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covered under the ambit of the Assam Public Pro- such as registrations, driving licences, permits,
curement Act, 2017. enforcement, pollution control, accident man-
The portal is developed by NIC Assam in agement, etc. through its software application IC Assam has been integral to
collaboration with NIC Chennai and NIC Delhi solutions such as Vahan & Sarathi, eChallan, Vir- Nthe digitalization of Assam. In
Headquarters and aggregates tender related data tual Courts, eDar and PUCC across the State. It is most spheres of IT activities of the
from Government eProcurement Assam (GePNIC), the first state to implement e-Detailed Accident Government of Assam, NIC’s Projects
Government eMarketplace (GeM), and Pradhan Report (eDAR) and Speed Limiting Device to aug- have played a major role. Whenever
Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana Portal using APIs. ment road safety. The state also leads the country the Assam Government has needed IT
in implementation of Aadhaar-based contactless support, NIC has been exceptionally
Jal Tarangini services. As of now, the State Transport Depart- responsive and has risen to the challenge
Jal Tarangini is an Internet of Things (IoT)- ment offers 45 contactless services. successfully. The Assam Government
based platform developed with the objective of has always had a positive engagement
automating the conventional river gauge into a Integrated Land Revenue with NIC and NIC has always been a part
modern river water level monitoring system. It Management System (ILRMS) of the IT ecosystem
offers a low cost, portable, energy-efficient, and (https://revenueassam.nic.in/ILRMS/) in the State. We
reliable system that can continuously collect data Assam is the one of the first states to have look forward to
from remote locations and relays it to a cloud- taken a major stride towards eGovernance in the the continuing IT
based infrastructure to monitor, process, and management of Land Records processes by imple- partnership with
analyse. menting the ILRMS system in the state. It added NIC Assam.
Jal tarangani was first tested in Chirang District a much needed layer of transparency, efficiency,
for monitoring the water level of the Aie river. and accountability to the system. The system de-
Based on the experience gained during the livers the entire range of citizen services to users
testing a refined model has been developed with through ARTPS Portal. This was only achieved with
financial support from the Assam State Disaster combined efforts from NIC ILRMS Team and Reve-
Management Authority (ASDMA). The new iteration nue and Disaster Management Department, Gov- Paban Kumar Borthakur, IAS
was deployed at the bank of river Brahmaputra ernment of Assam. At present, these services are
in Dibrugarh district in May 2022 for PoC. ASDMA operational for 25 districts: Chief Secretary, Assam
is now in the process of replicating this model
across various river locations in the state, based • Dharitree: facilitates online updation of Land
on the successful outcomes. Records and streamlines RoR data the State Government to its citizens and other
eHospital • NOC: issues No Objection Certificate for transfer stakeholders. It aspires to be a comprehensive,
accurate, and reliable source of information on
of immovable property
connecting the patients, hospitals, other health- • e-Panjeeyan / NGDRS: reduces waiting time Assam and its many facets.
eHospital is a one-stop system which helps in
care service providers and doctors on a single for deed registration by auto calculating the eGRAS Assam
digital platform. It is a cloud-enabled and web- eStamping fees and scanning of documents and (https://assamegras.gov.in)
based Health Level Seven International (HL7) biometric inputs eGRAS (electronic Government Receipt Ac-
compliant application available through Software counting System) is an online system that facil-
as a Service (SaaS) model for managing health- ePrastuti itates creation of eChallan and online payment
care service delivery in government hospitals (https://eprastuti.assam.gov.in/) by citizens anywhere, anytime. It also takes care
across the country. ePrastuti is a web framework developed by of the accounting needs of the State Government
In Assam, the system is implemented across the State Centre for the Government of Assam in for government receipts. The revenue received
one urban and 23 district hospitals. Further, it is order to establish a uniform identity across state through the system is first pooled in the partici-
aimed to implement the system across 14 more government websites. Currently, there are 212 de- pating banks and then transferred by them to the
hospitals covering 12 districts by January 2023. partmental and 29 district websites running under Consolidated Fund of Assam maintained by RBI.
ePrastuti. It functions along with e-Scroll to RBI and Virtual
eTransport Assam State Portal (https://assam.gov.in) is Treasury (VT).
Assam is one of the best performing states in also using the ePrastuti framework. The portal As of now, eGRAS Assam has been integrated
terms of transport computerization. The State aims to provide a single window access to the with major state departmental portals for online
Centre helps in managing all eTransport services information and services being provided by payment and generation of eChallan. Further,
state departments without portals have been
Fig. 1.4: Jaltarangini – a flood forecasting and early warning system developed by NIC Assam – being directly boarded to the system. It was originally
tested in the Brahmaputra River in Dibrugarh.
developed by the NIC Pune Centre and has been
greatly enhanced with many additional features
to meet the specific requirements of the state.
eGRAS Assam has also been replicated in
Arunachal Pradesh, with full ongoing support
from NIC Assam. Till December 2022, 48.56 lakhs
eChallans have been issued through eGRAS,
earning revenue of ₹35,640 crores for the State
Government.
GePNIC
(https://assamtenders.gov.in)
Government e-Procurement System of NIC (Ge-
PNIC) is a centralised online solution to conduct
all stages of the procurement process. The solu-
tion is running successfully across India for both
Central and State Government organisations.

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