January 2011 - Informatics
January 2011 - Informatics
January 2011 - Informatics
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<strong>Informatics</strong><br />
Volume 19 No.3 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
Patron<br />
Dr. B. K. Gairola<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Neeta Verma<br />
Regional Editors<br />
Vivek Verma<br />
R. Gayatri<br />
Anshu Rohatgi<br />
Prashant Belwariar<br />
Advisory Panel<br />
Dr. Y.K. Sharma<br />
T.A. Khan<br />
Dr. Gautam Bose<br />
Editorial Board<br />
Dr. Mahesh Chandra<br />
Dr. Shefali Dash<br />
B. V. Sarma<br />
Vinay Thakur<br />
WWW version<br />
Lokesh Joshi<br />
Print Co-ordination<br />
A. K. Aggarwal<br />
Anita Arora<br />
Circulation & Despatch<br />
Jasvinder Kaur<br />
Manmohan Krishna<br />
Editorial Assistance<br />
Aditya Gogoi<br />
<strong>Informatics</strong><br />
is Published by National<br />
<strong>Informatics</strong> Centre, Department<br />
of Information Technology,<br />
Ministry of Communications &<br />
Information Technology,<br />
Government of India<br />
A-Block, CGO Complex,<br />
Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003<br />
Design & Printed at<br />
CIRRUS GRAPHICS PVT. LTD.<br />
B-62/14, Naraina Industrial Area,<br />
Ph-II, New Delhi-10028 (INDIA)<br />
Editorial<br />
PUBLIC Distribution System in the country facilitates the supply of food<br />
grains to the poor at a subsidisedprice. Essential items such as<br />
selected cereals, sugar and kerosene at subsidized prices to holders<br />
of ration cards is the objective of efficient Public Distribution System.<br />
The PDS also helps to modulate open - market prices for commodities<br />
that are distributed through the system. Government accords great<br />
importance to the objective of measuring outcomes of PDS so as to<br />
ensure that equal distribution system serves up the purpose for which it<br />
was set up.<br />
Application of ICT for delivery of public services at various levels in<br />
government is common. Get anoverview of such initiatives in the States<br />
of Karnataka and Tripura in our From the State/UTs section.Districts like<br />
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Ganjam (Orissa) are also<br />
leveraging on the potential of ICT to provide convenient and efficient<br />
access to government information & services.<br />
To collect feedback as well as views of our esteemed readers, Feedback<br />
Form is enclosed within this issue. Please put forward your valuable<br />
views to help us enhance the publication further.<br />
Wishing You All a Great Year Ahead.<br />
e-GOV PRODUCTS & SERVICES<br />
8 XGN - Xtended Green Node<br />
10 e-Abhijoga<br />
12 ELECON 9.0<br />
14 e-Procurement in Manipur<br />
FROM THE STATES/UT<br />
16 Karnataka<br />
21 Tripura<br />
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE<br />
25 Cloud Computing<br />
Infrastructure in<br />
NIC Assam<br />
28 2D Barcodes<br />
NEETA VERMA<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Contents<br />
LEAD STORY<br />
4 ICT enabled PDS System<br />
DISTRICT INFORMATICS<br />
31 Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)<br />
34 Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)<br />
36 Ganjam (Orissa)<br />
38 International e-Gov<br />
Updates<br />
40 Cyber Governance<br />
41 National Portal Update<br />
42 In the News<br />
46 US President Interacts<br />
with Rural India<br />
BOOK REVIEW<br />
48 Information Systems Today:<br />
Managing the Digital World<br />
We would like you to contribute to <strong>Informatics</strong>. You can send your contributions to our<br />
State Correspondents or can also send directly to us at the following address.<br />
NEETA VERMA / Editor-in-Chief<br />
Room No-375, 3rd Floor, NIC-HQ<br />
A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road<br />
New Delhi-110 003<br />
editor.info@nic.in
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