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e-Governance is the most significant aspect of
the I.T. Policy of Chandigarh Administration. The vision of
the Administration is to create a knowledge based society,
wherein every citizen of Chandigarh shall be able to excess
the benefits of IT by the year 2005. IT is to be used as a
medium for effective interaction between the Administration
and the public so that exchange of information and access
to government departments is speedy and easy, leading to a
better quality of life.
As per the IT Policy, all departments of the Administration
are to be computerized, with the Public dealing departments
to be taken up first. Accordingly, significant work has been
done in the Departments of Excise and Taxation, Licensing
and Registering Authority, Transport, Registration of Births
and Deaths, and Police. Other Departments like Estate Office,
Health, Education, and Food & Supplies are currently being
taken up for computerization. Relevant applications in all
these Departments are being identified and prioritized. The
budget for all these projects is to be drawn from the funds
available with the Departments themselves. As per Government
of India guidelines, 1 to 3 per cent of each Department’s
Budget is to be allocated for e-governance.
The aim is to enable relevant information to be placed on a
citizen’s portal which could be accessed either through
the internet or through a chain of Information Centres by
the public, so that they are not required to visit Government
offices frequently. An Optic Fiber Network has also
been set up in the city by private companies at their own
cost. Part of this Network is being utilized to connect Government
Offices and Information Centres.
Wired City
Chandigarh Administration has taken a number of initiatives
to create the necessary infrastructure required for the promotion
of the IT Industry. The main issue which faces IT companies
and IT enabled services is that of connectivity. This has
been met by establishing a Fibre Optic Backbone Network, which
now covers the whole of Chandigarh. Chandigarh Administration’s
Wired City Plan has been implemented with the laying of 50
KMs of OFC ducts in the city by Spectra Net Limited approximately
80 Kms OFC ducts by HFCL, 40 Kms by Reliance and 20 Kms by
Power Grid & 14 Kms by Bharti, at their own cost. Permission
has been given to various companies for laying of OFC in the
city by the Administration in accordance with the National
Policy.
Chandigarh has already become the first city in the country
to have Optic fiber connectivity with Delhi, through the network
of Power Grid India Limited. Every point in the city is within
1 Km of the OFC Network, thereby enabling the companies to
provide Internet services to consumers through the high speed
Broadband Network and they are in a position to do so, as
per the National Policy. The Network shall also enable the
implementation of e-Governance projects of the Administration
as sufficient Bandwidth shall be available, through the OFC
Network
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