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1 Department of Information Technology DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM The Vision of Department of Information Technology - better governance through the use of Information Communication Tools, income and employment generation through private sector participation and empowerment of the rural communities. The various projects and activities undertaken by the Department of Information Technology are reflected below: MAJOR PROJECTS 1. Sikkim State Data Centre (SSDC): The Sikkim State Data Center became functional from April 2011 and has hosted critical applications of the Commercial Tax Department under Finance Department and also the Geographical Information System (GIS) application i.e Integrated Land Management and Administrative Planning (ILMAP). Websites and applications that are hosted in the Data Center along with the name of the designated Nodal Officers of the concerned departments are: Sl No. Name of Website Department Designated Nodal Officers 1. sikkim.gov.in Information Technology Department Shri T. Samdup, Jt DirectorI/DIT Shri P.V Bsnet, joint Director III/DIT 2. sikkimtax.gov.in Commercial Taxes Division, FRED Shri Samrat Pradhan, Asst. Director (IT) 3. sikkimfred.gov.in Finance, Revenue and Expenditure Department Shri Mahindra Pradhan, Joint Director 4. sikkimrmdd.gov.in Rural Management and Development Department Shri Prem Singh Rai Joint. Director (IT) 5. sikkimlrdm.gov.in Land Revenue and Disaster Management Department 6. sikkim-cooperative.gov.in Co-operative Department Shri R.K Gautam, Addl. Registrar 7. sikkim-roadsandbridges.gov.in Roads & Bridges Department Shri Bindeshwari Prasad, S.E (Planning) 8. sikkim-wsphed.gov.in Water Security and Public Health Department Shri O.P Sharma, S.E(N/E) 9. sikkimmines.gov.in Mines and Geology Department

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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM

The Vision of Department of Information Technology - better governance through

the use of Information Communication Tools, income and employment generation

through private sector participation and empowerment of the rural communities.

The various projects and activities undertaken by the Department of Information

Technology are reflected below:

MAJOR PROJECTS

1. Sikkim State Data Centre (SSDC):

The Sikkim State Data Center became functional from April 2011 and has

hosted critical applications of the Commercial Tax Department under Finance

Department and also the Geographical Information System (GIS) application i.e

Integrated Land Management and Administrative Planning (ILMAP).

Websites and applications that are hosted in the Data Center along with the

name of the designated Nodal Officers of the concerned departments are:

Sl No. Name of Website Department Designated Nodal Officers

1. sikkim.gov.in Information Technology

Department

Shri T. Samdup, Jt DirectorI/DIT

Shri P.V Bsnet, joint Director

III/DIT

2. sikkimtax.gov.in Commercial Taxes Division,

FRED

Shri Samrat Pradhan,

Asst. Director (IT)

3. sikkimfred.gov.in Finance, Revenue and

Expenditure Department

Shri Mahindra Pradhan, Joint

Director

4. sikkimrmdd.gov.in Rural Management and

Development Department

Shri Prem Singh Rai

Joint. Director (IT)

5. sikkimlrdm.gov.in Land Revenue and Disaster

Management Department

6. sikkim-cooperative.gov.in Co-operative Department Shri R.K Gautam, Addl. Registrar

7. sikkim-roadsandbridges.gov.in Roads & Bridges Department Shri Bindeshwari Prasad, S.E

(Planning)

8. sikkim-wsphed.gov.in Water Security and Public

Health Department

Shri O.P Sharma, S.E(N/E)

9. sikkimmines.gov.in Mines and Geology

Department

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10. sikkim-ahvs.gov.in Animal Husbandry and

veterinary Services

Department

11. sikkim-building.gov.in Building and Housing

Department

Shri Pramod Kumar Agrawal, S.E

(Planning)

12. sikkim-culture.gov.in Cultural affairs and Heritage

Department

Shri Dharma Bhusan Gazmer,

Jt.Secy(Administration)

13. sikkim-irrigation.gov.in Irrigation and Flood Control

Department

S. K Lamichaney, Jt. Director

14. sikkim-excise.gov.in Excise (Abkari Department)

15. sikkimhealth.gov.in Department of Health Dr. Govind Lama, Additional

Director

16. sikkimagri.gov.in Food Security and Agriculture

Development Department.

17. Sikkimforest.gov.in Forest Environment and

wildlife management

Department

Mrs. Manu Hangma Subba,SSS

Deputy Director

18. Sikkimtourism.gov.in Tourism and Civil Aviation

Department

Ms Tenzeen T Bhutia

Asst. Director,IT

19. Sikkimgazettes.gov.in Information Technology

Department

Shri Vaishnav Gajmer

Asstt. Director/DIT

20. Sikkimfcs-cad.gov.in Food and civil supplies

Department

21. Sikkimeccl.gov.in Ecclesiastical Affairs

Department

Shri S.Gyatso

Joint Director

Mr. Chewang Namgyal Phenchungpa, Joint Director IV of the Department of

Information Technology, Government of Sikkim has been nominated as the Chief

Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Sikkim State Data Centre.

A service Level Agreement has been signed with all the line departments who have

their application hosted in the Sikkim State Data Centre. The signing of this

document is mandatory as per the guidelines of the ISO certification agency.

The Sikkim State Data Centre has been audited and reviewed by the Auditor of the

ISO certification agency. The Data Centre will be ISO certified in the year 2014.

Also the process for developing a Disaster Recovery (DR) Site for the Data Centre

has been initiated.

2. State Service Delivery Gateway/State Portal (SSDG/SP):

The State Portal project has been formulated under the National e-

Governance Plan (NeGP) to fulfill the vision of providing easy and convenient

services to the Citizens through remote access primarily through Common Service

Centers (CSCs) and enabling the State Portal (by implementing the key

components State Portal viz. SSDG, electronic Form (“e-Forms”), Application and

Computing Infrastructure. With this in view the State Portal has been designed,

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developed and hosted by Department of Information Technology, Government of

Sikkim. The objective behind the Portal is to provide a single window access to the

information and services being provided by the Government with comprehensive,

accurate, reliable and one stop source of information ranging from health,

education, housing and employment, law & order and finances. A variety of citizen

services being provided by the Government across sectors and states/UTs will also

be accessible from the Portal. Around 40 Desktops, Scanners, UPS & Printers has

been deployed in all 4 Districts across different locations for 9 Departments.

The Sikkim State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG)/State Portal was used by the

Human Resource Development Department, Government of Sikkim for receiving

applications for the Common Entrance Test (Sikkim). A total of around 4000

applications were received and processed by the department.

The total transaction till May 2014 done in the SSDG/State Portal is 8500.

3. Geographical Information System (GIS)

The Department of Information Technology procured high resolution satellite

imagery such as Quickbird from the National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) with

an estimated area of 500 sq kms.

The Departmental personnel along with the technical consultants from Zymax

Technologies, Calcutta carried out Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS)

survey in the West District of Sikkim from 12th November 2013 to 20th November

2013. This survey which is done for collection of Ground Control Points (GCPs)

was carried out in 27 different locations across West District of Sikkim.

The image processing of the satellite imagery has been completed which includes

the following:

1. Mosaicking of the images

2. Pan Sharpening of the images

3. Image Enhancement

4. Colour Balancing

5. Haze Removal

6. Geo-Referencing

The final product after image processing has been delivered for commencement of

collection of points of interest in West District of Sikkim.

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4. Computerization of Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Department (SIFMS)

The Computerization of Finance, Rev. & Exp. Department has been completed.

The software package “Sikkim Integrated Financial Management System” (SIFMS)

for the State has been tested and already implemented at all the Pay & Accounts of

Sikkim and Budget Division of FRED. This web based application software enables

the Department heads to view their budgetary position in all districts. The

software is also used by Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Raj Bhawan and Sikkim

Nationalized Transport. Currently the Connectivity required for the software

functioning is running in 34 Mbps leased line SWAN network in all the districts.

5. State Wide Area Network (SWAN):

The project was implemented by National Informatics Centre, Department of

Information Technology, Government of India. Under the State Wide Area Network

(SWAN) project 43 Point of Presence (POP) have been commissioned. The POPs are

being used for NREGA data entry work. All the Block Administrative Centers

(BACs) have been allotted one room each for the establishment of SWAN Centre.

At present the Department of Information Technology, Government of Sikkim does

not receive funds from the Government of India. Consequently, the SWAN PoP’s in

all the four district of Sikkim is not functional.

6. Common Service Centre (CSC)

Forty (40) Community Information Centers were set up in Sikkim in 2001 and an

additional 5 Nos. of CICs in the year 2005 totaling to 45 Nos. of CICs currently

operational in Sikkim with the objective of providing citizen centric services. In

the year 2006 the CICs were converted to Common Service Centers (CSCs) as per

the Government of India directives and State Governments. With the approval of

the State government the project was later handed over to the M/s Comat

Technologies in the year 2008 which was later handed over to M/s IL&FS (ETS) in

the year 2009. In the MSA, it has been agreed that the State Government’s

revenue support for the CSC would be discontinued after the end of the 4th year

which is September 2012.

As a result M/s IL & FS Pvt. Ltd made a request for exit from the CSC operations

in Sikkim which was approved by the Government of Sikkim.

At present CSC project is managed by CRTI (Centre for research in Training &

Informatics) Department of Information Technology, Government of Sikkim

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without any SCA and revenue support from DEITY, Government of India. There

are a total of 38 CSC Operators and 28 Chowkidars attached to the CSCs at

present. The Department of Information Technology has processed a file for

approval of the Government for either regularizing the CSC Operators and

Chowkidars or by giving them a monthly consolidated wage.

At present all the common service center operators and chowkidars have been

posted at the Gram Vikas Kendra and Sub divisional Office respectively. The CSC

operators and chowkidars is providing technical support to all the Gram Vikas

Adhikaris and Sub Divisional Magistrate.

The Department of Information technology is paying the salaries of the operators

and chowkidars through state budget and is facing lot of problems in dispensing

the monthly salary of the CSC personnel’s in time.

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7. e-Tendering/Procurement:

E-Tendering/Procurement System is a process of procuring the items

electronically using internet. The tenderers can see all the tenders hosted on this

Portal and download the Tender Schedules free of cost. It also gives the facility to

view the Tenders which are closing today or closing within next 7 days or closing

within next 14 days. The site also provides facility to search for tenders on various

parameters such as Tenders based on value, department, product category, etc.

The following table details the e-tender report for the year 2013-2014:

Sl.No Department

No of Tenders

floated in

Financial Year

2013-2014

Tender value (`)

1

Sikkim Nationalized

Transport Department 2 17,77,00,000

2

Tourism and Civil

Aviation Department 2 16,38,048,000

3

Roads and Bridges

Department 9 155,84,12,000

4

Human Resource

Development

Department 2 24,96,10,000

5 SIMFED 1

18,70,00,000

6

Health Care, Human

Service and Family

Welfare Department 1 10,00,00,000

TOTAL 17 391,07,70,000

8. IT Park/NIELIT Centre:

The Department of Information Technology, Government of India has st up

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) in the North

Eastern region of the country to carry out Human resource development and

related activities in the areas of Electronics, Communication and Information

Technology. The Department of Information Technology, Government of India has

also proposed to upgrade NIELIT centers in each Northeastern States which

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includes Sikkim. The NIELIT will have full fledged campus covering enhanced

academic block, administrative block, hostel facilities for students along with

residential facility for faculty and staffs, library, workshop, guest house,

auditorium etc. A sum of Rs 41.9 Crore has been approved by the Government of

India for setting up of NIELIT center in Sikkim.

For the above purpose, the Department of Information Technology, Government of

Sikkim has identified 8.54 acres of land at Bengthang, Pacheykhani block under

Pakyong Sub-Division. The cost of the above said land has been estimated to Rs

2,05,43,047/- by the Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department, in this

regard the Department of IT has parked Rs 63.50 lakhs in the LR&DM

Department. It has been detailed to us by the LR&DM Department that the

mutation of land in favour of Department of IT can only been done after the

payment of the balance remaining amount of Rs 1,41,93,047/- for which the

Department has requested the DPER&NECA Department for provision of Rs 1.5

crores for this financial year to meet up this expenditure.

9. e-District:

E-District is a Mission Mode Project of the National e-Governance Plan under the

state category. The project aims at delivering high volume of citizen centric

services of the District and Sub District level like issues of certificates (income,

employment, domicile etc.), ration card services, revenue court services etc.

electronically which would be web enabled and will be made accessible to the

citizens at doorsteps thereby resulting in substantial cost savings and reduction of

time required to access these services. The e-District will leverage the core e-

infrastructure of State Wide area Network, State Data Center and State Service

Delivery Gateway.

One special feature is the creation of District e-Governance society (DeGS) at every

district headed by the collector/District Magistrate. Under the scheme each DeGS

will be given a seed cap of Rs. 10.00 lakhs.

DPR for e-District project has been prepared by M/s Price water house coopers

Pvt. Ltd (PWC). Currently the company is working with the District Collectors of all

the four districts and identifying the services to incorporate them with the project.

Under the e-District project the Department of Information technology has decided

to construct “e-Kakshya” in all the Gram Vikas Kendra’s. The main objective of

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these e-Kakshya is to formulate a center where all the services of the Gram Vikas

Kendra will be made online and accessible to the Public. The Kakshya will be

equipped with Desktop PCs, Printer, Scanners and Photocopy machine. The

working model is being constructed at the Ranka Gram Vikas Kendra.

10. Installation of Video Surveillance Unit at the check post of Sikkim

under Border Management and Security System:

Border Security remains a key homeland security challenge as new risks & threats

emerge, Governments all over the world are calling for higher level of safety and

security. Two key missions for border security at the Check posts is to maintain

secure state borders for the facilitation of legal commerce, while stopping the

traffic of illegal weapons, people, drugs and property. This can be achieved by

including images captured by License Plate Reader (LPR) and Driver Imaging

System (DIS) surveillance cameras strategically placed in Rangpo checkpoint

border. These integrated images will be supplied to the concerned department with

the purpose of enhancing the agency’s investigative tools used for interdiction

missions.

The Project is implemented at the Rangpo Check Post. The control is given to

Sikkim Police and is currently in use at the check post. Installation of the camera

at Melli check post is under process. The project will also come under the purview

of Cyber Village.

The Department of Information Technology, Government of Sikkim will also be

installing the Video Surveillance Units at the Reshi and Raman Check Post.

11. Cyber Village:

The project aims at providing support to the basic administrative unit i.e. “Village

Administration” to enable content development of G2C services, GPU as the

primary front-ends for service delivery to deliver services to the citizens at their

doorstep. Cyber Village project involves integrated and seamless delivery of citizen

services by GPU administration through automation of workflow, back end

digitization, integration and process redesigning across participating

sections/departments for providing services in an efficient manner to the citizens.

A core list of services has been identified at the GPU level and would be

implemented as part of this POC. SMS based technologies would be widely

adopted in this project.

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Melli Dara GPU has been selected for implementation of Cyber Village Project. The

Tender process for selection of implementing agency was carried out at the

Department of Information Technology and accordingly through bid process M/S

Vendeep TechnoIdentity of Hyderabad was selected.

The project has been successfully implemented at the Melli Dara Gram Panchayat

Unit making it the first Cyber Village in India.

12. Establishment of Call Centre in Gangtok:

The State Government has approved the space at the roof top of old children park

shopping complex, opposite Sadar Police Station for construction of a Call Centre.

Accordingly, an area measuring 4000 sq. ft. was allotted to the IT Department.

An amount of Rs. 66.50 lakhs was transferred to the Building & Housing

Department to begin the construction work. The construction work of the

proposed Call Centre is under way. Building and Housing Department would only

be constructing the RCC roof and the pillars. The interior would have to be done

separately.

It is planned to invite Expression of Interest (EOI) from firms which have a

minimum 200 seater capacity BPO. We expect some companies to respond to this

EOI and would prepare the Tender Document based on consultations and

comments that we receive from the prospective bidders.

13. Sikkim Open Data Acquisition & Accessibility Policy (SODAPP):

In his budget speech delivered on April 25,2013, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of

Sikkim, expressing his vision of a state-of-the-art data management system, made

the following statement:

“Sikkim is at the threshold of entering into a new category of states that are

seen as good models to be emulated due to high growth rate and good governance.

However, on many occasions, our arguments and success stories lost most of their

sheen due to lack of corresponding data. In order to be able to spur further growth in

all areas of human development, the case for holistic acquisition of data, research

and dissemination is being felt.”

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Open Data presents opportunities for public service transformations by giving

users more power to self-serve. It creates a platform for more informed public

debate. This in turn means the public is better equipped to hold their government

accountable and also to be more informed about public services in their area. The

policy will be a driver for economic growth in the building of a knowledge society

as envisaged by the Chief Minister. A new market for public service information

will thrive if data is freely available in a standardized format for use and re-use.

Open Data across government and public services would allow a market in

comparative analytics, information presentation and service improvement to

flourish. This new market will attract talented entrepreneurs and skilled

employees, creating high value-added services for citizens, communities, non-

profit organizations and public service providers, delivering auxiliary jobs and

driving demand for skills.

The Sikkim Open Data Acquisition and Accessibility Policy (SODAAP) is designed

so as to apply to all sharable non-sensitive data available either in digital(machine

readable) or analog(human readable) forms but generated using public funds by

various Ministries/Departments/Subordinate offices/organizations/agencies of

Government of Sikkim. The SODAAP policy is designed both to provide authentic

data to buttress the achievements of the Government of Sikkim and to gather data

on key metrics to be able to spur growth in all the areas of human development.

The following three Departments have been identified as pilot departments to

implement the open data bank initiative:

a. Human Resource Development Department

b. Rural Management and Development Department

c. Healthcare services and Family welfare Department

The Department has nominated three Nodal officers in the level of Joint

Director for the respective departments.

A demo model has been developed for the data bank using dkan platform. The

platform is an open source portal and many countries including England has

developed their data portal using dkan. Various meetings were held for

implementation of the data bank project.

14. Inner Line Permit System/Online Bus Ticketing System:

“Inner Line Permit System” is for Sikkim Tourism Development Corporation,

Government of Sikkim. The key objective of this project is to provide G2G and G2C

Services. This project aims at providing an appropriate and a time efficient

centralized system of tracking permits issued to tourists who visit the State. This

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system will provide quality of service which includes web enabled services, mobile

enabled services, time efficient services etc.

The salient features of the project are:

Bringing the services of the Government closer to the door steps of the

citizens through the motto of “Anywhere Anytime Services”

Simplification and streamlining of the processes of the Department.

To preserve electronic documents.

Centralized Storage of Data leveraging the State Data Center.

All the permits can be issued on a single window preferably online.

Allowing issuing of Electronic permits and online Bus ticket booking

thereby improving the efficiency and providing Quality of Service to the

citizens.

Computerization for the entire permit issuing authorities and offices across

India.

The pilot phase would comprise of the establishment of Permit Cell in the

four districts of Sikkim.

The permits that are proposed to be issued online are Nathula Permit, Inner

Line Permit, wildlife Sanctuary Permit etc.

An Online “ILP (Inner Line Permit) application system” is being developed for

Tourism Department.

In order to automate the process of issuing different permits by digitizing all the

data and making the process more secure by the use of modern information and

communication technology integrated with mobile technology, the Department of

Information Technology, Government of Sikkim is developing an online ILP (Inner

Line Permit) System Application for the Department of Tourism, government of

Sikkim.

The Department of Information technology, Government of Sikkim has developed

an online bus ticketing system for the Sikkim Nationalized Transport (SNT) buses.

The software was officially launched by the Secretary, Transport Department. The

software is live at www.sntonline.in. At present the software is being used by many

tourist visiting Sikkim. A total of 75 tickets has been booked till May 2014.

15. m-Tourism

Mobile technology is no longer something we are simply anticipating. While

traditional information desks, leaflets and directories will always be important

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marketing tools, holidaymakers are increasingly looking to take advantage of their

smartphone’s internet capabilities to help them gather holiday information, find

reviews and even book tickets while travelling. The total number of mobile internet

users is expected to reach 134 million by 2013. Travelers combine smartphone

technology with social media and send photos, share reviews, take and upload

videos and update their favorite sites as they travel. This aspect of smartphone

technology has great relevance. An active and well compiled social media presence

such as Twitter and Facebook may increase your chances of being seen by

travelers using smartphones.

The main objective of the project is to promote Sikkim tourism through the use of

easily accessible mobile platform showcasing rich media tourist information.

At present the fund has been released by the Government of India. The

Department of Information technology is in the process of inviting bids for the

implementation of m-Tourism project.

16. RFID File Tracking System:

“File Tracking System”, the main objective of which is efficient tracking of file

movements in & out of the Department making use of the RFID Technology.

RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification device. File traceability is an

important subject for departments in handling/generating/moving files or

documents. Some files contain highly confidential data and of important nature,

so losing any information on account of not being able to trace the file is totally

unacceptable.

The following are the highlights of the project:

1. Smart RFID enabled files will be issued every time a new file creation is put up. These RFID will have a unique identification that will help the file dispatching authority identify the file.

2. These files are scanned and their subsequent details are entered into a software system. 3. For dispatch of file a physical check out from the system using RFID reading system installed at the station. 4. For file receiving, the file will be placed atop of the check in station 1 by 1 and system would be updated on the go. 5. File storage is done by scanning the barcode of the location and reads the file tag to complete the put away activity.

Currently the installation of RFID readers and antenna is on the process. The

implementation will be done by June 2014. This is a pilot project.

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DEMONSTRATION OF THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) AT PALJOR

STADIUM, GANGTOK, SIKKIM.

A demonstration of the unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) was organized by the

Department of Information Technology, Government of Sikkim on 12/09/2013 at

Paljor Stadium, Gangtok. The demonstration of the UAV was attended by various

Government officials and Police Personnel’s along with the media personnel’s. The

Demonstration was a huge success.

NETRA, a collaborative development between ideaForge and DRDO, is a

completely autonomous hovering Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ideal for short range

missions and requires very short training time. Its intuitive point and click

graphical user interface requires minimal user assistance allowing the user to

concentrate on the mission objective rather than the flying of the vehicle. Its quick

deployment time and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) ability expand its usage

to confined areas of operation. It finds application in Anti-terrorist operations,

Counter-insurgency in forested areas, Hostage situations, Border infiltration

monitoring, Local law enforcement operations, Search and Rescue operations,

Disaster management, Aerial Photography and more.

It is an accepted fact that conventional policing is becoming ineffective in

monitoring mass movement of people and vehicles in metropolises. Despite

taking recourse to technology - by employing a wide array of sensors, catering

for real time requirements becomes somewhat mandatory as delayed

information is of little use. Real time information has become a must for any

successful operation. Thus real time sensors from 'close to stand off distances' -

static sensors on the ground and mobile ones in the air have become necessary

- all of them networked and working in synergy. The solution for stealth and

surprise lies here in using an UAV! Many modern law enforcement agencies in the

west are already employing similar concepts in more ways than one.

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Workshops/Launches/Releases

March 2013:

The State Service Delivery Gateway/State Portal was officially launched on the

18/03/2013 at Denzong Regency by the Department of Information Technology

in collaboration with M/s Accenture Pvt. Ltd, the implementing agency of the

project. The meeting was attended by various departmental Secretaries, officers,

officials of M/S Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd, SeMT officials and officers from the

Department of Information Technology.

The Department of Information Technology in its official website

www.sikkim.gov.in had incorporated live video streaming of the Inaugural

function of Tathagata Tsal (Buddha Park) at Ravangla by His Holiness The Dalai

Lama w.e.f 24/03/2103 to 26/03/2013.

Websites for various Government departments are hosted in the State Data

Center. The updation work is being carried by Assistant Director/DIT in

coordination with respective departments.

April & May 2013:

Principal Director/DIT attended a workshop organized by Gangtok

Municipal Corporation on Zero Waste Management on 18/05/2013.

Principal Director/DIT also gave a presentation on e-Waste management

and policies.

June 2013:

The Department of Information Technology has installed Video Surveillance

Units at the Rangpo Check Post.

September 2013:

The Video Surveillance Units installed at Rangpo Check post was officially

launched on 22/09/2013 by Inspector General of Police (Law & order) in

presence of Secretary/DIT, Principal Director/DIT, Joint Directors/DIT,

Police officials of the Rangpo check post.

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October 2013

India’s first cyber village, conceptualized by Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri

Pawan Chamling, has been set up at Melli Dara Paiyong in South Sikkim.

His Excellency Governor, Shriniwas Patil on October 2, 2013 launched the

cyber village project implemented by Information Technology Department,

Government of Sikkim. His Excellency the Governor congratulated Shri

Chamling and his team for establishing the first cyber village in the

country. The Hon’ble Chief Minister had during his 42-days ‘Sikkim

Bhraman’ in 2011 had announced that the concept of cyber village would

be introduced in Sikkim. The cyber village software at Melli Dara Paiyong

Gram Panchayat Unit (GPU) is web-based and allows gathering of

information from grassroots level using handheld devices and integrating it

with the departmental database on a real time basis.

December 2013 & January 2014:

A workshop was organized by the Department on e-Waste management at

the conference hall of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation, Gangtok. The

meeting was chaired by the Hon’ble Mayor of Gangtok.

The Department on the occasion of the Republic Day 2014 released an

Information Technology Mission from the hands of His Excellency the

Governor of Sikkim and the Hon’ble Chief Minister. A copy of the mission

was distributed to all the Heads of the Department, Government of Sikkim

by the Joint Directors of the Department.

February 2014:

The Online Ticketing system was launched on 17/02/2014. It is developed

and implemented jointly by State Transport and Information Technology (IT)

departments under a government of India project. The Transport Secretary

along with Principal Director cum Secretary/DIT launched the online

ticketing system at the SNT, Terminus.

SODAAP policy was also released by the Hon’ble Chief Minister at Chintan

Bhawan during the release of Sikkim Human Development Department

Report 2014.

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March 2014

Assistant Director I, DIT attended the workshop on Cloud Computing at

New Delhi.

Trainings and Tour of the officers of DIT

March 2013

Assistant Director/DIT and Programmer/DIT has been imparting training

on software development to the students of MCA final semester studying at

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology w.e.f 01/04/2013.

April & May 2013

Joint Director 1/DIT attended a training on Election Trainer at the Election

Commission of India, New Delhi as he was appointed as the Election Trainer by

the Election Department of Sikkim.

Deputy Director/DIT went on an inspection tour of the Common Service centers

in the South and West District of Sikkim.

June 2013

DIT organized Specialized Training on e-Governance in co-ordination with

NiSG, Hyderabad. Participants were from various departments in the rank

of Under Secretary and above. The main objective of the Training

Programme was to create awareness on the various e-Governance Projects.

Principal Director/DIT went on a tour to Melli Dara GPU, the proposed site

for implementation of Cyber Village Project.

Principal Director/DIT went on a tour to Rangpo Check Post for inspecting

the implementation progress of the Border Security & Vehicle Monitoring

Project at Rangpo Check Post.

Training on e-Governance was conducted by the Department of Information

Technology at the NIELIT Centre, Indira Bye Pass Road to the Rural

Development Assistants of the RMD Department in two (2) batches.

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July & August 2013:

Principal Director/DIT and Joint Director IV/DIT went to New Delhi w.e.f

01/07/2013 to 04/07/2013 to attend a meeting on Common Service

Centre.

Secretary/DIT and Joint Director 1/DIT went on a tour to Kolkata to attend

a meeting at C-DAC w.e.f 03/07/2013 to 07/07/2013.

Secretary/DIT went on a tour to New Delhi for signing a Tripartite

Agreement of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).

October 2013:

Principal Director cum Secretary/DIT went on a tour to Melli Dara on

22/10/2013 for review of the work done at Cyber Village. He visited

different offices located within the GPU and suggested making best use of

the application and update citizens data on real time basis. Further he

visited the schools surrounding the areas and informed the students about

the importance of Cyber Security.

November 2013:

Principal Director cum Secretary went on a tour to New Delhi to meet with

the officers of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communication,

Electronics Niketan, New Delhi w.e.f 12th November 2013 to 14th November

2013.

December 2013 & January 2014:

Principal Director cum Secretary/DIT went on a tour to the Ministry of

Communication & Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi

w.e.f 26/12/2013 to 29/12/2013 to review on the status of the various e-

Governance projects implemented in the state of Sikkim.

Principal Director cum Secretary went on a tour to Lachen and Lachung to

review the operation of the Common Service Centers at Lachen and

Lachung.

Principal Director cum Secretary went on a tour to Melli Dara to review the

implementation of Cyber Village project. He then proceeded to Sumbuk to

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study the feasibility of implementing Cyber Village project at Sumbuk,

South Sikkim.

February 2014:

Principal Director cum Secretary /IT, all the Joint Directors went on a tour

to Melli Dara on 22/02/2014 to review the progress of Cyber Village Project

at Melli Dara Village Administrative Centre (GPU).

March 2014

Joint Directors I and II, Department of Information Technology attended the

3 days Sikkim State financial Service Rules Training at Administrative,

Accounts & Training Institute (AATI).

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MEETINGS:

Monthly Co-Ordination Meeting:

The Department of Information Technology organizes monthly co-ordination

meeting under the chairmanship of the Secretary to discuss, review and monitor

various ongoing projects & other work of the department.

March 2013:

A co-ordination meeting was held on 4th March 2013 under the

chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Government of Sikkim. Secretary/DIT

and Principal Director/DIT attended the meeting. The Principal

Director/DIT informed that all departments should host their website on

the Sikkim State Data Centre. He also apprised that the department has

installed Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology at Sikkim Public Service

Commission for conducting examinations.

Meeting was organized on 15/03/2013 at the Conference room, Department

of Information Technology to review and discuss on the issues pertaining to

e-District project. The meeting was attended by Secretary/DIT, Principal

Director/DIT, District Collectors of East and North District alongwith

Additional DC (East), SDM (East), Joint Director/DIT, State Informatics

Officer/NIC and representative from Gangtok Municipal Corporation.

April & May 2013

A meeting was convened under the chairmanship of Secretary/DIT at the

Conference Hall of the Department to discuss on the implementation of e-

District Projects in Sikkim and also to monitor the progress of the

formulation of District e-Governance Society. The meeting was attended by

the District Magistrates of East and North District, Additional District

Magistrates and Sub Divisional Magistrates. The meeting was also attended

by Principal Director/DIT, Joint Director/DIT, SeMT Consultants and PWC

Consultant.

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A meeting was held at the Conference Hall of the Rural Management

Development Department to discuss and highlight the advantages of the

project. The meeting was attended by Secretary/DIT, Principal

Director/DIT, Joint Director/DIT, Deputy Director/DIT, Panchayats of the

Melli Dara GPU and representative of the RMD Department.

June 2013:

Honorable Minister/IT and Joint Director/DIT attended the meeting on

Electronic System and Manufacturing at New Delhi.

A meeting was convened by the Joint Director, Mr. Chewang Namgyal

Phenchungpa at the Department of Information Technology with the CSC

operators and Chowkidars. The meeting was conducted to check the

attendance of the operators and Chowkidars at their respective CSCs. A

Circular was issued to all the concerned BDO’s requesting them to check

the attendance of the CSC operators and Chowkidars.

A meeting of the Laptop Procurement Committee was organized at the

conference room of the Department by Principal Director/DIT to discuss on

the various issues concerning the procurement of Laptops.

1st meeting with the stakeholder departments chaired by Hon’ble

Minister/IT, Shri. N.K Pradhan and co-chaired by Hon’ble Member of

Parliament, Shri. P.D Rai was organized by the Department of Information

Technology at the Conference Room of New Secretariat on 24/06/2013.

During the meeting it was decided to hold another meeting to discuss on

the implementation of the project. In the second meeting Hon’ble Member of

Parliament stated that for the initial phase of the project only three

departments to be considered namely a) RMDD b) HRDD and c)HC, HS

&FW Department.

2nd meeting for creation of data bank at the state level to discuss the

framework for implementation of data bank at State Level with the line

Departments – RMDD, HRDD, DESME & HC, HS & FW Department was

held at the Conference room of DIT on 26/06/2013 and was chaired by

Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Shri P.D Rai

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July & August 2013

3rd and 4th Meeting under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister, Shri. N.K

Pradhan and co-chairmanship of Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Shri. P.D

Rai was organized by the Department of Information Technology at A.A.T.I

hall on 02/07/2013 & 22/07/2013 to discuss and review on the Creation

of Sikkim State Data Bank.

Weekly co-ordination meeting under the chairmanship of Principal

Director/DIT was convened on 06/07/2013, 19/07/2013 and 26/07/2013.

Principal Director/DIT reviewed the ongoing works of the Department and

also the completion of work assigned to the officers & staffs of the

Department.

A presentation of the new www.sikkim.gov.in was presented by the Principal

Director/DIT to the Honorable Chief Minister at the Chief Minister’s Office.

The meeting was attended by the Secretary/DIT, Joint Director’s/DIT and

staffs of DIT.

Meeting cum Presentation of the three department’s i.e Health Department,

HRD Department and RMD Department along with DESME and

Information Technology Department was organized at Mintok-gang

regarding the draft policy adopted by the department for proper

implementation of the SODAA project. The meeting was also attended by

Hon’ble Minister/IT, Hon’ble M.P (Lok Sabha) and heads of the

departments. Joint Director I, Mr. T. Samdup gave a presentation for the

Department of Information Technology to the Hon’ble Chief Minister.

October 2013:

The first meeting of the State Innovation Council was held on 31/10/2013

under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Government of Sikkim. The

meeting was attended by Dr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Innovation

Council chairman through Video Conference, Mr. Kiran Karnik, Mentor,

National Innovation Council and Mrs. Veena Upadhayaya, Expert, National

Innovation Council. The meeting was also attended by the Development

Commissioner, DPERNECAD, Principal Secretary, HRD Department,

Secretary, Information Technology, Secretary, Food Security & Agriculture

Department, Joint Directors, Information Technology and various

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representatives from the line departments. Dr. Sam Pitroda was speaking

through video conference from New Delhi to Sikkim Chief Secretary R.

Ongmu, also the Sikkim SIC chairperson, and members of Sikkim SIC at

the conference hall of Manan Kendra, Gangtok on October 31, 2013. This

was the first meeting of Sikkim SIC attended by heads of Planning, Human

Resource Development, Agriculture, Information Technology and others.

Sikkim SIC mentor Kiran Karnik and expert Veena Upadhaya were the

special invitees. During the 25-minutes interaction, Chief Secretary R.

Ongmu, Information Technology secretary Rajesh Verma, Human Resource

Development secretary Thomas Chandy and Agriculture secretary Shanta

Pradhan briefed Mr. Pitroda on issues restricting the innovation campaign

in Sikkim.

November 2013:

A Meeting was convened with the Lead auditor for ISO certification by Joint

Directors with the Project Manager Sikkim State Data Centre to review on

the status of ISO certification for the State Data Centre.

A Weekly Meeting was convened under the chairmanship of Principal

Director cum Secretary to review the attendance and work of the officers &

staffs of the Department.

A meeting of the Apex Committee for e-Governance under the chairmanship

of the Chief Secretary, Government of Sikkim was convened on November

26th to review on the various e-Governance projects implemented in the

state of Sikkim. Joint Director/DIT Mr. S.T Wangdi gave a presentation on

the e-District project.

December 2013 & January 2014

A meeting was organized by the Department of Information Technology at

the chamber of Hon’ble Minister for Information Technology, Shri. N.K

Pradhan on 02/12/2013 to discuss on the Sikkim Open Data Acquisition

and Accessibility policy (SODAAP). The meeting was also attended by the

Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Shri. P.D Rai, Principal

Secretary/HRDD, Director General cum Secretary/Health and

Secretary/RMDD.

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A co-ordination meeting of the Sikkim State Information Technology Service

cadre and sub-ordinate cadre was organized under the chairmanship of

Principal Director cum Secretary/DIT. Presentation on the various projects

implemented by the department was given by Joint Director 1/DIT.

February 2014:

Pre-bid Meeting held at Conference hall of IT Department on 18/02/2014

with the vendors for clarification on RFP Data Digitization of e-District

MMP.

A pre contract meeting was held at Conference hall of Department of

Information Technology between NIC and CRTI/DIT, to discuss about the e-

District Application Development contract.

General meeting was held with Technical Directors NIC, AD/IT Social

Welfare Department, Technical personnel of Food & Civil Supplies (PDS),

Project coordinator (SSDG) & SPMU (e-District). The issues related to the

integration of e-District Application with the various Departments were

discussed. The Secretary/IT, JDs were present in the meeting.

The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting to fill up 1(one) post

of Computer Operator in the pay band 5200-20200 and Grade Pay of Rs.

3000/- per month in the Social Justice Empowerment & Welfare

Department by regularization of an employee presently working with the

SJE&W Department on Muster Roll Basis duly relaxing the provisions

contained in Notification No. 137/GEN/DOP dated 08.07.2008 read with

OM 1443/GEN/DOP dated 08.07.2008 for roster point was held in the

office of the Department of Information Technology.

March 2014:

A meeting was held at Conference hall of Department of Information

Technology regarding e-District Data Digitization work to be carried out by

the service provider at various Departments. It was attended by Principal

Director cum Secretary (DIT), Secretary (SIC), Joint Directors (DIT),

Technical Director (NIC), and Chief Registrar (Birth & Death, Health Care,

Human Service and Family Welfare Department).

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The meeting was conducted by the DIT at the Tourism Department to

discuss the permit tracking system application which is being developed for

the tourism department for Inner Line permits etc. replacing the present

manual system. It was by Shri Rajesh Verma, Principal Director cum

Secretary, Shri P.V Basnet, Joint Director and Shri Vaishnav Gajmer,

Assistant Director. Attended the presentation on Permit Tracking at

Tourism Department.

A weekly Meeting was conducted under the chairmanship of the Principal

Director cum Secretary to review progress of work in the department. The

meeting was held at Conference Hall Department of Information

Technology.

Meeting with Sikkim State Cooperative Bank (SISCO) for e-Payment System

at Conference hall of Department of Information Technology on

26/03/2014. It was attended by Principal Director cum Secretary, Joint

Directors (DIT), Managing Director (MD) and Assistant General Manager

(AGM) of SISCO. Assistant Director I gave a presentation on various models

that can be adapted for the e-Payment System.

Meeting with the Power Chief Engineer cum Secretary, Energy and Power

Department regarding online payment of electricity bills on 29/03/14. The

meeting was attended by Power Chief Engineer cum Secretary, Power and

Energy Department, Principal Director cum Secretary (DIT), Joint Directors

I and II, Assistant Directors and Assistant General Manager, CISCO Bank.

Recruitments:

March 2013:

The Department of Information Technology conducted the written/practical

examination for the 2 post of computer operator (1 MBC and 1 ST women) under

the Information & Public Relation Department on 11/03/2013 at A.A.T.I hall.

Total of 20 candidates appeared for the examination out of which 15 was MBC

candidates and 5 was S.T women candidate.

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April & May 2013:

The Department of Information Technology conducted the written/practical

examination for the 1 post of computer operator under the Transport Department

at the conference Hall of the Department of Information Technology. Total of 3

candidates appeared for the examination.

June 2013:

Walk in Interview conducted by DIT for hiring e-District Project Managers. A total

of 5 candidates have been hired as e-District Project Managers.

Results declared for the 2 post of Computer operator in IPR Department.

July & August 2013:

Advertisement for the 2 post of computer operator in the Social Welfare

Department was issued by the Department of Information Technology. The last

date for submission of applications is 23/09/2013.

October 2013:

The Department of Information technology conducted a written/practical

examination for the two posts of computer operator in the Social Justice,

empowerment & welfare Department on 28/10/2013 at NIELIT Centre, Indira

Bye Pass Road. A total of 118 candidates appeared for the examination.

November 2013:

A VIVA VOCE examination was conducted on 18th November for the two post of

Computer Operator in the Social Justice Empowerment and Welfare Department.

The written/practical examination was conducted on 28/10/2013.

December 2013 & January 2014:

Recruitment of a computer operator to HC, HS & FW Department.

February 2014:

The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting to fill up 1(one) post of

Computer Operator in the IPR Department by regularization from amongst the

temporary employees presently working with the IPR Department was held in the

office of the Department of Information Technology. The DPC Meeting was

attended by Principal Director cum Secretary/DIT, Joint Director, IPR, Under

Secretary, FRED,Under Secretary, DOPART.

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TRANSFERS & PROMOTIONS:

June 2013:

Three (3) Deputy Directors of the Sikkim State Information Technology

Service Cadre were promoted to the post of Joint Directors.

30 Computer Operators belonging to the Sikkim State Subordinate

Information Technology Service Cadre were promoted to the post of

Assistant Programmers.

October 2013:

Principal Director/DIT Shri. Rajesh Verma took charge of the Department of

Information Technology as Principal Director cum Secretary of the

Department vide order no: 2337/GEN/DOP dated 30/09/2013.

January 2014:

Transfer order of three Assistant Directors of the SITS service was issued.

Accordingly Mr. Bikash Diyali was transferred to IT Department, Mrs.

Tenzing Bhutia was transferred to FCS & CA Department and Mr. Zangpo

Gyaltsen was transferred to Social Welfare Department.

March 2014:

Promotion of Programmer/DIT, Mr. Vaishnav Gajmer to Assistant

Director/DIT.

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PROJECTS PREPARED AND SENT TO GOVT. OF INDIA FOR FUNDING

1. Integrated Billing Management for Water Supply & Public Health

Engineering Department:

Advanced technologies we can develop a mobile application which would work over

the internet to provide them with tourist information. Multimedia information like

photos and videos can be exchanged. We would support smart phones like iPhone,

Android, Windows to name a few. With the cost of mobile phones falling steeply we

see this as the right time to invest in such an application and be ready for the next

big wave. The Estimated cost of the project is Rs. 40, 00, 000/-

2. Mobile Application Utility Bill Payment for Energy & Power

Department:

Deliver m2C service to the consumers of the Energy & Power Department with

minimum turnaround time on anytime, anywhere basis.

Simplifying and streamlining the process by providing quick and hassle free

Services to the Consumers. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 20, 00, 000/-

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POLICY MATTERS AND COMMITTEES

1. Guidelines for procurement of computer:

With increase in use of Information Technology (IT) in Government

functioning, it is very important that Government Departments follow certain

standards in desktop computers procurement such that the application software

deployment on these hardware become compatible and make different applications

talk to each other which will harness the potential of IT in providing improved

services to citizen. IT hardware constitutes a major cost of any IT project,

adherence to best practices can help in procuring suitable configured hardware

according to the requirement which will bring down cost of procurement

substantially and reduce risk of IT hardware become obsolete before its useful life

period.

Also with the increase in use of websites in Government functioning for

sharing information with citizens, it is imperative that Government Departments

follow certain standards in websites and citizens get the required information from

the websites in a convenient and consistent manner.

Therefore, to address the above issues, a set of guidelines are formulated for

adoption by all the Departments and agencies of the Government of Sikkim, a copy

of which can also be downloaded from www.sikkim.gov.in.

2. e- Waste Policy:

Under the aegis of Department of IT, Government of Sikkim, the Department is

presently formulating a policy on “E-Waste Policy for the State”. This policy would

be designed with the aim of spreading awareness on the hazards of E-waste in

the country, discussing E-waste management & disposal options and inviting

inputs for framing an E-Waste policy for the State. It may be noted that the

electronic waste containing substances like lead, cadmium, mercury, polyvinyl

chloride (PVC) has immense potential to cause enormous harm to human health

and environment, if not disposed properly since the extant prescriptions for its

disposal and safeguard were inadequate. It was consensually agreed that such a

policy must appropriately reflect the concerns of various stakeholders besides

views of practitioners in the field, both in the organized and the unorganized

sector. The Department has requested UD & HD to facilitate construction of a

dumping ground/premises of 7000 sq. ft. of building at a proposed location in the

outskirts of Gangtok city. Government of Sikkim may acquire 45000 sq. ft. of land

near the outskirts for a state –of art recycling hub.

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The proposed modus operandi for this would be as follows:-

All ICT equipment’s procured from various OEMs/other vendors should

have a buyback policy.

Asst. director IT and Asst Director UD&HD Department would ensure that

all the e-waste items (like batteries, cartridges, monitors, keyboards), are collected

once in a month from the various Govt. offices of Sikkim. Additionally they should

also monitor safe transportation to a 3rd party (authorized recycler) factory

premises within the high security. The authorized 3rd party recycler may be short

listed and selected from the list of authorized recyclers of Ministry of Environment

and Forest.

One e-waste bin/container to be put in a designated place in each and

every Government Department for safe disposal of all the IT wastes on a daily

basis.

UD&HD Department should Build/Construct a well-structured facility near

Marchak village.

Regular Inspection of e-waste material by the one authorized officer from

the IT/UD&HD Department and further rechecking again by the 3rd party’s

vendor’s personnel.

Segregation of the waste into various categories like PCBs, Ferrous and

Non-Ferrous Metals, Plastic etc. by the 3rd party vendor at the designated

dumping ground allocated by the UD&HD Department.

Weight Ascertainment and Destruction of Waste into Non-Recoverable

pieces (5-10mm bits) by our custom– built Crushers at the designated dumping

ground allocated by the UD&HD Department.

Packaging the segregate material for recycling/export to neighboring

counties by the 3rd party agency.

4. Guidelines for Development of Departmental Websites of Sikkim.

With increase in use of Websites in Government functioning and sharing

information with Citizens, it is imperative that Government departments follow

certain standards in Website Development such that there is some consistency in

Websites and citizens get the required information from the Websites in a

convenient and consistent manner.

Keeping above objectives in mind the Guidelines for building Websites for

Government Department has been formulated and circulated, a copy of which can

also be downloaded from www.sikkim.gov.in.

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GOVERNMENT PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING

1. Migration of departmental websites into State Data Centre:

The Department of Information Technology, Government of Sikkim has issued a

Circular to the various Departments of the Government of Sikkim for hosting their

departmental websites in the State data Center for security reasons and as per the

Government of India Guidelines. Accordingly a meeting was convened by the

department with the other departments for appointment of a Nodal Officer to look

after their respective Departmental websites.

2. Guidelines for procurement of computer.

With increase in use of Information Technology (IT) in Government functioning, it

is very important that Government Departments follow certain standards in

desktop computers procurement such that the application software deployment on

these hardware become compatible and make different applications talk to each

other which will harness the potential of IT in providing improved services to

citizen. IT hardware constitutes a major cost of any IT project, adherence to best

practices can help in procuring suitable configured hardware according to the

requirement which will bring down cost of procurement substantially and reduce

risk of IT hardware become obsolete before its useful life period.

Also with the increase in use of websites in Government functioning for

sharing information with citizens, it is imperative that Government Departments

follow certain standards in websites and citizens get the required information from

the websites in a convenient and consistent manner.

Therefore, to address the above issues, a set of guidelines are formulated for

adoption by all the Departments and agencies of the Government of Sikkim, a copy

of which can also be downloaded from www.sikkim.gov.in.

3. Guidelines for Development of Departmental Websites of Sikkim.

With increase in use of Websites in Government functioning and sharing

information with Citizens, it is imperative that Government departments follow

certain standards in Website Development such that there is some consistency in

Websites and citizens get the required information from the Websites in a

convenient and consistent manner.

Keeping above objectives in mind the Guidelines for building Websites for

Government Department has been formulated and circulated, a copy of which can

also be downloaded from www.sikkim.gov.in.

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4. RFID File Tracking System:

“File Tracking System”, the main objective of which is efficient tracking of file

movements in & out of the Department making use of the RFID Technology.

RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification device. File traceability is an

important subject for departments in handling/generating/moving files or

documents. Some files contain highly confidential data and of important nature,

so losing any information on account of not being able to trace the file is totally

unacceptable.

The following are the highlights of the project:

1. Smart RFID enabled files will be issued every time a new file creation is

put up. These RFID will have a unique identification that will help the file

dispatching authority identify the file.

2. These files are scanned and their subsequent details are entered into a

software system.

3. For dispatch of file a physical check out from the system using RFID

reading system installed at the station.

4. For file receiving, the file will be placed atop of the check in station 1 by 1

and system would be updated on the go.

5. File storage is done by scanning the barcode of the location and reads the

file tag to complete the put away activity.

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Miscellaneous Activity of the Department

1. Waste Paper Disposal of the Annexe 1 Secretariat Complex:

The Department of Information initiated the proper management of Waste

paper Disposal in and around the complex of the Annexe 1 Secretariat. The

Department in collaboration with the Directorate of Handicrafts &

Handlooms started collecting waste papers from the departments located in

the vicinity and the same was then sent to the Directorate of Handicrafts &

Handlooms for recycling purpose.

Achievements/Recognition received by the Departments Personnel:

1. Mr. Zangpo Gyaltsen, Assistant Director/DIT was represented the

Department in the e-North East Wards 2013. The Red-RH application

developed by the Department won the category of best software

implementation in the e-North East Award.

BUDGET ALLOCATION (Rs. In thousands)

Total Allocation 66, 864

Salary 10, 400/-

T.A 200/-

NeGP 39,200/-

O.E 2,900/-

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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART:

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No.

NAME DESIGNATION

1 Shri. Rajesh Verma Principal Director cum Secretary

2 Shri. T. Samdup Joint Director I

3 Shri. S.T Wangdi Joint Director II

4 Shri. P. V. Basnet Joint Director III

5 Shri. Chewang Namgyal Bhutia Joint Director IV

6 Smt. Maya Pradhan Senior Accounts Officer

7 Shri. Bikash Diyali Assistant Director I

8 Shri. Vaishnav Gajmer Assistant Director II

9 Shri. Prem Ashis Pradhan Programmer

10 Shri. D.K Cintury Senior Accountant

11 Mrs. Rita Sharma Stenographer

12 Mr. Suk Bahadur Subba Stenographer

13 Ms. Shanti Sharma Accounts Clerk

14 Mr. Dilip Subba Driver

15 Mr. Passang Tamang Driver

16 Mr. Padam Bahadur Subba Driver

17 Mr. Sonam Tamang Driver

18 Mr. Rinzing Tamang Driver

19 Mr. Keshav Kumar Chettri LDC

20 Mr. Chung Chung Subba Peon

21 Mr. Ganga Ram Chettri Peon