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From the States
From the S tates

Chandigarh UT

Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to

Every Citizen

Edited by MUKESH KUMAR RALLI

ocated in the foothills of the Shiwalik Hills, UT Administration, the UT Centre is also committed
Chandigarh is best-known for its modern to providing G2C and G2E digital services, directly
Larchitecture and urban planning. The better NIC Chandigarh UT Centre has been at the fingertips of the UT residents. It has actively
living conditions and grass root level internet participated in the entire process of designing,
connectivity of the Union Territory (UT) has instrumental in narrowing the ever- developing, and deploying these services for the
attracted talents from neighbouring states widening gap between Government benefit of the public.
like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Some of the key projects undertaken by the UT
Uttarakhand and made the City Beautiful as one and Citizens by providing the Centre include GePNIC, Jeevan Pramaan, Aadhaar
of the emerging IT destination in the country. Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS),
efficient and assessable citizen-
Overview Medico Legal Examination and Post Mortem
Reporting (MedLEaPR), etc.
NIC Chandigarh UT Centre has a very enriching centric digital solutions. These
and fulfilling journey. It has reached new heights solutions are not only making lives ICT Initiatives in the UT
with each new challenge. Since its inception, it
has played a crucial role in fostering ICT culture of citizens easier by taking services Direct Benefit Transfer under
in the UT by undertaking several significant to their doorsteps, but have also National Food Security Act
eGovernance projects. The UT Centre implemented ePDS system for
The UT Centre first began its operation in the made the administration swift, Direct Bank Transfer in lieu of food grains subsidy
region from the Office of Chandigarh Deputy responsive, transparent, hassle-free in Chandigarh. The system has replaced the Fair
Commissioner in 1990. Later, in response Price Shops (FPSs) in the region. It is a web-based
to growing demands for its digital services, and easily accessible. multilingual ration card management system
it established its stand-alone office in the that provides faceless services for applying
and updating Ration Cards, made available to
beneficiaries covered in National Food Security
Act. The system directly transfers food subsidy
into the Aadhar linked bank account of head of
Chandigarh Administration Secretariat Building family as per entitlement, on a monthly basis.
Ramesh Kumar Gupta in 1993. As of now, almost two decades later, the Food subsidy of ₹ 417,51,524 has been transferred
Dy. Director General & SIO
ramesh.gupta@nic.in UT Centre has massively scaled its offerings with a to 2,95,884 members of 68009 Priority Households
Software Development Centre, Network and Data (PHH) families and 763 Antodya Anna Yojana (AAY)
Centre, SWAN State Headquarters, and NKN Point families for the month of December 2022.
of Presence.
With its newly launched Mini Cloud Centre in One Nation One Ration Card Scheme
2022, it has practically extended its network and One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme
Pratibha Singh infrastructure offerings to each and every user was started in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to
Sr. Technical Director department which can make full use of them. It help economically weaker migrant workers and
pratibha.singh@nic.in also offers these services to neighbouring states their families. As of now, a total of 122 migrant
including Haryana, and Punjab. families of 425 members have been enrolled
Furthermore, in collaboration with Chandigarh under the scheme in Chandigarh.

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