Success of e-District projects in Assam make way for state-wide adoption

The government of Assam is planning to expand its e-district project to all the districts in the state after the successful completion of Mission Mode Project in 2 districts-Sonitpur and Goalpara. "The e-District project in Goalpara and Sonitpur districts have paved way for the state to make it a state-wide phenomenon," said Anurag Goel, commissioner and secretary IT, government of Assam.

The e-District project is an important enhancement of the State's e-Governance implementation programme, in which majority of the G2C and G2G services are delivered by the district administration leveraging Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). This project is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), funded by Government of India. The key focus is on citizen-centric services as against merely computerization of the Departments.

The e-District provides support to the district administration to enable Citizen Centric Services, which would optimally utilize the ASWAN and State Data Center at Guwahati to deliver services to the stakeholders. These services will also be available to the stakeholders over internet.

It is envisaged that the Common Service Centers would act as the front end for acceptance of applications and delivery of the services for the e-District project. "The state has more than 3800 common service centers, out of which 2000 are fully operational and becoming a crtical link between citizens and government," added Goel.