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District Informatics

he NIC East Khasi Hills District
TUnit has played a commendable
East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya role in the implementation of
various eGovernance projects and
in providing Technical Support to
different ICT Initiatives to the District
Administration. It has played a crucial
role in bringing governance closer
to the people by ensuring prompt,
effective and timely delivery of public
services. The various initiatives have
also been pivotal in streamlining
work-flow and in bringing success in
Fig. 3.1: Shri Conrad K. Sangma, Hon’ble CM Meghalaya, launching MRSSA portal at Shillong
eGovernance in
the district as a
eDistrict District Website whole. I wish the
eDistrict provides an end-to-end (https://eastkhasihills.gov.in) NIC the very best
computerisation of citizen-centric services NIC District Centre with inputs from the District in their future
offered by the DC Office. Citizens can avail these Administration has designed and developed an endeavours.
services by simply utilising the web app or visiting official website for dissemination of information
the local community service centre or public on public utilities, citizen services, administrative
facilitation centre at the DC Office. structure, and recruitments across the district.
The website is regularly updated and built on the
DSC App S3WaaS platform.
Direct Selection Committee (DSC) App is a
comprehensive Online Recruitment Application COVID-19 Support Isawanda Laloo, IAS
System developed for local job aspirants to apply NIC District Centre played a vital role in the fight District Magistrate & Deputy Commissioner
for various government jobs online as notified by against the COVID-19 pandemic. From establishing East Khasi Hills
the District Administration. Besides registration, a Data Collection Centre to Information
it facilitates the payment of recruitment Dissemination, following are some of the services
examination fees using the eGRAS system. In provided by the Centre:
addition, a help desk system is also set up to Establishment of Data Collection Centre: A •
Training on various apps: Training on Rapid
facilitate candidates on various recruitment- • Antibody Test of India (RATI), RT-PCR Mobile
related issues. The app has reduced the footfall Data Collection Centre was set up in the DC Office App, and Aarogya Setu were imparted to various
of the aspirants in the DC Office to a very large to compile details of incoming and outgoing trav- government personnel.
extent. ellers for monitoring purposes.

General Elections • Issuance of eCurfew Pass: An eCurfew Pass Other Initiatives
system was setup to facilitate passes to citizens
Following ICT projects are also monitored and
NIC District Centre provides extensive support facing medical emergencies during lockdowns. supported by the NIC District Centre
to the Election Commission and the District The Centre also provided support to the District
Administration towards the conduct of General Administration in delivering functional hardware • Scheme Management Information System
/ State / Local Council elections during all the for issuing these passes. • Excise Permits Issuance Portal
role in the capacity building of all ICT-enabled • VC Service Support: The District Centre provided National Database of Arm Licenses (NDAL)
stages of the election process. It plays a vital
full support to conduct VC sessions between the •
applications as a master trainer, alongside •
handholding the user data on various web-based DC Office and various State Departments and Online RTI Application Portal
and mobile-based applications. Some of the made sure that VC services ran uninterrupted. • eProsecution
district website was created for the regular •
activities performed by the District Centre are • Updation of Website: A section on the official
set up of hardware and LAN services at Polling Online Citizenship
Stations and Counting Halls, SMS monitoring, and dissemination of authentic COVID-19 related
Cyber Security. information. Way Forward
NIC East Khasi Hills aims to introduce and
Fig. 3.2: Shri Conrad K. Sangma, Hon’ble CM Meghalaya, launching Meghalaya Land Registration app implement innovative eGovernance solutions
for increased output and efficiency in order to
provide better and more effective service delivery
to the citizens of the district.

Contact for more details
District Informatics Officer
NIC East Khasi Hills District Centre
DC Office Complex, East Khasi Hills
Meghalaya – 793001
Email: cliffland.k@nic.in, Phone: 0364-2229428

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