MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(DR.
SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a): As per information from Union Territory of Lakshadweep, there is a separate Department for Information Technology in the Lakshadweep Administration.
(b): IT Department was constituted on 5th June, 1999 in the Lakshadweep Administration.
(c): The details of the project and scheme for implementation are:-
$ Public grievances redressal through video conferencing
$ Distance education through video conferencing.
$ Established Portnet under the Shipping sector, introduced web based ship ticket reservation system, cargo management system and intranet for the port department and other e
$governance projects in the shipping sector.
$ Web enabled Plan Monitoring Information System.
$ Web Enabled Passport Application Acceptance System.
$ E-granthalaya implemented in the Libraries.
$ E-governance in Finance Department:
(a) Pay roll information system.
(b) Accounts Monitoring Information System.
(c) Budget Management Information System.
(d) GPF Management Information System.
(e) PAO suite.
@ E-governance in the Revenue Administration: Introduced E- governance to the lowest level of Administration and to provide citizen services to the grass rout level etc. at the Sub- Divisional Office level.
@ Information Technology in Schools:
(a) Establishment of Edusat.
(b) Establishment of Community Information Centre - Vidyavahinin in 30 Schools.
@ Powernet Project is a total E-governance project for the Department of Electricity:
(a) Consumer Energy System.
(b) Inventory Management System.
(c) Remote Data Acquisition System for SPV Power Plants.
(d) E-governance Applications like Pay Roll, GPF Management System. Accounts Monitoring and Information System etc.
@ Established Local Area Network at various officer including Secretariat, Lakshadweep.
(d) and (e): No separate posts have been sanctioned/created or filled up to man the Information Technology Department. However, the IT Department is functioning with the available staff in the Administration.
(f): At present there is no proposal to create posts and recruitment to the Information Technology Department.
