Subject: NIC database 1991
NICNET
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATICS
NIC has established Informatics Technology (IT) Units in the ministri=
es and departments of the Government of India. A number of IT units compr=
ise an Informatics Division. the division is responsible for interacting =
with the users, studying their information requirements and arranging for=
the necessary hardware and software for the MIS support within the minis=
try/department. While the IT units interact with the end-users and ensure=
the smooth operation of the equipment and application software, as well =
as connectivity to NICNET; the division also catalyses projects which can=
integrate information from the field offices for timely and effective de=
cision making. the latter ar implemented by NIC on turnkey basis. These c=
ommercial projects are executed by NIC at no profit (cost plus),providing=
enormous savings to the user departments compared to what would be charg=
ed by the commercial software consultants. =
- INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN MAJOR SECTORS =
-
Some of the important Management Information Systems (MIS) implemented=
in major sectors are: =
Agriculture
Agriculture Census, Agricultural Input Survey, Agriculture Commodity =
Prices Movement, Agricultural Commodity Market Arrival Monitoring, Crop S=
tatistics, Seed Management; Fertilizer Production, Movement, Import and C=
onsumption; Irrigation Water deliveries etc. for use by State Irrigation =
Departments (Pilot Project Bhadra Reservoir, Karnataka implemented); Moni=
toring of Reservoir levels through NICNET; Monitoring of Jawahar Rozgar Y=
ojana, Drought Prone Area Program monitoring for effective rural developm=
ent, Land Records System;Management of Food Economy Procurement of Wheat =
and Rice System, Storage and Stock Position of Foodgrains, Sugar Informat=
ics System, Public Distribution System, Wagon movement by Grains, Price M=
onitoring of Grains. =
Administration
Personnel database for Postings, Transfer, Training;Vigilance cases; =
Infrastructure Monitoring: Production performance of 9 Key Sectors, namel=
y Power, Coal, Steel, Railways, Shipping, Telecom, Fertilizer, Cement, Pe=
troleum and Natural Cas; Industrial Disputes Pendency monitoring, Industr=
ial Unrest monitoring, Emigrants Complaint Monitoring, Recruiting Agents =
Monitoring; Result Processing for Hindi Examination under Official Langua=
ge Teaching Scheme. =
Energy
Project Monitoring on Rural Electrification, Monitoring of major powe=
r projects, Regional Electricity Board database, Target Scheduling Model;=
MIS projects on Wind, Solar Energy and Chulhas in non-conventional Energ=
y Sector; Gas production Monitoring, Petroleum Production monitoring; Pro=
duction Monitoring for Chemicals, Petrochemeicals, Pharmaceuticals;Drug P=
rice Control System; Coal Production, Wagon Loading and Coal Dispatching =
System. =
Finance and Commerce
Voucher level Accounting System for the Controller General of Account=
s, Computerised Budget preparation system, Postal Accounting System, Tele=
com Accounting System, Central Pension Accounting System, Economic Survey=
; Central Excise Production, Clearance, Revenue System; Vigilance Monitor=
ing System for CBEC, Audit Management System for CBEC, Income Tax MPR dat=
abase, PAN System for CIT, Delhi;
Audit system for CBDT, System for Examination Management, Assessment =
Information System, Online Income Tax Act; Vigilance System for Banking, =
Banks Profits and performance monitoring system, Regional Rural Banks Man=
agement database; Surveyors License Issuance in the Insurance Division, M=
onitoring of Life and General Insurance companies; Importer-Exporter Prof=
ile Monitoring, Advances Licensing of Export Obligation Monitoring, Expor=
t Production Capital Goods Scheme Monitoring, Export Import Policy Prepar=
ation, Receipt of Issuance Statistics Monitoring, Cash compensatory Schem=
e Monitoring, Replenishment License Issuance Monitoring. =
Industry and Transport
Registrar of companies database, System for Monitoring Industrial App=
roval and level of State Government for tracking successful MIS for Steel=
Sector; National Minerals database covering all the minerals and deposit=
s in all districts; Standards database of BIS on NICNET; Drug Formulation=
Applications Processing & Information System for all end-user drugs;=
National Highways and Bridges database, conference package for Intern=
ational Association for Bridge & Structural Engineers; Foreign Touris=
t Arrivals Information, Monitoring of Projects for creating Tourist Infra=
structure, Hotel Accommodation System, Travel India Information System. =
Social Sector
District Level MIS on universal Immunisation programme, Health Inform=
ation System, Central Health Scheme Cadre management System, MIS for Drug=
Controller, All India Post Partun program, Central Admission and Enquiry=
Management System for GB Pant Hospital; Total Literacy Campaign Monitori=
ng, Voationalization of School Education Monitoring, Integrated Child Dev=
elopment Scheme Projects Monitoring; List of Business system in the Supre=
me Court, Caveat Matching System in the Supreme Court, Case Law Retrieval=
System in the Supreme Court for all reported cases, Case Library; =
Litigation Query and Court Orders Systems at the Central Administrati=
ve Tribunal, Case law for CAT, India Code Project, Census Computerisation=
system. =
S&T
Integrated S&T Information System for DST Policy makers on S&=
T Applications, R & D Techniques and Technologies and Monitoring of P=
rojects and Schemes; Database on Electronics Industry Performance, Databa=
se on DNA projects for safety and Environment Risks, MIS for DBT on Monit=
oring of R&D and non-R&D Projects; MIS for Deptt. of Ocean Develo=
pment; =
MIS for Environment related to Chemical Accidents, River Valley Proje=
cts, Forest Conservation, Air & Water Quality Monitoring, Pollutants =
of Yamuna River, Flora and Fauna of Biosphere. =
Apex Organisations
Apex Organisations like Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office,=
President's Secretariat, Vice-President's Secretariat and the Parliament including the Lok Sabha and the Rajy=
a Sabha have been computerised for their specific requirements. =
In order to give direction to the IT work, NIC-Ministry Co- ordinatio=
n Committees (NMCCs) have been set up under the chairmanship of correspon=
ding Secretaries. NMCCs meet from time to time to review the work and mak=
e computerisation more effective and meaningful for better decision makin=
g. =
Contracted Projects
Large projects executed by NIC, which have made qualitative change in=
the working of some of the government departments are given below. Many =
of these have been executed on a no profit basis. =
Budget
The union budget was fully computerised by NIC in 1986, and since the=
n the software package developed on Apple Macintosh System operating unde=
r the LAN environment, has been considerably improved. The entire Central=
Budget is processed in such a way as to give the output directly to the =
Budget Press where it is printed. =
The project covers the preparation and reconciliation of Statements o=
f Expenditure Budget, Preparation of Annual Financial Statement, Budget a=
t a Glance and Receipt Budget for Non-tax Revenue Receipts. =
Passport
The Regional Passport Office, Delhi under the Ministry of External Af=
fairs has been computerised. From the receipt of an application, to the a=
ctual issue of the passport, the entire procedure has been computerised, =
and it has helped cut down the delays. The status of an application can b=
e known online from any of the terminals. The project is now being extend=
ed to other RPOs in the country. =
Small Scale Industries Census The second census of Small Scale Indust=
rial units, conducted by DCSSI, was fully computerised using the extensiv=
e reach of NICNET in a record time. Data processing was decentralised to =
14 state centres of NIC and the processed data was transmitted over NICNE=
T to NIC headquarters for consolidation. All-India and State- wise analys=
es was carried out on a large number of parameters for policy work in the=
Ministry of Industry. =
PCA-1991 Census Abstract
Census 1991, the fifth since independence, was conducted by the Offic=
e of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGI). The Census=
was conducted in two phases. During the first phase, April-September, 19=
90, the Houselist Schedule was canvassed, which contained identifying inf=
ormation on each household and its usage. The Household schedule and Indi=
vidual Slip were canvassed in the second Phase, February-March, 1991 popu=
larly known as Census time.
As implied in its name the Individual's social, implied in its name t=
he Individual slip is a statement of an Individual's social, demographic =
and economic characteristics, whereas the Household Schedule is an abstra=
ct of Individuals in a household. The Primary Census Abstract (PCA) is a =
subset of household schedule data consolidated at the village level for r=
ural areas and ward level for urban areas. The PCA is the sex-wise data, =
for 6.27 lakh villages and 4,615 towns with their outgrowth, which can be=
upward aggregated to give Blocks, Tehsil, District and State totals. =
The NIC State Unit Uttar Pradesh (NICUPSU) was the first to take up t=
he computerisation of PCA data of Uttar Pradesh, the state with the maxim=
um number of villages. Within 15 months of the Census, NICUPSU completed =
the computerisation. The validation checks used in computerisation helped=
a great deal to improve the accuracy of data, which was not possible in =
a manual system. Considering the efficiency and accurate results produced=
, =
computerisation in other states was taken up in July 1992 and PCA dat=
a was released on NICNET in a short time of 6 months on 14th January, 199=
3. NIC State units, in close co-operation with the Director, Census Opera=
tions, worked day and night, for the release of this data on NICNET. Avai=
lability of PCA data on NICNET permits access of data to any authorized u=
ser, on the district/state computers of NIC and terminals installed in th=
e government bhavans in Delhi. This has opened up a new chapter in the op=
enness of =
information. Dissemination of this data on floppies, apart from the u=
sual publications has been possible for the first time in the Census oper=
ations. =
Central Excise
The Central Excise Computerisation Project was entrusted to NIC on a =
turnkey basis by the Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of R=
evenue. It involved the design, development and implementation of the app=
lication software package called System for Excise Revenue and Monitoring=
(SERMON), in the 31 central excise collectorates and their 250 divisi=
ons; procurement of hardware and installation of the same in all the fiel=
d offices throughout the Country; conducting training programmes on SERMO=
N in all the collectorates; and advising them on connecting the systems t=
o NICNET. The entire project was completed as per the schedule of CBEC. =
Patent Information Services
World wide Patent Information System is being provided by nic with pa=
tent data from the International Patent Documentation Centre (INPADOC). N=
IC keeps up-to-date patent information, and, provide services which inclu=
de bibliographic information services and full text specification service=
s.
For example, some of the information available include bibliographic =
database with the coverage from 1986 onwards for ST Countries and from 19=
69 onwards for USA. Also abstract and full text is available for patents =
of European, USA, Great Britain, France, Germany and Canada. =
Biomedical Information Services
NIC has vast resources of biomedical information comprising both bibl=
iographic and full text, which is relevant to all in the field of researc=
h and biotechnology. This is based on the Medical Literature Analysis and=
Retrieval Systems (MEDLARS), created by the National Library of Medicine=
, National Institute of Health, USA. =
MEDLARS is the most extensively used medical information system which=
uses published and unpublished literature in all areas of medicine inclu=
ding General Medicine, Nursing, Health Planning and Administration, AIDS =
etc.
All these databases are directly searchable through NICNET or dial up=
modems. The CD-ROM databases at NIC headquarters comprise MEDLINE data f=
rom 1986 onwards, which include articles from over 3,500 journals from 70=
countries, in the field of General Medicine. =
- Teletext Application System
-
NIC has closely interacted with several information providers for tel=
etext service using the Intext studios located in the Doordarshan Kendra.=
These include the Indian Airlines,Air India, Press Trust of India, North=
ern Railway, and over the Counter Exchange of India. Their computers are =
directly connected to computers at the teletext studios. =
The airlines arrivals and departures information is directly updated =
by their computers and displayed through Teletext. Likewise, the railways=
information on train arrivals, departures, status of availability throug=
h their computer systems are also broadcast through teletext. Intext also=
allows the display of Stock Market closing prices, OTCEI share prices, f=
oreign exchange rates, bullion and silver rates etc. =
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Systems have been installed by the N=
orthern Railway at their booking offices in New Delhi, Old Delhi and Luck=
now with the assistance of NIC. Teletext services are provided by NIC's s=
oftware package. =
Networks: Closed User Groups over NICNET
Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), National Thermal Power Corporat=
ion (NTPC) and Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO) are among th=
e first user organisations to have their Closed User Groups (CUG) over NI=
CNET. SAIL has installed 18 VSATs, to connect their plants to headquarter=
s. NTPC has installed 6 VSATs to link all their stations while IFFCO has =
connected 3 stations in its CUG. =
- Bibliographic Information Services =
-
NIC provides bibliographic information services, including full text =
search of over 360 key research journals, and 1,80,000 articles every yea=
r. The document delivery system, called ADONIS, available on CD-ROMs, pri=
marily covers bio-medical disciplines. ADONIS produces the pages as they =
appear in the journal, including halftones and graphics. The searching so=
ftware allows very fast retrieval, with facilities of browsing, display, =
printing etc. =
- State Bank of Travancore =
-
State bank of Travancore (SBT) is the first commercial bank which is =
using NICNET for its data communication requirements. SBT has set up a CU=
G over NICNET for its Head Office, Regional Offices and a number of comme=
rcially important branches throughout India. =
The applications for which SBT is using NICNET include message data t=
ransfer among its offices, NRI remittances, transfer of RBI balances amon=
gst its offices, Funds and Investment management, and exchange of SWIFT m=
essages between Foreign Exchange Departments. =
Court-NIC =
The project Court-NIC was conceived with the successful implementatio=
n of an information system to aid the Registry of the Supreme Court of In=
dia in decision making. The computerisation at the Supreme Court includes=
the Case Law Retrieval System, accessible by judges from their terminals=
with nearly 2,00,000 cases the Caveat Matching System and the List of Bu=
siness System.
As part of the project, standard information systems have also been d=
eveloped for the High Courts, and have already implemented at Delhi, Bomb=
ay, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Allahabad as well as at CAT. All these syst=
ems have improved the functioning of the Supreme Court and High Courts in=
a significant way. =
The Courts are being connected through NICNET on an all-India basis p=
rimarily from the viewpoint of providing online information service to li=
tigants and advocates. The databases from across the courts will be avail=
able =
for querying to show the status of a particular case. This service wi=
ll be provided form the NIC computer centres located at all the District =
Headquarters and the State Capitals. The litigants and advocates can acce=
ss the status of any case in the Supreme Court from their respective citi=
es through NICNET. =
A large database with free text retrieval capabilities on the INDIA C=
ODE has been developed which contains all the legislations enacted by the=
Parliament and its predecessor bodies covering the period of 1836-1992. =
The Acts are searchable on any free word through a fast retrieval algorit=
hm. This will be made available to the Ministry of Law, Courts and other =
organisations. =
Computer Aided Paperless Examination System (CAPES)
There is a necessity of introducing more innovative methods for condu=
cting examinations with desired efficiency to cope up with the increasing=
number of candidates appearing for various examinations. Observance of c=
onfidentiality and security aspects is a challenging task. Computer Aided=
Paperless Examination System (CAPES) is an attempt to appropriately comp=
lement and supplement the present process of conducting examinations. =
CAPES will help the examining bodies in conducting the examinations i=
n widely scattered locations. This new approach is based on the latest in=
novations in information technology like personal computers, communicatio=
n networks,
optical disk technology like Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) d=
evices, etc. CAPES ensures a scientific and rational method for conductin=
g the examinations in addition to providing the requisite confidentiality=
and security features. CAPES helps in avoiding the usage of papers and p=
rinting which is a very involved process in the conventional system. =
NIC with all the necessary infrastructure like the satellite- based c=
omputer-communication network, NICNET, the CD-ROM production facilities a=
nd availability of computer centres in each state/districts, has made pos=
sible cost effective implementation of CAPES. =
CAPES provides the following features:
Creation of comprehensive set of question banks prepared on various s=
ubjects by specialists. Storage of question banks on non-erasable and hig=
hly secured media like CD-ROM. Retrieval of sets of through stratified ra=
ndom selection from the question banks. Making the questions available to=
the examinee for answering through computer terminal;
Automatic generation of scores through instant evaluation. Transmissi=
on of examinee's performance data through NICNET to the apex examining bo=
dy for consolidation. Malpractices like paper leakage and copying do not =
exist because of large size of question banks. =
CAPES is targeted for Examining Bodies such as UPSC, Banking Services=
Recruitment Board and University Entrance Examinations. It provides comp=
rehensive MIS support, creation and maintenance of question banks for con=
tinuous usage, and instant exchange of data and information through NICNE=
T. =
CAPES provides extensive flexibility to the examinee in selecting the=
time and venue, has user-friendly computer screens and interfaces which =
ensure easy answering, and does not require any prior knowledge of comput=
ers. =
--------------33856D91391--