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From the States

ince its launch in 2020, Gujarat
SCM Dashboard has proved to be a
highly effective tool for monitoring
the delivery of services and receiving
feedback from the people.
It has been effective in bringing
a paradigm shift in governance by
creating performance-based and
outcome-oriented work culture in the
state. Be that as it may, the Dashboard
has become the backbone of Gujarat’s
model of good governance pioneered by
the Hon’ble Chief Minister.
Expectedly, it has not only received
appreciation from all quarters but has
also generated interest from other state
Fig. 1.3: Hon’ble CM Gujarat Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel launching Integrated Road Accident Database
(iRAD) on Gujarat Foundation Day governments.
I sincerely thank NIC for handholding
the team from the Government of
The system enables the SRO to deliver the They can also track movement of food items Gujarat in this
registered documents to the applicant on the from 50 FCI godowns to 220 State godowns through journey and wish
same day. Moreover, the portal allows access to Supply Chain Module. It also has a provision to all the best for
property-related information online in case of track door-step-delivery to 17000 FPS with mobile further such
examining the legal authenticity of any property. based information delivery. (Refer Fig. 1.8) initiatives in

GJ-TPDS Other citizen-centric solutions provided under future.
GJ-TPDS are eFPS for ration sale automation, iLMS
(https://pds.gujarat.gov.in)
for ease of doing business, Farmer Procurement
Gujarat Targeted Public Distribution System for state-wide produce procurement.
(GJ-TPDS) is an integrated web-based platform
which has been implemented in all 33 districts of iKhedut
the State. Smt. Avantika Singh Aulakh, IAS
(https://ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in)
Through Ration Card Management System iKhedut is an integrated service portal catering to Secretary to Chief Minister, Gujarat
(RCMS), citizens can apply for online services the farmers of the state. It helps farmers to avail over
such as issuance, updation, and deletion of ration 250 welfare schemes under a single roof. It
cards and their members. It also has a provision It takes care of issuing fertiliser, pesticide
to split the ration card, declaration of guardian facilitates services like DBT, SMS notifications and seed licences for manufacturer, wholesale
member, and issuance of a duplicate ration card. etc., ensuring full transparency in the process. and retail dealers. The whole licensing process
It processes over 2 lakh applications every month. As of now, the iKhedut portal has disbursed 183 is automated and time-bound, thus, bringing
As of now, over 1.35 crore ration cards have been million rupees to the eligible applicants. transparency to the system. As of now, 19,000
digitised through the system covering 6 crore licences have been issued by the system.
(95%) of the state population. RCMS is integrated Agriculture Input Dealer Licence System
with Digilocker, Umang, PMJAY, eOlakh and Digital (https://ikhedut.gujarat.gov.in/eParwana/) OJAS
Gujarat for a better service delivery. Recently, iKhedut services have been extended (https://ojas.gujarat.gov.in)
Similarly, on the supply chain side, the Bank by adding the Agriculture Input Dealer Licence OJAS (Online Job Application System) is
Challan Module helps Fair Price Shop (FPS) System module to provide agriculture dealer a comprehensive web solution developed
owners to pay online their receipts. licences in the state. for aspirants to apply online for the various

Fig. 1.4: Launch of Online COVID-19 ex-Gratia services by Hon’ble Reve-
nue Minister Shri Rajendra Trivedi Fig. 1.5: Launch of gARVI 2.0 by Shri Jenu Devan, IAS-IGRS, Gujarat

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