INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has been created in January, 2004 to ensure the process of furthering the development of IT in the State. Secretary (IT) is the head of the Department at Government level and Director (IT) is the head at the Department level.The Department would strive for:

• Encouraging investments in the IT sector industries in the State.
• Facilitating the establishment of IT institutes and improving the quality of IT education in the State.
• Using IT tools to ensure a SMART (Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive and Transparent) Government.

 The Secretary (Information Technology) is the functional Head of the DoIT.  

 CREATION OF DEPARTMENT Department of IT was created in the year 1999 vide notification No. GAD (CC)-5-2/71 dated 18^th November, 1999 and was merged in Industries Department in the year 2002.  IT Department was delinked from Industries Department & merged in Science & Technology Department including Bio-Technology in the year 2004. The subjects of Biotechnology and Science & Technology were delinked from IT on 13th April 2007 and IT Department came into existence.        

STRUCTURE OF DEPARTMENT  STAFF AT DIT

 DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS

As per the allocation of Business Rules for the Department, following functions are being carried out:

1.      Formulation and Implementation of the Information Technology Policy in the state.

2.      Introduction of automation and cybernation control systems so as to ensure faster information processing within Government, including projects and activities relating to e-Governance.

3.   Promotion of investment in Information Technology Sector (hardware, software and services-particularly ITES and BPO) and related activities and creation and upgradation of Information Technology infrastructure in the State.

4.      Assistance in development and implantation of software packages for monitoring of key parameters and computerization of thrust areas in different departments and semi Government organizations.

5.      Creation of Government-Public Interface through unified service delivery channel by using Information Technology and Information Technology enabled infrastructure and also to launch awareness campaigns on the advantages of the use of Information Technology and related technologies in enhancing the standard of living and improving quality of life.

6.      Standardization of hardware/software platforms for the departments/organization and to ensure dynamic monitoring of their prices and minimization of wasteful expenditure.

7.      Administrative control of Himachal Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation.

8.      Formulation of strategy for a State wide Internet by minimizing.

9.      Development of Information Technology related communication infrastructure.

10.  Assistance to the departments/semi government organizations in creating and updating websites.

11.  Promotion of Information Technology Education and training in educational institutions and government departments/semi-government organizations and facilitation of development/dissemination of educational software and promoting programs in Information Technology enabled education.

12.  Organization of various promotional activities like national/international conferences/seminars and participation in the same.

13.  Follow up of Information Technology related projects/schemes posed to government of India and its agencies and also other players in this field in India as well as abroad.

14.  Facilitating establishment of Venture Capital Fund by financial institutions for growth of Information Technology industry in the state.

15.  Identification of laws and rules which need to be modified or enacted to enable legal validation for transaction and also to develop specific Cyber-Coding for ensuring and maintaining secrecy and also to act as nodal agency/authority on behalf of the State Government for matters relating to Information Technology Act and similar other central and state legislations.

16.  Maintenance of database for all Information Technology related material and human resources available in the state.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Various Awards received by the State

:·         Year 2004 : Official Website of Himachal Government – Silver Icon Award (>80 sites with exhaustive G2C Interface) and Lokmitra (Bronze Icon, DQ Hot Project)

·         Year 2005 : Silver Icon Award REFNIC with LAN of 600 nodes and Gold Icon Award for e-Vikas

·         Year 2006 : Gold Icon Awards for HIMRIS and e-Pension (top honours in 2 categories out of 8)

·         Year 2006 : Himbhoomi : Stockholm Challenge Finalist

·         Year 2007 : Double Entry accounting System

·         Year 2007 : HRTC online Ticket Booking was selected as Finalist in Microsoft e-Governance awards

·         Year 2008: Received Ist prize at ELITEX 2008 held  at New Delhi, from January 17-18, 2008

·         Department of Information Technology has received India-Tech Excellence Award for being one of the most progressive States in the field of Application of IT in State Administration on 8^th November, 2008.

 ·         Himachal Pradesh has been ranked second after Tamil Nadu in an independent survey conducted by Dataquest-IDC for using IT in delivering Government to Citizen Services during the year 2008.  

HIMACHAL PRADESH SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF IT & E-GOVERNANCE (SITEG)

The Projects funded by Government of India required creation of an implementing agency within the structure of the department and in compliance the HP Society for Promotion of IT and e-Governance (SITEG) has been created under the Chairpersonship of the Hon’ble CM. The Society has been designated as the implementing agency on behalf of the department. Society for Promotion of IT and E-Governance (SITEG) has been registered under the Act XXI of 1860 for the promotion of IT and e-Governance based activities by Department of Information Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh

 APPELLATE AUTHORITY & PIO UNDER RTI ACT

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