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Capacity building under NeGP

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 NeGP is an ambitious program of the Government of India aimed at improving the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of government services to citizens and businesses with the help of Information and Communication Technology. It is a national level initiative which proposes rapid deployment and scale-up of select “Mission mode Projects”, creation of national IT backbone for fast, reliable & efficient connectivity, data storage & access and Common Service Centers for delivery of citizen services, creation of Internet portals for 24x7 access to government information and services. 

As per the guidelines issued by Department of Information Technology, Government of India in this regard requires institutional strengthening to be undertaken at two levels: 

  • State Level: Strengthening of the State Government’s Department of Information Technology. This capacity building would be at a program level and would be at a program level and would provide overall direction, standardization and consistency through program management of the e-Governance initiatives in the State.
  • Department Level: Strengthening Departments that would undertake individual initiatives would be the next priority. This capacity building would be at a ‘project’ level and would be constituted as and when projects are initiated at the department level.

 Capacity building Roadmap has been prepared for the State. DPR for capacity building amounting to Rs.913 lakhs was submitted to DIT, Govt. of India, which details the nature & scale of e-Governance initiatives planned by Govt. of Chhattisgarh in the next three years and presents the capacity building requirements of the State. The existing capacities need to be complimented and strengthened with major managerial and technological resources, particularly for implementation of the State Mission Mode Projects (SMMPs) by concerned departments of the State. One of the primary objectives of the Capacity Building is to increase the capacities of the internal resources of the Government by leveraging their skills and competencies through value based training in areas commensurate with their skill sets, profile and envisaged roles in the e-Governance framework of the state. 

The eGovernment Road Map for the State has been framed which identifies the various IT needs and priorities of the Departments. NISG was the consultant. In phase 1 of the eGovernment Road Map, the eGovernment Vision, eGovernment Strategy and eGovernment Blueprint have been prepared.and submitted to Department of Information Technology, Government of India vide letter no. 38/Js/IT/06 dated 15 February, 2006 The Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the eGovernment Road Map deals with eGovernment Program and eGovernment Ecosystem respectively which would be taken up subsequently. 

Chhattisgarh e-Governance Strategy

The e-Governance roadmap recommends 8 priority sectors as mission mode projects (MMPs), which would provide efficient services to the citizens & businesses and enhance the internal efficiency of the Government. The 8 Group Applications identified include 7 new applications and one application under development, in the following groups:

  • Infrastructure including PWD, WRD, Urban Administration and Development, and Energy (Project/Works Management; Accounting and budget management)

  •  Industries group (G-to-B services and back-end applications)

  • Education group Including school, and higher general, technical, Medical, and Agricultural Education- Education Institution Management System, Education MIS, e-Learning and EDUSAT, and E-resources for Teachers)

  • Others (Integrated check posts, Agricultural Production Information System)

The portfolio also contains 18 departmental applications, of which 5 are in place; 4 are under development, and 9 are recently initiated or to be initiated. In addition to these, several applications have been identified that can be taken up in a second phase during the 5-year timeframe. Core Infrastructure identified for implementation includes a State Wide Area Network, State Data Center; Front-end Service Delivery Infrastructure in urban and rural areas; data centers at the district level, and recommends Local Area Networking in departments where this is missing/ inadequate. The e-governance initiatives and applications have been categorized into core/common applications, group applications, and departmental applications.   

One of the primary objectives of the Capacity Building is to increase the capacities of the internal resources of the Government by leveraging their skills and competencies through value based training in areas commensurate with their skill sets, profile and envisaged roles in the e-Governance framework of the state. 

As part of this programme, eGovernment Road Map & Capacity Building Roadmap as well as DPR for eProcurement project has been prepared while DPR for Secretariat Workflow and Knowledge Mgt. System and detailed capacity building programme for the State has been planned. A training programme for the Political Leaders and Policy Makers of Chhattisgarh on 'e-Government for Good Governance' was organised through NISG at ISB, Hyderabad on 4-5 January, 2008.