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Institute for eGovernment

Gujarat government has decided to have wireless internet services at district collector, DDO, municipal commissioner, police commissioner and other government offices and visitors too will have access to the wireless services.

The government has initiated a plan to increase the speed of GSWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) from the existing 34 MBPS to 500 MBPS to give boost to the e-governance initiative. In the next few months, people will have free internet access through Wi-Fi at public offices.

Sources in the state government said, “The biometric bar-coded ration card pilot project is launched in around 250 blocks. We have observed some bottlenecks like speed and connectivity problems at e-dhara centres and accessibility of cyber cafes for issuing bar-coded ration coupons for BPL cardholders.

"Internet is a gamechanger...Common citizens (can) now directly engage in policy making process," Modi said through video-conferencing at an event organised by Internet search giant Google here.

A delegation led by Dr Ahmed Mohamed, director of inspection and surveillance team from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) had visited Gujarat FDCA earlier this month. The self-licensing software has enabled the FDCA to regulate the sales and manufacturing aspects related to drugs, food and cosmetics, issuance of licenses, among other things. The software enables online registration of all the pharmacists and chemists, preventing multiple illegal enrollment of pharmacists to ensure public safety.

Synopsis: Gujarat-headquartered LTTS has also built experience of smart government projects in the USA, India and the Middle East with its internet of things (IoT) offerings to enhance city operations, providing security solutions, citywide surveillance, and border security systems.

Mid-sized Indian IT services company L&T Technology Services (LTTS) on Monday announced a strategic partnership with the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (CSCA) to build smart city development projects across the state of Colorado integrating innovation and technology.

"There is content gap as the farmers did not get information on local market prices and the information to facilitate their farm practices. The information was generic in nature and there were time constraints in local radio. Lack of awareness about the initiative has been one of the major factors that led to the loss of productivity," said the research paper by Prof Arbind Sinha, Prof Santosh K Patra and Alok Brambhatt and Sunil Bhat on ICT and Agricultural Communication.

The election manifesto released by the BJP talks about women empowerment, e-governance, urban and rural development, IT, new energy sources, development in adivasi-dominated areas, Dalit and neglected sections, wetland development, wind energy, promotion of ayurveda medicine.

"The mobile phone is now being used by the common man with ease and Gujarat is first to spread its usage in governance," he said while inaugurating a three-day conference, e-INDIA, in Gandhinagar.

The new concept of `Mobile Governance' would be on the lines of 'e-Governance' and 'Good Governance', he added.

"Internet is a gamechanger...Common citizens (can) now directly engage in policy making process," Modi said through video-conferencing at an event organised by Internet search giant Google here.

He said Internet has empowered people and made communication with leaders and the government a two-way process.

Launching the project, Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his address congratulated the District Development Officer(DDO) of Amreli who had presented this idea in state government’s Chintan Shibir.

Navsari district has won an award from the central government for being the best digital district of Gujarat. Navsari district National Informatics Centre has been applauded for its e-documentation work. Navsari district National Informatics Centre did well in parameters like IT enabling, user friendliness, local innovations etc. during the Digital India Week in July 2015.

"One of the biggest achievement for us this year has been setting up of a file tracking system for internal monitoring. This has helped us in getting e -governance on track in the district," said district collector Remya Mohan, who accepted the award in New Delhi recently along with other officials from Navsari.

Though Surat is considered as fourth fastest developing city of the world and is the eighth most populated city of the country, it takes any citizen an hour to gain an entry in the city from NH8. Though Surat has highest GDP in terms of cities of Gujarat since last five years, when it comes to mass transport it has just 100 buses to cater to the need of nearly 50 lakh people.

"To be smart, with the help of experts like Darshaw & Company private limited, we have set up 21 parameters that covers and provides smart solutions to basic infrastructure issues like e-governance and citizen services, waste management, water supply system, energy system, urban transportation and others." Said Milind Torwane, Municipal Commissioner after presenting the vision of local body for future of Surat city on Thursday.

RMC officials expect that within one year, about five per cent of tax-payers will switch over to internet and kiosk-based payment modes in the city. The kiosk works like an ATM, where residents can come and pay their taxes at any time in the day without standing in lines.

"RMC has been on the forefront to use IT to deliver various civil services to its citizen in a more friendly manner and were constantly improving it so as to reach out to people in a very efficient way," said Ajay Bhadoo, municipal commissioner, RMC.

"RMC is the first corporation who launched e-payment facility in Gujarat and now we will connect all our 23 ward offices with e-governance in this year. Moreover we will be the first corporation to start online issuing of birth certificate with digital signature. There will be also facility of online registration of birth from the hospital," said Bhadoo. RMC has proposed to spend about Rs 1.45 crore on e-ward office and other e-governance related facilities.

The civic centres of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) bear a deserted look these days. Not too long ago, hundreds of people used to crowd outside these centres, wanting to know about their tax payment deadlines or how to pay electricity and water bills.

But that was before the RMC implemented its mobile governance project, providing useful information to the residents of one of Gujarat’s largest cities.

The ‘Atal Smart City', built in Raiya under the Smart City Mission of the central govt, was inaugurated by chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday. The robust infrastructure, with all modern facilities, was created in TP scheme number 32 at a cost of Rs 550 crore.

Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) believes that around four lakh people will come to reside in this area.

The ‘Atal Smart City' is spread over 930 acres of land. The project started on Aug 23, 2019 and was completed on Nov 19, 2024.

Recognizing the vital importance of efficient public transport, Smart City Ahmedabad Development Limited (SCADL) partnered with NEC to upgrade the city's manually operated, often erratic bus transit infrastructure with a seamless, safe and reliable intelligent transport management system.

Introduction

As one of India’s fastest growing scientific and industrial hubs, the city of Ahmedabad was among the first 20 candidates selected for the government’s Smart City Mission. Recognizing the vital importance of efficient public transport, Smart City Ahmedabad Development Limited (SCADL) partnered with NEC to upgrade the city’s manually operated, often erratic bus transit infrastructure with a seamless, safe and reliable intelligent transport management system. Intelligently applied IoT and big data analysis technologies are enabling the city to build a smart bus system that is easy to plan, merge and grow along with its expanding footfall.

Digital makeover to streamline civic services and data collection

The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has unveiled plans to install QR codes on every house in the city, marking a significant shift towards digital governance. This innovative system aims to revolutionise how the civic body collects and manages data on essential services like health, education, drainage and water supply.

A workshop was held in the city on Tuesday in this regard. It was attended by experts from technical institutes, agencies and SMC officials.