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Hon’ble PM, Shri Narendra Modi, releases over ₹21,000 Crore under
PM-KISAN Scheme

he Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the financial
benefit amounting to more than ₹21,000 crore to more than 10.12
Tcrore farming families under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
(PM-KISAN) scheme on 31st May 2022 during the Garib Kalyan Sammelan in
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Hon’ble Governor of Himachal Pradesh,
Shri Jairam Thakur, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Anurag
Singh Thakur, Hon’ble Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and
Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India along with various other State
Minister were present in the event. The Chief Ministers from several states
and farmers connected to the events through the NIC video conferencing Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi releasing ₹ 21,000 crore under
service PM-KISAN scheme to over 10.12 crore beneficiary farmer families
During the event, the Hon’ble Prime Minister interacted with the
beneficiaries from the various States and UTs of Tripura, Karnataka, Gujarat, external systems like Income Tax, and Pensioners database for identifying
Ladakh, and Himachal Pradesh to know the impact of central welfare ineligible beneficiaries. The system has also been integrated with the state’s
schemes on their life. land records system. Furthermore, the integration with the One Nation One
Ration Card database is in progress.
The PM Kisan Samman Nidhi portal is designed and developed by the
NIC and was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 24th Feb 2019. It Besides, several other facilities have also been added with enhanced
provides an end-to-end technology solution for transferring benefits directly features like Know the Beneficiaries Status, Income Tax payee identification,
into the accounts of farmers registered under the PM-KISAN Scheme.During CSC integration, Online Self Registration and linkage with UIDAI, PFMS
Quadrimester April-July 2022, the majority of beneficiaries (about 8.75 crore) Ack-Nack features for account validation and payment files reconciliation,
have received payments using Aadhaar based payment mode. Bulk processing of unique Farmers list and then the distribution of list
installments wise for RFT signing and FTOs creation, Random selection of
Several new features have been incorporated in the PM-KISAN portal over physical verification, Multi-factor authentication for secure login, etc.
the period like a refund mechanism through NTRP integration, online OTP-
based as well as biometric-based KYC facility along with integration with
-Ajay Singh Chahal, Himachal Pradesh

RailTel, NIC and NICSI enter into a
tripartite MoU

ailTel Corporation of India (RailTel), a Central Government PSU under
the Ministry of Railways; National Informatics Centre (NIC) under
Rthe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY); and
National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI), a Government of
India Enterprise under NIC have entered into a tripartite Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) intending to “provide one-stop managed end-to-end
NIC eOffice and SPARROW solution to user organisations by leveraging and RailTel, NIC and NICSI signing the tripartite MoU in the presence of Dr. Rajendra
Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, Government of India
synergizing the facilities and capabilities with each other.”
Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY, Government of India, Shri On this occasion, Shri Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY
Puneet Chawla, Chairman and Managing Director, RailTel, Shri Sanjai Kumar, informed that eOffice is being extensively used by the Government
Director (Network Planning and Management), RailTel, Shri Anand Kumar Departments at both State and Central levels as well as at PSUs across the
Singh, Director (Finance), RailTel, Ms. Rachna Srivastava- Deputy Director country. He added that the eOffice proved to be the lifeline in keeping the
General & HoG, NIC, and Shri Prashant Kumar Mittal - Managing Director, Government offices functional during the recent COVID-19 era. He hoped
NICSI were among those present on the occasion of MoU signing ceremony. that after this MoU, NICSI, and NIC could also leverage the association for
Other senior officials from RailTel, NIC, and NICSI also attended the function. offering other NIC / NICSI Software Products using RailTel managed cloud
RailTel has recently implemented a mega eOffice project for Indian services.
Railways over its 216 establishments (zones / divisions / CTIs / workshops). Smt. Rachna Srivastava, DDG & HoG, NIC conveyed that the eFile module
There are more than 1.38 lakh, users of Indian Railways, on the eOffice alone is being used in the country by more than 8.77 lakh officials and more
platform handling over 20 lakh e-files and generating more than 1.36 crore than 3.19 crore files have been created so far. She added that the eOffice
e-receipts. It is one of the largest NIC eOffice roll-outs in the country. The system is enabled for local languages and several states are using the
eOffice implementation has resulted in enhanced transparency, quick and eOffice in their respective languages.
systematic disposal of files, and timely monitoring of pending files alongside
a reduction in carbon footprint by fostering paperless office culture. -Informatics News Desk, NIC-HQ

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