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annual report 2006-07CHAPTER XVIIINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYThe Ministry of Textiles is engaged inenabling Information CommunicationTechnology (ICT) for the efficientdelivery of various services to Textilessector. ICT infrastructure is beingstrengthened in the Ministry and itsAttached/Subordinate offices along withfield offices to achieve the transparencyand accountability in day-to-day functioning.In order to facilitate the interaction of theuser with the Ministry, an user interface ismade available on the web site of theMinistry for forwarding the query /comments / feed back directly to theofficers concerned and getting a reply onthe subject. Moreover, applications likeMIS for RTI cases, Monitoring of Courtcases, Monitoring the proposal underWork shed cum Housing Scheme forHandloom Sector, Web enabled systemson monitoring of grant-in-aid scheme andPersonal Information System forHandicrafts Sector are being implemented.National Informatics Centre (NIC),Department of Information Technology,Ministry of Communications & InformationTechnology is providing full-fledgedtechnical support in developing andmaintaining the ICT infrastructure and network services along with implementingvarious information systems/analyticaltools for usage at various levels ofmanagement.ICT InfrastructureTo enhance the in-house services, adedicated application server has beeninstalled for operationalising the FileDiarising System, Public GrievancesSystem and other Intranet applications.Additional Hardware, Software andNetwork equipments are installed atvarious sections to have an efficient andsmooth Internet / Intranet services foroffice automation.Implementation of E-GovernanceThe Economic Research and Marketintelligence Unit (ERMIU) is providing anintegrated interface for collection anddissemination of Information to Trade andIndustry through a dedicated web site(http://texmin.gov.in/ermiudel/). Various MISapplications like Monitoring Prices ofTextiles items, Sickness in the CottonTextiles Industry, Production of Yarn/Clothetc are available on the ERMIU web sitealong with databases of Man Made Fibre,Jute, Silk, Export & Import of textile items.Latest information on the Policies, Plans,Budget, Schemes, Acts, Notifications andinitiatives taken by the Ministry are madeavailable on the web site of the Ministry(http://texmin.gov.in).Moreover existing services on intranethas been upgraded by linking various inhouseapplications. ICT security policy /guidelines are being taken up forimplementation in the Ministry and itsAttached / Subordinate offices.ICT implementation in otherorganizationAttached and subordinate offices underthe Ministry have also upgraded their ICTinfrastructure as per the requirement withsophisticated LAN. These offices hadenhanced their respective web sites tobecome more users centric. Variousapplication forms required by the public or211

ministry of textilesTrade community for submitting theproposal under different schemes arealso provided on the site for downloading.To disseminate the information at thegrass root level, field offices are equippedwith Internet and Email facility.Reorientation courses for the purpose arealso organized for officials to operate anddeliver the services more effectively.212