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Reaching The Last Mile

VASUNDHARA RAJE

Chief Minister of Rajasthan

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Guest Editorial Government of Rajasthan Delivering Dreams, Sharing Prosperity Guided with the philosophy, '#PeopleFirst' for the citizens of Rajasthan, I can say, with 100 per cent sincerity and conviction that the State of Rajasthan is witnessing a new sunrise on many fronts, courtesy numerous good governance moves initiated by Smt. Vasundhara Raje, the hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

The three pillars of modern governance – transparency, efficiency and ease of access for a better quality of life – are also the prime objectives of Rajasthan's eGovernance roadmap and in this direction, the State government, has certainly taken many path-breaking initiatives. I believe, when any government prepares a draft of good governance and development, the basic requirement which rises is the formation of policies which benefit the citizens as well as lay a strong foundation for a better future.

Also, changes don’t happen overnight, it requires continuous efforts for a prolonged period. Believing in this notion Government of Rajasthan has been continuously working for development and progress of the state.

We always strive for a better tomorrow and for that, we need to strengthen our today. The last few years have witnessed a period of excellent growth and development for the people of Rajasthan who have seriously embraced the government’s idea of giving a digital touch to each sphere of their lives. So far, technology enablement of all the Citizens –centric department has brought exemplary results and that is why, giving the endeavour a further push, the government has come up with various ambitious e- schemes and initiatives to make the lives of its 6.86 Crores citizens residents more comfortable.

As I see, the government is vigorously working towards attaining the pre-defined objectives to make the dream of a prosperous Rajasthan a reality. Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje’s devoted good governance program “Suraaj” has certainly emerged as a vehicle for the holistic growth and development of the State. Undoubtedly, it can be said that in just four years, “Suraaj” has successfully achieved its intended outcomes and accomplished the vision of an improved and a more developed State.

The success of policy interventions and governance is best measured by the happiness of residents.

Such happiness draws its strength from the harmony of economic, social and environmental development goals. It is on this bedrock of happiness that the Rajasthan model of development rests.

This model draws its lifeline from the triad of livelihoods, access to infrastructure and opportunities and effective service delivery. As part of the State’s ongoing thrust on digital transformation of the whole Service delivery ecosystem, the State is focusing on around 50 leading schemes. These are the schemes, very much relevant to the common man and thus are meant to transform the lives of the citizens under the Suraaj initiative. These noteworthy schemes, being given a digital makeover include: Bhamashah Yojana, Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana, e-Mitra, Rajasthan Sampark, Mukhyamantri Jal Swawlamban Yojana(MJSA), e-PDS, Nyay Apke Dwar, Mukhyamantri Rajshree Yojana, and Skill Training, among others. All these schemes are very important for all the State's residents and in many ways, touch every sphere of our everyday life.

For example, one of the flagship schemes of Rajasthan that also demonstrates the foresight of the Chief Minister is the State’s flagship scheme called Bhamashah Yojana, which is also one of the best examples of the collective objective of Direct Benefits Transfer (DBS), financial inclusion, and women empowerment. More importantly, the scheme focus on women empowerment by making women ‘head of the family’ and all cash benefits are transferred into the account of the head of the family which is in her name. I believe this is a unique scheme that is serving a great purpose and setting new milestones with regards to the larger cause of women empowerment. Another quite relevant scheme i,e. Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana, emphasises on providing better health facilities to the citizens and lightens up the burden of medical expenses for millions of State’s residents.

Guest Editorial Further, with an aim to providing services at every citizen’s doorstep, the Government of Rajasthan has come up with a centralised delivery network in the form of a common service centre (CSC), which is named as e-Mitra. Backed by an effective IT interface and a wider reach across the 33 districts of the Rajasthan, e-Mitra is certainly delivering its objective as an excellent single integrated public interface by providing various services to the citizens of Rajasthan. Under Rajasthan Sampark, a centralized platform for grievance redressal has also been launched, whose primary objective has been to provide a single window to citizens for registering their grievances related to various departments of the State.

Here, I should acknowledge that the feedback received under the project has turned out to be of immense help to State’s policymakers.

Also, under a digital transformation of Public Distribution System-(PDS), the whole ration distribution system as prevalent across the state, has now been completely remodeled, removing loopholes of the previously run distribution system. Besides, the government has introduced biometric verification in the ration distribution which has brought a whole new degree of transparency to entire PDS process. Now thanks to a tech-enabled PDS ecosystem being promoted by the State administration, the ration is being distributed through PoS machines via biometric verification of thumb/fingerprints. This is certainly a giant leap forward, and no wonder, this initiative is now being hailed worldwide and also by various Indian states policymakers, who impressed with the campaign’s excellent results, now wish to join the e-bandwagon (as illustrated by us) and emulate a similar campaign in their respective home turfs.

In sum, certainly, our efforts are bearing fruit. And I can say, for sure, in every corner of the State, lies a story of hope. Across the length and breadth of the state, countless dreams are coming true, bringing in prosperity and happiness for our people. But then, I would add, we should not rest, and we shall toil on.

There shall be no sleeping for us till there is a sparkle of joy in every eye, a hint of a smile on every face.

The eGovernance model of the State recognizes the fact that easing out the process, curtailing manual validation, reduction in human interface, removal of unnecessary discretion, capacity building and effective change management are as important as deployment of robust niche technologies. Therefore, we have emphasized on leveraging strengths of all stakeholders, namely Government officials / employees, industry, academia, youth (full of ideas and energy), and most importantly people themselves.

Further, I express my thanks to Elets Techomedia Pvt Ltd for extending to me the opportunity to be the Guest Editor of this Special issue of eGov magazine, dedicated to showcasing the IT-backed initiatives of the State. I extend my heartfelt greetings and best wishes to team from the Department of Information Technology and Communication / RISL, Government of Rajasthan and to Elets Techomedia Pvt Ltd for this unique, useful and timely endeavor.

AKHIL ARORA Commissioner & Principal Secretary, Information Technology & Communication, Planning and Statistics, Government of Rajasthan

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Famous for its tourism landscape and vibrant culture, the modern-day Rajasthan is witnessing a sea change in terms of administration and delivery of government services, courtesy a newly found enthusiasm to go digital in every facet of life, especially governance.

Be it healthcare, education, smart cities, social welfare or even start-up ecosystem, almost every sector is undergoing a transformation inspired by a tech-driven vision and innovative approach to bring a real change in a State, long been known for its deserts, folkdances, and the traditional life.

This special souvenir “Digital Rajasthan – Reaching the Last Mile” -- throws light upon various initiatives of the State Government by exploring a multitude of initiatives, schemes, and ongoing projects influencing the landscape of modernday Rajasthan.

We hope this issue will make an interesting study to observe how the Government of Rajasthan under the leadership of Vasundhara Raje is laying the foundation of a better tomorrow for generations to come.

Ahead of the State and Parliamentary elections, the focus on the State offers a great opportunity to understand the vision and room for improvement in various areas in an interesting manner.

Through a maze of schemes such as “Bhamashah Yojana”, “Bhamashah Insurance”, “e-Mitra”, “iStartup”, “GIS portal”, and various health and education endeavours along with initiatives like “Rajasthan Sampark” and “ePDS”, it is visible how a strong foundation is being laid by bringing a realistic and futuristic change never experienced in the history of this State.

In this light, we have carried an exclusive interview of the Chief Minister who spoke frankly in throwing light upon various facets and endeavours that are set to change the definition of being in Rajasthan for the world at large.

With a series of interviews and articles, we hope to evoke an invaluable feedback from our esteemed readers not just in Rajasthan but across India as well.

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RAJ EVAULT

GIS PORTAL

Bhamashah Yojana Empowering Women in Rajasthan

Raj eVault – Go Paperless, Go Digital

Rajdharaa – Using Technology to Boost Civic Infrastructure

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RAJ-ESIGN

RAJ-EGYAN PORTAL AND GYAN DARPAN

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RAJ- eSign— Facilitating Ease and Transparency

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eMitra — Building Citizen Friendly Responsive Governance

Raj-eGyan Portal

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Rajasthan’s ICT-led Initiatives Easing Citizens’ Lives and Fuelling Prosperity

RAJASTHAN SAMPARK Rajasthan Sampark — Playing Key Role in Public Grievance Redressal

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STATE INITIATIVES — EPDS ePDS — Tech-Based Public Distribution System in Rajasthan

Raj Bioscope – A Move for Public Involvement in Government Schemes

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SURAAJ PORTAL— An Exemplary Government- to-Citizen Interface

Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme: Assuring Healthcare on the Last-Mile

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iStart— the Only Integrated Start-up Platform in India

STATE INITIATIVES – HEALTH SECTOR Transforming Public Health via Technology

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STATE INITIATIVES-HEALTH SCHEME

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HIGHER EDUCATION, RAJASTHAN ICT-led Higher Education for Future Leaders

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Working towards the objective of “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance”, the State of Rajasthan has witnessed a paradigm shift in the governance management with IT being a key ingredient for the same, says Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, in conversation with Kartik Sharma of Elets News Network (ENN).

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Bhamashah Yojana has successfully achieved efficiency of benefit transmission via DBT and also promoted women empowerment in the state.

Please tell us about the impact of Bhamashah Yojana on the person at the last mile.

The power of financial inclusion was writing on the wall way back in the mid-2000s. If you look back at our track record between 2003 and 2008, you will find that our government was serious that every household should have a bank account. It was then that the Bhamashah Programme was conceived – a bank account in the name of the woman head of family and a small seed money to get her started.

It was then that the woman self-help group movement in Rajasthan became internationally renowned. Bhamashah V-2 leverages the power of Jandhan, Aadhaar and Mobile Connectivity and is today India’s largest DBT platform.

We have become the first State to achieve direct transfer of benefits worth more than Rs 20,000 crores transferred directly to the bank accounts of more than 5.73 crore beneficiaries – a population greater than that of many countries.

Bhamashah gives a family an identity and empowers women by strengthening her voice in financial decisions within the family. Bhamashah has been applauded and awarded far and wide.

Its impact is not just to be accounted in terms of money transferred but also in terms of leakages plugged and entitlements passed on with promptness and transparency.

25,000 fair price shops have PoS Machines. Abhay Command and Control Centres monitor the State for ensuring safety and security of the residents.

Rajasthan has gone digital easing lives of common people. Please tell us more about this thought of developing a digital state and how did you make it possible.

My Government not just accepted the challenge to transform Rajasthan as a developed State, but went ahead and made the state the Digital Leader of our country. We have been successful to create an integrated e-governance infrastructure, till the last mile and growing ten-fold faster than any other State of our country. Digital milestones achieved by our State are numerous and the statistics say it all. Digitisation

Digital has been transforming the way we live for most of our adult life. When I was re-elected as Chief Minister in 2013, I dreamt of Rajasthan as a super power. Digital was the only way to engine economic and social growth.

We took up as parallel exercises, the creation of digital infrastructure and

communication backbones and at the same time, development of solutions that are effective and future proof.

From security and safety of citizens to solid waste management and civic services; from financial management to decision support systems, we have tried to make digital an unalienable skeleton of governance in our state.

Prosperity in Rajasthan today is defined by India’s largest water conservation mission by a wonderfully vibrant start-up ecosystem, by transaction-based transfer of cash and non-cash benefits to crores of beneficiaries, by prompt disposal of public grievances. More than 51,000 Common Service Centres offer around 400 government and other services.

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“People of Rajasthan are the prime priority for our government and the State is committed to provide them the best governance.” has touched the remotest corner of Rajasthan, making us the technological hub of India.

The task has just started. The future that we are looking at includes unimaginably higher degree of digital presence in governance and development. This is the least that we can do to ensure Rajasthan continues to be a leader in the digital space and ensures prosperity of all its residents.

Today, an average Rajasthani, who by the way is a young person, has started to dream. His dreams are ours and I intend to bring them to life.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW What have been your initiatives for job creation in various sectors in the State?

The quality of Rajasthan’s human resource is second to none.

Entrepreneurship and innovations is in the DNA of the people of this State.

We have been working hard to break the perception that jobs have to come from the government alone.

I am proud to share that not only have we fulfilled our pre-election promise of creating 15 lakh employment opportunities but also have bettered it.

The path we have taken was to give our youth the skills, the tools that make them employable since in our country, degree alone does not confer capabilities…Self employment has seen immense growth in Rajasthan and the Mudra Scheme alone has more than 44 lakh beneficiaries. The Bhamashah Rojgar Srajan Yojana too is an attractive self employment avenue.

Our start-up ecosystem is showing great vibrancy and it too is a job creator in its own right. Rajasthan Startup Policy and platforms like iStart,

Rajasthan Stack and Challenge for Change are providing a strong foundation to the youth. These programmes are boosting sectors like

IT, Education, Advertising, Service Industry etc. We have also introduced Bhamashah Techno Fund worth Rs 500 crores to encourage and support the

What is your message for the youth, women and common people of Rajasthan who are now entering into this digital era in the State?

Rajasthan is waking up to a new era of digitisation.

With the support, hard work and dedication of Team Rajasthan we have been able to match step with Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital India Mission. We could not have made this happen without the support of my people.

People of Rajasthan were very gracious to accept this digital transformation. They not

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only realised the importance of IT but also implemented it to ease their daily lives. The State initiatives would not have created such impact without acceptance of my people. Team Rajasthan makes us proud.

I express my deepest gratitude to all the people of Rajasthan.

They have accepted me, my ideas, schemes and my Government with

open arms. Their vigour to break the barriers and enter the era of trying something new has given me the motivation to do something innovative for them. They have already given me two chances to serve my State and I am sure they will once again bestow me with the honour to serve my people. Mind it, the best is yet to be.

I would also like to share that though we are the

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new Digital Leaders of the country, our journey doesn’t end here. Every time a young mind imparts digital knowledge, or a woman accesses a computer or a common man avails government schemes digitally, the foundation of Digital Rajasthan is strengthened. So, my message to my people is -- Rise in the new era of digitalisation and embrace technology.

start-ups. In the last three months, 50 start-ups have been funded. We have also launched Challenge For Change through which youths are given an opportunity to directly partner with the Government of Rajasthan without following the traditional tendering process and win contracts worth INR 1 Crore.

We also organise multiple Job Fairs all across the State. The first mega job fair was organised during Rajasthan IT Day 2018 in Jaipur. Since then, Job Fairs have been organised in Kota, Udaipur and Sikar. More than 45,000 youth have participated in the job fairs and 10,000+ have received jobs from

“The path we have taken was to give our youth the skills, the tools that make them employable since in our country, degree alone does not confer capabilities.” leading corporates. We will also organise Job fair in Rajasthan DigiFest

Bikaner this month.

Please tell us about the Government’s initiative(s) to promote and support Startups. While Jaipur remains the preferred base for most startups in the State, what other initiatives have you adopted for the Tier II cities of Rajasthan?

Start-ups are close to my heart and my intent is to not just support start-ups, but to empower them.

Therefore, we’ve created an integrated Startup Platform iStart, first of its kind in India. I, along with my team have always strived towards transforming Rajasthan into a start-up hub. We have amalgamated innovation with digitalisation and technology to become the startup hub of our country. My agenda is to adhere the Startup India Mission initiated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and build a sustainable start-up ecosystem through which emerging entrepreneurs in the State can thrive, flourish and take over the world.

While creating the State’s start-up policy, my focus was on crafting a growth-stimulating, growth-sustaining and investment-oriented start-up policy. Let me proudly highlight this, Rajasthan was among the first State to launch its Startup Policy in October 2015, merely two months after the launch of Startup India Mission.

With the launch of iStart platform, my government is not only promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in the State but is also creating history by writing a new chapter in the State’s start-up policy. In just a few months, more than 700 start-ups have become a part of iStart platform and are enjoying the infinite benefits offered by the government.

Just launching an integrated start-up platform was not enough for me. I

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW wanted to create a platform where when a startup knocks at our door, we can provide them with 360 degree support. To further boost the startup paradigm, we also introduced Qrate the only startup rating mechanism in the country, accepted by all leading VCs & investors; iStart Nest-- the only centralised incubator providing free incubation to startups; Bhamashah Techno Fund of Rs 500 crores and Bhamashah Technohub, the largest incubation centre in the county with a capacity to accommodate 700 entrepreneurs.

By introducing the most cohesive and supportive ecosystem for start-ups and budding entrepreneurs which include iStart, iNest incubation centre, Bhamashah Techno Fund and Bhamashah Technohub, my Rajasthan has locked its position as the top contender in the DIPP state startup ecosystem ranking index.

Prior to the launch of iStart platform, only a niche sector of society was

availing opportunities like this, mostly from the private sector. Today, start-ups from all across the State, be it from the capital city or a small village near Jaisalmer are also aligned with iStart platform and are growing in leaps and bounds through the support of my government.

I wanted to instill this belief in the minds of our youth that dream and dream big and me along with my complete team will work day and night to make your dream a reality.

My aim to transform my State into DigiSthan can only be achieved if every resident is digitally empowered.

Though the journey of Startup Rajasthan commenced from cities like Jaipur and Kota, it has now penetrated till the last mile. We already have incubation centres in Jaipur, Kota and Udaipur and will soon be launching two more incubation centres in the State.

Besides, the iStart Platform is wellknown to entrepreneurs from all across the State. Many startups belonging to smaller cities are now receiving mentorship from experts, meeting investors and VCs, getting funding and are receiving global exposure, all under the State’s

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start-up policy. Growth is only possible when you have the backing of your people. \Every resident of Rajasthan is contributing towards our growth and the government is taking everyone along.

The e-Mitra model has been appreciated at several platforms.

Please tell us the key reasons for the success of this project.

When service delivery is now becoming a priority for the States across India, Rajasthan is already a groundbreaker, ensuring service delivery with over 51,000 nodes of e-Mitra thus extending the reach of Government till practically every doorstep of Rajasthan.

The idea behind launching e-Mitra was to provide a wide range of citizenfriendly services of different departments (public and private sector) under one roof so that the citizens do not have to run around various departments. This has facilitated the Government’s reach to citizens and ensured efficiency, transparency, and reliability in the system. e-Mitra is one of the most groundbreaking schemes of my government. During my first tenure as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, I wanted

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my people to avail every government scheme and service that was launched for their benefit. We, at the epicenter of the State, cannot only launch schemes, we have to ensure that it is effectively delivered to the end user. e-Mitra was such a scheme that ensured all other citizen-centric schemes are accessed by my people, from cities to villages, all across the State. We created a platform that enables government, private and social sector organisations to integrate their social and commercial goals for the benefit of citizens in the remotest corners of the State through a combination of IT as well as non-IT services.

Today, e-Mitra Centres are spread over all 33 Districts of the State covering all 300 Blocks and 10,000 Gram Panchayats. We provide over 400 services, under one kiosk. The agenda behind launching e-Mitra was achieved years back, but we have always tried to go further in all our projects.

My quest to make Rajasthan the torch-bearer of the “Digital India Mission’’, led to the introduction of the next-generation of e-Mitra – “e-Mitra Plus”. It is a cutting-edge computerised kiosk, without any human interface, that offers easy access to more than 300 government and private services.

Technological advancements in e-governance have made unhindered service delivery possible for every citizen of the State through E-Mitra+ kiosks. This one stop service delivery touchscreen kiosk is fully automated with no manual intervention required.

The Government is ensuring a single, unified and integrated grievance redressal mechanism for entire State through Rajasthan Sampark. Please tell us more about this initiative.

I completely believe in the notion that our nation’s forefathers taught us “a government is of the people, by the

“Technological advancements in e-governance have made unhindered service delivery possible for every citizen of the State through E-Mitra+ kiosks.” people and for the people”. If we are unable to recognise the problems faced by our people, what good are we doing for them? …With the motto of “Safe and Happy Rajasthan”, the Government is always engaged in providing a better place for residents of the State. With the objective of “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance”, the State has witnessed a paradigm shift in the governance

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management with information technology being a key ingredient for the same. The government has worked extensively for increasing transparency in the system.

CM Helpline 181 - Rajasthan Sampark is inspired by the Digital India revolution and is an innovative e-governance tool that paves the way for common man to get in touch with State government departments. It allows the government to achieve important aspects of good governance viz. robust delivery system, transparency, communication, grievance redressal and sensitivity towards citizens.

Initiatives such as Rajasthan Sampark have made officials more accountable and responsible which has also become a key monitoring tool for measuring the performance of government officials. My government believes in honest administration with clean governance.

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Inauguration of Bhamashah Yojana at Udaipur

Bhamashah Yojana Empowering Women in Rajasthan The primary objective of the Bhamashah Scheme includes financial inclusion, women empowerment and effective service delivery. It is the first of its kind Direct Benefit Transfer scheme in the country, observes Elets News Network (ENN).

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Bhamashah Scheme, an end-to-end service delivery platform to transfer cash and noncash benefits to the targetted beneficiaries in a transparent manner, was relaunched in 2014 with broader objectives.

Bhamashah – An Icon of Philanthropy and Benevolence Bhamashah Scheme draws its name from a remarkable character in the history of Rajasthan. Bhamashah was an aide of Maharana Pratap of Mewar. At one point, during constant wars against the invading Mughal army, Mewar King Maharana Pratap was left with no state resources to carry on the war. This meant an inevitable defeat – that too for no lack of will or valour.

Bhamashah stepped in and did the incredible. He donated his entire

wealth to the State so that his warrior king could continue his campaign and the people could live with their head held high. Bhamashah went down in history as an icon of philanthropy and benevolence.

A Move to Empower Women of Rajasthan To build a better society, empowerment of every woman is imperative because it means empowerment of the society, believes Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

Conceptualised with this very aim, the Bhamashah Scheme envisaged by

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the State government in 2008, even before the Aadhaar programme was thought of, was launched, wherein, around 50 lakh women were enrolled and 29 lakh accounts were opened.

At present, the primary objective of the scheme includes financial inclusion, women empowerment and effective service delivery. It is the first of its kind direct benefit transfer scheme in the country. The scheme is a family-based programme of financial inclusion, where each family is issued a ‘Bhamashah Card’. The card is linked to a bank account that is in the name of the lady of the house who is the head of the family.

The card leverages bio-metric identification and core banking. The card is used for transferring of all cash benefits directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiary and also for transfer of non-cash benefits of various government schemes. Thus, the scheme aims at making every woman empowered, capable and independent.

“Thanks to Bhamashah scheme, I got my bank account opened along with Bhamashah card. Now, we get a message on our mobile phone as soon as our pension is credit. My children inform me about it and I go and collect it. Indeed life has really become so easy with Bhamashah,” says Jamuna Devi, a beneficiary of this scheme.

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Primary Objective: A state of the art IT–backed project to reform direct benefit delivery mechanism in Rajasthan and to empower State’s women.

Under this, Resident Data Hub, offers: • Comprehensive family/resident profiling, including entitlements pertaining to all the departmental schemes.

• To be mandatorily used by all departments for deciding entitlements • Unique ID for both family and individuals; lady of the house as ‘Head of the Family’ • All cash and non-cash benefits for a family available at one place • Built in Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT) engine, configurable for any new service • Financial inclusion and banking service near the doorsteps of the residents Direct communication with Chief Minister

Points of Service: • eMitra • Mobile App • Web Portal • Departmental Outlets

It is one of its kind scheme where all benefits — cash and non-cash, e.g. services of Public Distribution System (PDS), education scholarships, payments under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and social security pensions, benefit of other schemes like distribution of scooties to students, Indira Awas Yojana, CM BPL House Scheme, Janani Surakha Yojana, unemployment allowance, skill training, other individual beneficiary schemes and many other

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services are routed through Bhamashah Scheme.

reality across the nook and corner of the State.

Under the unique initiative, the family is being mapped correctly and single unique data set for the residents of the State is being made.

Thus, duplication is checked.

The Bhamashah platform does not limit the financial inclusion to mere opening of bank accounts, but simultaneously ensures door step delivery of banking services through Business Correspondents (BCs) of the banks and micro ATMs being established at all the panchayats.

Further, various mobile payment gateways have been integrated with the Bhamashah platform, thereby making service delivery through JAM (Jan Dhan; Aadhaar; Mobile) trinity a

Bhamashah Card The Bhamashah Card, with its smart features provides multi-dimensional benefits to the cardholder. With an entire back-end solution mapped with the card number, the card truly empowers the cardholder, ensuring inclusion to the best possibilities. As the card relies on back-end data set encompassing complete entitlement profile, neither there is a storage limitation as in case of chip or magnetic strip-based cards nor is there a requirement of updating profile on the card-based storage.

Thus, the entire control can be managed from central servers

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Bhamashah Mobile App Various transactional facilities to all the stakeholders of Bhamshah Scheme are being provided through Bhamashah mobile app.

The app works on all the operating systems. The features available in the App include:

For Beneficiaries: l l l l

Apply for Bhamshah enrolment Check status of enrolment Check status of transactions Transactions via various digital wallets such as Paytm, Vodafone m-pesa, Airtel Money as per RBI guidelines

For Government Officials l Verification and tracking l MIS for monitoring and supervision l Service charge management Â

Bhamashah card distribution at Ajmer

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STATE INITIATIVES — EMITRA

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eMitra, the ambitious e-governance initiative of the Government of Rajasthan, is aimed at providing a wide range of citizen-friendly services of different government departments under one roof so that the citizens do not have to run around various departments to avail them, observes Elets News Network (ENN).

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STATE INITIATIVES — EMITRA

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he initiative aims to use an e-platform to provide all government information and services to rural and urban masses under one roof through centres and kiosks on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

eMitra – Expanding Horizon of Government Services Today, the scope of services that are provided through e-Mitra centres/ kiosks is not limited to the State Government domain but it also includes services of the Central Government departments and private sector organisations like LIC, BSNL, ICICI Prudential, mobile phone

Currently, over 250 Government-to-Citizen (G2C) and Business-toConsumer (B2C) services are being provided through this platform across all rural and urban areas in Rajasthan’s 33 districts. service providers, Internet Café and many more.

Currently, over 250 Government-toCitizen (G2C) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) services are being provided through this platform across all rural and urban areas in Rajasthan’s 33 districts.

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In private domain, it provides services like utility bill payment, application and digitally signed certificate services, cable TV, insurance, ticket booking, gram haat, tele-medicine, tele-education, Internet access, commerce services, etc, and many more upcoming services are being added to its fold regularly.

These centers/kiosks under e-Mitra act as the front-end service delivery points for the government, private and social sector services to the citizens of Rajasthan. The idea is to develop a platform that can enable government, private and social sector organisations to integrate their social and commercial goals for the benefit of citizens in the remotest corners of the State through a combination of IT as well as non-IT services.

Content and services form the backbone of the eMitra Scheme. To this effect, selection, aggregation and customisation of content and services,

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at a central level, are done to ensure the scheme’s success.

The content and services involve back-end support in the form of a content management system, content delivery platform, service delivery infrastructure as well as usage analysis systems for a quick feedback and monitoring.

The kiosk issues a receipt to all citizens for all G2C/B2C and utility bill collection services.

One copy of computerised receipts is issued to the customer for all transactions while another copy is kept at e-Mitra Kiosk.

DoIT&C/District Level Offices (Department of Information and Technology and Communication) are authorised to inspect these receipt books and the kiosks are directed to

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The initiative aims to use an e-platform to provide all government information and services to rural and urban masses under one roof through centres and kiosks on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

Currently, out of a total of 51,000 kiosks, 21,000 are urban-based while 30,000 are rural-based kiosks. Further, 30 per cent transactions are from urban segment while the rest of transactions are from rural segment.

The transactions from utilities currently stand at 30 per cent while 70 percent transactions are from application-based services and there is a revenue collection of Rs 700 crores from 60-70 lakh transactions.

The scheme envisages that the kiosk owners would mainly be women, thus encouraging more and more women entrepreneurs having self-sustained kiosks (with a minimum income of Rs 10,000-12,000 in rural areas and Rs 20,000-25,000 in urban areas).

maintain these receipt books for at least three years for audit by DoIT&C/ District Level Offices.

However, in case of no eligible woman entrepreneur being available, male entrepreneurs may also be selected.

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RAJASTHAN SAMPARK

One of the significant projects launched by the Government of Rajasthan is “Rajasthan Sampark” which aims to enable the common man to reach the departments of the State Government to address their queries and concerns, through Information Communication and Technology (ICT) interventions, observes Elets News Network (ENN).

Rajasthan Sampark —

Playing Key Role in Public Grievance Redressal

An Initiative Empowering Citizens As part of the unique initiative, a centralised platform, where any citizen of the State can lodge his or her grievances to the respective departments, has been provided to all citizens.

The whole mechanism primarily consists of a State-level call centre with integrated web portal which acts as a single point of contact for addressing and redressing various citizen-centric queries and grievances related to government services.

Citizens can lodge their grievances

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Ensuring a single, unified and integrated grievance redressal mechanism for Rajasthan l Integrated portal (www.

sampark.rajasthan.gov.in) with grievance redressal workflow Grievance registration through: l Web Portal l Mobile App l eMitra Kiosk l Call Centre l Application includes SMS integration, GIS linked inspections/visits, reality check functionality for disposed cases, provision to collect feedbacks and extensive monitoring of public grievances l Integrated with the State Call Centre 1800 180 6127 l Accessible through mobile application as well

Through Rajasthan Sampark, the Government of Rajasthan intends to achieve all important aspects of good governance viz. robust delivery system, transparency, communication, grievance redressal and sensitivity towards citizens.

PEOPLE SPEAK Rajiv Singh, 40, a resident of Jaipur “My experience with State government’s Sampark initiative has so far been very smooth and hassle-free. Now, I don't need to visit various offices and departments to get my issues resolved. Through Rajasthan Sampark Mobile App, I can register my complaint from the comforts of my home. This is indeed helpful."

Rajasthan Sampark IT Centres — A Unified Service Delivery Platform Rajasthan Sampark IT Centres set up across Rajasthan ensure efficient delivery of services to people in an integrated and easily accessible manner.

against any government department/ office through this portal and the grievance is then further sent to the respective office/ department for redressal.

Coverage up to block-level has now been achieved and setting up of centres up to Panchayat level is in progress with Rajasthan Sampark IT Centres at each District Collectorate and in all Panchayat Samities – provides an easy approach to senior

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Government offices/officers for the common man.

These centres enable citizens to reach the departments of the State Government for availing services and also for raising their queries and concerns, with the help of ICT interventions.

Housed within Atal Seva Kendras, Rajasthan Sampark IT Centres provide a centralised platform for services such as Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through Bhamashah Scheme (banking correspondent services), Aadhaar enrollment, work flow-enabled grievance redressal system (via Rajasthan Sampark Portal), video conferencing facility for Jansunwais (public hearing) up to block level i.e. 33 districts and 248 Panchayat Samitis, review/monitoring of government programmes/ schemes, etc.

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STATE INITIATIVES — EPDS

ePDS — Tech-Based Public Distribution System in Rajasthan The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a national food security system established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs managed jointly with State Governments. The Rajasthan Government has taken a number of new initiatives to remove corruption, improve the efficiency, and deliver higher number of products through ePDS (electronic Public Distribution System), observes Elets News Network (ENN).

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The whole process of moving the social security schemes to a digital mode is being facilitated through an umbrella card called “Bhamashah”, which uses the Aadhaar database.

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mong the initiatives launched by the State government, distribution of both PDS and non-PDS items, Aadhaar-based identification of beneficiary and PPP in Public Distribution System could be described as the important endeavours in this regard.

Such a mechanism also helps in reducing the diversion of food grains by enabling authentication of beneficiaries through linkage to Aadhaar and biometric details, accurate recording of the quantity of grains sold to beneficiaries through the integrated weighing machine, and uploading of transaction data to a central server.

Aadhaar-based identification of beneficiary To curb corruption and minimise PDS system’s leakages rampant in the entire distribution cycle, the Rajasthan Government has initiated the transition from the older ration card-based system to the one based on biometric

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ePDS Primary objective: Targeted delivery of PDS benefits with biometric beneficiary Validation Delivery through lightweight hand-held Point of Sale (PoS) devices, using GPRS connectivity, at all fair price shops (around 26,500) Identification/validation of the beneficiary through Aadhaar biometric Complete stopping/avoiding proxy withdrawals and addressing diversions and leakages PoS can be used for other departmental interfaces as well People Speak In the words of one of the beneficiaries of the scheme…

Sunita Devi, 38, a resident of Ajmer “Thanks to Bhamashah-enabled ePDS food distribution system, my entire process of securing food grain from a PDS shop has now become so hassle free. It’s certainly a very easy now and it is saving my lot of time and energy which was not the case earlier.” identification using Aadhaar. Under this, electronic ‘Point of Sale’ (PoS) machines have been installed at PDS shops. The beneficiaries now receive entitlements only after verifying through biometric fingerprints against the Aadhaar database.

The whole process of moving the social security schemes to a digital mode is being facilitated through an umbrella card called “Bhamashah”, which uses the Aadhaar database.

This process also serves the purpose of weeding out duplicate PDS cards in the system and preventing the creation of new ones in the future.

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STATE INITIATIVES-HEALTH SCHEME

Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme: Assuring Healthcare on the Last-Mile Hailed as one of the largest health insurance schemes in the country, the Bhamashah Swasthaya Bima Yojana was launched by the Government of Rajasthan across the State in 2015 for around one crore eligible families. All families covered under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and National Food Security Act (NFSA) can benefit from this scheme, observes Elets News Network (ENN).

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PEOPLE SPEAK: Nirmala Devi, 45, a resident of Tonk District “A few months back, I was diagnosed with brain tumour. It really came as a shock to me as we had no means to afford the operation. But then thanks to the Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme, I was treated at a private hospital and now I am recovering well. Thanks Bhamashah!”

Manoj Kumar, 35, a resident of Bikaner “Last year, while returning from a wedding, I met with an accident and the doctor suggested an operation in the leg. I had no money that time but then Bhamashah Swasthaya Bima Yojana, I was operated at one of the best hospitals in the State. Today, I am again able to walk on my own. I would always remain indebted to Bhamashah Swasthaya Bima Yojana.”

Madina Bano, a 65-year old Hameerkha resident is a widow who suffered a heart failure in the year 2009. Thanks to Bhamashah Swastha Beema Yojana, she has recovered from the illness.

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he basic aim of the Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana (BSBY), or the Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme is an improvement in the overall health indicators of the State, a reduction in out of pocket expenses for the State’s residents, providing financial security to the poor against ailments and bringing a revolution in healthcare in rural area by providing stimulus to private sector to open hospitals in rural areas.

The first phase of the scheme ended on 12 December, 2017 and the second phase started on, 13 December,2017

for the next two years. As per official figures, around one crore families identified under the National Food Security Act (2013) are eligible to get benefit under the scheme which comprises around 67 per cent of State’s total population.

As part of the mega initiative, a dedicated website for BSBY has been created for the dissemination of recent/ latest orders, guidelines and notices, etc.

In addition, the information and success stories are also being shared on Facebook, BSBY blog, twitter etc.

Thanks to an effective IT-backed

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Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme Primary Objective Ensuring a unified, comprehensive and integrated mechanism for providing financial security to the poor against illnesses.

Main Features: l Web-based application for implementation of Health Insurance Scheme including processing claim and payment for the insurance l Single platform to facilitate implementation of Health Insurance Scheme under the broad umbrella of Bhamashah Yojana, having authentication with UIDAI and Bhamashah card/number l Integrated with important applications across the State like: Bhamashah Database Hub, UIDAI Database Hub, Arogya Online, eAushadhi and eMitra. l Increased efficiency and effectiveness of the scheme with transparency and reduced complexity with 24x7 availability of the system to the patients for filing claim l Can be used for government pensioners/employees as well

infrastructure, with a dedicated and comprehensive IT interface, fully integrated with all the relevant departments and stakeholders, the scheme has been found to be very effective for people who needed any relevant information and a mechanism for grievance redressal, particularly in times of a medical emergency.

In essence, ever since its launch, BSBY has played a key role in turning around the lives of thousands of citizens for their good.

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RAJ EVAULT

Raj eVault – Go Paperless, Go Digital The Government of Rajasthan has been constantly trying to transform the State to develop it into Digi-Sthan of India. In the process, the Government has undertaken several unique and bold steps to reduce paperwork and lengthy processes to minimal, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

The Vasundhara Raje-led Government has launched Raj eVault and Raj eSign that are taking Rajasthan to the next level of digitalisation.

Raj eVault is nothing but a Digital Document Manager. It is a portal dedicated to provide digital verification platform for official documents and certificates. It reduces the need of indulging in tedious paperwork.

Thanks to eVault facility, all types of documents and certificates ranging from driving license to university mark sheets can be uploaded in it .

Moreover, citizens can access their documents anytime and from anywhere by just logging into their eVault account.

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Primary objective: Secure and authorised e-space with electronic self-attestation and e-verification.

Main features: l Individual, family, governmental and organisational secure e-space to residents and organisations, enabling them to store documents along with metadata for validations l Safe document storage, sharing, e-sign and approval protocol to avoid the requirement of seeking copies of documents l Documents getting generated through departmental applications can directly be sent to respective eVault for storage and future use l Service delivery through all government departments centrally in a paperless fashion l Mobile app available too Apart from availing these paperless benefits associated with eVault, citizens get the additional facility of eSign.

All the documents can be very easily signed using eSign. It is a convenient way to digitally verify citizens’ documents.

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RAJ- eSign—

Primary objective: Secure and authorised electronic signature – hassle free digital signing for electronic self attestation and eVerification.

Facilitating Ease and Transparency

Main features: l Free of cost electronic

Raj-eSign Electronic Signature Service is an innovative initiative for allowing easy, efficient, and secure signing of electronic documents by authenticating the signee using Aadhaar eKYC services, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

signature available for all government officials and residents alike l One click easy electronic signature of all permissible file types, with an option of bulk signing of documents l Secure, Aadhaar OTP enabled electronic signature, no need of DSC dongle l Functionality to integrate with different applications on the fly l Easy self-attestation and approval of documents, to ensure paperless processes. No need for photocopies or attestation of documents document /file.

l If all the details are valid, they need to

click on “eSign”

l After clicking eSign, an OTP is received

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ith this service, any Aadhaarholder can digitally sign an electronic document without having to obtain a physical digital signature dongle. Application Service Providers can integrate this service within their application to offer Aadhaar holders a way to sign electronic forms and documents. There will be requirement to obtain Digital Signature Certificate through a printed paper application form with ink signature and supporting documents.

or modify a document signed by someone else (integrity benefit) l Raj-eSign has completely removed the usage of manual signatures in various departments and has proved to be a successful initiative in terms of replacing dongle signatures and manual signatures. All the documents signed by Raj-eSign are acceptable throughout the state and country.

The eSign of an electronic document aims to fulfill the following objectives: l With this facility, the recipient can verify the identity of the sender (authenticity) and get the information of the document; l A sender of document cannot deny that he signed a document (nonrepudiation benefit) l The recipient is also unable to invent

email Id should be registered/linked with Aadhaar. l Citizens should login to SSO portal or Raj-eVault portal

on the registered mobile number of the user which is linked with Aadhaar. l Enter OTP on popup that has been sent to his Aadhaar registered mobile number and click “ok” button. l After submitting, the document gets eSigned and the next window shows the downloading options.

BENEFITS of eSign: l Hassle-free digital signing of

documents.

Procedure for eSign

l Secure and authentic way of signing

l Signing Authority’s mobile number/

l Cost Saving from dongle signatures l Fast and easy Processing

l They have to select ‘Raj eSign’. l After this, citizens have to select file

category among: official /personal / others, select type of file among: PDF/ Word/Excel, describe the details about

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Numbers Speak: l Over 4,50,666 documents eSigned in

2015-16

l Over 23,17,071 documents eSigned in

2016-17

l Over 26,87,999 documents eSigned in

2017-18.

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RAJASTHAN INNOVATIONS

Rajasthan’s ICT-led Initiatives Easing Citizens’ Lives and Fuelling Prosperity Noteworthy ICT-innovations that, in their respective domains, have scripted great success stories, and continue to do so in Rajasthan are plenty. Certainly, with an exemplary Government –to-Citizen approach, these e-initiatives have reaped great rewards for the State of Rajasthan, adding to State’s positioning on the national horizon as the leading IT hotspot of the country, writes Elets News Network (ENN). reporting system

RajKaj Primary objective: Enhanced office productivity and streamlined internal process

Support System and workflow, not merely post-facto data entry and

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simplicityand usability across devices

Single Window

l Office on-the-move, focus on

l Integrated office automation platform l Smart system with Decision

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their functions and roles

l Messaging and Collaboration l Project Management l Smart Office Assistant

l One-stop-place for all employees, for

(Ease of Doing Business)

Major Functions l Personnel Information l File and Desk Management l Knowledge Management

l Primary objective: Integrated platform

for applications pertaining to all the departments concerned with

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Raj App Center and Raj Game Center Primary objective: Various mobile applications and games of the state government l Citizens can download these from

Android’s Google Play Store or iPhone’s Apple Store l Over 30 applications to make government services available at your fingertips

Available Apps l l l l l l l l

Bhamashah App Vasundhara Raje App Rajasthan Sampark App eMitra App RajMandi App RajNet App Raj eVault App Raj Mahila Surakhsa App and other apps

E- backed Education Portals commercial/industrial enterprises

l Unique identity for any organisation

(Government Department/PSU/ Commercial Unit/Industrial Unit/ Not-for-profit Unit) l Applications pertaining to Labour, RREC, RSPCB, Factories and Boilers and eMitra already integrated l Applications pertaining to mining, forest, RIICO under integration l Other departments can get their applications plugged in facility for tracking progress available to all the stakeholders

Primary objective: eLearning solution for schools and higher education with web based content repository for students l Option for both online viewing and

downloading, storing and viewing offline l Facility for teachers to create, review and publish content on solution with good quality content including option for development, aggregation and management of content l Group collaboration features for students and teachers. Centralised University/College Automation System shall have functionalities like

online registration, fee submission, counselling, merit generation and seat allocation, examination management from creation of papers to declaration of results, student management including semester, attendance, courses, academic, marks, etc. l The portal is accessible on different client devices like PC, laptop, smartphones, tabs, etc. l Can be used by departments for providing their content as study/ reference material l Can also be used for departmental training requirements

Integrated Government Portals l Standardisation of websites/portals/

web applications ensuring availability, accessibility and responsiveness l Enterprise web content management and centralised deployment l All portals compliant on all devices, mobile applications for all portals

eSanchar and iFact Direct communication with residents through S.M.S./Voice Message/Structure queries l eSanchar can be linked with any

departmental application for sending event based notifications to applicants/beneficiaries as well as officials l Fact can be used by any department through Rajasthan Sampark as well as departmental application for a Reality Check.

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RAJ BIOSCOPE

Raj Bioscope – A Move for Public Involvement in Government Schemes With the idea of spreading awareness about various government schemes, the Government of Rajasthan envisaged a video-based programme - Raj Bioscope. It’s an e-initiative of Government and one of its kind which encourages public participation on the Government portal as well, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

spreading awareness of various Government schemes and to bring the change and awareness about Government’s welfare schemes, there were multiple challenges faced by the Government which included a lack of preparation for an integrated platform, lack of Internet literacy, Internet connectivity, etc, but Rajasthan Government successfully overcame those and actualised this mission.

Raj Bioscope is today a novel way of accessing information and it facilitates exchanged it in an easy and interesting manner. All this is performed through: l Online video portal of Government

of Rajasthan

l The portal contains useful videos of

various Government schemes and programmes l Users can make and upload engaging videos from their mobiles on new ideas and knowledge on interesting topics

It holds significance to observe that this e-initiative of the Rajasthan Government is today considered as one of its kind in the country that encourages citizen participation on a government portal.

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itizens can log in to Raj Bioscope through their SSO ID and upload knowledge-based videos related to benefits of various schemes and projects. One can also upload videos showcasing the beauty and heritage of Rajasthan and contribute to popularisation of the State tourism.

Before Raj Bioscope, there was no such platform to explore the Government schemes and understand policies visually or in an engaging way.

Multiple challenges were faced by the Government, which included lack of preparation for an integrated platform,

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RAJ BIOSCOPE SERVES TO ENCOURAGE: l An integrated platform for

uploading videos

l Invited public participation l Video/multimedia - based

awareness about various schemes

lack of Internet literacy, Internet connectivity etc. But the Rajasthan Government successfully overcame all those and actualised this mission.

As it also allows public to upload their videos related to tourism or schemes, there are a number of videos that have been uploaded on the portal and the number of videos is on the rise with each passing day.

The number of hits on the portal has also increased ever since its inception.

The unique digital interface, which is an excellent example of a Government-toCitizen (G2C) interface, promotes citizen participation whereby the government and citizen can work collaboratively towards spreading awareness about various welfare schemes.

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Important links available at Suraaj Portal:

SURAAJ PORTAL— An

Exemplary Governmentto-Citizen Interface Suraaj Portal is the one-stop online integrated platform initiated by the Government of Rajasthan for the benefit of residents of Rajasthan so as to enable them access wideranging information on a host of topics relevant to them, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

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he official portal of the Government of Rajasthan, in a way, acts as an excellent Government-to-Citizen (G2C) interface, helping citizens access an exhaustive knowledge-bank, making use of which, they can learn all about the useful schemes and projects of the State Government.

The portal which has been made extremely easy to understand and navigate, has a host of features and relevant information about the government and its many departments and services offered.

Apart from hosting information about history, culture, demographics and

Statistics and judicial services, links to Rajasthan Assembly, Rajasthan city guide, colleges and universities, health and social services are also provided. Further, comprehensive information about new initiatives in various sectors across the State is also showcased on the State portal. A host of multimedia resources, videos and images including 3D model videos relating to various government initiatives are also exhibited at the portal.

There is a host of progress information about various schemes of the Rajasthan Government and under it is every scheme, entitlement criteria, etc, for each scheme are also showcased in an easy to understand and well-organised manner.

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Under this, Resident Data Hub, that offers: l Web Directory l Employment l Government Alerts l Rajasthan Sampark l Emergency Help l Road/travel info l Traffic Mobile Alerts l Weather And Agro related information l Education and Training l Starting a Business l Online Business Services l Running a Business l Special Economic Zones l Colleges and Universities l Educational Resources l Libraries l Rajasthan History For Kids l School Education l Citizen and Community l Just For Youth l Senior Citizens l Moving To Rajasthan l e-bazaar (Online Store) l Arts and Leisure l Certificates and Licenses l Fee and Government Levies l Application Submission of Various Department l Grants, Scholarships and Entitlements

At present, among the important aspects, about which a citizen can find information on the Swaraaj portal, include quick links to an exhaustive web directory (containing information about the State’s official bodies), maps for each district of Rajasthan, State symbols, districts, election and voting procedure, utility bill payment providers, application for PAN Card online, and rates of food grains at various mandis (markets) in Rajasthan, among others.

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GIS PORTAL

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n an endeavour to enable good governance, sustainable development, citizens’ empowerment and maintain standardised GIS assets of the State, ‘Rajdharaa’ scheme has been created.

According to DoIT&C, the primary objective of establishing Rajdharaa scheme is to develop a state-wide web-based geo-portal to acquire, process, store, distribute and improve the utilisation of geo-spatial data based on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards, and develop a Data Clearing House (DCH), which would be a gateway of spatial data being generated by various agencies of the Government of Rajasthan.

It needs to be mentioned here that OGC is an international not-for-profit organisation committed to make quality standards for the global geo-spatial community.

The Rajdharaa scheme is also mandated to include policies, framework, hardware, software, application, data, modelling and methods that deals with spatially referenced and geographically tagged/linked data/information as well as non-spatial data for creating multi-dimensional decision support system.

It would provide a single window service to citizens to increase the efficiency and productivity of all departmental agencies such as Medical nd Health, Police, Utilities, Power, Commercial Taxes, Water Resources, Education, Forestry, Agriculture, Urban Development, etc.

The Government of Rajasthan is also currently developing 3D-Models and virtual walkthroughs of various historical monuments, heritage infrastructure important buildings,

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Rajdharaa – Using Technology to Boost Civic Infrastructure The Government of Rajasthan’s Department of Information Technology & Communication (DoIT&C) is actively working towards establishing an effective and integrated Geographical Information System (GIS) infrastructure of the State, observes Elets News Network (ENN).

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GIS PORTAL

Rajasthan’s GIS Initiatives l Developed 30+ GIS-based interfaces covering approx. 30 departments/ schemes l Single gateway to access spatial and non-spatial data l Creation of base map consisting administrative and revenue boundaries, water bodies, transportation network etc, and high resolution base imagery l Creation of GIS based repository of State’s assets l Workflow based works management system to monitor progress of infrastructure development activities l Geo enablement of masterplan under ULB l Land bank for industrial development l Sharing of data/layers among Line Departments l Advanced analytics and structured Decision Support System for undertaking Inter-Sectoral Planning GIS based Workflow Management System l Online creation, approval and sanctioning of works on GIS platform l Increased work force productivity by geo-tagged monitoring of work l Real time work progress reporting with geo-tagged photos l GIS-based dashboard for effective planning and works management l Better co-ordination between department and other stakeholders

State.

l Strengthen the Ease-of-Doing-

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Business processing through Government’s Single Window Clearance System Fully automated drawing scrutiny system with a pre-check engine Supports 2D (.dwg) drawings and 3D (.ifc) models Better Building Development Controls Application tracking and status messaging/email facility Integrated payment gateway

Enabling Heritage Sites Turn Digital l Digital preservation and l l l

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documentation of heritage monuments As-Built Architectural Model of Rajasthan forts and heritage monuments Monuments Covered: User driven interactive 3D walkthrough, virtual reality, augmented reality, light & sound shows, now at: Amer Fort Jantar Mantar Albert Hall Hawa Mahal City Palace – Jaipur City Palace – Udaipur 8 Gates of Walled City, Jaipur and surrounding Badi Chopar area Under Development:

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Rajasthan's 3D GIS Initiatives 3D based Online Building Plan Approval System l An initiative to strengthen the Ease-of-Doing-Business by automating the approval system in

(LiDAR) based as-built 3D model creation for Kumbhalgarh Fort is currently under process l Tourists can now discover fascinating facts about the following ancient monuments while playing games. Currently, the monuments under this include:

modern and old colonies, which would enable various Line Departments like Urban Development, Town Planning, PWD etc, to create prototypes of large-

scale infrastructure development, transportation planning, cadastral and land planning, town planning, modelling and impact assessments in 3D GIS environment.

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l Jantar Mantar l Hawa Mahal l Albert Hall

3D City Solutions for Jaipur l GIS based Virtual 3D City Model of Jaipur l Covers entire Master Development Plan –2025 Area (approx. 3000 SqKM) l Data creation using advanced technologies like l Establishment of Ground Control Network using DGPS l Aerial data using aircraft/ drones for photography & LiDAR l Street data using vehicle / backpack mounted LiDAR & 3600 photography l Advanced Decision Support System (DSS) with ability to plan, simulate, visualise and monitor the entire city l Solution to include Unified Dashboard for project management, designing, planning and monitoring of the city level initiatives l Integration with existing 2D GIS platform and other state projects l Various use-cases with impact assessment capability related to urban planning, emergency / disaster management, utilities management, noise emission, traffic management, etc, being developed in first phase. l City navigation in 3D perspective to enhance visual depiction and easy identification of location l Assist various departments and agencies like Urban Development & Housing Department (UDH), Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), Town Planning, Pollution Control Board, Jaipur Municipal Corporation, Police Department, etc.

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The upcoming 3D city model will be integrated with Rajdharaa for providing a seamless view of the developed 3D models on web.

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RAJ-EGYAN PORTAL AND GYAN DARPAN

Raj-eGyan Portal The Government of Rajasthan has launched the educational portal Raj-eGyan to improve the learning levels in State’s schools. The portal provides an easy to access, ubiquitous, updated and extensive repository of digital content to the students in the State as per the syllabus of Rajasthan Board, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

There are two main components of Raj-eGyan portal. These are: l E-learning Solution for uploading, storing and accessing the digital contents(Online and Offline) l Content Creation, approval, standardisation & management of contents

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Gyan Darpan Gyan-Darpan is an offline digital learning solution developed for providing digital contents to students residing in rural areas of the State with limited or no connectivity. The unique solution involves installing a

CAM device which creates a local Wi-fi and hosts a local Learning Management Software (LMS) and digital content, and providing tablets to students which can connect to local Wi-fi and enable access to content.

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Objectives behind Gyan-Darpan l To provide e-learning solution to the

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model Lack of specialized teachers in the hostel No access to internet in tribal areas Lack of awareness and access to technology including tablets etc Limited or no access to digital educational contents prepared by renowned and experience faculties

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Application hosted on CAM Appliance

l Android Tablets for accessing the LMS

Application. l The Content Management Appliance (CAM) contains digital contents for the students from Class I to Class XII and also creates a local Wi-Fi within the premise, which can be accessed,

by Tablets, Smart Phones, Computers and other Wi-Fi enabled devices. l Contents Available on device:

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Contents are of different types, like text, audio-video, multimedia contents, etc., which can be accessed through the tablets.

There are more than 265 pdf e-books consisting of 3200 chapters More than 1000 videos on different topics Contents of more than 200 GB are hosted in device Monitoring and Governance: Relevant MIS reports are available at Head Office and Hostels level to ensure the application is used. Some of the reports are as follows: Login Reports (Hostel Wise and Class-wise) Content Usage Report (Hostel Wise and Class-wise) Class-wise assessment reports Last Login reports (Hostel Wise and Class-wise) In addition to the universal contents pre-installed in the application, provision for hostel wardens/teachers to create their own local contents and assessments.

Student can access the pre-installed contents in the application as well as the local contents created by the respective warden/teacher.

Each student has his/her own individual login to track their usage and progress

Process followed for deployment/ implementation l In recent times, CAM appliances and

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appliance and 5/10/15 Android Tablets, depending on the number of students in the hostel.

Requirement was discussed with Tribal Area Development (TAD) Department and specifications were finalised to meet the need of offline learning requirement for tribal area students.

Initially, devices were installed at five (5) representative hostels & their feedback was taken from these hostels. The hardware and software were improved and fine-tuned as per the feedback received from these hostels.

Training: Comprehensive trainings of Hostel Wardens were conducted at each district before delivery of the devices. The training spanned for a day and involved following aspects: Introduction and brief about the solution Presentation on functionalities Comprehensive hands on training and problem solving Technical guidance, tips and information Training created a buzz in the hostels about the application.

Each hostel was given individual training on the solution at the time of installation.

Many hostel wardens are not acquainted with the technology and hence Programmers (DOIT&C employees) across the state were assigned the hostels in their respective areas.

Training sessions were conducted for the programmers through multiple video conferences.

The process documents and step-bystep guides were provided to the programmers and hostels.

User manuals were printed and distributed in digital as well as print formats.

The helpline numbers and emails were distributed among the hostels and programmers for resolution of issues, if any.

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Rajasthan e-Governance Architecture

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Rajasthan State Data Centre & Network Operating Centre: Ÿ 100 mbps Dedicated Connectivity Ÿ Hosting more than 500 Websites, Portals and Applications

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Raj Megh: The Rajasthan Cloud Ÿ End-to-end Cloud enablement on SaaS, PaaS basis for Rajasthan

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Raj Net: The Rajasthan Network Ÿ Seamless connectivity till Gram Panchayat Level through LAN/SWAN/Broadband/OverThe-Air/Satellite

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Rajdharaa: The Rajasthan GIS-DSS Ÿ A seamless Geographic Information System for Rajasthan, shared by all Government Departments, Organisations and utilised for systematic decision support

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Raj Sewa Dwaar: The Rajasthan Service Delivery Gateway Ÿ Providing unique door of connectivity, unification and integration for all State, National and Private Applications/Gateways – The true Intelligent Middleware

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Public Interface: 1. Fully automated & mobile ready solutions for Ÿ Public Interface (Bhamashah/eMitra/RajSampark) Ÿ Government officials (HRMS/eOffice/IFMS/eProcurement/ifacts) Ÿ Communication (eSanchaar) 2. Raj eVault - fully automated electronic verification, no need of hard copy documents/affidavits/notary attestation for service delivery 3. RAAS (Rajasthan Accountability Assurance System): End-to-End monitoring and accountability of government officials 4. Mobile Apps for all Government portals & application on all platforms

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Rajasthan Single Sign On and State Portal: Ÿ One Person, One Identity – with all mapped datasets and documents for every State resident

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iSTART

iStart is a one of its kind end-to-end start-up development platform to foster innovation, create jobs and facilitate investment.

The programme aims to nurture entrepreneurship and it not only provides an impressive platform for investors but also has created a competitive environment amongst the youngsters working in the start-up domain. iStart, in addition to acting as a one-stop solution for start-ups, incubators, and Venture Capitals (VCs) for ease of doing business, helps start-ups connect with investors, accelerators, and incubators, thereby assisting in building an environment where there would be an easy access to knowledge-exchange and funding.

It’s worth mentioning here that there is a provision of Rs 500 crores by the State Government for matching funds to start-ups, including a separate provision for women and Green IT start-ups.

Sub Initiatives under Rajasthan Start-up Ecosystem QRate: Qrate is the only start-up rating mechanism in the country, accepted by

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iStart— the Only Integrated Start-up Platform in India Rajasthan is home to entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers.

Across the State, millions of youngsters full of brilliant ideas, modern thinking and extraordinary skills are ready to join the already buzzing start-up drive. Leveraging this quality of the business-minded individuals of the State, the Government has conceptualised an integrated startup platform called iStart, observes Ahmad Shariq Khan of Elets News Network (ENN). all leading VCs and investors. It is an assessment programme which provides a detailed report on the start-ups potential and investment worthiness. Much like a health check-up report from a diagnostic lab, QRate scorecard and assessment report provide start-up founders actionable insights to help them strengthen their business plan and improve their chances of getting funded.

Under this programme, boot-camps are

organised to help start-up owners refine their product, strategy, and business plans. Currently, all start-ups in Rajasthan are Q-Rated. iStart Nest: With iStart Nest, the Government of Rajasthan’s incubation centres could be called the only incubators in the country providing free incubation to emerging start-ups. iStart Nest is designed to help start-ups gain

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traction through deep mentor engagement, rapid iteration cycles, and fundraising preparation. iStart Nest offers state-of-the-art facilities at its incubation centre with a wide range of resources and mentoring from industry tycoons. iStart Nest works with an extensive network of investors, accelerators and mentors to help entrepreneurs launch and grow the innovative companies that are building Rajasthan’s future.

Challenge For Change: Challenge for Change is an initiative wherein organisations are provided with an opportunity to partner with the Government of Rajasthan and play an important role in empowering Rajasthan to be the Digital-sthan of the country.

The major objective of this initiative is to invite IT solutions for various citizencentric services by the government and recognise and promote the potential of the young brains.

The youth, working professionals and start-ups can share their innovative idea or provide an original solution for any existing challenges floated by the Government and thus, help bring ‘change’ that would ultimately benefit the masses.

It is like a dream come true for young entrepreneurs to have a direct order of up to Rs 1 crore. In this one of a kind initiative, the young entrepreneurs can directly work with the government without following the traditional tendering process.

Rajasthan Stack: It is a one-stop destination for all the e-governance and technological requirements for residents of the State, as well as for budding entrepreneurs. Rajasthan Stack is essentially an integrated platform which offers multiple services to sort out the technology requirements of start-ups.

Each service, resource, application, and infrastructure offered by the Government of Rajasthan can be accessed for free.

The idea is to encourage start-ups and

provide them ease of doing business, thereby paving the path for a concrete start-up infrastructure in the state.

Bhamashah Techno Hub: Bhamashah Techno Hub is going to be country’s largest incubation centre which will house more than 700 emerging start-ups of the State. This world-class incubation centre will be a one-stop solution for all the entrepreneurs to get amenities like free space, connectivity, easier funding, mentorship, exposure and much more.

The incubation centre does not charge any kind of fee from start-ups as well as entrepreneurs and provides free facilities unlike other incubation centres of different cities. It will be the biggest incubation centre as compared to existing operational hubs of India. Bhamashah Techno Hub will provide an entire

Much like a health check-up report from a diagnostic lab, QRate scorecard and assessment report provide start-up founders actionable insights to help them strengthen their business plan. support system to emerging entrepreneurs. From assisting them to pitch their ideas, to providing mentorship and also connecting them to potential investors and VCs, it will act as a launching pad for innovators. This 1,50,000 sq ft of incubation space will be entirely dedicated to entrepreneurs and their development with the world-class facilities such as co-working space, connectivity, easy funding, mentoring and advisory support all under one roof.

Bhamashah Techno Fund: Bhamashah

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Techno Fund of Rs 500 Crores for start-ups has been introduced to give an open sky to the potential start-ups of the State. The fund would be used for start-ups of the State for their growth and all-round development and to levitate the start-up community of Rajasthan to the pinnacle in the country.

Out of the Rs 500 crore, Rs 100 crore is dedicated towards women entrepreneurs and Rs 50 crore for Green Startups. The launch of Bhamashah Techno Fund has motivated the start-up enthusiast of the State to initiate their own ventures with the support of government. Bhamashah Techno Fund has been disbursed to eight start-ups within 10 days of its launch and in May 2018, 15 more start-ups have been funded.

Student Start-up Exposure Programme: Student Startup Exposure Programme was implemented to create a strong entrepreneurship pipeline among the youth of the State. Through the exposure programme, the Rajasthan government sends 100 selected students from the State to an all-expense paid residential learning programme in Silicon Valley. The programme is open to any student pursuing higher education in any college of the State. The top 100 selected students from the State are hosted by Menlo College in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley. Over the course of two weeks, they learn various aspects of building a tech product start-up from renowned experts in the global start-up ecosystem.

The participants receive mentorship to build their prototype and pitch it to prospective investors in the Silicon Valley and gain feedback from them. During the tenure of the two-week programme, students also get a chance to acquire on-the-job training at some eminent organisations and interact with successful founders and other key professionals.

Certainly, with the launch of all these initiatives, the Government of Rajasthan looks to be fast developing its digital infrastructure and promote entrepreneurship in the State.

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STATE INITIATIVES – HEALTH SECTOR

Transforming Public Health via Technology Understanding the significance of health initiatives for the people at large in Rajasthan, under the leadership of Vasundhara Raje, the State Government is using innovative ways and technology to render better services and strengthen the existing healthcare system here, observes Ahmad Shariq Khan of Elets News Network (ENN).

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STATE INITIATIVES – HEALTH SECTOR

There are many IT-backed projects that are being implemented by the Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan that have led to the last mile connectivity.

A glance over the initiatives showcases the endeavour being made by the existing dispensation:

Asha-Soft ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist), known as ASHA-Sahyogini in Rajasthan, is a community-level worker who is basically deployed at Anganwadis through Woman and Child Development Department. For this, the ASHAs (the worker associated with the initiative) also get a certain monthly honorarium from the Department.

They also get monthly incentive from Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department for providing health services to citizens based on 26 different types of activities including maternal health, family welfare, child health, National Health Programmes and meetings, etc.

At present, approximately, 48,080 ASHAs are working in Rajasthan who play a significant role in reducing the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR), Infant Mortility Rate (IMR) and providing better health services to the community.

Their timely payment has been a major challenge and the monitoring of their services for which they get incentive was also a very tedious job.

Now, to ensure timely and seamless online payment to ASHAs and to monitor the services provided by ASHA to the community the concept of ASHA-Soft has been introduced by the Mission Director.

ASHA-Soft is a web application software.

The software has been developed by NIC, Rajasthan state unit with the help of core group constituted by the Mission director. It is an integrated system, to

measure the performance of ASHAs and to ensure timely and transparent payment of incentives to ASHAs all across Rajasthan. Performance measurement of each ASHA on a case-to-case basis with the help of ASHA-Soft has resulted in significant improvement in core functional areas of Health and Family Welfare in the state.

Rajasthan is the first state that has implemented this kind of system.

ASHA-SOFT Main Objectives l Timely online payment of incentives to ASHAs in their bank account. l Monitoring the services provided by ASHA to the community. l To enable a correlation between the incentives paid and the total payment. This helps the manager to monitor the physical and financial progress.

In order to implement the system, master data of ASHAs was prepared for each Anganwadi and it was linked with health facilities. The same was also linked to existing PCTS (Pregnancy Child

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Tracking and Health Service Management System) and then integrated with ASHA-Soft. Case details are entered in PCTS and ASHA-Soft depending on nature of activities.

Online Payment is made by Chief Medical Health Officers (CMHOs) from the district level for all ASHAs in the district. Digital signature based authentication is used for releasing the payment. As a result of the scheme’s effective implementation, the time taken to make the payment has drastically been reduced, from earlier two months to seven days. Certainly, ASHA-Soft is a unique e-initiative in public health sector which has helped in the improvement of health services in the State.

After its implementation, availability of data of pregnant women has increased by 31 per cent whereas data availability of newborn babies has increased by 19 per cent. Follow up visits for HBNC (Home Based Neonatal Care) have also increased significantly resulting in better care of infants and timely referral of sick neonates.

Further, a large number of monitoring, analytical and exception reports are being generated through the system.

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STATE INITIATIVES – HEALTH SECTOR

The system now informs about the functionality of ASHAs ‘not providing services’ or ASHAs ‘who are doing very efficient work’.

Analytical reports generated by the system have reflected the areas of activities which are getting ignored by ASHAs and needed more support. It is a unique e-initiative introduced and implemented by the State. The software has been highly appreciated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India too.

Representatives of several States have expressed their desire to emulate such a practice in their own States. Worth noting is that Karnataka is now implementing a similar scheme. Recently, a group of representatives from Japan also visited the State and applauded the initiative that has so far been awarded six awards by various organisations.

ANM SAMVAD ANM Samvad is an innovative way to connect bottom most health workers

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eVIN supports the Government of India’s Universal Immunisation programme by providing real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in Rajasthan. through video conference directly by Health Minister and top-level State officials to strengthen knowledge of nursing staff and to improve the quality of data in the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) register. This initiative’s need was felt since, during the field

visits, it was observed that despite various trainings, the basic skills of the nursing staff were very poor in the areas of ANC service, identification of high-risk pregnancy, etc. Furthermore, their records were not maintained properly. Hence, to enhance and improve the knowledge of nursing staff, ANM Samvad was organised. ANM Samvad is a video conferencing in which various health staff participated from the district and block level in VC room at Atal Seva Kendra. As the State has a large health workforce it was difficult to interact with all at the same time. Hence, so far the ANM Samvad has been organised in four rounds to ensure that the entire block participated in it. This kind of innovation is the first of its kind in the entire country, when with the use of IT technology, an interaction of superiors with field staff was actualised, thereby leading to solutions for the medical sector in the State.

e-Upkaran: Equipment Management and Maintenance System

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STATE INITIATIVES – HEALTH SECTOR

Some estimates conducted across the State of Rajasthan suggested that a very high number (>50 per cent) of equipments remain unused and lying in stores of public hospitals which if used efficiently, can significantly give a push to the health infrastructure of the State.

The findings also revealed that 25 per cent - 50 per cent of equipments were not even in a working condition. Hence, to improve access to government facilities through improved Centralised Inventory Management System, and to know status of equipments/instruments at any given point of time, so that a rational use of unused assets i.e. equipments, instrument and other inventories could be promoted. e-Upkaran, a comprehensive software solution to improve the Inventory Management & Maintenance Services of Equipments in Public Health Institutions has been launched across Rajasthan.

THE KEY OBJECTIVE OF E-UPKARAN l Effective Inventory

management l Promotion of rational usage of equipments l Ascertaining new demand of equipments and instruments, etc. e-Saadhan e-Saadhan is another useful initiative

by Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan. It’s basically a web-based Contraceptive Logistics Management Information System which deals with planning, management and reporting of Family Planning (FP) commodities’ data to strengthen logistics of FP commodities and allow tracking on a real-time basis, which reduces supply imbalances and thus, helps manage the flow of contraceptives at different levels.

BENEFITS OF E-SAADHAN l e-Saadhan is useful for State

and District level officials in monitoring the status of family planning commodities through auto-generated dashboard indicators. l Reports and alerts generated through e-Saadhan help to avoid stock out conditions and wastage of commodities due to expiry through various reports generated by software. l e-Saadhan generates various reports like current stock status report, expiry detail report, issue detail report and various other graphical reports to strengthen monitoring mechanism. l E-Saadhan ensures timely availability of contraceptives, thus, increases its usage. e-Saadhan provides accurate, timely and relevant data to the decision makers at all levels of the supply chain of FP commodities. It is also useful for managing supply chain operations and flow of products from the State to the last facility. The regular availability of the FP

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commodities at the service delivery points would facilitate regular use of the FP, thereby reducing the unmet need of Family Planning.

e-VIN Electronic Vaccine Logistics System to improve vaccine coverage in Rajasthan The National Health Mission, Rajasthan has launched 'Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network' called e-VIN across all districts in Rajasthan at all cold chain points with support from the UNDP. eVIN supports the Government of India’s Universal Immunisation programme by providing real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in Rajasthan. It aims to strengthen the evidence base for improved policy-making in vaccine delivery, procurement and planning for new antigens in India. Today, eVIN initiative provides an integrated solution to address widespread inequities in vaccine coverage by supporting the State Governments in overcoming constraints of infrastructure, monitoring and management information systems and human resources, often resulting in overstocking and stock-outs of vaccines in storage centres.

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HIGHER EDUCATION, RAJASTHAN

ICT-led Higher Education for Future Leaders The Department of Higher and Technical Education, Govt of Rajasthan, puts special emphasis on nurturing a culture of research and innovation and thus, ICT-backed learning across its higher education institutions is given special importance. It’s in the same direction that recent years have witnessed a significant rise in the number of IT-led initiatives in the educational sphere of the State, writes Elets News Network (ENN).

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l Making a provision for such an

Implementation of e-governance in Higher Education through Higher Education Portal, available online at: www.hte.rajasthan.gov.in. This was mainly done to: l Create a single database of

students and faculties of higher and technical education l Automate admissions, academic

processes for college and universities l Making a provision for a single gateway for all kinds of academic activities like issuing of certificates, mark-sheets, migration certificates etc. l Making a provision for creating a facility of e-learning and availability of digital contents and curriculum

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admission process that will be integrated with examination module which would ultimately eliminate the resubmission of examination forms by the admitted students and later can be used upto the award of degree. l Making a provision for Affiliation of Management Modules for integrated with higher education portal. The move will eliminate the resubmission of affiliation forms by the private colleges for award of affiliation by universities l Promotion of Skill and Entrepreneurship Programmes through mobile apps like UPER and DISHARI. l Online interaction through "Crowd Source Social Platform for Education" will now be made available on the portal with the creation of Student Online Community (SCO), coupled with Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled features.

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Launch of new internet lease line across the State

Library computerisation in 40 Govt Colleges

l 4 Mbps dedicated lease line made

l WEB based library computerisation

available in 115 Govt colleges with IT infrastructure.

Working towards a fully Wi-Fi Campus l 7 Govt colleges have been provided

Wi-Fi facilities in session 2016-17.

Provision for providing Wi-Fi facility to all remaining Govt Colleges is scheduled to be completed in 2018-19.

ICT infrastructure being developed in (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) RUSA beneficiaries Institutions.

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HQs, which shall serve as centres of educational excellence, models for further replication and nodals for linked Govt Colleges for sharing and disseminating knowledge

software is being used

l Integration of all library data with

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e-CLASS Rooms in Govt Colleges

Association with SWYAM portal of MHRD, Government of India

l 35 Govt. Colleges in first phase l 41 Govt. Colleges in second phase l Online E- Lectures on Higher

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Education Portal for e-learning repository will soon be made available.

Digital Class Rooms in 44 Govt Girls colleges under CSR l Under Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) 35 Govt girls colleges have been connected to share online lectures among each other

Smart Science lab at 7 division headquarters colleges l In 7 Govt Colleges at Divisional

encourage Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

Big Data Challenge and Hackathon are being regularly organised for: l l l l l l

Promoting Innovations Promoting Entrepreneurship Promting Employability Enhancing Skills Promoting Technology Creating Common Platform of Opportunities l Knowledge Exchange l Recognition and Showcasing of Success Stories l Sharing of Best Global and National Practices

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World Education Summit, 2017 held in New Delhi

NVR to 75 Govt Colleges under their CSR activity.

Spoken tutorials for FOSS courses: this is an initiative powered by The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).Its other features include:

Association with Rajasthan ILD Skill University: Letter of Intent given as Support Partner for Skill courses to train students and faculty members

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Education Through ICT

l http://spoken-tutorial.org l Indian Institute of Technology,

Bombay is partner

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e- learning resource

l Tie up in the state with DCE, DTE,

RTU, MGS University, MDS University, JNV University including private universities. l FOSS software – useful for UG/PG classes l 104 Govt Colleges participated and 6,000 students benefitted

The basic MS office related online trainings to be provided to 9,500 students and 500 faculties of 50 Govt Colleges under an MOU with Microsoft.

Launch of English improvement program for students in Govt colleges with the help of English Edge-Liqvid for augmenting English language skills by use of software and onsite support in the 9 colleges with 100 students from each college.

MoU with Morarka Foundation to provide agro-based skills to students of Govt colleges by use of web portal and their expertise and pool of vast farmers across India.

MoU with HIK Vision to provide free surveillance camera and DVR/

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RAJASTHAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

RFC Profit Up by 120 per cent NPAs down by 15 per cent approval target of Rs 350 crore for the fiscal year and granted Rs 386.68 crore loans. The loan recovery also exceeded its target of Rs 255 crores to reach Rs 259.47 crore during the fiscal. This enabled the corporation to record a profit of Rs 23 crore during the year against Rs 10.78 profit in the previous year.

The Rajasthan Financial Corporation (RFC) has recorded its highest ever profit in the last fiscal, registering over 120 per cent rise in its profits. The corporation has been able to reduce nonperforming assets (NPA) by 15 per cent, the financial institution announced it recently.

With this, the leading termlending development financial institution, mandated to also provide finance to small and medium scale enterprises, looks to have set forth a successful management example for other organisations in the recent times that seem to be, otherwise, grappling with

mounting NPAs affecting their profit books.

For addressing the issue of NPAs, “the corporation had established a NPA recovery cell in January this year along with provisioning a single installment settlement scheme for such bad loans, as a result, 230 of the defaulting borrowers agreed to the settlement”, according to a senior Rajasthan Financial Corporation officer.

The surge in the profit of the

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Anoop Khinchi, Managing Director, Rajasthan Financial Corporation

corporation also reflects improvement in the performance of small industries in the State.

The corporation in the process has also recorded the maximum number of NPA settlements achieved by it in a year. As a result, over Rs 6

crore have been recovered while another recover of Rs 15.81 crore has been assured.

The net NPA recovery during the year stood at Rs 28.54 crore, much above the recovery registered in previous years. Many of these defaulters had even relocated to other States of the country. To bring them for settlement has been a major achievement for the corporation, added the officer.

The corporation, apart from going for aggressive marketing also followed the footsteps of

“A major achievement by RFC has been in the direction of promoting selfemployment among youth.

During the last fiscal year, 113 youth were granted loans amounting to Rs 130.44 crore.” other private banks in adopting a ‘door-to-door’ pursuit of possible loan aspirants. As part of the process, camps were held at all industrial areas across all 33 districts of the State, touching over 33,000 entrepreneurs and aspiring investors. It was thus, that the corporation achieved its highest loan disbursement since 2011-12.

The RFC also overshot its loan

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The profit had increased despite implementation of 7th Pay Commission and commencement of the promotion process after a gap of five years. The financial restructuring of the organisation had helped the corporation employees to have the pay commission implemented before many other State government companies, while the same further motivated employees to work more vigorously too, said another RFC officer.

In the recent times, a major achievement by RFC has been in the direction of promoting self-employment among youth.

During the last fiscal year, 113 youths were granted loans amounting to Rs 130.44 crore.

Under the scheme, so far Rs 322 crore of loan has been approved for 328 applicants of which 110 units have already begun production thus providing employment opportunities for nearly 3,000 people, said Anoop Khinchi, Managing Director, RFC.

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