACKING SYSTEM (MCTS)

Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS) is an initiative of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to leverage information technology for ensuring delivery of full spectrum of healthcare and immunization services to pregnant women and children up to 5 years of age. It facilitates and monitors service delivery and also establishes a two way communication between the service providers and beneficiaries.

Website.http://nrhm-mcts.nic.in/Home.aspx

mRAKTKOSH

The web-based mechanism interconnects all the Blood Banks of the State into a single network. The Integrated Blood Bank MIS refers the acquisition, validation, storage and circulation of various live data and information electronically regarding blood donation and transfusion service. Such system is able to assemble heterogeneous data into legible reports to support decision making from effective donor screening to optimal blood dissemination in the field.

Website.http://www.eraktkosh.in/

NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE PORTAL

A national ICT based portal has been developed, primarily to connect opportunities with the aspirations of the youth. This portal facilitates registration of job seekers, job providers, skill providers, career counsellors, etc. Additionally, it provides job matching services in a highly transparent and user-friendly manner. These facilities along with career counselling will be delivered by the portal through multiple channels like career centers, mobile devices, CSCs, etc.

Website.https://www.ncs.gov.in/

NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

National Knowledge Network (NKN) project is aimed at establishing a strong and robust Indian network which will be capable of providing secure and reliable connectivity. Globally, frontier research and innovation are shifting towards multidisciplinary and collaborative paradigm and require substantial communication and computational power. In India, NKN with its multi-gigabit capability aims to connect all universities, research institutions, libraries, laboratories, healthcare and agricultural institutions across the country to address such paradigm shift.

Website.http://nkn.gov.in/home

NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PORTAL (NSP)

NSP is a one-stop solution for end-to-end scholarship process right from the submission of student application, verification, sanction and disbursal to end beneficiary for all the scholarships provided by the Government of India. This initiative aims at providing a Simplified, Mission-oriented, Accountable, Responsive & Transparent 'SMART' System for faster & effective disposal of Scholarships applications and delivery of funds directly into beneficiaries account without any leakages.

Website.http://scholarships.gov.in/

NATIONAL UJALA DASHBOARD

The initiative is part of the Government of India’s efforts to spread the message of energy efficiency in the country. UJALA scheme aims to promote efficient use of energy at the residential level; enhance the awareness of consumers about the efficacy of using energy efficient appliances and aggregating demand to reduce the high initial costs thus facilitating higher uptake of LED lights by residential users.

Website.http://www.ujala.gov.in/

NATIONAL VOTERS SERVICE PORTAL (NVSP)

The portal was developed with an aim to provide single window service electors. Through NVSP, a user can avail and access various services such as access the electoral list, apply for voter id card, apply online for corrections in voter’s card, view details of Polling booth, Assembly Constituency and Parliamentary constituency, and get the contact details of Booth Level officer, Electoral Registration Officer, among other services.

Website.http://www.nvsp.in/

NIKSHAY

To monitor Revised National Tuberculosis Programme (RNTCP) effectively, a web enabled and case based monitoring application called NIKSHAY has been developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC). This is used by health functionaries at various levels across the country in association with Central TB Division (CTD), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. NIKSHAY covers various aspects of controlling TB using technological innovations. Apart from web based technology, SMS services have been used effectively for communication with patients and monitoring the programme on day to day basis.

Website.http://nikshay.gov.in/User/Login.aspx

NIRBHAYA APP

Nirbhaya: Be Fearless© is an android emergency application, which can send a distress call or emergency message to a specified contact or group in an emergency situation faced by a woman or any other individual in general. Correct Location, Information and Communication, with and from the app is dependent upon the basic hardware/software requirements, like - Active Data plan, SMS plan, minimum talk time and active GPS functionality.

Website.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartcloud.nirbhaya&hl=en

ONLINE LABS (OLABS)

Online Labs (OLabs) for school lab experiments provides students with the ease and convenience of conducting experiments over the internet. It has been developed to supplement the traditional physical labs and bridge the constraints of time and geographical distances. This not only reduces the costs incurred for conducting experiments in real time but gives a student the flexibility to explore and repeat experiments till they are thorough.

Website.http://www.olabs.edu.in/

PARIVAHAN PORTAL

The portal was launched to improve the quality of service delivery to the citizen and the quality of work environment of the RTOs. Its mission has been to automate all Vehicle Registration and Driving License related activities in transport authorities of country with introduction of smart card technology to handle issues like inter-state transport vehicle movement and to create state and national level registers of vehicles/DL information. The latest initiative has been to centralize both applications- VAHAN and SARATHI, for ensuring higher tranparency, security and reliability of operations through a countrywide unified database and provision of a highly citizen and trade centric web enabled environment.

Website.https://parivahan.gov.in/parivahan/

PASSPORT SEVA PROJECT (PSP)

Passport Seva enables simple, efficient and transparent processes for delivery of passport and related services. Apart from creating a countrywide networked environment for Government staff, it integrates with the State Police for physical verification of applicant's credentials and with India Post for delivery of passports. The Passport Seva Project is transforming passport and related services in India to provide a best-in-class experience to Indian citizens. PSP is enabling MEA to deliver passport services in a reliable, convenient and transparent manner, within defined service levels.

Website.http://www.passportindia.gov.in/

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PMIS)

Project Management and Information System (PMIS) has been developed in National eGovernance Division (NeGD) for Mission Mode Projects under e-Kranti.

· PMIS is an integrated information system

· PMIS offers information on cost, time and performance parameters of a project

· PMIS is decision oriented

· PMIS is capable of providing exception reports

Website.http://pmis.negd.gov.in/

PROJECT MONITORING WEBSITE FOR ECOURTS

The website was planned to develop, deliver, install and implement automated decision-making and decision support system in 700 courts of Delhi, Bombay, Kolkata & Chennai; 900 courts in the 29 capital city courts of states and UTs and 13000 district and subordinate courts. The objective of the project was to help judicial administrations of the courts in streamlining their day-to-day activities.

Website.http://ecourts.nic.in/

PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PFMS)

PFMS initially started as a Plan scheme named CPSMS of the Planning Commission in 2008-09 as a pilot in four States of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab and Mizoram for four Flagship schemes e.g. MGNREGS, NRHM, SSA and PMGSY. After the initial phase of establishing a network across Ministries / Departments, it has been decided to undertake National rollout of CPSMS (PFMS) to link the financial networks of Central, State Governments and the agencies of State Governments.

Website.https://cpsms.nic.in/

PUSA KRISHI

With the vision to take technology to the farm fields, Pusa Krishi application was developed. The app helps the farmers to find easy solutions to problems in their farm fields and get information about weather and accordingly take measures to save crops. It also offers information related to new varieties of crops developed by Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), resource conserving cultivation practices as well as farm machinery and its implementation will help in increasing returns to farmers.

Website.http://agricoop.nic.in/recentinitiatives/mobile-apps-kisan-suvidha-and-pusa-krishi-launched

SARANSH

A CBSE Initiative, Saransh is a tool for comprehensive self-review and analysis for CBSE affiliated schools and parents. It enables them to analyze students' performance in order to take remedial measures. Saransh brings schools, teachers and parents closer, so that they can monitor the progress of students and help them improve their performance.

Website.http://saransh.nic.in/?language=en

SHAALA DARPAN

KV Shaala Darpan is an e-Governance platform for all Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country. It aims to improve quality of learning, efficiency of school administration, governance of schools & service delivery to key stakeholders namely, students, parents, teachers, community and schools.

Website.https://darpan.kvs.gov.in/shaaladarpan/

Shala Siddhi

The National Programme on School Standards and Evaluation (NPSSE), known as Shaala Sidhdhi is a comprehensive instrument for school evaluation leading to school improvement. Developed by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), it aims to enable schools to evaluate their performance in a more focused and strategic manner and facilitate them to make professional judgments for improvement.

Website.http://shaalasiddhi.nuepa.org/

SMS-BASED MID-DAY MEAL MONITORING SCHEME

Mid-Day Meal mobile app is meant for effective monitoring of daily and monthly mid-day meal data to be sent by the schools. The app provides additional data communicating mechanism for the MDM in-charge/teacher who has to send the daily/monthly data using SMS. The app, once installed on android device, does not need Internet to send MDM figures as user has option to send the figure through SMS from the app. This simplifies the job of MDM in-charge, who even does not have to remember the SMS formats. The higher authorities at Block, District and State level have a very simple and effective mechanism in shape of this app on their mobile devices for effective and efficient monitoring of daily as well as monthly data transmission by all the MDM in-charge falling under their jurisdiction. The authorities can send SMS alerts to all defaulters using single button available in the app.

Website.http://mdm.nic.in/

SOIL HEALTH CARD

It aims at promoting Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) through judicious use of chemical fertilisers including secondary and micro nutrients in conjunction with organic manures and bio-fertilisers for improving soil health and its productivity; strengthening of soil and fertiliser testing facilities to provide soil test based recommendations to farmers for improving soil fertility; ensuring quality control requirements of fertilisers, bio-fertilisers and organic fertilisers under Fertiliser Control Order, 1985; upgradation of skill and knowledge of soil testing laboratory staff, extension staff and farmers through training and demonstrations; promoting organic farming practices etc.

Website.http://www.soilhealth.dac.gov.in/

STARTUP INDIA PORTAL AND MOBILE APP

Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, intended to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and Startups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. The Government through this initiative aims to empower Startups to grow through innovation and design.

Website.http://www.startupindia.gov.in/

SUGAMAYA PUSTAKALYA

“Sugamaya Pustakalaya” is an online platform that makes accessible content available to print-disabled people. The library houses publications across diverse subjects and languages and multiple accessible formats. It has been created by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in collaboration with member organizations of Daisy Forum of India and powered by TCS Access.

Website.https://library.daisyindia.org/NALP/welcomeLink.action

SWATCH BHAARAT app

The Swachhta Abhiyan has turned into a National Movement with citizens now becoming active participants in cleanliness activities across the nation. The dream of a ‘Clean India’ once seen by Mahatma Gandhi is being realized with millions of people across the country joining the cleanliness initiatives of the government departments, NGOs and local community centres to make India clean as a part of this ‘Jan Andolan’.

Website.https://swachhbharat.mygov.in/

SWAYAM

SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.This is done through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time.

Website.https://swayam.gov.in

UDAAN

Udaan is a special initiative to address the needs of the educated unemployed in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). It is focused on youth of the state, who are graduate, post graduate and three year diploma engineers. The programme is designed to encourage corporates to travel to J&K meet with the youth and hire aspiring youth in J&K who wish to explore the opportunity to work with corporates. Udaan provides a framework of support to the youth to travel, undergo training in firms and transit to work.

Website.http://nsdcudaan.com/

UMANG

UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance) is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India program to develop a common, unified platform and mobile app to facilitate a single point of access to all government services. It is envisaged to act as a master application, which will integrate 200 applications which will offer around 1,200 services of various government departments of the Centre, states and local bodies, and even some important utility services from the private sector. Its primary aim is to abridge inconvenience faced by users in managing multiple mobile apps and facilitate a one-stop-solution to avail varied government services.

Website.https://umang.gov.in

UN-RESERVED TICKET THROUGH MOBILE APPLICATION (UTS APP)

In order to promote paperless economy, Indian Railways has launched its new UTS on mobile application. This official android mobile ticketing app enables booking unreserved paperless journey ticket, issue/renew season ticket and platform ticket. The app has introduced two modes of booking mobile tickets-Paper Ticket and Paperless Ticket.

Website.https://www.utsonmobile.indianrail.gov.in/RDS/

AADHAAR ENABLED PAYMENT SYSTEM

AEPS is a bank led model which allows online interoperable financial inclusion transaction at PoS (MicroATM) through the Business correspondent of any bank using the Aadhaar authentication. It is a payment service empowering a bank customer to use Aadhaar as his/her identity to access his/ her respective Aadhaar enabled bank account and perform basic banking transactions like balance enquiry, cash deposit, cash withdrawal, remittances through a Business Correspondent.

Website.http://npci.org.in/home.aspx

BPO Scheme

The India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) seeks to incentivize establishment of 48,300 seats in respect of BPO/ITES operations across the country. It is distributed among each State in proportion of State's population with an outlay of Rs. 493 Crore. This would help in capacity building in smaller cities in terms of infra & manpower and would become basis for next wave of IT/ITES led growth. This scheme has potential to create employment opportunities of around 1.5 lakh direct jobs considering three shift operations. It may also create good number of indirect jobs.

Website.https://ibps.stpi.in/

DigiDhan ABHIYAAN

The initiative plans to enable citizens and merchants to undertake real time digital transactions through the DIGIDHAN Bazaar.Through organising DigiDhan Mela’s across the country, it aims to handhold users in downloading, installing and using various digital payment systems for carrying out digital transactions.

Website.https://digidhan.mygov.in/

MyGov

MyGov platform is a unique path breaking initiative which was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi. It is a unique first-of-its-kind participatory governance initiative involving the common citizen at large. The idea of MyGov brings the government closer to the common man by the use of online platform creating an interface for healthy exchange of ideas and views involving the common citizen and experts with the ultimate goal to contribute to the social and economic transformation of India.

Website.http://mygov.in

NATIONAL MISSION ON EDUCATION USING ICT

The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) has been envisaged as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to leverage the potential of ICT, in teaching and learning process for the benefit of all the learners in Higher Education Institutions in any time any where mode. It is a landmark initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development to address all the education and learning related needs of students, teachers and lifelong learners.

Website.http://www.nmeict.ac.in/#

NORTH EAST BPO PROMOTION SCHEME (NEBPS)

The North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS) has been approved under Digital India Programme, to incentivize BPO/ITES Operations in North East Region (NER) for creation of employment opportunities for the youths and growth of IT-ITES Industry. The objectives of NEBPS are as under:

(i) Creation of employment opportunities for the local youth in NER, by promoting the IT/ITES Industry particularly by setting up the BPO/ITES operations.

(ii) Promotion of investment in IT/ITES Sector in NER in order to expand the base of IT Industry and secure balanced regional growth.

Website.http://meity.gov.in/nebps

NREGA-SOFT

NREGAsoft envisions implementing e-Governance across State, District and three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions. It empowers the common man using the information technology as a facilitator. NREGAsoft provides information to citizen in compliance with the right to information Act (RTI Act). It makes available all the documents like Muster Rolls, registration application register, job card/employment register/muster roll issue register, muster roll receipt register which are hidden from public otherwise.

Website.http://www.nrega.net/ict/

OPEN FORGE

OpenForge is Government of India's platform for open collaborative development of e-governance applications. Through this platform, the government wants to promote the use of open source software and promote sharing and reuse of e-governance related source code. OpenForge has the following objectives:

-To provide a platform for maintaining code repositories and version control for government source code

-To promote a culture of open collaborative application development between public agencies and private organizations, citizens and institutions

-To reduce development cycles and fasten the rollout of e-governance applications in the country

-To deliver e-governance services and solutions of higher quality and security through increased transparency and mass peer review

-To reduce e-governance project cost and bring down total cost of ownership through a system of reuse, remixing and sharing

Website.https://openforge.gov.in/

PAHAL (DBTL)

The PAHAL (DBTL) aims to reduce diversion and eliminate duplicate or bogus LPG connections. The scheme was earlier launched in 2013 and was modified in 2015. Under the PaHaL scheme, LPG cylinders are sold at market rates and entitled consumers get the subsidy directly into their bank accounts. This is done either through an Aadhaar linkage or a bank account linkage.

Website.http://petroleum.nic.in/dbt/index.php

PAYGOV INDIA

A National Payment Service platform has been envisaged for a common e-Governance infrastructure that will offer end-to-end transactional experience for a citizen which includes accessing various services through internet with payment gateway interface for online payments. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology along with NSDL Database Management Ltd (NDML) created a common infrastructure that can be used by Center/States/Departments to offer various services through their National / State portals with a facility to make online payment using net banking, credit cards and debit cards.

Website.http://paygovindia.gov.in/

PRADHAN MANTRI GRAMIN DIGITAL SAKSHARTA ABHIYAAN

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan is the scheme to make six crore persons in rural areas, across States/UTs, digitally literate, reaching to around 40% of rural households by covering one member from every eligible household by 31st March, 2019. The Scheme aims to bridge the digital divide, specifically targeting the rural population including the marginalised sections of society like Scheduled Castes (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST), Minorities, Below Poverty Line (BPL), women and differently-abled persons and minorities.

Website.https://www.pmgdisha.in/

PRADHAN MANTRI JAN-DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY)

PMJDY is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion encompassing an integrated approach to bring about comprehensive financial inclusion of all the households in the country. The plan envisages universal access to banking facilities at least one basic banking account in every household, financial literacy, access to credit, insurance and pension facility. The initiative envisages channeling all Government benefits (from Centre / State / Local Body) to the beneficiaries’ accounts and pushing the Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme of the Union Government.

Website.http://pmjdy.gov.in/

PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA (PMKVY)

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood. Individuals with prior learning experience or skills will also be assessed and certified under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Website.http://www.pmkvyofficial.org/Index.aspx

SMART CITIES

The Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission in June 2015.Its objective is to promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart’ Solutions.The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development and the idea is to look at compact areas, create a replicable model which will act like a lighthouse to other aspiring cities. The Smart Cities Mission is meant to set examples that can be replicated both within and outside the Smart City, catalysing the creation of similar Smart Cities in various regions and parts of the country.

Website.http://smartcities.gov.in/content/

TARGETED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (TPDS)

The Government of India launched the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) with focus on the poor. Under the TPDS, states were required to formulate and implement foolproof arrangements for the identification of the poor for delivery of foodgrains and for its distribution in a transparent and accountable manner at the FPS level. The scheme, when introduced, was intended to benefit about 6 crore poor families for whom a quantity of about 72 lakh tonnes of food grains was earmarked annually.

Website.http://dfpd.nic.in/

VISVESVARAYA PHD SCHEME FOR ELECTRONICS AND IT

One of the key goals of the Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme is to encourage working professionals and non-PhD faculty members to pursue PhD in the ESDM & IT/ITES sectors as part-time candidates. It is envisioned that having part-time PhD students is likely to encourage the Industry-Academia interaction, help in the alignment of the R&D efforts between them and bring value to the country.

Website.http://phd.medialabasia.in

CONTROLLER OF CERTIFYING AUTHORITIES (CCA)

The IT Act provides for the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) to license and regulate the working of Certifying Authorities and also to ensure that none of the provisions of the Act are violated. The Certifying Authorities (CAs) issue Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) for electronic authentication of users. Its aim is to promote the growth of e-commerce and eGovernance through a wide use of digital signatures.

Location.

Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003 Fax. +91-011-24369578 Email. info[AT]cca[dot]gov[dot]in

Web Site. http://www.cca.gov.in/cca/

CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING (C-DAC)

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is the premier organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for carrying out research and development in IT, Electronics and associated areas. C-DAC works on strengthening national technological capabilities in the context of global developments in the field and responds to change in the market need in selected foundation areas.

Location.

Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune - 411 007 Maharashtra (India) Ph. +91-20-2570-4100 Fax. +91-20-2569 4004

Web Site. https://cdac.in/index.aspx

CENTRE FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CRIS)

The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Railways. It develops and manages the Information Technology applications of the Indian Railways. CRIS also provides IT applications for non-Railway Government and Public Sector organizations and wider transparency of national and local Governments.

Location.

Chanakya Puri, New Delhi – 110021; Ph. +91-11-24104525 24106717 Fax. +91-11-26877893 Email. contactus[at]cris[dot]org[dot]in(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. http://cris.org.in/CRIS/

COMMON SERVICES CENTRE (CSC)

Common Services Center (CSC) are a strategic cornerstone of the Digital India programme. They are the access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, thereby contributing to a digitally and financially inclusive society. CSCs are more than service delivery points in rural India. They are positioned as change agents, promoting rural entrepreneurship and building rural capacities and livelihoods. They are enablers of community participation and collective action for engendering social change through a bottom-up approach with key focus on the rural citizen.

Location.

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 3rd Floor, 6 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,

New Delhi – 110003 Ph. +91-11-24301349

Web Site. http://csc.gov.in/

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE (DAC&FW)

DAC&FW is organized into 27 divisions and has five attached offices and twenty-one subordinate offices which are spread across the country for coordination with state level agencies and implementation of Central Sector Schemes in their respective fields. Further, one Public Sector Undertakings, nine autonomous bodies, ten national level cooperative organizations and two authorities are functioning under the administrative control of the Department.

Location.

Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhawan, Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110001;

Web Site. http://agricoop.nic.in/

SMALL FARMERS AGRIBUSINESS CONSORTIUM (SFAC)

Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is an autonomous society promoted by Ministry of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India. SFAC is an exclusive society focused on increasing incomes of small and marginal farmers through aggregation and development of agribusiness. SFAC is progressing towards establishing an eco system for FPOs/FPCs to make them sustainable and viable in the long run. SFAC is also implementing the National Agriculture Market Electronic Trading (e-Nam) platform.

Location.

NCUI Auditorium Building, 5th Floor, 3, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016 Ph. +91-11- 26966017, 26966037 Fax. +91-11- 26862367

Web Site. http://sfacindia.com/

DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DEPWD)

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment facilitates empowerment of the persons with disabilities, who as per Census 2011 are 2.68 crore and are 2.21 percent of the total population of the Country. These include persons with Seeing, Hearing, Speech, Movement, Mental Retardation, Mental Illness, Multiple Disability and any other disabilities.

Location.

5th Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003

Web Site. http://www.disabilityaffairs.gov.in/

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE SERVICES

The mandate of the Department of Financial Services covers the functioning of Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies and the National Pension System.

Location.

3rd floor, JeevanDeep Building, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001 Ph. +91-011-23745128

Web Site. http://financialservices.gov.in/

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION (DIPP)

Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion is responsible for formulation and implementation of promotional and developmental measures for growth of the industrial sector, keeping in view the national priorities and socio-economic objectives. While individual Administrative Ministries look after the production, distribution, development and planning aspects of specific industries allocated to them, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion is responsible for the overall Industrial Policy.

Location.

Udyog Bhawan, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, Delhi 110001 Ph. +91-011-2306 1204, 23061222-29 Fax. +91-011-2306 2626

Web Site. http://dipp.nic.in/English/default.aspx

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (DST)

Department of Science & Technology (DST) promotes new areas of Science & Technology, and to play the role of a nodal department for organising, coordinating and promoting S&T activities in the country. DST accordingly (a) Develops S&T policies, (b) Strengthens human resources and institutional capacities, (c) Enables development & deployment of technologies, (d) Creates opportunities for societal interventions through S & T & (e) Establishes and engages in mechanisms of cooperation, partnerships & alliances.

Location.

Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110016 Ph. +91-11-26567373, 26962819; Fax. +91-11-26864570, 26862418 Email. dstinfo[at]nic[dot]in

Web Site. http://www.dst.gov.in/

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF SUPPLIES AND GOODS (DGS&D)

DGS&D is tasked primarily with fixing Rate Contracts (RC) for common user items required by various Government organizations through an online e-procurement portal. Presently, it is being managed by two organized Group ‘A’ Services namely Indian Supply Service and Indian Inspection Service. DGS&D Rate Contracts are used by Central Government Ministries / Departments, PSUs and State Governments.

Location.

Jeevan Tara Building, 5 Sansad Marg, New Delhi - 110 001 Ph. 011–45738100/457381200

Web Site. http://dgsnd.gov.in/

EDUCATION & RESEARCH IN COMPUTER NETWORKING (ERNET)

ERNET India is an autonomous scientific society under the administrative control of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, having one of the largest nationwide terrestrial and satellite network with 15 points of presence located at the premier academic and research institutions in major cities of the country.

Location.

10th Floor, Jeevan Prakash Building, 25, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi- 110001 Ph. +91-20-2570-4100 Fax. +91-20-2569 4004 Email. webmaster[at]eis[dot]ernet[dot]in(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. http://www.ernet.in/

INDIAN COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ICERT)

· Collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents

· Forecast and alerts of cyber security incidents

· Emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents

· Coordination of cyber incident response activities

· Issue guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents

Location.

Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,New Delhi-110003, Ph. +91-11-24368572,

Toll free Fax. +91-1800116969, Email. incident[at]cert-in[dot]org[dot]in(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. http://www.cert-in.org.in/

INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (ICAR)

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. The Council is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.

Location.

Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Krishi Bhavan,

New Delhi 110 001.

Web Site. http://dare.nic.in/

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS (MCA)

The Ministry is primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 & other allied Acts and rules & regulations framed there-under mainly for regulating the functioning of the corporate sector in accordance with law. It is also responsible for administering the Competition Act, 2002; it exercises supervision over the three professional bodies, namely, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI), Institute of Company Secretaries of India(ICSI) and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI); and is responsible for carrying out the functions of the Central Government relating to administration of Partnership Act, 1932, the Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act, 1951 and Societies Registration Act, 1980.

Location.

'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110001 Ph. +91-011-23384660

Web Site. http://www.mca.gov.in/

MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MEITY)

MeiTY aims to promote e-Governance for empowering citizens, promoting the inclusive and sustainable growth of the Electronics, IT & ITeS industries, enhancing India’s role in Internet Governance, adopting a multipronged approach that includes development of human resources, promoting R&D and innovation, enhancing efficiency through digital services and ensuring a secure cyber space. It envisions e-Development of India as the engine for transition into a developed nation and an empowered society.

Location.

Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Pragati Vihar, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 Ph. +91-11-24301851

Web Site. http://meity.gov.in/

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

The main responsibility of the Ministry is to protect and safeguard the interests of workers in general and those who constitute the poor, deprived and disadvantage sections of the society, in particular, with due regard to creating a healthy work environment for higher production and productivity and to develop and coordinate vocational skill training and employment services. Government’s attention is also focused on promotion of welfare and providing social security to the labour force both in organized and unorganized sectors, in tandem with the process of liberalization.

Location.

Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001

Web Site. http://www.labour.nic.in/

NATIONAL ASSETS DIRECTORY

National Asset Directory (NAD) is one of the software applications envisaged as part of Phase II of e-Panchayat MMP. NAD aims to keep stock of all the assets created, controlled and maintained by the RLB/ULB/Line Department in the country and assign a code to each asset for its unique identification leading to effective utilization of the Assets.

Location.

Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, 11th Floor, J.P. Building, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place,

New Delhi-110001

Web Site. http://assetdirectory.gov.in/

MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

The Ministry of External Affairs of India, also known as the Foreign Ministry, is the government agency responsible for the conduct of foreign relations of India.

Location.

South Block, New Delhi-110011; Ph.+91-094565 59025;

Web Site. http://www.mea.gov.in

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING (NCERT)

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation set up by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school education.

Location.

Sri Aurbindo Marg, New Delhi-110016 Ph. +91-11-26562188 Fax. +91-11-26868419

Web Site. http://www.ncert.nic.in/

NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION (NHM)

The National Health Mission (NHM) encompasses two Sub-Missions, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). It is both flexible and dynamic and is intended to guide States1 towards ensuring the achievement of universal access to health care through strengthening of health systems, institutions and capabilities.

Location.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011

Web Site. http://nrhm.gov.in/

NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE (NIC)

National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology provides network backbone and e-Governance support to Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts and other Government bodies. It offers a wide range of ICT services including Nationwide Communication Network for decentralized planning, improvement in Government services and wider transparency of national and local Governments.

Location.

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 India Ph. +91-11-24363692 Fax. +91-11-2436262 Email: nic-editorial[at]nic[dot]in(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. http://www.nic.in/

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NIELIT)

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT),(erstwhile DOEACC Society), an Autonomous Scientific Society under the administrative control of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MoE&IT), Government of India, was set up to carry out Human Resource Development and related activities in the area of Information, Electronics & Communications Technology (IECT). NIELIT is engaged both in Formal & Non-Formal Education in the area of IECT besides development of industry oriented quality education and training programmes in the state-of-the-art areas.

Location.

Ph. :- 91-11-2436 3330 Fax. 91-11-2436 3335 Email. contact[at]nielit[dot]gov[dot]in(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. http://www.nielit.gov.in/

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

NIHFW, an autonomous organization, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, acts as an ‘apex technical institute’ as well as a ‘think-tank’ for the promotion of health and family welfare programmes in the country. The Institute addresses a wide range of issues on health and family welfare.

Location.

National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Baba Gang Nath Marg, Munirka, New Delhi-110067 Ph. +91-11-26165959 Fax.91-11-2610 1623

Web Site. http://www.nihfw.org

NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA (NIXI)

NIXI is a not for profit Organization under section 25 of the Companies Act 1956, and was registered on 19 th July, 2003. NIXI was set up for peering of ISPs among themselves for the purpose of routing the domestic traffic within the country, instead of taking it all the way to US/Abroad, thereby resulting in better quality of service (reduced latency) and reduced bandwidth charges for ISPs by saving on International Bandwidth. NIXI is managed and operated on a Neutral basis, in line with the best practices for such initiatives globally.

Location.

Incube Business Center, 5 level, 18, Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110019, India Ph. +91-11-30614624/25 Fax. +91-11-30614629 Email. info[at]nixi[dot]in(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. http://www.nixi.in/

NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The National Skill Development Corporation, (NSDC) is a one-of-its-kind, Public Private Partnership in India, under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. It aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality, for-profit vocational institutions. NSDC acts as a catalyst in skill development by providing funding to enterprises, companies and organisations that provide skill training.

Location.

Block A, Clarion Collection, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi – 110016; Ph. +91-11-47451600-10; Fax. +91-11-4656041;

Web Site. http://www.nsdcindia.org/

NASSCOM

NASSCOM is the industry association for the IT-BPM sector in India. A not-for-profit organisation funded by the industry, its objective is to build a growth led and sustainable technology and business services sector in the country.

Location.

NASSCOM, Plot 7 to 10, Sector 126, Noida-201303; Ph. +91-4767-0100; Fax. +91-11-2301-5452;

Web Site. http://www.nasscom.in/

NATIONAL PAYMENTS CORPORATION OF INDIA

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an umbrella organization for all retail payments system in India. It was set up with the guidance and support of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). The core objective is to consolidate and integrate multiple systems with varying service levels into nation-wide uniform and standard business process for all retail payment systems. The other objective was to facilitate an affordable payment mechanism to benefit the common man across the country and help financial inclusion.

Location.

1001A, B wing, 10th Floor, The Capital, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051; Fax. +91-022 – 4000 9100;

Web Site. http://www.npci.org.in/

NSDL DATABASE MANAGEMENT LTD. (NDML)

NSDL Database Management Ltd. (NDML) is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL). NDML is part of NSDL Group comprising of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), NSDL Database Management Limited (NDML) and NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited. NSDL Group has been involved in projects of national importance, especially those being implemented for the first time by the government / government undertakings in India. NDML works closely with the Government agencies for implementing e-Governance Projects on Build-Own-Operate basis at the most competitive charges.

Location.

4th Floor, Trade World, ‘A’ Wing, Kamala Mills Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 013; Ph. +91-22-24994200; Email. info_ndml[at]nsdl[dot]co[dot]in(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. https://www.ndml.in/

NATIONAL EGOVERNANCE DIVISION (NEGD)

NeGD is an Independent Business Division (IBD) established by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology within Media Lab Asia to undertake Programme Management of NeGP. NeGD acts as one of the key catalysts and integrators for initiatives under Mission Mode Projects and support components under NeGP 2.0 across the country. NeGD is also expected to proactively support central ministries/departments/state governments in propagation of their e-Governance initiatives.

Location.

National e-Governance Division, 4th Floor, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi: 110003

Ph. +91-11-24301851 Fax. +91-11-24363101

Web Site. http://negd.gov.in/

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION (NUEPA)

The National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, is a premier organization dealing with capacity building and research in planning and management of education not only in India but also in South Asia.

Location.

17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, NCERT Campus, New Delhi-110016; Ph.+91-011-26544820; Email. nuepa[at]nuepa[dot]org(link sends e-mail)

Web Site. http://www.nuepa.org/New/

NATIONAL CENTRE OF GEO-INFORMATICS (NCOG)

NCoG provides a ‘GIS platform’ for sharing and collaborating GIS data source, location based analytics and ‘Decision Support System’ serving to Central/State/UT government departments, businesses as well as provide hosts of citizen services. Its main objectives are to: provide a national platform for developing geo-informatics related resources and capabilities in the country, provide applications and solutions to all Governments, Central, State, Local self-governments in the area of geo-informatics, take up programmes for human resource development in the area of geo-informatics and take up R&D in the area of geo-informatics including use of open source technologies.

Web Site. https://ncog.gov.in/

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