e-COLLECTORATE of National Informatics Centre Department of Information Technology Government of India Scope & Implementation Methodology e-Collectorate Suite • Collectorate Letter / File Tracking System – Collectorate offices / Sections Phase-1 Phase-3 – Tehasils / Blocks – Village panchayats / other field offices Phase-3 • Workflow Automation of various Functionalities of the Collectorate Phase-2 • Citizen Centric Services Delivery Phase-4 Why Letter / File monitoring? Challenges being faced • • • • • • Locating a letter Locating a file Knowing status / action taken on a letter Knowing status of a file Searching a Document Archive & Record Keeping Citizen Perspective • Status of the letter / file • To know who is dealing with the file How a Letter Moves… Diary Section (OS) DAK / Letters Collector Res. Office DAK / Letters with Markings Section Diary Sections (Dy. Coll ) Section Diary Sections (DWO ) Section Diary Sections (DPO etc.) Self Diary Dealing Clerks Dealing Clerks Dealing Clerks Requirements in e-Mode Manual E-Mode Keeping the Physical Letter Letter to be scanned & Uploaded to system Letter is Marked to a Section System should know what are the sections – Which section deals with which subject(s) Officer in Sections mark to Dealing Clerk System should know who are the clerks of the section & they deal with which subjects / Sub-Subjects Situations • One Letter may be marked to a wrong section / Clerk • One Clerk is assigned another subject to deal • One clerk is transferred & New Clerk Joins Process in e-Mode • • • • • No manual entry Type the parameters related to the letter Scan the letter / documents & Upload Mark to the section online Automatic Generation of Diary Number Once this is done our backbone is ready File Management • Attach the letter to an existing file • Open a new File & Attach the letter to the same Manual File Movement Online Noting & Movement Mark Notes as “Pls see manual Enter the notes using the file” editor provided Various Templates Available (Letter / Proceedings / Allotment …. File Movement File 4/13/2015 File Movement ADM File Collector Dy.Collector Head/Sr./Jr. Clerk 9 Integration with Specific Modules • • • • • • Financial Management Revenue Recovery Public Grievance Court cases Monitoring Explosives License Circuit House Booking …. Modules are Pluggable E-Collectorate File Movement Package Personnel Management Arms License Public Grievances Court Case Monitoring Pensions(Old Age/ Widow) …… Application Packages -20 4/13/2015 11 Unique Features • Automation of each & every Diary at various locations – Central Diary / Collector’s Residence Office / any Section level • Completely automated file processing & file movement with electronic workflow • Online status tracking of application by the government officials • SMS based response system for the citizen Unique Features • Bar coding of each despatch along with metadata of the letter for quick reference & search • Parallel panes enabling officials to see the attachments & write notes simultaneously • Integration of regional language (Odia) wherever required • The complete automated process to make the district a less-paper administration E-Collectorate Implementation Support Plan NIC Odisha State Team Group Head Overall Coordination Two Officers well versed in Open Source To study the code, Understand Logic, First-hand support for any minor customisation etc. NIC District Team DIO / DIA Overall Coordination of e-Collectorate Technical Support at the District Two programmers – to be Outsourced Handholding , Training, Documenting customisation needs etc E-Collectorate Implementation Support Plan District e-Collectorate Team e-Collectorate Nodal Officer Formulate action plan, Coordinate issue of GOs / EOs, Implementation of GPR, Certify the requirements & deliverables etc. Master Trainers – One from each section They in turn should train the other officials of the section, Oversee the implementation of e-Collectorate in the section Deployment Plan • • • • • • • • Data Server Backup Server Staging Server Networking of all Sections Computer Systems at each seat Establishing a training Lab Basic Computer Awareness Training Training on e-Collectorate