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Hon'ble Prime Minister of India

Inaugurates Atal Tunnel Rohtang:
ICT Support by NIC HP

hri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India dedicated the
Atal Tunnel, Rohtang to the Nation on 3rd Oct 2020 at the South Por-
S tal of Tunnel in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh. The Tunnel is stra-
tegically important as it provides all-weather road connectivity to Lahaul
and Spiti District of Himachal Pradesh and reduces the distance between Hon'ble Prime Minister of India dedicating the Atal Tunnel, Rohtang to Nation
Manali and Leh by 46 km and the travel time by almost four to five hours.
Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister for Defence, Shri Jai Ram
Shri Brijender Dogra, DIO and Shri Rajeev Kumar, ADIO Kullu set up
Thakur, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, Shri Anurag Thakur, the Camp office and Media Centre at North and South portals of Atal Tun-
Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Cabi- nel. At Sissu, Shri Pratul, DIO Lahaul and Spiti with team arranged two
net Ministers of Himachal Pradesh, Chief Secretary, DGP and important systems secured these from virus threats, installed printers/ scanner/
dignitaries were present on this occasion. Fax(MFP). They installed a 10 KVA UPS and five 1 KVA UPS at Camp office
NIC District Units of Kullu and Lahaul & Spiti provided the ICT sup-
port during the visit of Hon’ble Prime Minister at 4 locations of SASE and Media Centre respectively. The temperature is below zero degrees
in Sissu during morning and evening hours. Efforts of NIC officers have
Helipad, South and North Portals of Tunnel and at Sissu. NIC set up the been appreciated by District Administrations of both Districts.
Camp Office and Media Centres at these locations. NIC officers worked
day and night to set up these offices. - Ajay Singh Chahal, Himachal Pradesh

Mitanin Incentive Online Payment

System for Asha workers in
Chhattisgarh

s per direction of Hon’ble Health Minister Shri T.S. Singh Deo and
under the guidance of Mrs. Renu G Pillay, Additional Chief Secre-
A tary, Health and Family Welfare Department, NIC Chhattisgarh
State Centre developed Mitanin Incentive Online Payment System (MIPS).
With initiative and continuous monitoring of Mission Director, Dr. Priyan-
ka Shukla, National Health Mission, this system was implemented on a
Pilot basis in Abhanpur block, Raipur District covering all the villages un-
der the hierarchy of SHC, PHC and CHC. After successful implementation The Login page of the Application
in one block, the software was deployed for all the 69000 Mitanin (Asha
Workers) of 27 districts in the entire state. With the help of this software,
all Mitanins have been covered to pay the incentive directly into their bank - Y .V. Shreenivas Rao, Chhattisgarh
accounts.

DG, NIC addressed the Responsible

AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE
2020) Virtual Summit

r. Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC highlighted the innovative
use of Artificial Intelligence and some of its prominent applications
D in e-Gov solutions and services during a session on “AI for All-Part-
nerships for Making AI Accessible & driving Innovation” at the RAISE 2020 DG, NIC addressing the RAISE 2020 Virtual Summit
Virtual Summit on 8th October 2020.
The RAISE 2020 virtual summit is a Global Artificial Intelligence Sum- In her address, Dr. Verma emphasized the role of NIC in partnering
mit organized by the Government of India in partnership with Industry with the Government at Central, State, and District level for the delivery
& Academia. The virtual global summit was inaugurated by the Hon’ble of eGov services. To further strengthen the partnership NIC has estab-
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The summit provided a platform for lished the Centre of Excellence (CoEs) in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data
global meetings of minds to exchange ideas and charter a course to use Analytics, Blockchain, etc. These CoEs are primarily focussing on the ag-
AI for social empowerment, inclusion, and transformation in key areas gregation of these services in the Government for better Governance or
like Healthcare, Agriculture, Education, and Smart Mobility amongst delivery of services.
other sectors. - Shashi Kant Pandey, New Delhi

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