Annual Report 2011 - 2012

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In view of the worldwide phenomenon of growing cybersecurity
threats, the Ministry continued to provide special
emphasis on the training of officers, and staff, at
Headquarters, and officers going on foreign posting abroad.
The Ministry also formulated draft guidelines for the safe
use of social media by its officers, which would supplement
existing IT security instructions.
Visa online component of Immigration, Visa, and Foreigners
Registration and Tracking Project (IVFRT), spearheaded by
the Ministry of Home Affairs was implemented in 34
Missions/Posts, raising the total number of Missions/Posts
where such facility has been introduced to 48. The Integrated
e-Governance and
Information Technology
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Missions Accounting Software (I-MAS) software has been
implemented in 172 Missions/Posts, which has streamlined
reporting of accounts by these Indian Missions. The
outsourcing of visa/passport/consular services was completed
in four Missions (Bogotá, Helsinki, Muscat, and Tehran)
bringing the total number of such Missions/Posts to 63. The
Indian Technical Economic Cooperation (ITEC) training
management information system (MIS), and the Technical
Cooperation Scheme (TCS) Colombo Plan MIS, were
extended to cover all respective partner countries.
The Ministry has established a 24x7 Mission support centre
to address problems faced by Missions/ Posts relating to these
projects.