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coordination with Sh. Bhupinder Pathak, Scien-
tist-F/DIO Kangra completed the task in a very
short time and implemented the system having
various features. The system has been appreciat-
ed in many national magazines and newspapers.
Later, many other Districts also onboarded this
system. So far, more than 3 lakh ePasses to in-
coming visitors have been issued, which is about
4.3% of the State population.
NIC’s VC system has enabled the I must compliment NIC for developing
Health Passes for Drivers of Hon’ble Chief Minister, Himachal the ePass system in a very short time
Utility Vehicles Pradesh to reach out to the elected rep- on NIC’s Service Plus platform and
resentatives of all 3,000 plus Pancha- quickly replicating it in many Districts of
Dr. Richa Sharma, IAS Deputy Com- yats of State, in an easy and interactive the State. Otherwise also, in every ICT
missioner, Kullu got an innovative manner, to know their problems during activity in the District, NIC has risen to
software developed the Covid-19 pandemic and provide the occasion and provided superb sup-
through NIC Kullu for timely solutions. NIC’s VC services and port to the Administration in addressing
issuing Health pass- teams are commendable. all kinds of Covid-19 related ICT issues.
es to the drivers of
Dr. R.N. Batta Rakesh Prajapati IAS
Advisor to Hon’ble Chief Minister Deputy Commissioner
Direct Benefit Government of Himachal Pradesh Kangra at Dharamshala, HP
Transfer utility vehicles while going out and coming in • Website updates on all NIC hosted sites
the District. This was done to ensure that only • Email-based help to citizens on regular basis
Covid-19 free drivers may drive the utility vehi- in all Districts
cles to curb the spread of the virus. 1257 such
Health passes were issued during the initial Himachal Pradesh has been successful in contain-
lockdown period when the movement of es- ing the spread of Coronavirus in the State through
sential items was crucial for maintaining sup- effective measures taken for contact tracing, mon-
plies in the Districts. itoring quarantine of suspect persons and better
health services. And NIC support has been crucial
in it!
Other major initiatives of NIC
Collection Centre Himachal Pradesh during the Video Conferencing Session of
the Hon’ble Chief Minister
Portal COVID-19 pandemic
• Support on Aarogya Setu App and associated
portal (20% downloads)
• Designing of COVID-19 posters or public
awareness
• Managing District Control and Command
Centres of Administration
• PMKISAN beneficiary mapping with Land
Owners, an integrated module developed for
unique farmer ID generation

470 577604 Web Portal of District Kangra
VC Sessions Welfare Pensions

Ajay Singh Chahal
Deputy Director General
& SIO

75300 40 Lakh NIC Himachal Pradesh State Centre
Covid-19 Samples 6th Floor, Armsdale Building, Chotta Shimla
Employment Shimla- 171002 HIMACHAL PRADESH
Beneficiaries 9841 Collection Centres Phone: 0177-2624045 Email: sio-hp@nic.in

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