Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh has received five prestigious awards in different areas of e-governance, as a recognition of the achievements of Uttar Pradesh in digitalisation and e-governance at the national level. These awards will be conferred at a function in MNNIT, Prayagraj on January 23.
The prestigious CSI SIG E-governance awards are in recognition of the endeavours of the Yogi government in pursuit of transparent, efficient and people-friendly governance.
The UP-Darpan Dashboard for the Chief Minister has been selected for the Award of Excellence. It is the portal to facilitate quick and efficient redressal of citizen complaints. The Higher Education Department has got the CSI SIG eGovernance awards 2021 in recognition of its commendable works in two endeavours – Digital Library Project and Online NOC and Affiliations System for opening the new college/course.
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Digital Library: The state government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had launched the Digital Library in pursuit of promoting digital education. As many as 76,709 e-contents have so far been uploaded on this. The Digital Library has registered more than 7.07 lakh hits. According to the department, about 5500 contents are under scrutiny/ approval process at the moment.
Affiliation Portal: The Online NOC Affiliation Portal has gained wide uses and so far, 487 Undergraduate NOC, 431 Postgraduate NOC and 138 Affiliations were given online in Academic Session 2021-22. Two other e-governance portals to get awarded at the national level are Mine Mitra and Sewa Mitra.
Mine Mitra: Mine Mitra is an online platform to facilitate online mineral management, online transit pass (eMM-11, eForm-C and ISTP), online citizen and farmer services, such as online licence, permit, lease and registration etc, prevention of illegal mining and encouraging legal mining. It also facilitates integrated monitoring and enforcement systems such as automatic check gate, RFID handheld machine for m-check, MineTag etc. These services and facilitations are highly useful for the general public, farmers, lease-holders, stockists and transporters.
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Sewa Mitra: Sewa Mitra is an online platform to act as a bridge between citizens and skilled workers in both rural and urban areas on the basis of geo-location. It provides a free helpline service, skill certification by departments concerned and police verification of workers. The available skilled workers are plumbers, carpenters, painters, electricians, diagnostic services, saloon, etc.