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Video Conferences
Government of Bihar relies extensively on
NICNET Video conferencing Services as it fa-
cilitates secure, high-quality video/ audio and
multi-point connectivity. NIC video conferencing
studios are available across government secre-
tariats and district administrations as well as
Bihar Aapda with Hon’ble Chief Minister, Hon’ble Chief Justice
Sahyog Portal (Patna High Court), and Chief Secretary. Approx-
imately 1,421 Video Conferencing sessions were
conducted between April and September 2020,
extending over 15,408 sites and consuming 26,297
video conferencing hours in total.
ePDS

No other activity within the government sec-
Mobile Apps for Vishesh Sahayata
tor has been as stressed as timely distribution
of ration based on Aadhaar ID from any outlet
Upper Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary. irrespective of the original place of residence/
ePass A total sum of Rs.3120 crore has been transferred creation of the card. Not only lakhs of new ration
Software during Covid period. cards were generated using Ration Card Manage-
ment System (RCMS), but using One Nation One
Social Security Pensions Card platform, the ration was also made avail-
Under e-Labharthi umbrella, seven social se- able from PDS outlet nearest to each family with
curity pensions have been distributed to 86 lakh the help of AePDS solution.
pensioners. The state government released 3
months advance payment of April, May and June e-Pass
to the tune of 1200 crores in March 2020. Also, After the announcement of lockdown to con-
Rs.500 was released to 37 lakh central social
1.31 crore security pensioners as per central government tain Covid-19 pandemic on 24th March 2020,
there was a huge pressure on District Adminis-
guidelines. Currently, monthly pensions are be-
ing disbursed to their bank account. trations to allow movement of citizens, stranded
persons, officials and vehicles for essential and
emergency purposes. District Magistrate, Patna
Aangan-Labharthi took initiative for contactless issue of intra-dis-
MedhaSoft Portal During Covid period, it was decided by the trict, intra-state and inter-state e-Pass for such
The Education Department, Bihar decided to state government to close down Aanganwadi cases. NIC Bihar developed an e-Pass system and
have a centralized student’s portal for distribu- Kendra to contain the spread of the pandemic. launched it online on Bihar ServicePlus Portal
tion of various kind of financial assistance under However, it was decided to pay money of Posh- (https://serviceonline.bihar.gov.in) on 25th March
different schemes such as Dress, Scholarship, Cy- ahaar to pregnant, lactating and infants up to 6 2020. Soon it became operational in 37 out of the
cles, Napkins and Books etc. This is to facilitate years through DBT. About 90 lakhs beneficiary at- 38 districts of Bihar. The e-Pass system has un-
the conditional transfer of funds directly to the tached to 1.14 lakh Aanganwadi Kendra have been dergone several changes due to frequent chang-
student’s/parent’s bank account using PFMS. This paid Rs. 1200 crores for 3 months during Covid es in Standard Operating Process (SOP) of central
covered around 1.8 crore students from Primary, period. and state governments during the lockdown and
un-lockdown periods and a total of 13 versions
Online Web Portal of AePDS Bihar were launched subsequently.

Rajesh Kumar Singh
Deputy Director General
& SIO

NIC Bihar State Centre
3rd Floor, Technology Bhawan
Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Patna– 800014
BIHAR
Phone: 0612-2547964, Email: sio-bih@nic.in

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