Informatics-April 2008

UT in Focus
(including destitutes and widows) has been implemented
through a computerized system developed by NIC which
is now migrated to ECS and completed for 4500
beneficiaries along with various bank statements. The
others continue through the Anganwadi based
disbursement. The data for over 16000 disabled
beneficiaries is completely online.
Payroll Computerisation
Under the PAYSOFT system, Legacy support at more than
eighty offices has been changed to centralize online web
based system with Electronic clearing facility. So far more
than twenty government Offices including the Chief
Secretariat are using this web based system and Electronic
clearing facility.
Employment
A Windows based intranet and Online Registration
Software has been developed for the employment
exchange and legacy COBOL data of 2 Lakhs records has
been ported.
An open source software developed by NIC HQ and
approved by DGET at National level has also been
demonstrated to the Employment Exchange and this
software is now in implementation stage.
Software support by NIC Puducherry is being extended
for almost all recruitment examinations, currently for
Police and ADW Departments. The support is also being
extended to the fire service department.
Apart from these, national projects such as Agmarknet,
electoral roll system etc are also being successfully
implemented in the UT.
Government Directory on a CD
With the support of NIC Pondicherry UT Centre,
computerization of Government Press of Puducherry has
been taken up. As part of this objective, NIC has
developed a software for searching the contents of
Government Telephone Directory like Name of the
officer, Department, Designation, Office, Residence and
Fax telephone numbers. Considering that almost all the
Government offices are provided with computer systems,
the CD version will have better utility for easy search on
Department, Name and Telephone numbers. This CD
contains information about 48 State Govt. Departments,
27 Autonomous Bodies, 15 local bodies, and 34 Central
Government Organisations including Public utilities.
Infrastructure
Informatics, April 2008
The IT Department staff fondly refers to Puducherry as
the Hardware Capital of India. The NIC UT Unit carries
out Acceptance Testing related to procurement of
systems by NIC and NICSI from about 9 factories
located here. The Puducherry SWAN has already been
proposed and is likely to be commissioned this year. With
this, Puducherry has high aspirations for becoming the
nerve centre for ICT in the area in the times to come.
Release of Government telephone directory by Hon'ble Chief
Minister Sh N Rangasamy.
The three districts of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam are
well connected through NICNET and provide email and
other Internet based services to the department. 2Mbps
leased line connectivity is operational in Karaikal and
Mahe while the same is on the cards in Yanam.
NIC Puducherry is connected to NIC Chennai and thus
to NICNET via 2 x 2 Mbps LL circuits and through
SCPC / DirecWay VSATs. Many local office complexes
have LL / RF Net connectivity from NIC.
For further information, please contact
NIC Puducherry Unit
4th floor, Chief Secretariat,
Puducherry - 605 001
Ph. 0413 - 2336675, 2229484, 2333197
Fax: 0413-2337575
sio@pon.nic.in
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