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"Andhra Pradesh has been in the forefront of implementation of various e-governance projects and the State believes that eGovernance is a powerful tool to achieve the goal of Good Governance", says PK Mohanty, Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh in conversation with Mohd Ujaley.
What have been key achievements of Andhra Pradesh in implementation of e-Governance? Compared to other states how do you position Andhra Pradesh in adoption of e-Governance?
Andhra Pradesh has been in the forefront of implementation of e-governance projects in the country. A large number of our initiatives have been replicated not only in India, but also in foreign countries. For example through Mee Seva, we are ensuring efficient, hassle-free, transparent and accountable delivery of government to citizen (G2C) services. Mee Seva has been adopted as a national model of good governance for delivering G2C services. The e-District MMP has been accordingly redesigned. Similarly, other initiatives of Andhra Pradesh, such as Webland (Land Records Management Information System), e-PASS (e-Payment and Application System of Scholarships), Online Recruitment Processing System (ORPS), Comprehensive Financial Management Systems (CFMS), e-Hostel, Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu skills training tracking system, CFST (Citizen Friendly Services of Transport Department), e-Procurement, e-Suvidha (Complete Application for Municipalities), e-Return (Commercial Tax), IPoM (Integrated Poverty Monitoring System designed in the context of tracking the national flagship programme: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India), AGRISNET, Online Soil Health Card Generation System, CARD (Computer Aided Administration of Registration Department),Aarogyasri, SRDH ( State Resident Data Hub), e-Cops, AP State Portal, Forest Fire Risk Zonation Mapping, and Jawahar Knowledge Centers have made outstanding contribution towards good governance. Some of these initiatives have received national awards. Our e-Procurement project was listed in the "Top 20 Programs: IBM Innovations in Transforming Government" Awards in the world by the Ash Institute of Harvard University.
We are also implementing AP State Wide Area Net Work (AP SWAN) which is connecting State Network Centre (SNC) at Secretariat to 23 District Network Centres (DNCs) at respective District Collectorates with 8 Mbps Bandwidth and 1,088 Mandal Network Centres (MNCs) are connected to the respective District Headquarters with 2 Mbps bandwidth each. This allows us to bring speed, efficiency, reliability and accountability in our functions. AP...