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and 164 hospitals along with 26 diagnostics It collects and verifies department-specific SHG counselling for admission to Medical, Dental,
centers. data, links with the finance department for Direct and AYUSH courses in West Bengal’s Government
Benefit Transfer, and sends SMS notifications to and Private colleges. These solutions address
West Bengal Election Manpower Man- stakeholders regarding payment statuses. complexity, meeting NMC and court-defined
agement System schedules. In 2023-24, 40 medical and dental
West Bengal Tourism Portal colleges offered 5144 MBBS & BDS seats. For
https://wbemms.nic.in PG-Medical and Dental, 87 institutions provided
The West Bengal Election Manpower https://wbtourism.gov.in 1297 PG seats. Furthermore, 16 AYUSH colleges
This web portal is designed for the Department participated in UG counseling, and 4 in PG courses
Management System (WBEMMS) stands as a for the current academic year.
versatile and role-specific solution designed for of Tourism in West Bengal and serves as a
efficient online management and deployment of comprehensive platform addressing all tourist eTransport
election manpower. It effectively caters to the inquiries and providing information in one place
needs of single or multiple elections, covering at a click of a button. https://parivahan.gov.in/
duties for polling, counting, and sector-specific In West Bengal, accessible via Vahan and
roles. This system streamlines the collection of MARREG
employee data online, categorizes personnel Sarathi, eTransport project facilitates multiple
effectively, and deploys them to designated https://rgmwb.gov.in online services like duplicate registration
polling destinations with precision. It also handles MARREG focuses on computerizing marriage certificate (RC) issuance, address change,
the management of training schedules, tracks ownership transfer, no objection certificate (NOC)
absenteeism, generates various communication registration processes and digitizing existing issuance, motor vehicle (MV) tax, and nominee
forms (such as letters, SMS, emails), integrates a records within the government department. The addition/alteration. SARATHI application handles
secure payment gateway, and boasts robust data initiative aims to establish an efficient system various licenses issuance including Learner
analytics capabilities for comprehensive insights to gradually replace manual data preservation License (LL), Permanent Driving License (DL),
and decision-making processes. methods. The software facilitates registration of International Driving Permit, Conductor License,
marriages under following Acts: and more.
Commercial Tax and Profession Tax
The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 As of October 2023, Vahan recorded 11,77,29,671
https://wbcomtax.gov.in & https:// transactions and 1,54,43,071 registrations, while
wbprofessiontax.gov.in • The Special Marriage Act, 1954 (Sec 13) Sarathi managed 1,86,32,606 transactions, issuing
• The Special Marriage Act, 1954 (Sec 16) 88,52,336 DLs and conducting 4,57,781 faceless
The State’s Commercial Tax and Profession Tax • The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 LL operations. In October 2023 alone, Vahan
systems are comprehensive ICT-based solutions •• The Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, 1936 processed 3,41,409 transactions and Sarathi
covering taxation functionalities, including West conducted 5,60,013 transactions, issuing 39,572
Bengal State Tax, VAT, CST, Profession Tax, and GST Up to October 2023, it has issued 7,17,672 DLs and performing 15,905 faceless LL operations.
(backend for Model-2 State). They cater to 16.9 Lakh certificates and generated revenue amounting to New Initiatives such as Faceless / Contactless
Professional Tax Payers, around 7.5 Lakh GST Payers, ₹ 1238.28 Lakhs. Learner License using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and around 2.5 Lakh State Tax and VAT (legacy) and other citizen-friendly services including
Payers. Data from GST systems are integrated for Central Projects online LL / DL are on track at all the RTOs of West
revenue monitoring, administration enhancement, Bengal using Aadhaar authentication.
and fraud detection. Notably, in 2021-22, 3,707 fraud eOffice
cases were detected, realizing ₹ 238.04 crore, while eChallan
in 2022-23, 33,730 cases were detected, realizing ₹ The GoWB established a centralized eOffice
696.89 crore in revenue (refer fig 2.4). architecture in the State Data Centre, catering to eChallan, a flagship application of e-Transport
54 departments, 280 directorates / parastatals, MMP, is implemented for West Bengal’s Transport
JAAGO and 22 districts. With around 32,000 daily file Department and Traffic Police. It enables various
transactions, it serves about 50,000 users. data entry methods like smart cards, QR codes,
https://shgsewb.gov.in/shgadmin/home Moreover, a Quick Response Team is assigned to data entry, SMS, and devices like CCTV / RLVD
The JAAGO portal serves as a centralized handle user queries. /Speed Guns. The app calculates penalties
automatically, integrates with Vahan & Sarathi,
repository for Women Self Help Groups (SHGs). eCounselling facilitate online covers enforcement functionalities, and supports
geo-tagging of eChallan spots.
https://wbmcc.nic.in/
Implemented through Android app and web
ICT-based solutions portal, it facilitates on-spot eChallan generation,
online payment via GRIPS, and court case
Commercial Tax and Profession Tax settlement via integration with e-Court and
recovery of over ₹934 Crores in 2 Years Virtual Court eChallan.
33,730 e-Courts
Fraud e-Courts project aims to modernize the
Cases Indian Judiciary through ICT adoption. Built on
open-source technology (FOSS), it follows a
696.89 3,707 Core-Peripheral approach. The Case Information
Crore System (CIS) National Core 3.2 is used in District
Fraud and Subordinate Courts, while CIS National Core
238.04 Cases 1.0 is deployed at Calcutta High Court (Original
Crore Side, Appellate Side), Principal Bench, Jalpaiguri
2022-2023 2021-2022 2022-2023 Circuit Bench, and Andaman Circuit Bench. Over
2021-2022 50 periphery applications cater to local needs at
these benches.
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