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District Informatics

Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Harvesting Technology to Serve the Citizens

Edited by SANGEETHA MANJUNATH

ince its inception in 1993, NIC Viluppuram has digitization and mosaicization of land records
provided essential ICT support to the district by capturing Field Measurement Book details,
Sadministration for the implementation NIC Viluppuram has been playing which are available at respective Tahsildar office.
and facilitation of numerous ICT projects in the a pivotal role in facilitating This has brought in greater transparency and
district. It has played a key role in spreading confidence among citizens regarding land related
awareness pertaining to eGovernance in the an efficient eGovernance issues.
district. Its support has brought a remarkable
change ensuring transparency and satisfaction infrastructure and providing ICT e-District
among the citizens. enabled services to the citizens. https://edistricts.tn.gov.in/
e-District was rolled-out in 2004, as a part of the
ICT Initiatives in the District The implementation of digitally state-wide rollout. Initially it was launched with 5
Viluppuram District Website empowered services such as revenue services, the number of services offered
https://viluppuram.nic.in/ on the platform has grown significantly. The
Viluppuram district website is an official Tamil Nilam, OAP schemes, GDP, District Centre is instrumental in establishment
online platform that provides information about Vahan & Sarathi, iRAD project etc., of e-Sevai centers for district related delivery of
the district’s administration, history, tourist services. Currently, there are over 300 functioning
attractions, and various government services. has enabled District Authorities e-Sevai centers, offering 22 services.
The website has been redeveloped using S3WaaS
platform for a user-friendly experience. The to conduct operations smoothly, OAP and CMUPT Back Office App
website is developed in bi-lingual mode, in English and eased the lives of citizens. https://oap.tn.gov.in/
and Tamil to facilitate the citizens in getting This is a web-based application used by the
the required information at ease. The website district administration to disburse pensions under
is updated on regular basis to reflect the latest various old age pension (OAP) schemes. Under
announcements and keeping in tandem with the eight schemes, around 180,000 beneficiaries are
advisories issued by government authorities. parcels within the district. In addition, a separate registered on the portal, who directly get pension
web application has also been launched to through Direct to Bank transfer (DBT) or Electronic
Tamil Nilam (Rural) facilitate the generation of e-pattas for ADW / Money Orders (EMOs).
https://tamilnilam.tn.gov.in/Revenue/ DBCW beneficiaries in the district.
Tamil Nilam (Rural) is a web-based application Other Key Initiatives
which aims in collecting data of all rural land Tamil Nilam (Urban)
https://tamilnilam.tn.gov.in/Urban/ The District Centre has actively participated in
Tamil Nilam (Urban) is a separate web-based creating and implementing various eGovernance
application developed to capture details of all applications such as iRAD, NDAL-ALIS, CCMS, and
land parcel in urban areas of the district. others. Few are significant applications that have
been elaborated for ready reference:
M. Gunasekaran CollabWeb
Scientist-F & DIO
m.gunasekaran@nic.in https://collabland-tn.gov.in/ iRAD
CollabWeb has been successfully implemented https://irad.parivahan.gov.in/
in every taluk of the district. It has helped in iRAD is a centralized application implemented

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