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Department of Science and Technology
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Information & Communication Technology including e-Governance
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Department for Science and Technology is responsible for formulation and implementation of key policies in this sector. Gujarat Informatics Ltd. has been identified as nodal agency for promotion of IT in the State

Website Development Policy
Training Policy
Total Service Provider Policy (TSP)
Language Standardization Policy
IT Policy
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Awarded for Best e-Governance, Gujarat is a frontline State in the implementation of e-governance policies & projects and setting up of key infrastructure for E Governance.

Gujarat Government focus on growth and development of new & emerging technology areas. It has been increasingly using the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) to offer citizen based service as per convenient location with an initiative to improve the reach, make services more transparent and reduce response time with reducing costs. The Government is also pro active in its Initiatives and ranks first state in the country to have made e-Governance functional in all its Municipalities and Municipal Corporations.

Gujarat Government promotes information sharing with the citizen by way of display and disclosure of information of large number of functional departments and their subordinate organizations through their respective websites which act as ‘Information tools’ in the State.

State Govt. has adopted Innovative, constructive and result oriented progressive policies for the promotion of e-governance in the State. Through the Nodal Agency, the Government’s Science and Technology Department positions Gujarat, as a Key State in the Knowledge Economy sector and acts as a medium to make Government-Citizen Interface more effective, transparent and efficient.

Gujarat is an aspiring leader with e-readiness Initiatives with the IT Policy 2006-2011. Gujarat has been position at L2 Stage in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) which is categorized based on Environment, Readiness and Usage Applications. It stands as an aspiring leader ranking to 31st Top Hotspots in the World and minimizing to reach the goal.

Through the Bisag Satellite, the CM addresses the Distance Teachers' Training Programme for the Elementary school teachers through Satellite Technology. Over 1,94,000 Teachers over 4000 receiving Centers participated in the Interactive Training Program. Teachers get to watch and listen to eminent scholars as well as academicians as well as interact with them.

GSWAN
(Gujarat State Wide Area Network)
GSWAN Performance
Connecting 7 Districts on 8 Mbps, 18 Districts on 4 Mbps and 1 District with 2 Mbps to State Center at Gandhinagar using leased circuits provided by BSNL, Reliance and Tata Tele Services.
Connecting 225 Talukas to 26 District HQ on 2 Mbps leased circuits.
Interconnecting more than 3600 District and Taluka level GoG offices
Average 70 departmental offices at District locations and 5 offices at Taluka Locations have been connected to GSWAN
Facilitates uninterrupted and easy IP based Video-conferencing between various GoG offices.
Over 20015 E-mail IDs created for Government officers all over the state.
Over 255 Websites are hosted for various departments.
14 Mbps Internet Bandwidth terminated at GSWAN State Centre among 5000 Internet Users.
Facilitates uninterrupted and easy IP based video-conferencing between various GoG offices.
SWAGAT Online
(State Wide Attention on Grievances through Application of Technology)
Swagat project is been hosted on every 4th Thursday of the month in the presence of Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Jansampark Department of his Chief Minister Office. In his presence with all the department heads and the district representatives, the grievance of the common man are addressed through Video conferencing and solutions are provided online to the common man immediately. All the department heads try to find the solution to the common man's problem in the best possible way. Of the Applications received, justice to 92.45% is done by the mutual united initiative since the implementation.
E Gram – Vishvagram
On the Birthday of Subhash Chandra Bose on 23rd January, CM Narendra Modi launched the e-Gram Vishwagram Project from Haripura, the place where Subhash Chandra Bose had given call for freedom. This Project Initiates e-Gram Project connecting 13716 Gram Panchayats and 6000 Citizen Common Service Centres as a part of the eGram connectivity Project. Some features of e-Gram Project are Video conferencing facilities at all villages, issuing the documents and certificates, application forms for various development and welfare schemes. Also 7/12 certificates to the farmers from panchayats. VSat communication technology based broadband connectivity, free of cost communication between panchayats, common service facilities, advantages of Internet and cyber connectivity and electricity-telephone bills, visa, E-postal services and many more facilities are provided through the online e-Gram project website.
e-Dhara
E-Dhara enchances complete Computerization of Land Records across the state. Elimination of Manual Records, computer controlled mutation process and self sustainability are the leading objectives of e-Dhara system.
Health Management Information System
HMIS is to build trust and confidence for the general hospitals in the hearts of the citizen of the state by providing efficient and quality health services through IT application. They streamline the Operations with improved Patient care and effective Administration and Control. HMIS project was conceptualized by the department of health & family welfare to ensure the quality health care by IT application to provide standard clinical & diagnostic tools, hospital management tools and integration of management information at the state level so as to ensure online review & monitoring. The Project is undertaken by Department of Health and Family welfare.
E-City
The Project undertaken by Revenue Department of GOG, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is the first Municipal Corporation in India to facilitate better performance of the delivery of municipal services like birth and death registration, building plan, primary health and education, city cleanliness, water supply, sewage, road, street-lights, parks and garden through e-governance to citizens of the city. For this Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has established six City Civic Centers located in five zones of Ahmedabad city and also created forty-three ward civic offices all these interconnected via intranet/ Internet connectivity. Citizens have the facility to pay through net/bank/ cyber café.
IWDMS
(Integrated Workflow and Document Management System)
Gujarat Government implements e-Governance as the tool to improve the Accountability, Transparency & Effectiveness in Government administration. The Integrated Workflow and Document Management System (IWDMS) project has been implemented for the same through automating the government functions and processes at all levels of the administrative hierarchy. GoG has given stress to Change Management and Top-down approach for successful implementation of IWDMS project. It provides Document Management, Workflow Management, Collaborative Environment and Knowledge Management in an integrated fashion and delivers an Electronic Workplace that result in productivity improvement in Government.
VAT
(Value Added Tax)
The Project implemented by Commissionerate of Commercial TAX, GoG, was initiated to ensure prompt capturing of data at its origination in digitized form so that the VAT administration could be more informed and controlled with a view to simplify Administrative procedures. It provides Efficient, Effective, Economical and Transparent Tax Administration. The project was initiated to ensure prompt capturing of data at its origination in digitized form so that the VAT administration could be more informed and controlled. As the VAT implementation process involving VAT returns, scrutiny, assessment and refunds get streamlined, it was envisaged that the data also gets digitized to help the administration have an in-depth analysis of information for better decision support w.r.t. strategizing the tax administration processes. Gujarat VAT Information System (VATIS) project is logically divided into various business services, shared services, MIS and House keeping.
E Procurement
SICN is a network owned by Government of Gujarat for their Voice, Data & Video Communication needs. This is Asia’s biggest network of Govt. of its kind. This Network is spread in the periphery of 12 kms. Connecting almost all the Govt. Boards and Corporations offices in capital of Gujarat Gandhinagar.
SICN
(Sachivalya Integrated Communication Network)
SICN is a network owned by Government of Gujarat for their Voice, Data & Video Communication needs. This is Asia’s biggest network of Govt. of its kind. This Network is spread in the periphery of 12 kms. Connecting almost all the Govt. Boards and Corporations offices in capital of Gujarat Gandhinagar.
ICT and e readiness Initiatives
Gujarat is an aspiring leader with e readiness Initiatives with the IT Policy 2006-2011. All departments have prepared their IT Action Plan, which has a one-year focus and a five-year perspective. A fix part of the budget is committed to IT related activities. Each department has Chief Information Officer (CIO) who reports directly to Secretary of the department.

The IT Policy also showcase other features. IT enhances man power skills, collobarations and Business promotions. Mega Projects, IT Parks, SEZ and spaces for IT/ITES promotions. Power exemptions for large units, financial assistance are other areas focused upon. Distance Learning and Education is yet another Initiative that takes a major uplift. Optimum use of existing educational infrastructure, including distance learning through satellite communication facilities is available at Bhaskaracharaya Institute for Space Application and Geo-informatics (BISAG).
Gujarat State Data Centre
State Data Centre (SDC) has been set up at Gandhinagar. The Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of GOI, is identified as one of the core and critical infrastructure components needed for consolidation and hosting of applications essential for the eGovernance services. It is integrated with other two components i.e.SWAN and CSC/E-Gram. The GSDC (Gujarat State Data Center) includes 2600 sq.ft. of server and storage area, 600 sq. ft. of connectivity zone and 1300 sq.ft of control room and utility area.

GSDC has been connected to all the Government offices through GSWAN infrastructure. The GSDC acts as a mediator ad convergence point between open unsecured public domain and sensitive government environment. The GSDC has been equipped to host/co-locate systems such as Web Servers, Application Servers, Database Servers, SAN, and NAS etc.

GSDC will provide much functionality such as Central Repository of the State, Secure Data Storage, Online Delivery of Citizen Information/Services Portal, State Intranet Portal, Disaster Recovery, Remote Management and Service Integration etc. GSDC would also provide better operation & management control and minimize overall cost of Data Management, IT Resource Management, Deployment and other costs.

To provide decentralized delivery of services to the citizens in the state, Government of Gujarat has also set up three Mini Data Centres at Mehsana, Rajkot and Vadodara.
Home Department
The portal of Home Department – www.home.gujarat.gov.in – covers total 70 individual websites, including that of the Home Department, all its HODs like Anti Corruption Bureau, Prohibition & Excise, IG Prisons etc. and Gujarat Police (DGP, Commissionerate, DSPs, Armed Unit, Training, Human Rights etc.), Port & Transport Department, Commissioner Transport and all RTOs & ARTOs. It is completely Dynamic (Unicode based) Web-Portal & Websites based on CMS (Content Management System) and having Online Updating Facility, User Interaction to the various Applications and Database, Search Engine enabled features, Online Complain and User Feedback facility.

The Portal is set with Objectives to bring the government department closer to the citizens and make the work and procedures of the Department speedy and transparent. It makes all the HoDs far more approachable and accessible; provide in-depth information about each office, going much beyond the requirements under the Right to Information Act. It also provides public interface to the applications like whom to contact (contact matrix), online complain, report & find missing/ stolen persons/ vehicle/ things, Track FIR status, find police station, Getting Tenant / Servant Registration etc.
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