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From the States
From the S tates

Assam State

Ushering in a new era of good governance

by strengthening efficiency, transparency &
effectiveness through ICT

Edited by MOHAN DAS VISWAM

IC Assam State Centre started its operations ICT Initiatives in the State
in 1986. Since then, it has been the ICT Some of the major ICT initiatives implemented
Nbackbone for the State by connecting NIC Assam State Centre was by the NIC Assam are:
various state government offices with the rest
of the world through NICNET and NKN nodes. established with a goal of writing Mission Basundhara
It oversees 33 District Centres, which act as the an inclusive and sustainable growth (https://basundhara.assam.gov.in/)
Mission Basundhara is a flagship program
story for Assam - the land of red launched by the Department of Revenue and
river and blue hills - through the Disaster Management, Government of Assam
in a bid to digitise and integrate maps and land
effective use of information and records of Assam under the Digital India Land
Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP). It
Diganta Barman communication technology. Since aims to aid in securing the land rights of indig-
Dy. Director General its inception in 1986, the State enous population, especially poor and disadvan-
& ASIO (State) taged sections and get their land related works
diggy@nic.in Centre has collaborated with the done. For this purpose, 672 non-cadastral villages
State Government to formulate were surveyed and 18,789 cadastral villages of 27
districts were re-surveyed. Further, a portal of the
ICT strategies for developing an same name was launched to streamline land rev-
enue related services.
Kavita Barkakoty In the first phase, citizens could apply for 10
Sr. Technical Director efficient, effective, and robust
& ASIO (Districts) eGovernance system for the state services. Out of 8,13,981 applications received,
asm-kavita@nic.in 5,82,688 were successfully processed by the
and achieving a common dream of set deadline of 8th May 2022. The phenomenal
success of the first phase prompted the State
Digital Assam. Government to launch Mission Basundhara 2.0 on
14th November 2022 with the addition of seven
Rubaiyat Ul Ali new services. Since the launch of the second
Sr. Technical Director phase, a total of 2,54,250 applications have been
& ASIO (Districts) received till date. Further, the online payment
rubaiyat@nic.in of land revenue for multiple properties using
a single payment window was promoted in the
incubation ground for new ICT initiatives across second phase. These services are also integrated
the districts. It also manages the Regional with the Assam Right to Public Services portal.
Centre of Excellence for Application Security In addition to the Mission Basundhara,
S. K. Dekaraja (RCoEAS) in Guwahati, which aims to strengthen SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping
Sr. Technical Director and accelerate application security adoption by with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)
& ASIO (Districts) ensuring the security of web applications and – a Centrally Sponsored Scheme by Ministry of
asm-santanu@nic.in server infrastructure across all North Eastern Panchayati Raj – for mapping of land parcels
states. using drone technology and providing Record of

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