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District Informatics
Changlang District
The ICT initiatives in The Land of Bio-diversity
Edited by KAVITA BARKAKOTY
During the Covid-19 pandemic Tsouth-eastern corner of Arunachal Pradesh,
period ICT services of the
National Informatics Centre,
Changlang District Centre became
all the more important. The
District Centre in collaboration
with the State Centre
implemented various services,
which facilitated the emergency
movement of people and goods.
Support was also provided to
help the District Administration in
enabling large-scale Testing and
Contact Tracing.
Radhe Hinda
Technical Director & DIO the District Administration in enabling large-scale
radhe.hinda@nic.in
Keshav Singh
Gautam
STA & ADIO
keshav.singh.gautam@nic.in delivery service during COVID-19 lockdown District Website developed on the S3WaaS Platform.
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he Changlang District, which is one of the
easternmost districts of India, is located in the
having an international boundary with Myanmar
(Burma) in the east and the south. It has an area of
4,662 sq. Km and a population of 1, 48,226 persons as
per the 2011 Census. Changlang District was created
as the 10th District of the Arunachal Pradesh on 14
November 1987 by carving out part of Tirap District.
NIC District Centre, Changlang
With its inception in July 1989, NIC Changlang
district Centre started its journey with just one NIC
officer and a single 386 machine with a handful of
Changlang NIC Website has become a
terminals. However, the modest resources did not single-window platform for accessing var-
come in their way towards providing ICT support to the
district administration and in the implementation of ious citizen services, certificate applica-
ICT-based citizen services and government schemes tions, Tender notices, Beneficiary details
in the district. Being one of the remotest districts of Government schemes, and tourism-re-
of the country with no other ISPs, in the early years lated information & services.
NICNET played a pivotal role in providing Internet 24x7 IVR helpline for public grievanc-
services to the district administration and other es, e-passes, and online portal for goods
delivery during Covid-19 pandemic have
departments in the district. At present, it is one of
the most active District Centers in the State in terms catalysed online delivery of citizen ser-
of providing NICNET Connectivity and comprehensive vices.
e-Government Services to the citizen. This has brought transparency in the
working of local administration and ush-
Major ICT Initiatives in the District ered in digital governance
In addition to its usual Video Conferencing service
and NICNET service, which interconnects various
departments of the District Administration, NIC
Changlang also provides a bouquet of e-Government Dr. DEVANSH YADAV, IAS
services for benefit of the people of the district. Most Deputy Commissioner
important among them are: Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh
Schedule Tribe certificate, Income certificate,
Dependent certificate, Permanent and Temporary
Resident certificates, Character certificate, Birth &
Death certificate, Marriage certificates, Government • A web portal was also launched for the online
delivery of essential goods from local shops to
ID Card, Inner Line Permit, Vehicle Registration
Certificate, Driving Licences, Aadhaar services, Arms citizens during COVID-19 early lockdown time
Licence, etc. • Aarogya Setu Dashboard and App were used for
During the Covid-19 pandemic period ICT services contact tracing information
of the District Centre, become all the more important.
District Centre in collaboration with the State Centre • Constant coordination and support to Medical
implemented various services, which facilitated the officers in uses of the Web portal and mobile App
emergency movement of people and goods. Support for transferring Rapid Antibody Test and RT-PCR
was also provided by the District Centre to help data to ICMR portal for probable +ve/-ve cases,
through Medical officer’s mobile phones
Testing and Contact Tracing. Some of the important • Constant coordination and support to Medical
services provided during this period are: officers in monitoring, addition and updating of
• E-Pass application for essential Services COVID-19 dedicated facilities, updating of positive
implemented, for Vehicle Pass, Medical emergency cases, etc.
Pass, and other entry Passes during COVID-19
lockdown time District Website
• Mobile app for inviting orders and essential items A major initiative of the NIC District Centre is the