Digital India in Action

WORKS MIS for Irrigation & Public Health Department,
Government of Himachal Pradesh
2015
o Online uploading and monitoring of inspection reports
o Online availability of budget for the department
o Central repository of departmental data readily available 24x7
• Contactors
o Easier contractor registration/renewal and up gradation
o Quick issuance of material to the contractor due to online raising of
indent, followed by online approval and issue of material against this
online indent
o Transparency in generation of contractor bill/running bill
o Quick generation of contractor bill/running bill followed by payment
o Online generation of Identity card to the contractor
o Less litigation due to timely and correct payments without hassles
• Citizen
o Citizens are able to view the schemes along with the budget allocated to
these schemes ( of the IPH department) online, as soon as the state
budget is passed. They get in touch with the IPH officials and the public
representatives, for the earliest implementation of these schemes in their
areas.
o Apply online for new water connections, followed by online approval
o Online generation of water bill
o Can obtain a duplicate copy of their water bill
o Can view their water bill online
Implementation coverage till date
• The software has been implemented in all the 1053 offices of the IPH
department, spread throughout the State of Himachal Pradesh and is being
used fully by almost 560 offices, mainly due to the erratic Internet
Connectivity and the State being a hilly area, with some of the places
remaining cut off from the rest of the world due to bad weather and heavy
snow fall.
Specific innovative ideas implemented
• DTS (Data Transfer Service) Web Service: - This utility helps the Junior
Engineer, in recording the data related to the measurements and material
consumption at site in MS-access file in offline mode, since there are
connectivity issues at sites where the works are going on. This data is
uploaded to the central database. It helped the Junior Engineers (JE’s) of the
department to digitize the measurement book data. Earlier JE’s had to use
calculators, to make calculations. Now they make entries directly into the
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