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District Informatics
District Informatics

Amritsar, Punjab

Setting a benchmark in delivering ICT Solutions

to foster excellence

Edited by MUKESH KUMAR RALLI

ince the inception of NIC Amritsar in eScholarship, Mid-Day Meal Monitoring System,
1988, it has played a leading role in the Mother Child Tracking System (MCTS), Members
Simplementation of various ICT projects for of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD),
State and Centre Government to leverage the AGMARKNET, NGO DARPAN, Immigration, Visa
eGovernance in the District which resulted in the Home of the glorious Golden and Foreigner’s Registration & Tracking (IVFRT),
better delivery of citizen services. Temple, the iconic city of Amritsar, MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Some of the major ICT projects implemented by portrays the heroic character of Employment Guarantee Act), ePrison (Central Jail
the NIC Amritsar are integrated Human Resource Amritsar), and Director General Foreign Trade
Management System (iHRMS), National Generic Punjab. Taking the inspiration from (DGFT) Applications.
Document Registration System (NGDRS), eOffice, All these projects have been implemented
Amritsar District Administration Website, District the same, NIC Amritsar District in the district under the able guidance of
Information System for Election (DISE), Punjab Centre established in the year the NIC Punjab State Centre and have helped
Poll Day Monitoring System (PPDMS), Vehicle departments to provide better service delivery,
Management System (VMS), Revenue Court Cases 1988 has implemented various reduce pendency, enhance transparency, and
Management Punjab (RCMSPb), Aarogya Setu App, eGovernance projects for State and accountability.
COVA App, Mission Fateh App, RT-PCR Testing App,
COVID-19 portal, ePasses, Smart Performance Central Governments to leverage the
Appraisal Report Recording Online Windows ICT Initiatives in the District
(SPARROW), Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance eGovernance scenario in the District
System (AEBAS), Jeevan Pramaan, National Animal which resulted in better delivery of Amritsar District Website
Developed using the S3WaaS platform, it is
citizen services in the border areas. enriched with a wide range of content related to
NIC has extended the leased line Administrative Setup, Tourism, Culture, Health,
connectivity and implemented ICT Public Utilities, Accommodation, Education,
Emergency Helpline, Recruitment, Tenders,
solutions at Attari Rail and Road COVID-19 and various other district events for
Ranjit S. Sandhu dissemination of authentic information to the
Technical Director & DIO check post at the Indo-Pak border. public. It should be noted that the Amritsar
ranjit.sandhu@nic.in District Website is the first district website in
India to be accessibility certified by STQC. (Refer
Fig. 4.1)
iHRMS
iHRMS provides services related to Service
Meenakshi Davessar Disease Reporting System (NADRS), Vahan, Book, Posting, Promotion, Salary, Arrear
Scientist-C & ADIO
meenakshi.davessar@nic.in Sarathi, Indian Citizenship Portal, Government Management, GPF, GIS, Leave Management,
Property Management System (GPMS), HortNET, Income Tax Information, Annual Confidential
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Report, Annual Property Return, and various

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