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District Informatics

IC District Centre, Kohima has
Nbeen playing a pivotal role in
implementation of various ICT projects
in the district ever since its inception.
With the fast changing development in
digital technology today, the presence
of NIC in the district with its state of
art infrastructure, technical know-
how and cooperation from the officers
plays an indispensable role in enabling
government businesses, leveraging
uninterrupted facilities like internet,
email and video conferencing services
Fig. 3.1: Inauguration of Online Municipal Services at Kohima Municipal Council Office by Hon’ble Advisor on 24/7 basis apart from many other
for Urban Development & Municipal Affairs, Nagaland, Dr. Nicky Kire, in presence of state officials. services delivered through web/portal/
mobile based applications. NIC extends
exceptional services and supports
army and other allied defence services drawing Angami, Rengma, and Nagamese in the form of during conduct of State Assembly and
their pension benefits. The exercise to capture the Infographics and Pamphlets and distributed Parliamentary Election in the district
biometric details of the ex-servicemen has been to the general public to create awareness for which is commendable. I hope the
carried out covering pensioners from the districts effective control of the spread of the virus. centre continues to
of Kohima, Phek and Zunheboto in Nagaland. render its services
IT Support towards Conduct of State harnessing ICT tools
Fight Against COVID-19 Assembly / Lok Sabha Elections for the benefit of the
NIC Kohima District Centre has played a pivotal NIC Kohima District Centre renders extensive citizens.
role in providing ICT services in terms of Internet support to the Election Commission and the
Connectivity, bulk email and SMS services, District Administration towards the conduct of
alongside Video Conferencing facilities to the Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha Election in all the
District Administration and District Task Force 24 stages of the election processes. NIC plays an
X 7 in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. important role in the capacity building of all
Most virtual meetings and discussions were ICT enabled applications as a master trainer Gregory Thejawelie, IAS
facilitated through the NIC Video Conferencing alongside handholding the user data on various Deputy Commissioner
facility and other Video Conferencing tools using web or mobile-based applications. Some of Kohima
NIC infrastructure to all the stakeholders in the them are Polling Personnel Randomisation
fight against the ongoing pandemic. Software, Electronic Voting Machine Management
Application, Booth Level Officer Management
The District Centre ensured the smooth Application, Voter Helpline, eSuvidha, c-VIGIL,
functioning of web and mobile based applications Service Voters Application, and Encore.
and portals for capturing and displaying the data Under this framework two services for the
related to COVID pandemic. Online Municipal Services Kohima Municipal Council were configured:
The registration of authorised Sample Under the initiatives of the Ministry of Housing • KMC Utility Booking Services
Collection Centres and Sample Collectors for the and Urban Development, Government of India, (https://serviceonline.gov.in/getServiceDesc.ht-
Kohima district through Indian Council of Medical the District Centre took the role as program ml?serviceId=24390002)
Research (ICMR) portal was handled by the NIC coordinator in collaboration with the Department KMC Utility Booking Services module will allow
Kohima District Centre diligently and efficiently. of Municipal Affairs, Government of Nagaland, for online booking for utility services like cesspool,
The Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) of developing citizen-centric services on ServicePlus water tanker, Excavator, trucks and tipper trucks
COVID-19 were translated into local languages Framework. (Refer Fig. 3.1) by a nominal fee online.

Fig. 3.2: iRAD training to Police Officials in the Nagaland Police Headquarters, Kohima

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