GOVERNANCE GOES SMART WWW.SKOCH.IN Advertorial Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister, Haryana receiving the SKOCH Smart Governance Award for Excellence in Fresh Initiatives from M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Urban Development and Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group in presence of Gursharan Dhanjal, Editor & CEO, SKOCH Group Haryana is leaping and brimming with Fresh Initiatives under the stewardship of Hon’ble Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. It features amongst the Top Ten Performing States this year. The state has emerged as amongst the Top Three Performing States in both the areas of Transport and Finance. In addition to receiving Skoch Order-of-Merit for 7 of its projects, 4 have been conferred the Skoch Smart Governance Award. The Awarded projects are, e-Disha – Electronics & IT Department; Implementation of Integrated Management Information System – SPML Infra; CM Window Haryana– Public Grievances Redressal and Monitoring System – NIC, Haryana; and, e-Pension– Finance Department. India has never had it before – financial inclusion in a mission mode. More than 18.18 crore accounts – 2 lakh accounts opening daily – and a corpus of Rs 23,700 crore is the better- known story of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15th August 2014. What is lesser known is that it is not just about opening bank accounts, but providing a financial shield to every Indian. More than Rs 19,000 crore LPG subsidy in 12 crore bank accounts and linking with social security – insurance, pension, loans – has made the PMJDY unique and best performing central scheme with perceived benefits percolating to people. 888 life insurance and 218 accident claims have been paid to Jan Dhan account holders already. The scheme leverages Post Office system, mobile banking and Aadhaar to scale next frontiers. Gujarat is continuing its momentum. Under the able leadership of Ms Anandiben Patel, the sate continues to be the Top Performing State for Momentum once again this year. It is also faring amongst the Top Three States nationally in Municipal Governance; Education & Skill Development; Health; and, Governance. The state has received 29 Skoch Order-of-Merits out of which 9 projects have been conferred the Skoch Smart Governance Award. The Awarded projects include, SmartCity311 – Mobile App Based Field Works Monitoring – Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation; Kaushalya Pramanitata Yojana – Directorate of Employment & Training; Xtended Licensing, Laboratory & Legal Node – Food & Drugs Control Administration; Aadhaar Enabled DISE – Gujarat Council of Elementary Education; and, SAMVEDANA – District Administration, Junagadh. There is always a first time. True for Kerala too that it features amongst the Top Five Performing States this year. It has also been rated as No 1 state in e-Governance. It has also emerged as amongst the Top Ten States nationally in Finance. In addition to receiving Skoch Order-of-Merit for 14 of its projects, 3 have been conferred the Skoch Smart Governance Award. The Awarded projects are, System for Attumanal Neutral Distribution – District Administration, Thrissur; e-District – Department of IT; and, Kerala Excise e-Service Delivery – Kerala State Excise Department. Maintaining its lead, Maharashtra continues to be amongst the top performing states once again this year. It has also emerged as amongst the Top Three States nationally in Municipal Governance; Education & Skill Development; and, e-Governance. The state has received 25 Skoch Order-of-Merits, out of which 4 projects have been conferred the Skoch Smart Governance Award. The Awarded projects include, Aaple Sarkar – Chief Minister’s Office; Enterprise Resource Planning – Nashik Municipal Corporation; e-Registration (Finance & Reforms-de- Centralization) – Department of Registration & Stamps, Govt of Maharashtra Software Development & Support- National Informatics Centre, Pune; and, e-DISNIC – Collector Office Kolhapur. It is official now – Sikkim will be declared an Organic State by the end of 2015. The process for bringing the total cultivatable land of 58,168 hectares under organic farming commenced at ground levels in 2010. The state stopped imports of chemical fertilisers in 2003, when the government stepped into Organic Mission process. Sikkim’s “silent revolution” towards organic farming using organic manure is environmentally restorative and economically remunerative. In addition to banning chemical fertilisers, the state has banned plastics, pesticides and insecticides to ensure healthy environment not only to live also to grow and consume. The state has set up a dedicated body, one of its kinds in the country – Sikkim State Organic Board – to promote organic farming. There are over 185 groups of organic growers across the state. The state has set up a Centre for Excellence in organic farming, which is now part of school curriculum of Grade V students in the state. West Bengal is on the move. It has emerged as a state with maximum improvement in its performance during last one year. It has jumped from an overall rank of 10 last year to a rank of 4th Best performing state this year. It has also emerged as amongst the Top Three States nationally in Health; Finance; Agriculture & Rural Development; and, Governance. Out of these, the state is at No 1 spot in Health and Finance nationally. In addition to receiving Skoch Order-of-Merit for 18 of its projects, 9 have been conferred the Skoch Smart Governance Award. The Awarded projects include, Quality Free Service in Public Hospitals – Department of Health & Family Welfare; Kanyashree Prakalpa – Department of Child Development, Women Development & Social Welfare; e-Governance – Kolkata Municipal Corporation; Web-Based Integrated Monitoring System for PRIs – Panchayat & Rural Development Department; and, GRIPS – Directorate of Commercial Taxes. SKOCH SMART GOVERNANCE AWARDS VERDICT Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, DeitY; Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator, PMO; Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group; Ashok Chawla, Chairman, Competition Commission of India; Ram Sewak Sharma, Chairman, TRAI Managing Director & CEO, YES BANK; President, ASSOCHAM Chair, National Mission on Smart Cities, Infrastructure & Industrial Corridors, CAII Rana Kapoor receives a Special Award at 41 st SKOCH Summit • Aaple Sarkar - Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) - Maharashtra • Achieving Operational Excellence in Waste Transportation Using ICT Based Solutions, Tamil Nadu • ASHA Soft, National Health Mission, Rajasthan • Automated Building Plan Approval System (ABPAS), UDED, Madhya Pradesh • CM Window Haryana - Public Grievances Redressal and Monitoring System, NIC, Haryana • Computerisation of MP Commercial Tax Department, Madhya Pradesh • Critical Care Services below District Hospitals - Quality Free Services in Public Hospitals, West Bengal • Cyber Village, Department of Information Technology, Sikkim • Decentralised Solid Waste Resource Management, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation, Coimbatore • e-School Monitor, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan & District Collector, Andhra Pradesh • E-Pension Integrated with Aadhaar Enabled Jeevan Pramaan Patra, Haryana • e-DISNIC - Electronic District Information System of National Informatics Centre, Maharashtra • e-District Haryana (e-Disha), Haryana • eDistrict Services, Department of Information Technology, Kerala • eGovernance Project, Kolkata Municipal Corporation • e-Grievances, Directorate of Commercial Taxes, West Bengal • eHRMS - Manav Sampada – A Tool for Human Resource Management, NIC • Electronic Surveillance of the State Board Examination, Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Board • eLORA (e-Licensing of Radiation Applications), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board • Energy Efficiency Measures & Use of Renewable Sources in Municipal Services, Surat Municipal Corporation • Enterprise Resource Planning, Nashik Municipal Corporation • e-PBGSBS Managment System, West Bengal • eRegistration (Finance & Reforms - De-Centralisation), Government of Maharashtra • Software Development & Support- National Informatics Centre, Pune, Maharashtra • Extreme Weather Alerts, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture • Flexi MoU - Skilling through Industry-Institute linkage, MPCVET, Madhya Pradesh • GIS School Mapping - Ensuring Access to Elementary Education, Gujarat Council of Elementary Education • Government eProcurement System of NIC (GePNIC), NIC • GRIPS, Directorate of Commercial Taxes, West Bengal • ICE GATE, Central Board of Excise and Custom • Implementation of Energy Saving Project for Efficient Public Street Lighting, Samudra Electronic System • Implementation of Integrated Management Information System, SPML Infra • Innovative Approaches of Fair Price Medicine and Diagnostic Centres that worked in Public Hospitals in West Bengal in Reducing Out-of-Pocket Expenses, West Bengal • Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme (IBDLP), Meghalaya • Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility, Corporation of the City of Belagavi • Integrated Social Security Programme, Madhya Pradesh • Intelligent Transport Management System (ITMS), UPSRTC • Kanyashree Prakalpa, Department of Child Development, Women Development & Social Welfare, WB • Industrial Kaushlya Vardhan Kendra, Directorate of Employment and Training, Gujarat • Shramik Kaushlya Pramanitata Yojana (Skill Certification), Directorate of Employment and Training, Gujarat • Kerala Excise e-Service Delivery, Kerala State Excise Department • Madhya Pradesh ITI Online SCVT Semester Examination, MPCVET • Mukhya Mantri Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana, Directorate of Women Empowerment, Madhya Pradesh • Online off-Campus Admission System in ITIs, Dept of Technical Education & Skill Development, MP • Organised Public Transport City Buses for Small and Medium Towns and Cities, KSRTC • Participation of Women in Elections, Office of Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh • Rural Housing Leading to Gender Empowerment in Gomati District, District Administration Gomati, Tripura • SAMVEDANA - An initiative for Tribal Community under Gatisheel Gujarat Programme, Junagadh • SAND-System for Attumanal Nuetral Distribution, District Administration, Thrissur • Smart Water Supply Management, Surat Municipal Corporation • SmartCity311- Mobile App Based Field Works Monitoring, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation • SPARSH - Special Project for Assistance, Rehabilitation & Strengthening of the Handicapped, MP • Deen Dayal Upadhyaya - Grameen Kaushalya Yojana, Ministry of Rural Development • Student Academic Management System (SAMS), IT Department, Odisha • Tejaswini Rural Women Empowerment Programme, Madhya Pradesh • The Arunachal Pradesh CM’s Universal Health Insurance Scheme or APCMUHIS, Arunachal Pradesh • Transformation of Social Security Agenda in India, Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) • Universal Account Number Programme, Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) • Unnatisheel Gomati, District Administration Gomati, Tripura • UPNews360, Department of IT & Electronics, Uttar Pradesh • Utilisation of Ground Water to Augment Surface Water, Corporation of the City of Belagavi • Value Added Tax Information System (VATIS), Commercial Tax Department, Gujarat • Vatsalya Balaghat, District Administration Balaghat • Web-Based Integrated Monitoring System for PRIs, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, West Bengal • West Bengal Transgender Development Board, West Bengal AWARDS 2015 TECHNOLOGY AWARDS 2015 Users Implementers Providers NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR INDIA’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND ASPIRATIONAL AWARDS Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Karan Bajwa, MD, Microsoft Corporation (India); Co-Chair, National Mission on Smart Governance and Member, Governing Council, CAII; and, Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group urged M Venkaiah Naidu, Urban Development Minister and Manohar Lal Khattar, CM, Haryana to make Gurgaon a Smart city Chief Minister Haryana invited Rohan Kochhar, Director, SKOCH Group and the SKOCH team to Chandigarh for a Dialogue with his resource persons Rajesh Tacho, Health Minister, Arunachal Pradesh and Bhupeshwar Dayal , OSD to CM, Haryana discussing transformative governance Fair Price Medicine Shops and CCU in districts of West Bengal ranks best project in the country in the health sector and wins the SKOCH Award of Excellence. Also, Bengal is on the top spot nationally in Finance and amongst the top three states in Agriculture and Rural Development and Governance. Our Kanyashree, e-Governance project of KMC, web-based integrated monitoring system of panchayat bodies and GRIPS of the Directorate of Commercial Taxes are among the winners. Overall, the award authorities have adjudged Bengal as the state with maximum improvement in performance during last one year. Hearty congratulations and best wishes to my entire “Paschimbanga Paribar”. SKOCH awards won by the EPFO would motivate the retirement fund body to launch more e-governance services for its members Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of State for Labour & Employment Nabam Tuki @NabamtukiCM Sep 25 Our Universal Health Insurance Scheme (#APCMUHIS) gets Skoch Award for Smart Governance 2015 in NewDelhi. @skochgroup CATEGORIES Technologies for Financial Sector Technologies for Digital India Technologies for Enterprises Technologies for Smart, Safe & Resilient Cities Technologies for Cloud, Mobility and Apps Technologies for Governments Technologies for Education & Skill Development Technologies for Agriculture, Organic and Food Technologies for Power, Renewable Energy, Batteries Technologies for Solid Waste Management Technologies for Water and Waste Water Chief Technology Officer of the Year Chief Informatics Officer of the Year WWW.SKOCH.IN Can Apply Online by 30 th October 2015 www.skoch.in For queries email: [email protected] or Call 0124-4777444 / +91 9911146912 Users Implementers Providers Mamata Banerjee 23 September at 06:46 . 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