Digital Chhattisgarh

Initiate
propogate
Celebrate
Chhattisgarh
Digital Week

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Vision
I dream of Digital India
where the world looks to
India for the Next Big Idea...
We need to understand this
--- that’s the need of the
hour. If we don’t, we will
be left far behind the rest
of the world...India may
have missed the Industrial
Revolution, but will not miss
the IT revolution.
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi
at the launch of Digital India Week

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The Digital India week launched by Honourable Prime
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi Ji is a testimony of his vision of
transforming India into a digitally empowered society and
knowledge economy, where Digital Infrastructure is provided as a
utility to every citizen and Governance & Services are delivered on
demand. This transformative initiative will enable the government
to proactively engage the citizens and bring them closer to the
government .
It gives me immense pleasure to share with you that inputs from
our esteemed Members of Parliament and my Cabinet colleagues
have helped shape fifteen different citizen centric schemes and
programmes by leveraging technology that we are already rolling
out in Chhattisgarh as part of the Digital India initiative. The
people of the state will see the impact of these schemes in various
aspects of their day-to-day lives.
I compliment the people of Chhattisgarh for the widespread
participation in the celebration and I am confident that the success
of Digital India Week will act as a catalyst for the spread of digital
awareness in the state paving way for embracing technology for a
better tomorrow.
Jai Hind.
Dr. Raman Singh
Chief Minister, Chhatisgarh

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Digital India is a visionary initiative by the Hon’ble Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi to propel India to its next phase of
growth by leveraging technology. It will bring about a change in the
way governments function and people interact with it, catalysing
an inclusive growth and development. Chhattisgarh has been at
the forefront of digital revolution and under the able guidance of
our Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Raman Singh, the state is poised to
achieve greater heights in e-governance by rolling out Digital India.
The state wide celebration during the Digital India Week was
a reflection of Chhattisgarh’s e-preparedness. The widespread
connectivity at the district and panchayat level helped us connect
our people to participate in the celebrations.
During the week, the Hon’ble Chief Minister launched 15 schemes
that would help Chhattisgarh build on its existing capability in the
field of e-governance and grow from strength to strength.
The Chhattisgarh leg of Digital India Week was a resounding
success and has set the stage for ensuring that every last citizen of
the state is empowered through access to information and services
from the government.
We are confident that under the guidance of Chief Minister, Shri
Raman Singh, we will achieve greater heights in e-governance and
realise the goals of the initiatives launched by him.
Forewords
Vivek Dhand
Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh

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Mobile and cloud are changing the world more rapidly than any
other technological advance in the history of the world ever has. Digital
technologies have the power to empower and change the lives of every
citizen.
Under the inspired leadership of our Chief Minister, Shri Raman Singh,
Chhattisgarh is at the forefront of adopting technology for governance and
has many firsts to its credit. Internet connectivity is available till every
block headquarters, and the government is continuously striving to roll out
cutting edge digital infrastructure such as 4G and Wifi throughout the state.
However, connectivity and access are necessary but not sufficient for
bridging the digital divide. Enabling policies, programmes and practical
ideas are equally important. Chhattisgarh is the first state in India to have
a comprehensive IT Policy and was adjudged the best for its e-governance
initiatives in 2011.
The spadework done by the state in the last decade has helped the
administration prime itself to embrace the Digital India initiative. The state
is further striving to provide fillip to nine pillars of growth areas identified
under Digital India. The weeklong celebration of Digital India gave us a
perfect opportunity to dovetail our initiatives for maximum impact. The
State Administration showcased our initiatives and success in creating an
effective government- citizen interface.
Schemes launched by Hon’able Chief Minister during the Digital India Week
has galvanised the entire state to help achieve the Prime Minister’s vision --
“minimum government and maximum governance”.
Aman Singh
Principal Secretary, CM
Energy, Electronics & IT

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Section 1:
Launching a revolution: Introducing Digital India
Section 2:
Chhattisgarh: Celebrating Digital India
Section 3:
Initiatives launched by the State during Digital India
Section 4:
Digital Governance: Chhattisgarh the story so far

8The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the launching ceremony of Digital India Week, in New Delhi on July 01, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri
Narendra Modi addressing
at the launching ceremony
of Digital India Week, in New
Delhi on July 01, 2015.

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On July 1 Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra
Modi marked the beginning of a new revolution in India– the
Information Technology revolution, also called the Digital
India.
While dedicating Digital India to the nation the Prime Min-
ister very rightly said “I dream of Digital India where the
world looks to India for the Next Big Idea.”
The visionary that the Shri Modi is he also said “We need to
understand this --- that’s the need of the hour. If we don’t ,
we will be left far behind the rest of the world”.
The question today being asked is what exactly is
Digital India ?
To put it simply, the ambitious Rs 1.13 lakh crore Digital
India project is aimed at opening up digital access for all In-
dians through creation of a digital infrastructure that would
make sure that government functions and services can be
availed by all citizens across the nation.
The Prime Minister has articulated that Digital India initia-
tive is aimed at improving the lives of the common man. He
said “India may have missed the Industrial Revolution, but
will not miss the IT revolution. “
The Prime Minister has also assured full support to young
entrepreneurs who wished to launch Start-ups. He called
upon the youth to innovate and said “Design in India” is as
important as “Make in India.”
Interestingly the Prime Minister himself is very technology
savvy. He is among the world’s most popular leaders in the
digital space with over 80 lakh followers on Twitter and over
3 times that number – or 2.5 crore followers -- on Facebook.
Digital
India
Launching
a revolution

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visit Dantewada

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“The function of
education is to teach
one to think intensively
and to think critically.
Intelligence plus
character - that is the
goal of true education.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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What is
Digital India?
Digital India is a Programme to prepare India
for a knowledge future. The focus is on being
transformative – to realize
The Union Minister for
Finance, Corporate Affairs and
Information & Broadcasting,
Shri Arun Jaitley addressing
Delhi on July 01, 2015
The Union Minister for Communications
& Information Technology, Shri Ravi
Shankar Prasad addressing at the
launching ceremony of Digital India
Week, in New Delhi on July 01, 2015.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being received by the Union Minister for
Communications & Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad at the launching
ceremony of Digital India Week, in New Delhi on July 01, 2015.
IT + IT(Indian Talent) =
IT( India Tomorrow).
It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by
the entire government. The weaving together
makes the Mission transformative in totality.

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The Programme:
l Pulls together many existing schemes.
l These schemes will be restructured and re-focused.
l They will be implemented in a synchronized manner.
l Many elements are only process improvements with
minimal cost.
The common branding of programmes as Digital India
highlights their transformative impact. It offers:-
l Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
l Governance & Services on Demand
l Digital Empowerment of Citizens

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l The project will help make technology
central to enable change.
l It is an Umbrella Programme – that spans
across many departments.
l It stitches a large number of ideas and
thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision
to ensure that that each of them is a part of a
larger goal.
l The project will ensure that services and
governance are there on the net in every
government department and ministry, so
that the facilities can be availed by citizens
without having to queue up at various offices
The project will see investments to the tune of
Rs 4.5 lakh crore as promised by top industrial
houses and create 18 lakh jobs.
The Prime Minister, Shri
Narendra Modi addressing
Delhi on July 01, 2015.

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l Digital Empowerment will ensure that
government records, services, rules are
available to every one 24x7 making each and
every department more accountable and its
functioning more transparent.
l The project will connect India digitally and
push the manufacturing sector, that in turn
will lead to lesser imports of electronic goods
(which is highest after oil) and help India save
a very sizeable amount of foreign exchange.
l The most outstanding feature of the project
is the DIGITAL LOCKER: It will dedicated
storage space, linked to each citizens’
Aaddhar card number. The DigiLocker as it
is being called can b used securely to store
digitally signed e-documents.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi awarding the
women, working on ‘digital inclusion’ in remote areas of
India with a laptop & certificate, at the launching ceremony
of Digital India Week, in New Delhi on July 01, 2015.

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“Reading, after a certain
age, diverts the mind too
much from its creative
pursuits. Any man who
reads too much and uses
his own brain too little
falls into lazy habits of
thinking.”
— Albert Einstein

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9 Pillars of Digital India
1 Pillar
Broadband Highways
National Aims Chhattisgarh’s Success so far
Broadband for all rural areas:
l 250000 gram panchayats to be connected by
December 2016 with a CAPEX of Rs 32000 cr by
DoT
Broadband for all urban areas:
l Setting up Virtual Network Operators for
service delivery and mandate communication
infrastructure in new urban development and
buildings.
National Information Structure:
l Nationwide coverage by March 2017 at a cost of
Rs 15686 cr by DeitY
Broadband for all rural areas:
l Broadband completed under NOFN in 100+ GPs,
l Work on in 2 pilot blocks,
l Coordination with BSNL in progress
Broadband for all urban areas:
l Separate 4G/Broadband Policy passed
Work in progress:
l Only state to complete the integration of SWAN
& NKN up to district level
2 Pillar
Universal Access to Phones
Increased network penetration and coverage of
gaps. Remaining 42000 villages to be covered in a
span of four years between the years 2014-18 at a
cost o Rs 16000 cr by DoT.
l Proposal for rapid deployment of 2G in
4046 villages in areas affected by Left Wing
Extremism (LWE).
l For this coordination with BSL/DoT is
progressing.

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3 Pillar
Public Internet Access
Programme
National Aims
Common Service Centres
To be made viable, multi-functional
end-points for service delivery. It would
cover 250000 villages by March 2017
at an estimated cost of Rs 4750 cr by
DeitY
Post Offices
To become multi service centres.
150000 post offices to be covered in
two years by D/o Posts. This should be
the long term evolution goal of Postal
Service
Chhattisgarh’s
Success so far
Common Service Centres
l (CSCs) made viable multifunctional
end points for service delivery. They
cover 2400 villages.
l A total of 276050 transactions
have been done online under G2C
services, kiosk banking, UID PEC,
Online electricity bill payment,
IT literacy, voter Id/EPIC Card,
Insurance Services and Passport
and other B2C services.

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4 Pillar
E-Governance – Reforming government through Technology
Government Business Process Re-engineering using
IT to improve transactions for
l Form Simplification, reduction
l Online applications and tracking, Interface
between departments
l Use of online repositories e.g. school certificates,
voter ID cards, etc.
l Integration of services and platforms – UIDAI,
Payment Gateway, Mobile Platform, EDI
Electronic Databases – all databases and
information to be electronic, not manual
Workflow automation inside government
Public Grievance Redress - using IT to
automate, respond, analyse data to identify and
resolve persistent problems – largely process
improvements
Inauguration of Chief Minister Dashboard Portal:
This scheme was conceptualised for the hon’ble CM
to effectively and constantly monitor government
run schemes and use it for the overall analysis of
their progress. It is also designed in a way that it
enables to monitor in real time the progress of all the
schemes for
l Effective and constant review of the schemes
l An overall analysis of all the schemes
l Future analysis of the schemes
All type of financial transaction by Debit / Credit
Card, Cash Card, NEFT/RTGS, Net Banking etc. are
available in more than 200 banks

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5 Pillar
eKranti – Electronic deliveryof services
National Aims
Ongoing Programme (NeGP) – will be revamped
to cover these elements
Technology for Education – e-Education
l All Schools connected with broadband
l Free wifi in all schools (250,000)
l Digital Literacy program
l MOOCs – develop pilot Massive Online Open
Courses
Technology for Health – e-Healthcare
l Online medical consultation
l Online medical records
l Online medicine supply
l Pan-India exchange for patient information
l Pilots – 2015; Full coverage in 3 years
Technology for Planning
l GIS based decision making
National GIS Mission Mode Project
Technology for Farmers
l Real time price information
l Online ordering of inputs
l Online cash, loan, relief payment with mobile
banking
Technology for Security
l Mobile Emergency Services
Technology for Financial Inclusion
l Mobile Banking
l Micro-ATM program
l CSCs/ Post Offices
Technology for Justice
l e-Courts, e-Police, e-Jails, e-Prosecution
Technology for Security
National Cyber Security Co-ordination Center

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5 Pillar
eKranti – Electronic deliveryof services
Chhattisgarh’s Success so far
6 Pension Services of Revenue Department & 5 of
Social Welfare Department Inaugurated: Citizens
would now be able to apply online for five pension
services offered by the Social Welfare Department
from any of the 150 public service centres or more
than 3000 common service centres operational
throughout the state.
Chhattisgarh Campus Connect Portal: This portal
has been visualized as a platform to cater to the skill
development needs of college students and provide
them with employment oriented. It will also act as
interface between students, colleges and industrial
units.
Tablets with Digital Chhattisgarh App Distributed to
16 entrepreneurs of Common Service Centres under
Member of Parliament Model Village Scheme
Websites of Universities and Colleges Inaugurated:
l Government Nagarjun Post Graduate Science
College, Raipur
l Government Dudhadhari Bajrang Post Graduate
Women’s College, Raipur
l Government Pandit Shyamacharan Shukla College,
Dharseevan, Raipur
l Government Late Satyanarayan Agrawal College,
Tilda Nevra (Kohka)
l Government Dr Radhabai Naveen Kanya
Mahavidyalaya, Raipur
l Government Kavyopadhyay Hiralal College,
Abhanpur
l Government College, Navapara Gobra
l Ravishannkar University, Raipur
Wifi Launched in Government Dudhadhari Bajrang
College. Launch of app for Public Health Engineering
Department
Application Software for Midday Meal Launched:
This software is updated once a month about the
number of children benefitting from the midday meal
in every school at development block level. With the
help of data in the software the food grain needs of
every school as well as its cooking cast is ascertained.
Wifi Facilities & Tablet distribution: Launch of wifi
in Pandit Sunderlal Sharma University to activate
e-library and internet facilities for the students.
Tablets distributed to the students of government
Science College under Chhattisgarh Youth
Information Technology Revolution Scheme
Launch of Online Electricity Connection Application:
For the benefit of the consumers seeking new
connections or change in load/tariff/name in existing
connections online application forms have been
launched.
MLA Village Scheme online: Website for MLA
Model Village Scheme under Panchayat & Rural
Development Department and CM Aggregate Rural
Development Scheme Website Launched
Online Land Allotment: For ease of doing business
the Commerce & Industry Department launched
a portal for online land allotment to increase
transparency and authenticity of the entire process.

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6 Pillar
Information for All
Online Hosting of Information & documents
l Citizens have open, easy access to information
l Open data platform
Government pro-actively engages through social
media and web based platforms to inform citizens
l MyGov.in
2-way communication between citizens and
government
Online messaging to citizens on special occasions/
programs
Inauguration of the mobile app for integrated digital
Chhattisgarh: To apprise people at the village level
about the information related to education, health,
agriculture and every aspect of administration in
simple language a mobile app of integrated digital
Chhattisgarh has been created which has interactive
audio video in it.
Online messaging to citizens on special occasions/
programs
All citizen services related form made available
for download. SMS/MMS, have been successfully
sent to 15 lakh candidates appearing in exam.
Government sending more than 10 lakh emails in
a week to candidates with acknowledgement, hall
ticket details, etc. The state portal has received
more than 3.3 million hits.

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7 Pillar
Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports
Target NET ZERO Imports by coordinated
action on many fronts
l Taxation, Incentives
l Economies of Scale, Eliminate cost
disadvantages
Focused areas – Big Ticket Items
FABS, Fab-less design, Set top boxes, VSATs,
Mobiles, Consumer & Medical Electronics, Smart
Energy meters, Smart cards, micro-ATMs
l Incubators, clusters
l Skill development
l Government procurement
l There are many ongoing programs which will
be fine-tuned.
l We are working towards fine tuning many
programmes to dovetail them into on
compact plan of action to achieve this
ambitious goal.
l The government is already working on
providing tax incentives and creating IT
Special Economic Zone and also eliminating
cost disadvantage to start manufacturing
facilities in Naya Raipur.
l Many global and Indian companies are
starting their Incubation centres and
manufacturing clusters.
l Special emphasis is given for skill
development by launching Chhattisgarh Skill
Development Act
8 Pillar
IT for Jobs
Train people in smaller towns & villages for IT
sector jobs: Train 1 crore students in five years
at a cost of Rs 200 cr by DeitY
IT/ITES in NE: Setting BPO in every state in
North East by DeitY
Train Service Delivery Agents to run viable
businesses delivering IT services: 300000
agents in 2 years by DeitY
Telecom service providers to train rural
workforce to cater to their own needs: 500000
trained personnel in 5 years by DoT
l Under the skill development mission
Chhattisgarh has taken up computer skills
training as one of the major thrust areas.
l In remote Dantewada district a functional
and successful rural BPO is a shining star in
the government’s efforts.
l Good internet connectivity at Gram Panchayat
level and state government’s massive push
for “Make in Chhattisgarh” has opened up a
plethora of opportunities for It related jobs.

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9 Pillar
Early Harvest Programmes
IT platform for messages: Targeted mass
messaging began from July 2014. All the
elected representatives and government
employees will be covered in it as well as
1.36 Cr mobiles and 22 Lakh emails. Mass
Messaging Application developed
l Government Greetings to be e-Greetings: First
e-greeting was dedicated to the nation by the
Prime Minister on August 15, 2014. Basket of
e-Greetings templates available. Crowd sourcing
of e-Greetings thru MyGov. e-Greetings Portal
ready since 14 August 2014
Biometric attendance: Central Govt. Offices in
Delhi. Operational in DeitY & Initiated in Urban
Development. On-boarding started in other depts.
Procurement of devices – tender issued and work
completed in Delhi
l Free wifi is being provided in Gandhi Park,
Collectorate Garden, Science College, Central
Park and Circuit House in Raipur City.

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Introduction
One of the first movers in the space
of e-governance and digital literacy,
Chhattisgarh, participated in the Digital
India launched by the Prime Minister,
Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi.
The state saw enthusiastic participation
from the government offices, academia
and the general public. Week long
celebrations saw public service
centres being inaugurated by people’s
representatives, quizzes were organised
and students as well as others made a
beeline to open digital lockers.
The government launched a formal
Digital India Week program.
Planned Celebrations
Chhattisgarh
Celebrating and showcasing
Digital India Week
Day 1 (July 1, 2015)
Livetelecast/webcastoftheinauguralevent
ateverydistrictpanchayat
Day 2&3 (July 2/3, 2015)
SpecialGramSabhaatalllocationsfor
DigitialIndiaProgramme.InaugurationofLok
SevaKendraatremaining107Blocks.
Day 4/5 (July 4/5, 2015)
DistrictleveleventatallDistrict
Headquarters.InaugurationofWi-Fiat
Mantralaya,NayaRaipur.
Day 6 (July 6, 2015)
LaunchofOnlinePensionservices,e-District
apponiOS,CampusConnectandDigital
Chhattisgarhapplicationandinaugurationof
CMDashboardapplication.
Day 7 (July 7, 2015)
OpeningofDigitalLockers

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Digital India got off to a flying start for the state of
Chhattisgarh as her daughter, Mrs Tanuja Raichura, was
honoured by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra
modi, in New Delhi. She was one of the two women from
the entire country who received the prestigious award by
the Prime Minister. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Dr Raman
Singh, also congratulated her and wished great success
and a bright future.
Mrs Raichura belongs to District Dhamtari and was
awarded for her unique efforts in using Information
Technology (IT) to run public help centre and also
for conducting digital literacy among the workers and
villagers. She was given a citation and a laptop.
Mrs Raichura left her career as a graphic & web designer
to work with the villagers and the less privileged. She
helped scores of people in getting PAN Cards, passports,
voter identity cards and railway bookings. She was also
enlisted for the Aadhar card work and was drafted as
business correspondent of Bank of Baroda.
She was an enthusiastic partner in the Jandhan Yojana
launched by the Prime Minister. She helped scores of
people in opening their accounts in the bank. She also
enrolled herself in the digital literacy programme and
helped many villagers. She also employed two girls in
her service centre who were earlier working as farm
labourers.
Tanuja Raichura: Pride of Chhattisgarh

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To ensure that the Digital India Week was organised at
a grand scale a meeting with Secretaries was held at
Mantralaya, chaired by Chief Secretary. Subsequently, a
meeting with all Collectors was held via Video Conferencing,
chaired by Principal Secretary (Electronics & IT).
A detailed event schedule was put in place that involved
Village/Block/District levels. Hon’ble Chief Minister allotted
a district each to all Hon’ble Ministers/MPs/Parliament
Secretaries and they would be present in the programme
organised at all district headquarters on 4th/5th July, 2015.
State level event was planned at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla
University, Raipur on 6th July, 2015 in the presence of
Hon’ble Chief Minister.
The State-wide Celebration Schedule
Plan

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Following plan was followed to make Digital India week a success:-
Planned Celebrations
Day 1 (July 1, 2015)
l Live telecast / webcast of the
inaugural event at all High/Higher
secondary schools/Hostels/ITIs/
Polytechnics/Colleges/Gram
Panchayats/CSCs from 4 pm.
l Before the inaugural event at New
Delhi, all the Sarpanchs of the State
were informed in detail about the
Digital India programme and about
various e-Services in the State at
147 Blocks by 355 VLEs.
l VLE’s decorated their CSCs with
Digital India banner and posters and
shown the CSC Awareness Video to
citizens.
l Opening of Digital Lockers
Day 2&3 (July 2/3, 2015)
l Special Gram Sabha at all locations for awareness regarding
Digitial India Programme and e-Services being delivered in the
State were organised on 2nd July, 2015.
l Inauguration of Lok Seva Kendra at remaining 107 Blocks.
l Sansad Adarsh Grams: Inauguration of Lok Seva Kendra, launch/
operationalization CSCs, Wifi enablement and Aadhar enrolment/
Colour PVC EPIC card/other services through CSCs at 9 Sansad
Adarsh Grams.
l Launch of Smart Village solution for TILKEJA village in Korba
District
l Distribution of certificates under IT Mass Literacy program (CSC-
SPV) – Sarangarh block of Raigarh District and Bilaigarh block of
Balodabazar district.
l Organising video show about the Digital India and Financial
Literacy / Investor Awareness video to citizens at CSCs
l Mobilization drive by all VLEs for Jan Dhan Yojna, Samajik
Suraksha Yojna etc.

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l Inauguration of GIS based asset mapping
application in 800 Gram Panchayats.
l Various programmes/contents regarding Digital
India in schools
l Various activities by BBNL.
Day 4/5 (July 4/5, 2015)
l District level event at all District Headquarters
orgranised by DeGS for delivering the message
of Digital India to citizens and to showcase the
Government’s initiative in the area of e-Governance,
chaired by Hon’ble Ministers/MPS/Parliament
Secretaries.
l Inauguration of Lok Seva Kendra at remaining 7
districts.
l Inauguration of 3 IT Training Centres for ST
students at Rajnandgaon, Ambikapur and Jagdalpur.
l Inauguration of Wi-Fi at Mantralaya, Naya Raipur.
l Various activities planned through CSC SPV at CSC
level.
l Various activities planned by BBNL
Day 6 (July 6, 2015)
l State level event at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla
University, Raipur, chaired by Hon’ble Chief Minister.
l Launch of 5 Online Pension services and 6 Revenue
services through e-District portal.
l Launch of e-District app on iOS platform and
reporting application of e-District.
l Rollout of an integrated Digital Chhattisgarh
application.
l Tablet distribution to 16 VLE’s of Sansad Adarsh
Grams.
l Rollout of Campus Connect application
l Wifi hotspots at 5 locations
l Tablet distribution to students.
l Inauguration of CM Dashboard application.
l Inauguration of website of Panchayat & Rural
Development Department.
l Inauguration of websites of colleges and WiFi at
Colleges

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l Inauguration of application software for Mid-day
meal.
l Mobile app for training for PHED.
l Inauguration of online electricity connection
application by Energy Department.
l Inauguration of ease of doing business portal and
EM1 & EM 2 application of Industries Department.
l Various activities through CSC SPV at CSC level.
l Various activities by BBNL
Day 7 (July 7, 2015)
l Various activities through CSC SPV at CSC level.
l Various activities by BBNL
Videos, DI film and IEC/Creatives developed for DIW
and e-Services and design for the Banners, backdrop,
standees and posters has also been shared with the
District Administration/VLEs.

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“Beauty of
whatever kind,
in its supreme
development,
invariably excites
the sensitive soul
to tears.”
— Edgar Allan Poe

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1. Balod
Digital literacy workshop organised under Digital India Week by
Balod district collector Naresh Shukla
2. Balrampur
In Balrampur district two panchayats (Aragahi and Purandeeh) gave
presentation during Digital India Week. As every village panchayat
is now connected with internet through optical fibre, villagers don’t
have to go to the district headquarters, tehsil or bank as all the
services are available in the local public service centre. Before the
District-wise CelebrationAction

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launch of Digital India Week Additional Collector Mr
Aggarwal told the gathering about the benefits of public
service centres.
3. Bilaspur
Digital India week was celebrated by inaugurating
public service centre in Takhatpur tehsil. The service
centre will provide all the 8 services that have been
earmarked by the state government under the
e-governance scheme. Later the number of services will
go up to 31.
4. Dantewada:
The district panchayat office has been connected with
the fibre optic network under the pilot project along
with Bilaspur. It is due to this facility that a group of
eminent people from the district as well as students
could listen to the Prime Minister live from the Indira
Gandhi stadium in New Delhi. After the speech people
were shown a short documentary to explain how digital
India would work. They were told it would reduce paper
work.

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5. Dhamtari
All the district panchayat offices,
livelihood colleges ad collectorate office
were equipped for live telecast of Prime
Minister’s Digital India speech. In the
collectorate all the staff under collector
Bhim Singh were present during the
speech while at District Panchayat office
of Nagri 75 village sarpanchs were
present. At Kukrail 23 village sarpanchs
were present while district panchayat
office Dhamtari saw 90 sarpanchs attend
the function. In Magarlod a total of 175
people including sapranchs and in Kurud
211 people participated in the event.
6. Janjgir-Champa
The member of Parliament from
the district, Mrs Kamala Devi Patle
inaugurated public service centre at the
collectorate. Later 150 teachers were
trained in opening the digital lockers. A
group of 200 aganwadi workers, ration
card holders and health workers were
trained under the NDLM scheme.
7. Jashpurnagar
Onn july 1, 2015 along with district
headquarters and block development
headquarters a presentation was made to
apprise people of Digital India Initiative.
People were also told about the facility of
digital locker. Public service centres were
inaugurated in Duldula, Kansabel and
Farsabahar.

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8. Kawardha
In all the four development blocks of
Kabirdham district – Kawardha, bodla,
Pandariya and Sahaspur Lohara – were
readied for the live telecast of Prime
Minister’s Digital India inauguration. In
every college and higher secondary school
Digital India quiz were initiated. Similarly
all the schools and other educational
institutes were imparted the training of
opening a digital locker.
9. Jagdalpur:
Chhattisgarh’s school education and tribal
development minister, Kedar Kashyap,
inaugurated a district level computer
training centre in Hata Ground. Here
school children would be imparted basic
computer training in a batch of 25 students
each by CHiPS and C-DAC. Those who
successfully complete the course would be
given advanced training. A two year target
has been fixed to impart training to 3300
children belonging to scheduled tribes.
10. Mahasamund
The 50 odd e-panchayats of the districts
along with 50 model villages and 36
solution centres were involved in special
celebrations. People were apprised of the
IT initiatives of the state and were also
given the knowledge of digital locker. Prime
Minister’s speech was telecast live in 32
common service centres throughout the
district.

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11. Narayanpur
A large number of people watched the Prime Minister’s
speech during the launch of Digital India. It was
decided to open a common service centre in the model
village of Benur.

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12. Raigarh
An awareness campaign about the digital services
being offered by the state government was
undertaken at the district, development block and
village panchayat level. These programmes were
conducted through common service centres. The
common service centres also acted as the hubs
that worked towards developing digital lockers for
the people.
13. Raipur
In the district panchayats of Tilda, Abhanpur and
Aarang programmes were organised at development
block level. People were made aware about online
payments, bookings and seeking government related
documents. Awareness campaign was launched among
students to understand the processes involved in
undertaking competitive exams and skill development
modules
Chief Minister Shri Raman Singh with
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during
Dantewada education city visit

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1. Inauguration of Chief Minister Dashboard Portal
This scheme was conceptualised for the hon’able CM to effectively and constantly monitor government run
schemes and use it for the overall analysis of their progress. It is also designed in a way that it enables to monitor
in real time the progress of all the schemes launched by various departments. Three pillars of the portal are:-
Schemes and Initiatives launched by
Hon’able Chief Minister Shri Raman Singh
during the Digital India Week
Schemes and
Initiatives launched
l Effective and constant review of the schemes l An overall analysis of all the schemes
l Future analysis of the schemes

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2. Wifi hotspot inaugurated
Wifi city scheme has been launched with an
aim to provide free high speed internet to the
citizens of the state especially the students.
The scheme that was inaugurated in Raipur
will initially provide free wifi at five locations
in the city – Gandhi Park, Collectorate Garden,
Science College, Central Park and Circuit
House.
3. Pension Services Inaugurated
6 Pension Services of Revenue Department &
5 of Social Welfare Department Inaugurated.
Citizens would now be able to apply online
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Welfare Department from any of the 150 public
service centres or more than 3000 common
service centres operational throughout the
state. Citizens can also seek six services of
Revenue Department like change in name,
boundary demarcation, certificate for research,
loan certificate and natural calamity relief work
online.
4. iOS Based App for District
e-Services
To further the mission of providing G2C services
m-district, mobile e-choice platform is now
available on iOS along with android platform.
5. Dashboard for district e-services
inaugurated
To help senior officers monitor the quality and
deadlines of the services provided through
e-district scheme a mobile dashboard for the
scheme has been inaugurated.

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6. Inauguration of the mobile app for
integrated digital Chhattisgarh
To apprise people at the village level about the
information related to education, health, agriculture
and every aspect of administration in simple language
a mobile app of integrated digital Chhattisgarh has
been created which has interactive audio video in it.
7. Chhattisgarh Campus
Connect Portal
This portal has been visualized as a platform
to cater to the skill development needs of
college students and provide them with
employment oriented. It will also act as
interface between students, colleges and
industrial units.
8. Tablets with Digital Chhattisgarh
App Distributed
Tablets with Digital Chhattisgarh App
Distributed to 16 entrepreneurs of Common
Service Centres under Member of Parliament
Model Village Scheme. According to the
vision of Digital India all the model villages
under the MP Model Village Scheme are
being provided with internet connectivity,
panchayats with wifi, and public service
centres. The entrepreneurs who have come
forward to open these centres were given
integrated digital app and a tablet.

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9. Websites of Universities and
Colleges Inaugurated
l Government Nagarjun Post Graduate Science
College, Raipur
l Government Dudhadhari Bajrang Post Graduate
Women’s College, Raipur
l Government Pandit Shyamacharan Shukla
College, Dharseevan, Raipur
l Government Late Satyanarayan Agrawal College,
Tilda Nevra (Kohka)
l Government Dr Radhabai Naveen Kanya
Mahavidyalaya, Raipur
l Government Kavyopadhyay Hiralal College,
Abhanpur
l Government College, Navapara Gobra
l Ravishannkar University, Raipur

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10. Wifi Launched in Government
Dudhadhari Bajrang College
11. Launch of app for Public Health
Engineering Department
12. Application Software for Midday
Meal Launched
This software is updated once a month about
the number of children benefitting from the
midday meal in every school at development
block level. With the help of data in the
software the food grain needs of every school
as well as its cooking cast is ascertained.
13. Launch of Online Electricity
Connection Application
For the benefit of the consumers seeking new
connections or change in load/tariff/name in
existing connections online application forms
have been launched.
14. Website for MLA Model Village
Website for MLA Model Village Scheme under
Panchayat & Rural Development Department
and CM Aggregate Rural Development
Scheme Website Launched
15. Tablets distributed
Tablets distributed to the students of
government Science College under
Chhattisgarh Youth Information Technology
Revolution Scheme
16. Portal for online land allotment
For ease of doing business the Commerce &
Industry Department launched a portal for
online land allotment to increase transparency
and authenticity of the entire process.
17. Launch of wifi
Launch of wifi in Pandit Sunderlal Sharma
University to activate e-library and internet
facilities for the students.

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Among the youngest state in the country today, Chhattisgarh
has already carved out a very enviable and distinct space for
itself in the e-governance space, the Fact File that follows gives a
brief gist of what the Chhattisgarh has done and delivered in the
e-governance sphere.
It has many firsts to its credit chief among them being the first
state to prepare a comprehensive IT Road Map for the State.
DigitalIndia
The Chhattisgarh Story

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l Backing the vision with on ground
action, Chhattisgarh became the
first state in India to develop a
comprehensive Geographical
Information System (GIS) which
includes 38 thematic maps layers.
The layers include forest cover,
soil types, demography, drainage,
mineral wealth, irrigation area,
watershed etc.
l It is also the first state to digitise
and geo-referenced cadastral maps
of land parcels for the entire state.
Fact file
l First state with comprehensive IT
Raodmap
l First state in India to develop
a comprehensive Geographical
Information System (GIS) with 38
thematic layers map
l GIS Gold Award.
l Internet connectivity till every block
headquarter
l 3000 Common Service Centers are
delivering Government Services
l 4500 highly computer literate
government employees, IT savvy senior
bureaucrats and top political executives

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l Chhattisgarh again stole the march on other states when it came to providing
e-Challan and e-Return facilities for Commercial Tax department.
l It was also the first state in India to initiate rural computing at Panchayat (rural
governing body) level using Simputer under e-Gram Suraj Project.
l First e-Classroom in India was established in Chhattisgarh in collaboration with
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.
CHiPS: The Nerve Centre for Initiatives
The Chhattisgarh Infotech & Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) has been at the
forefront of turning the vision into a reality. It has worked to bring government to
citizen services online, increase government to government e-communication and
train government and citizens to avail the benefits of IT enabled services and create
information driven society.
Government to Citizen Interface: To promote the concept of “anytime-anywhere”
government, a service named CHOiCE has been developed. CHOiCE is an acronym
for Chhattisgarh Online Information and Citizen Empowerment. It provides almost
all G2C (Government to citizen) services such as Birth & Death Certificates, Caste

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Certificates, Income Certificates etc. It is the biggest open source e-Governance
project in India.
Today the state has 2nd largest deployment of fixed WiMAX in the country that
provides 3000 locations with the state. For the first time in the country, Private
Citizens (CHOiCE Agents) have been notified as Public Servants under IT Act
thereby enabling them to process government documents in the year 2003.
The Common Service Centre (CSC) is one of the flagship initiatives of the National
e-Governance Plan (NeGP). It has been implemented by CHiPS with full vigour
and gusto. The CSCs provide high quality and cost-effective voice and data content
and services in the areas of e-governance, education, health, telemedicine and
entertainment primarily in rural areas. The services include various application
forms, certificates, and utility payments such as electricity, telephone and water
bills. CHiPS has already completed the NeGP target of setting up 3385 IT enabled
Kiosks in the State of Chhattisgarh. The e-kiosks have been awarded in four divisions
of the state namely Durg, Raipur, Raigad and Korba.
CHiPS have implemented e-Procurement solution for the Government of
Chhattisgarh. The whole purchase cycle including works, goods and services has
been automated from beginning to the end.

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The Soceity has also launched an innovative scheme for
rural areas. eGram Suraj is one-of-its-kind application
specially aimed at Panchayat & Rural Development
Department using indigenous handheld device called
Simputers. The Sarpanchs (village heads), with the help
of Simputers, are being given decision making support
with the help of robust application and data base. The
project has been implemented in 873 Gram Panchayats
of 10 blocks. The applications on Simputers cover
various schemes like Swarna Jayanti Rozgaar Yojana
(SJRY), Sampoorna Gram Swarozgaar Yojana (SGSY),
Rural Housing Scheme, Social Security Pension Scheme,
National Family Assistant and Maternity Benefit Scheme,
Indira Awas Yojana etc.
Government to Government: The Chhattisgarh State
Wide Area Network (CG-SWAN) is a path breaking
initiative to provide the State with a basic information
technology backbone to carry voice, data and video
to facilitate interdepartmental communication and
data sharing within the State. CG SWAN has 1 state
headquarter (SHQ), 17 district headquarters (DHQ) and
133 block level headquarters (BHQ). It has already
been successfully integrated with National Informatics
Centre (NIC), National Knowledge Network (NKN) and
Chhattisgarh Data Centre.
The Society has also executed an innovative project
called ‘CM Dashboard’ which gives a dashboard view
of governance to Chief Minister supported by on-site
advisory services by a dedicated team and global
offshore advisory services by Subject Matter Experts
(SMEs). This helps is getting a macro view of governance
which can be drilled down to minute details of any
programs/projects/schemes etc. It is a very important
strategic & tactical tool for policy makers and decision
makers. It is the first of its kind project for any State in
India and is being replicated by Central and other State
Governments.
Training: Along with installing hardware and
infrastructure a lot of emphasis has been given in
training the human resources. CHiPS has undertaken
IT training for 4500 state government employees and
specialised programmes for the senior bureaucrats and
political executives.

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National E-Governance Gold Award
“Geographic Information System” project
implemented through the IT agency of
the Government of Chhattisgarh, CHiPS,
was awarded the prestigious National
e-Governance Award (GOLD) for the year
2014-15 under the category ‘Innovative use
of GIS Technology in e-Governance’
l IT industry body Nasscom will open start-up
warehouse initiative in Naya Raipur. A start-up
warehouse is aimed at incubating tech start-ups.
Nasscom aims to nurture 10,000 start-ups in the next
10 years and give a major boost to software product
development in India. Chhattisgarh is going to be a
major player in this push towards promoting digital
entrepreneurship.
l Chhattisgarh is planning to set up a start up village
on the lines of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
l Chhattisgarh ranked at
the top (H1) as advanced
State in Department of
Information Technology
(DIT), Government
of India e-Readiness
report in the category of
e-Governance.
l Chhattisgarh ranked
as Aspiring Leaders
in the Department of
Information Technology
(DIT), Government of
India e-Readiness report
in the category of ICT
Usage.
l Platinum Award winner
of Dataquest e-Readiness
of States 2013 trophy –
for “Per Capita Public IT
Spending – Large States”.
Way Ahead
l Information technology SEZ is coming up in the Naya
Raipur Area
l Focus on Naya Raipur as the first Greenfield Smart Capital
City of the 21st century
l The most innovative inqubation and startup policy.
l MoU with MAIT for ESDM sector development
l In talks with University of Berkley for setting up its first
incubation centre within India
Awards and Recognition
l The Best of Open Source
in India Award for CHOiCE
eGovernance project.
l CHOiCE project bagged the
Skoch-Microsoft International
eGovernance Award.
l eWorld Forum 2011 Award –
Best e-Gov Portal Jury Award
for CHOiCE.
l Information Week EDGE Award
2011 – eProcurement project of
Chhattisgarh declared winner in
Information Week EDGE Award
2011.
l CSI Nihilent Award 2011 – Best
e-Governed State in the country.
l Best e-Governance Project
Award 2008 – e-Procurement
of Chhattisgarh declared best
e-Governance Project.

• Digital locker system to minimise the usage of
physical documents and enable their e-sharing through
registered repositories.
• MyGov.in as an online platform to engage citizens in
governance through a “Discuss, Do and Disseminate”
approach.
• Swachh Bharat Mission Mobile app to achieve the
goals set by the mission.
• e-Sign framework which will allow citizens add their
digital signatures to documents online using Aadhaar.
• e-Hospital system for important healthcare services
such as online registration, fixing doctors’ appointments,
online diagnostics, fee payment and checking blood
availability online.
• National Scholarship Portal for beneficiaries, which
will include everything from submission of application to
verification, sanctions and disbursal.
• Digitise India Platform for large-scale digitisation of
records across the country to facilitate efficient delivery
of services to the citizens.
• Bharat Net programe as a high-speed digital highway to
connect all 250,000 gram panchayats of country -- the
world’s largest rural broadband project using optical
fibre.
• BSNL’s Next Generation Network to replace the 30-
year old telephone exchanges to manage all types of
services like voice, data, multimedia and other types of
communication services.
• BSNL’s large scale deployment of wi-fi hotspots
throughout the country.
• “Broadband Highways’ as one of the pillars of Digital
India to address the connectivity issues while enabling
and providing technologies facilitating delivery of
services to citizens.
• Outsourcing Policy to create such centres in
different northeastern states and in smaller towns
across the country.
• Electronics Development Fund to promote
innovation, research and product development to create
a resource pool within the country and also a self-
sustaining eco-system of venture funds.
• National Centre for Flexible Electronics to promote
research and innovation in the emerging area of flexible
electronics.
• Centre of Excellence on Internet on Things (IoT), as
a joint initiative of the government agencies and private
institutions such as Nasscom.
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