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District Informatics

history, tourism, etc., along with access to utilities,
government schemes and citizen services related
to the Hailakandi district.
IC Hailakandi has played an im-
E-Pass Application Nportant role by developing and
NIC Hailakandi was highly involved in designing implementing various eGovernance
projects of both Central & State Gov-
and implementing the e-Pass System during the ernments. The Centre has extended
lockdown period. Hailakandi was one of the pilot its support to the Aspirational Dis-
districts where E-Pass was first implemented trict Program of the NITI Aayog. ICT
before it was replicated in other districts of infrastructure & services such as
Fig. 5.2: Jaltarangini Device During Assam. NICNET connectivity, Videoconfer-
Development Phase encing etc. are pivotal for the Dis-
Aspirational District Program trict Administration in serving the
the IoT infrastructure to transmit data over a long Hailakandi is one of the 15 Aspirational citizens. It has extended full support
range and with low power. Districts 115 across India. Hailakandi was ranked during the General Elections. Many
Delta 1 (one) for the month of February 2020. NIC digital initiatives taken with the
NICetr Hailakandi has provided all the ICT support to the help of NIC have improved the par-
On the poll day, the Poll officials are Aspirational District Program of the NITI Aayog. ticipation of citizens, created ease of
responsible for identifying valid voters, putting service delivery, re-
a mark with indelible ink, recording the diary Other Key Initiatives sulting in good gov-
along with maintaining the conformity set by ECI, ernance.
and while doing so, it becomes very difficult for Support for General Election to Assam
them to report the count of votes casted to the Assembly 2021
higher authorities on-time. To help these officials, NIC Played an active role and extended technical
the need for automating the process of hourly support in conducting Assembly Elections2021.
reporting of voters’ activities without human Training and technical support were provided
intervention is always felt. Hence, as a helping for various software of the ECI. Other activities
hand to them, NICetr was developed. It counts such as polling personnel randomisation, party
the number of voters automatically and relays formation, training allocation, with various
the same to the higher authorities without any reports printing and allied activities were Rohan Kumar Jha, IAS
human intervention. undertaken with the help of the NIC-developed Deputy Commissioner, Hailakandi
Polling Personnel Management System (PPMS)
Hailakandi District Website portal. etc., and National level projects such as ALIS,
(http://hailakandi.gov.in) e-Procurement, e-Prosecution, Vahan, Sarathi,
Hailakandi District Website has been designed Technical Support Track the Missing Child, etc.
and developed afresh using the e-Prastuti • NIC Hailakandi has provided technical support • Over 300 High-Definition Video Conference
Framework. The Website provides comprehensive for the implementation and roll-out of State-level services covering various Central and State
information on a spectrum of domains such as projects such as e-Panjeeyan, e-Rupantor, Bakijai
Government Departments annually
Fig. 5.3: Hailakandi District Website Accolades
• Prashikshan app by NIC Hailakandi was
selected among the top 20 mobile apps
throughout the country in the District Governance
Mobile Challenge 2021
• District Informatics Officer, Hailakandi, Shri
Monsoor Akhtar Barbhuiya along with Shri
Surajit Phukan, Scientist-B, NIC Dibrugarh, won
the Gold Award in the TechGov 2018 Competition
conducted by NIC
Way Forward
Keeping with the latest technological
advancements, NIC Hailakandi is spearheading the
Fig. 5.4: NICetr in action during General Election 2019 development of cutting-edge solutions to facilitate
good governance by leveraging the potential of IoT,
AI & ML, Data Analytics, Mobile applications and
web-based applications.

Contact for more details
District Informatics Officer
NIC Hailakandi District Centre
Ground Floor, DC Office
Hailakandi, Assam - 788151
Email: a.monsoor@nic.in, Phone: 03844-223003

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