Government of Himachal Pradesh

Mobile Applications

Quick Reference Guide

http://himachal.nic.in -> Mobile App Store

January 2015

Mobile Apps by: NIC Himachal Pradesh State Centre

Department of Electronics & Informatics Technology Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Government of India

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sr. No. Description

Page Number

1.0 Introduction

1

2.0 Downloading and Installing the Mobile

Apps from the Official website of the Himachal Pradesh Government

1-2

3.0 eSalary (Salary & GPF information)

2-3

4.0 eHRMS (Human Resource Management System for

eService book and salary of employees

3-4

5.0 eTransfers (Transfer orders of IAS, HAS, Revenue,

Education, IPH, Health, Ayurveda depts)

4

6.0 uHimachal

(Latest updates on official website)

4-5

7.0 eGazette (Online eGazette Notifications)

5

8.0 IPR HP

(Press releases and news photographs)

5-6

9.0 ePension (Financial year wise Pension information)

6-7

10.0 Way Forward (Planned Mobile Apps)

7

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Mobile (Android) based Apps for Phone/Tablets

1.0 Introduction: The telecommunications system in India is the 2nd largest in the world. The

country is divided into several zones, called circles (roughly along state boundaries). Government and several private operators run local and long

distance telephone services. India's public sector telecom company BSNL is the 7th largest telecom company in world. India is also the fastest growing telecom

network in the world with its high population and development potential. The total number of telephones in the country stands at 957.61 million, while the overall tele-density has increased to 76.75% as of 30 September 2014 and the total

numbers of mobile phone subscribers have reached 930.20 million as of September 2014.

With growing emphasis on providing online Government services through web based interfaces on 24x7 basis, the need for providing these services on the

smart phones has increased. Since Android OS based smart phones are the most popular phones in India, the NIC Himachal Pradesh has developed Mobile Apps for

citizens, employees, pensioners, press and Government officials, which are easy to use on mobile devices. The information about these mobile apps and instructions for installation, through Internet, are provided in this document.

2.0 Downloading and Installing the Mobile Apps:

Please visit the official website of the Himachal Pradesh Government at http://himachal.nic.in or http://himachal.gov.in:

Click on Mobile Apps Store link Select any App for installation on your Android (2.2.0 onwards) based

Mobile/ Tablet having GPRS/3G/WiFi based Internet connectivity

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Allow installation from Unknown sources, if prompted by your smart phone

(go to Settings-Security-tick Unknown sources).

If you are accessing the page through Internet Explorer on a Windows device, it may name the downloaded file as .ZIP, please rename it as .APK

in place of .ZIP (this step will not be required on the Android based device)

3.0 eSalary Mobile App:

If you have installed the eSalary App, it will prompt you to enter your IP Code in

the format IP01-12345 and first three or any three characters of your name and the GPF pin (four digits). For CPF account

holders, you don’t need to enter any value, it will fetch the data automatically

as shown below:

IP Code to be entered in the format

ip01-12345 Name to be entered (as any three

consecutive letters), e.g. in case of Ajay Kumar, you can enter either aja or

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kum. GPF Pin consists of 4 digits given by the HP AG office, in the format 1234 (you

may contact your DDO for above details). In case of employees covered under the New Pension Scheme (NPS), nothing needs to be entered under the GPF Pin.

Note: In case, the data is not coming or you encounter some error, please re-confirm your IP Code, Name and GPF Pin with your office DDO.

In case the data is correct, your salary for current month and GPF balance, as available upto last data updation, will be shown to you (shown on previous page).

The other options available in the eSalary App (available through options button of your Android phone) are for resetting the account (new IP Code, name, GPF Pin etc), refreshing the Salary/GPF data (say on change of month or 1st of every

month), viewing salary information of previous months etc.

4.0 eHRMS Mobile App: When you install the eHRMS App (Manav Sampada-eService Book), you need to enter your employee ID and full name. The employee ID is available under

eService book option on Manav Sampada website (http://admis.hp.nic.in/genpmis/). You may also get it from the Establishment

section of your office. In case the employee ID and name fully matches with the data available under eService book, your complete eService book will be displayed

as tabs on your smart phone as shown on next page. Your salary information for current month is also accessible through this App. However, if you don’t see the tab for current month salary, you need to approach your office for entering your

IP Code into the eService Book data.

Employee ID is 5 numeric digits like 12345 and name is your full Name.

The output on your mobile will look like as shown here. The salary details

are also coming because these are matched. Next time you have just to press the refresh button shown on

the top right corner of the App to fetch latest salary and eService book

data. Clicking on any tab like Service

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History Detail, gives the relevant information. The last date and time of updation of your data is shown at the bottom of the screen always and last accessed data is

always available on your smart phone. The options menu allows you to reset the account with a new ID and name.

5.0 eTransfers Mobile App:

The eTransfers App is meant to keep you updated on the transfer orders being

issued for major Departments, which publish their orders online only. These departments are shown on the right

hand side in the App and you have the option to either select one, all or a

combination of these departments, like Education and Personnel or Revenue etc by tick marking on the corresponding

Department box. Only latest 5 orders of the selected departments are shown on

your phone, as shown here, due to display space shortage. However, if you subscribe to only one

department, then the 15 latest orders are shown.

When you wish to get the latest

information of these transfer order, you just have to click/tap the refresh button shown on the right hand

corner of the App heading. For getting the details of the transfer orders, you

just have to click on it and the PDF file containing the order (from Internet) will open on your phone.

You must have a PDF reader installed on the smart phone.

The options menu is accessible from different buttons on different phones.

6.0 uHimachal Mobile App:

The uHimachal App enables you to keep updated on every content being updated on the official website of the Himachal Pradesh Government (http://himachal.nic.in). This content is basically taken from the announcements

section of the Portal which is the main access page for almost 150 State

Government websites.

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To install this App, you just have to click on it. After installation, the App gets the

latest update data from the portal and shows the last updated date and time for

your convenience at the bottom. Some content is in the form of hyperlinks, which takes you to the web-page, some are PDF

files, which open in new tab. To get latest content, you have to use the Refresh

button shown on the App title bar.

7.0 eGazette Mobile App:

The eGazette App keeps you updated on

every Gazette being published on daily basis by the Himachal Pradesh Government and lists the notifications

being published in the Gazette. The index is present for about 3 latest Gazettes. The

individual notifications will open through web browser when you click on these.

A screen of this App is shown here and to update content, you have to

press the Refresh button given in the App title bar.

8.0 IPR HP Mobile App: The IPR HP mobile App has been developed for the Department of

Information and Public Relations to facilitate the citizens and journalists

about the latest press releases being published on the Department of IPR, HP Website at

http://himachalpr.gov.in

The App enables citizens and

journalists to download latest press releases onto their mobile devices

and view the details off-line too (except photos, which are

downloaded online due to their size, subject to availability of Internet connectivity at the time of accessing

it). Whenever, latest releases are required the refresh button in top bar

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needs to be pressed on the mobile/ tablet.

9.0 ePension Mobile App:

The ePension mobile app is meant for the State Government pensioners or their families who are drawing their

pension in Himachal Pradesh after retirement from Government service.

They can use the information to

File income tax return,

Verify that the bank has given pension credit for the particular

month, Check break up of pension

credited,

Compare pension for various months or financial years.

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After installation of the App, the pensioner needs to enter the PPO number and any three characters of name and all details are made available on the mobile

device as shown on previous page (the setting option has features to reset the account and change the financial year too).

The objective of all these Apps is to enable wider reach and ease of accessibility as smart phones are normally available with citizens and employees and they

don’t have to depend upon others or costly PC/ Laptop for such important and useful information. The HP IPH App is for internal use of Department of

Irrigation & Public Health only.

10.0 Way Forward:

The above mentioned Apps mostly cater to the interest of the employees (except eGazette, Press Releases, ePension and uHimachal). In order to provide more

Apps to citizens, the following Apps are being planned/ developed in near future: Land Records Record of Rights on request basis based on Tehsil, Village,

khasra/ khatouni and khewat

Circle Rates App for registration of deeds so that individual buyer/sellers can calculate the registration stamp duty and fee for purchase / sale of

land/ house/ flat in the State. Employment Exchange Registrant mobile application showing registration

information, date of renewal, sponsoring information-if available to keep

the candidate updated all the time and for verification of information. Tourism App for District Mandi covering important tourist places, map,

route, contacts, places to stay etc in a generalized format so that once implemented in District Mandi, which can be replicated in other districts. It will have features for sending emergency SMS and “take me there” feature

through Google maps. State Government telephone directory, including table chart information of

the HP Secretariat, for searching a phone number in off-line mode (after installation of the App) and dialing the number through the Smart phone, once the results are displayed by the App.

Online Video Conference Booking App for displaying date-wise VCs scheduled and sending VC booking request through the App.

Contact

State Informatics Officer National Informatics Centre Himachal Pradesh State Centre HP Secretariat, Shimla-171002 Phone: 0177-2624045

Email: sio-hp@nic.in