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District Informatics
Khargone District
Citizen Centricity is the way forward for eGovernance
Edited by AK DADHICHI
Known for its hot weather
conditions, Khargone is an
emerging hub of Chili and Cotton
production in Madhya Pradesh.
The district mostly irrigated by
the waters of River Narmada has
Satpuda Hill range that borders
with Maharashtra.
By developing need-based
timely IT solutions NIC Khargone
is leading the way in taking
initiatives that qualitatively
assists the administrative
decision making and helps
in improving the lives of the
citizens. The new avatar of the
district website on the trinity of
‘Scheme Information’, ‘Online
Services’ and ‘Forms & Contact
information’ together formed a
semi-faceless information system
for the Citizens of Khargone in
particular and citizens of the
state in general.
Rajendra Patidar
Scientist-C & DIO
patidar.rajendra@nic.in preventing them from COVID-19 risks. A web-based solution has been designed,
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ituated in the Nimad region of Madhya Pradesh,
Khargone used to be known as West Nimad. NIC
SDistrict Centre right from its inception has been
the most significant entity in taking initiatives and
helping district administration in almost all domains
of its work. There were a plethora of applications
developed for the computerization of various
administrative tasks and process such as PPMS,
ARMS, HRMS and One-day Governance are among
the most notable of them.
NIC Khargone developed a series of web
applications from WMS, CCMS, PBMS, m-Pahal,
Pension Monitor etc. National projects such as NDAL-
ALIS, IVFRT, NADRS, MCTC, National Tracking System
NIC has always been a trusted institu-
of Missing Children, CCTNS, LG Directory, QuickSMS, tion to rely on for most IT interventions
DigiLocker, Jeevan Praman etc. are being successfully
implemented. State projects such as Samagra, and solutions for the district adminis-
UTTARA, Scholarship Portal, Education Portal, Labour tration to provide transparent and quick
Portal, BRISC Portal, eDistrict Portal for public services to the citizens. The new S3WaaS
services, eUparjan, CM Tirth Darshan, mShiksha based district website is one such example
Mitra, VQRMS etc. have been implemented flawlessly. that focuses on citizen-centric information
such as Schemes, Online Services and up-
ICT Initiatives in the District to-date contacts of important institutions.
The District Website (khargone.nic.in) Efforts have been put to enrich the web-
site by including themes on Produce, Tour-
What beauty without substance! Therefore, the ism, and Culture. The ICT infrastructure
soul of our website is its content. Therefore, this and Video Conferencing Services of NIC
website has the latest information on Govt. schemes
in a simple and lucid form. The scheme data on our have been commendable.
website empowers our citizens to open the gateway
of opportunities with a single click at their comfort
without visiting govt. premises. The ease at which ANUGRAHA P.
the common man gets the information on schemes, District Magistrate and Collector
online services and application forms makes the real Khargone, Madhya Pradesh
difference towards face-less services delivery.
The website has good and quality information
on ‘One India’ components such as Tourism, Places
to Visit, How to reach, Festivals, Culinary Delights & Geo-reference Based Works
Produce. Monitoring System [WMS]
WMS is a unique project implemented using
Citizen Participation web-based and mobile technologies whereby all
People visit the website. They write to use.
They give suggestions and pose queries using the construction work details along with stage-wise Geo-
Referenced images are captured. Work photographs
feedback form. We help them out with their queries
and take appropriate action on their grievances and with EXIF Information are the key to this system
promptly reciprocate with email replies. concept. Every work created on this system requires
four images to be uploaded by the work agency
Outcomes engineer. The first photograph ‘Site Photograph’
• Just like a faceless information system the website which is taken before the work begins with latitude
provides comprehensive information on Govt. and longitude information is uploaded first and
Schemes such as scheme details, beneficiary holds the key to transparency.
criteria, scheme benefits, how to apply, and whom As of now more than 4650 works have been
to contact if needed etc. fully completed/ monitored using this system.
• The availability of scheme details along with its Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh is also using this
forms and online services is helping the citizens application.
by not only saving their efforts and money but also Court Cases Monitoring System