Two Years of Accomplishments
ePragati is the largest ever e- governance initiative in this part of the world . ePragati is like Bahubali in e-governance sector as the vision , size and budget are so huge .
Known for his passion to bring technology in the service of the common man , Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu envisaged e-pragati as a citizen- centric initiative .
Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in India to execute full enterprise architecture model in the form of e-Pragati . The Rs 2,400 crore project is essentially a comprehensive e-governance project simplifying the process of delivery of government and citizen services .
The success ratio , in terms of e-governance , has Andhra Pradesh in the numero uno position among the 29 states in our country .
Going all-for-technology , Andhra Pradesh ’ s journey to the top began way back in 1999 with the introduction of online citizen services platform e-Seva , when internet was the fancy of a rather small section of society . e-Seva currently tops with a maximum number of e-transactions involving state-level citizen services .
The state of Andhra Pradesh registered 659.2 million e-transactions pertaining to state government services for 7 months alone ( January 2015 – August 2015 ; as per the data released by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology , GoI ). Andhra Pradesh accounts for close to 23 per cent of total e-transactions registered across the entire country .
The state government offers nearly 332 services through its online Mee Seva platform including utility bill payments , caste or family income certificates apart from making online payments to a cross section of citizens in terms of social welfare pensions , student scholarships or payment of treasury bills .
And now , with the state already topping the country ’ s e-transactions , the government embarked upon the comprehensive architecture to leverage the latest advances in e-governance tools , which will bring all the government services under one roof .
e-Pragati has been designed with an estimated investment of Rs 2,358 crore of which the State will share Rs 1,528 crore over a period of three years . The project is aimed at bringing together 745 G2B ( government to businesses ), G2C ( government to citizens ), G2E ( government to employees ) and G2G ( government to governments ) services offered by 33 departments and more than 300 government agencies . With e-Pragati , Andhra Pradesh also becomes the first state in India to conceive and execute state-wide enterprise architecture .
The ground work for the ambitious project , which has been entrusted to IT major Wipro , has been going on since January 2015 . As many as 72 projects of various departments of similar nature such as welfare departments , works departments , land management wings and sectors ( tourism , industries etc .) have been grouped under 14 packages . The government is gearing up to invite expression of interest from interested companies / enterprises for developing appropriate software programmes for the projects .
“ This will become a model in
Government Enterprise Architecture in India . e-Pragati aims at achieving a unified and connected government with citizen-centricity at its core . Implementation of e- Pragati will lead to free-flow of information among departments , paving the way for an integrated , outcome-driven and accountable government ,” the Chief Minister said .
The major components of e-Pragati revolve around 7 missions , 5 grids and 5 campaigns :
s AP State Data Centre ( to host all the data and applications )
s e-Highway ( to seamlessly connect all the departments digitally )
s People Hub ( to house all the socio-economic data of the citizens of the state which will be used to implement welfare schemes and development programs )
s Lab Hub ( that contains details of all types of land parcels in the state )
s Dial AP ( a unified contact / call centre that the citizens can use to access a wide range of services )
s Social benefits management system ( that includes all benefits schemes )
s APcan ( comprehensive system for management of cancer )
s m-Seva ( a platform for providing a wide range of citizen services on mobile )
s e-AgriMarket ( a platform that enables farmers to sell their produce online to get the best price )
s e-Panchayat ( enhances efficient of Panchayat Raj institutions ). v JUNE 2016 ANDHRAPRADESHMAGAZINE . ORG 45