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GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL ROLLOUT
eDistrict MMP
Department of Information Technology
Ver 3.1 dated 8th
June 2011

GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL ROLLOUT eDistrict MMP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topic Page
BACKGROUND 04
OBJECTIVES 04
COVERAGE AND SCOPE 05
4. SERVICES
4.1 Category of Services
4.2 Guidelines for selection of optional services by the State
4.3 Approach to BPR and Service levels
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
5.1 Empowered Committee
5.2 Composition of the Empowered Committee at National Level
5.3 Role and responsibilities of various stakeholders
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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STEPS
6.1 Identification of a Nodal Department
6.2 Notification of a State Designated Agency (SDA)
6.3 Formation/Notification of District e-Governance Society (DeGS)
6.4 Setting up Program Management Units (PMUs)
6.5 Preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR)
6.6 Approval by DT
6.7 Selection of the Project Consultant
6.8 Selection of System Integrator (SI) /Implementing Agency
6.9 State Wide Rollout
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COSTING DETAILS
7.1 Indicative project cost for one district
7.2 Indicative Cost at State Level-Pilot States
7.4 Categorization of States
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PROJECT MILESTONES AND TIMELINES 25
PROJECT MONITORING MECHANISM
9.1 Central Project e Mission Team (CPeMT)
9.2 State Apex Committee
9.3 State Project e-Mission Team (State PeMT)
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FUND MANAGEMENT 31
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10.1 Sanction of the Project and stages of release of the
funds.
10.2 First Installment
10.3 Second Installment
10.4 Third installment
DEFINITION OF SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES 32
INCENTIVE SCHEME 32
POST IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT 34
BACKGROUND
a) NeGP was approved by the Government in May 2006, with the following vision:
“Make all Government Services accessible to the common man in his locality, through
common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency and reliability of
such services at affordable costs to realize the basic needs of the common man”.
b) To realize this vision, 27 Central, State and Integrated Mission Mode projects (MMPs) along with 8
support components were identified and approved under NeGP (Annexure II). States have been
given flexibility to identify upto 5 additional state-specific projects, which are particularly relevant
for the economic development of the State. NeGP also envisages creation of the core IT
infrastructure in the form of SWANs, SDCs and one lakh front ends namely CSCs in rural areas
across the country to deliver public services electronically.
c) e-District is one of the 27 MMPs under NeGP, with the Department of Information Technology
(DIT), Government of India (GoI) as the nodal Department, to be implemented by State
Government or their designated agencies. This MMP aims at electronic delivery of identified high
volume citizen centric services, at district and sub-district level, those are not part of any other
MMP. To achieve these objectives service levels and outcomes for each of these services will be
clearly laid down by the concerned State, with a view to improving the efficiency and effectiveness
of the service delivery. The MMP envisages leveraging and utilizing the four pillars of e-
infrastructure namely, SDCs, SWANs, SSDGs and CSCs, optimally to deliver public services
electronically to citizens at their door steps. Initially only those high volume citizen-centric services
will be taken up for implementation which have high priority for the State. New services will be
added to the portfolio subsequently, once the demand for the initial set of e-enabled services
increases.
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OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the e District Mission Mode Project are to ensure the following:
a. Undertake backend computerization of District and Tehsil level offices to ensure electronic
delivery of high volume citizen centric services at the district level.
b. Efficient delivery of services with improved Service Levels by undertaking extensive Business
Process Re Engineering of identified services.
c. Extensive Capacity Building and training of field level functionaries to ensure smooth migration
to electronic delivery of e district services and phasing out manual delivery of services.
d. Delivery of services through Common Service Centers (CSCs) by leveraging the common
infrastructure of SWAN, SDC, and SSDG.
e. Development of applications to be hosted at the State Data Centers for delivery of services.
f. Delivery of all public services at District/ Sub District level in electronic form through State
Portals by using the State Service Delivery Gateways.
g. Providing easy, anywhere and anytime access to Government Services (both Information &
Transactional) to ensure reliability, efficiency, transparency and accountability.
h. Reducing number of visits of citizens to a Government office / department for availing the
services and there by eliminating harassment.
i. Reducing administrative burden and service fulfillment time & costs for the Government,
Citizens & Businesses
j. Reducing direct interaction of citizen with the Government and encourage ‘e’-interaction and
efficient communication through portal
k. Enhancing perception & image of the Government and its constituent Departments.
COVERAGE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
Coverage of the Project
The e-District MMP is to be implemented in all 640 districts of the country including 41 districts already
taken up under pilot implementation of the eDistrict Project. The implementation of the Scheme
will be completed in four years commencing from 2011-12 and will also include 2 years of O&M
phase.
b. The implementation in the States is proposed to be carried out in 2 phases: In the first phase,
districts in which at least 70 per cent of the CSCs are operational would be targeted for the rollout and
in the second phase, rest of the districts would be selected for the e-District rollout.
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Scope of the project
e-District MMP aims at electronic delivery of all public services at District / Sub District level,
progressively. Initially 10 categories (5 mandatory + 5 State Specific) of identified high volume
citizen centric public services at district and sub-district level will be taken up for implementation.
While doing so, the four pillars of e-infrastructure i.e. SWANs, SDCs, SSDGs and CSCs will be
leveraged and no new infrastructure would be created. Later on, new services could be added
depending on the requirements and the felt needs.
The e-District MMP envisages centralized architecture at the State level with common application
software for each of the identified services for all the districts of the State. The application
software will be hosted in the State Data Centre. Integration across States would be enabled,
through mandatory adherence to technical specifications and e Governance standards. The
detailed guidelines in this regard will be issued by DIT (Department of Information Technology)
separately.
Two key aspects of the Scheme are Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and creation of databases
based on e-Governance standards for the purposes of ensuring interoperability. BPR is intended
to enable process simplification and significant value addition to citizens.
4.0 SERVICES
4.1 Category of Services
A minimum of Five (5) service categories can be undertaken under this Scheme. State would be
required to identify and notify at least 20 services and their service levels to be delivered under this
programme in electronic mode only to the citizens from a fixed cut off date. Accordingly, Government
Orders/ legal changes need to be issued or made by State notifying no parallel manual processing for
these services will be carried out after the cut off date. The State Government will satisfy itself that
electronic system of delivery of services is working satisfactorily and is tested prior to moving for
exclusive mode of delivery of services. Some of the Government Notifications for enabling e services
are available at DIT site at http://www.mit.gov.in/content/government-notifications-enabling-e-
services.
Core list of Services
(a) National Mandated Services
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Five service categories have been identified at the national level which shall be taken up for
implementation by all States which agree to participate in the e District MMP.
(i) Issue of Certificates including services :Birth, Death, Domicile, Nationality, Caste, Marriage,
Income, Employment, etc.
(ii) Social Welfare Schemes including services – Social welfare Pensions (Old age, Widow,
Handicap, Destitute), Scholarships.
(iii) Revenue Court including services – including Case listing, Case adjournment, Stay orders,
Final orders, Status of execution of orders: information, tracking, filing of miscellaneous
applications. Also, Government dues and recovery, as part of Land Revenue – including issue of
notices, record payments, track default processes, updation of treasury receipts, etc.
(iv) Ration Card related services including services change of address, additions, deletions of
members, application for issue of duplicates, etc.
(v) RTI services including services redressal of Grievances – application, tracking, monitoring,
redressal, appeals, etc. related to all
(b) State Optional Service Categories
The State can also add further 5 service categories, at its discretion, for implementation under the
eDistrict MMP. However, in case, funds are available, additional categories of services may be added by
the State subject to adherence to project timelines. Indicative list of service categories, which is
illustrative and not exhaustive from which the States can select is given below. States would be free to
add additional services other than those indicated, subject to their meeting the criterion indicated in
these guidelines.
Table 1: Indicative List of Optional Service Categories
CERTIFICATES GRIEVANCES
REVENUE EDUCATION
MARRIAGE SERVICES HEALTH
ELECTORAL SERVICES EMPLOYMENT
LICENSES POLICE
COURT SERVICES TRAVEL/SERAI
UTILITY SERVICES GRANTS/ LOANS
COLLECTION OF TAX/DUES SOCIAL WELFARE
INDUSTRIES
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4.2 Guidelines for selection of optional services by the State
For the eDistrict MMP, the State should consider the following during the process of selection of
optional services under the Project. This would include:
4.2.1 Identification
States are required to identify all possible public services that can be delivered at the district and sub
district level. States should also make use of the list of services identified under SSDG/ State Portal
project.
4.2.2 Prioritization
Having identified all the services at the district and sub district level, these services may be prioritized
in order of volume. For this the State may make use of already existing surveys by independent
agencies or the number of manual transactions for the last 3 years could also be the one of the basis to
determine the demand.
From the list so drawn, services to be included in the scope of the e district MMP would be
identified by the State based on an analysis of each identified service. The analysis would include
considerations such as:
a. Importance – How important is the service from the citizen’s point of view and how
sustainable the service would be in the long run.
b. Potential benefit to Citizen/Government from computerization.
c. Ease with which service levels (time bound) for each service can be defined , tracked and
ease of replication throughout the state
d. Degree of changes required in existing processes to meet the service level requirements of
each of the service (BPR). BPR reports as available from pilot states is available at DIT
website.
e. Ease with which such changes can be introduced, including legal reforms,
f. Availability and quality of existing manual/digital data that can be used for online service
delivery within a period of 18 months
g. Extent of coordination with multiple offices of the State for provision of the service online
h. Potential for levying user charges for sustainability of the initiative
4.2.3 Automation Of Backend:
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The states may like to use the following criteria for prioritization, however, they may devise their own
criteria and in such a case, the project outlay will be limited to the overall approval under the Scheme.
The selected services are to be classified with reference to the number of line departments involved in
delivering the selected service and whether the line department/s is covered under any other MMP
under the NeGP such as panchayats, police etc
a. High volume services where a single line department is involved in the delivery of the service
should be taken up first , preferably for an end-to-end digitization & workflow automation
(covering all process points) for effective online delivery of service. In any case, minimally, the
service offered under the project must be enabled, to receive requests, track status and deliver
the service online. The backend processes to the extent feasible may be taken up for e
enablement.
b. Priority may also be given to services that involve more than one department at the backend
e.g. Arms License involving Revenue Department and Police Department.
c. For services which at the backend would involve computerization of a line department being
covered under another MMP of National e-Governance plan, funding under eDistrict would
only be made available for providing a minimum interface to the line department with the
district administration for activities such as receipt of requests, status tracking and delivery,
and general information. In such cases the backend processing and infrastructure shall be
beyond the scope of the present scheme.
d. For services that are taken up under eDistrict but where the backend and infrastructure are
being funded out of another project (NeGP or otherwise), it must be ensured that the entire
workflow at the point of service fulfillment “citizen end” is automated – and can be integrated
with the backend as and when the same is ready.
4.3Approach to BPR and Service levels
4.3.1 AS IS Study
a. In line with the philosophy of NeGP i.e. focus on service delivery with assured service
levels, it is mandatory that prior to the start of the actual implementation, the State
undertakes a comprehensive study of the existing processes for service delivery, to
identify areas for improvement across the selected services. (Minimum of Five and
maximum of Ten).This improvement would be aimed at achieving service levels for
each of the service, to be approved by the State as a standard prior to the actual
implementation of the pilot.
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b. Implementation of BPR and Change Management are the key components in ensuring the
success of eDistrict MMP .
4.3.2 BPR & Change Management
The first step in the implementation of the eDistrict MMP would be to undertake the BPR study
of the selected services.
a. States on the basis of BPR shall issue Government Orders / Notifications as may be required to
give effect to electronic delivery of services. Such orders should necessarily indicate the Service
Levels for each of the Services. Additionally, wherever possible, the grievance redressal
mechanism may also be indicated in such Government Orders/Notifications.
b. Pilot States having approved the BPR for the Pilot districts need to extend such Government
orders to all districts. However, in case, different processes are being followed for delivering
the same service in different districts, States need to ensure adoption of a common
standardized process across districts for such a Service.
c. The BPR and other work done under the Implementation of State Portal, SSDG and Electronic
Form Project need to be utilized to the extent possible by each state under eDistrict.
d. Further, the States need to identify the offices at the backend (up to the sub district level)
which are to be inter connected and automated for processing the service requests/ work flow.
Please refer the service delivery architecture given in Annexure 1.
e. The eDistrict Project envisages Centralized Architecture at the State level with common
application software and common citizen database for all the districts of the State, hosted in
the SDC. Citizens will access the web enabled services at CSCs whereas the State Portal would
be the front end. Guidelines for Architecture Specifications, Standards, interoperability with
other MMPs, Sharing of IT Infrastructure through Virtualization, Digital Signature, etc have
been given under System Guidelines in Annexure 1.
4.3.3 Documents for State Approval
The following documents need to be prepared and submitted by the Consultant to the State for
approval:
a. Documentation of the existing process of service delivery across the eDistrict Services
b. Existing and proposed Services Levels
c. Identification of Business Process Reengineering requirement to achieve the proposed
service levels, including areas where legal changes would be required.
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d. Documentation of To-Be Process maps in line with the BPR proposed
e. The proposed BPR has to be examined by the e District Champion of the concerned
State from the view point of ensuring comprehensive service quality improvement.
f. Draft of the Government Order for notification of the delivery of the reengineered
services from a cutoff date
4.3.4 BPRs of the Pilot States are available at http://www.mit.gov.in/content/e-district
4.3.5 Change Management
States will undertake comprehensive change management exercise which will be different from
and in addition to the training given for the application software. Such an initiative would help
officials to understand reasons for changed processes, revised roles and responsibilities and to
motivate ownership of the project. It is expected that there will be change management team
lead by a Change Champion which will lead and coordinate the efforts across the respective
states or districts and would include key officials and change management experts.
Program Management
Empowered Committee
It is proposed to constitute an Empowered Committee, with composition as under, with the
delegation of administrative and financial powers to approve individual e-District projects of the
States/Union Territories(UTs) within the overall approval of Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure
(CCI) as well as in accordance with these guidelines. The Empowered Committee will remain
effective until the completion of implementation of the Scheme across all States/UTs and will take
all steps necessary to ensure completion of implementation of the Scheme within the approved
budget and timelines.
Composition of the Empowered Committee at National Level
Secretary, DIT, Government. of India - Chairman
Representative from Planning Commission - Member
Representative from Department of Expenditure - Member
Additional Secretary, (e-Gov), DIT - Member
Joint Secretary, (e-Gov), DIT - Member
Director General, National Informatics Centre - Member
Director General, STQC, DIT - Member
Financial Advisor, DIT - Member
Director, DIT - Member & Convener
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In addition to the above members, representatives of 3 State Governments will be represented in the
Empowered Committee by rotation.
5.1 Role and responsibilities of various stakeholders
5.3.1 Department of Information Technology (DIT), GoI
a. Frame and Issue Guidelines, Templates based on approved Scheme to the State
Governments and District Administration for implementation of ‘e-District’.
b. Receive and appraise proposals from the State for ‘e-District’ implementation and for
release of sanctioned funds.
c. Form eDistrict National Project Management Unit (NPMU) to assist DIT in monitoring
and assessing achievements by states as per laid down milestones under the project, at
national level
d. Provide technical assistance to the State for effective implementation of the MMP
e. Provide empanelled list of Consultants, OEMs/ Vendors and System Integrators
(Implementation Agencies) for the project management, monitoring and
implementation to the State
f. Support state/designated agency in getting guidance /assistance technical or
otherwise.
5.3.2 State Government
a. The State Governments shall set up a State Project Steering Committee headed by the Chief
Secretary. The committee shall comprise of Secretaries in charge of Finance, Planning,
Revenue, IT, Infrastructure/Industries, Social Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj
Departments, the “e District Champion” for the concerned State and a representative of the
Government of India. Chief Secretary may also co-opt other officials as deemed fit. This
committee shall be serviced by IT/E Governance Department with the help of the State level
PMU.
b. The State Project Steering Committee shall meet at least once a month and shall be
responsible for overall planning, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and guidance for
successful implementation of the e District Scheme in the State.
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c. Identify a State Designated Agency (SDA) and a State e District Mission Leader for smooth
and expeditious implementation of the ‘e-District’ Project. The Mission Leader should
normally be Secretary in charge of IT Department or any other officer of sufficient seniority.
d. The Mission Leader shall interalia coordinate with all concerned Departments to identify the
services and service levels and get approval of the State Project Steering Committee
headed by the Chief Secretary. It is made clear that the prime responsibility of identification
of services and service levels will be that of the concerned Department / Organization.
e. Ensure formation of District e-Governance Societies under the Chairmanship of District
Collector / Magistrate which will be responsible for implementation of the Scheme at the
district level.
f. Provide necessary support, including infrastructure and financial resources, as required
/envisaged under the project.
g. Provide Infrastructure and other support to the State Designated Agency (SDA)
h. Take appropriate steps for legal changes required in implementing BPR for identified
services
5.3.3 Divisional / District Administration:
a. Divisional Commissioners to provide leadership and ownership for implementation of the
Scheme at the Divisional level.
b. District Collector / Magistrate through DeGS shall ensure Planning, Coordination,
Monitoring, Evaluation and Guidance for successful implementation of the e District Scheme
at the district level.
c. A District eGovernance Society (DeGS), headed by the Collector/District Magistrate shall be
established in each district by the district administration and registered under the Societies
Act. The DeGS will be responsible for the implementation of the project at the district level.
District level officials of all service delivery departments could be the members of the
society. The District Informatics Officer (DIO), NIC will be the member secretary of the
Society. The DeGS will also play a key role in the post implementation operation and
maintenance phase of the Scheme
Roles and Responsibility of District eGovernance Society (DeGS)
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a. The DeGS would implement the project and ensure close linkages and coordination
amongst the -various stakeholders in the Project at field level. Provide commitment
and support to bring-in the process changes.
b. Provide overall guidance to the Project partners at District level.
c. Work closely with the System Integrator/Implementing Agency to undertake the
field work, comprehend the requirements, document the observations, prepare
roadmap and redesign the processes.
d. Build capacity of the staff at various levels of the district administration. DeGS and
System Integrator would also work closely with the technical solution provider for
developing and customizing the software, implement the technical solution
e. Manage, supervise and implement backend computerization of partner
Departments/Agencies.
f. The DeGS as owner of the Project at district level will be responsible for proper
record keeping of all the assets including software / artifacts created under the
Scheme at the District level.
g. Release funds to the Implementing agencies on successful completion / installation
of hardware, training, data digitization.
h. Support the Common Services Centers (CSCs), throughout the District for providing
G2C services as per the Service Level Agreements between Departments/ SDA for
CSCs and the Service Center Agency (SCA). It would identify and recommend the
Citizen Services which can be provided in consultation and co-ordination with the
concerned departments on priority and assist SCA in roll out of G2C services
through CSCs.
i. Collect user charges as fixed by the State Government and keep audited accounts of
the same.
j. Take all publicity measures and campaigning through media like TV, radio,
newspaper, conferences, seminars, public meetings, banners and posters etc for
creating awareness about transformation through e-Governance for the benefit of
the rural masses.
k. Explore revenue streams for the sustenance of the District eGovernance Society and
assist SDA in formulating policies accordingly.
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l. The DeGS shall also ensure close tie-ups with all the stakeholders in the project, to
provide commitment and support, help to bring-in the process changes, and overall
guidance to the project. The stakeholders would include district level departmental
officers e.g. SSP/SP, Chief Development Officer, CEO (ZP), District Panchayati Raj
Officer, District Social Welfare Officer, Chief Medical Officer, District Education
Officer / Basic Shiksha Adhikari, Sub Divisional Officer / Magistrate, Tehsildar /
Patwari, Block Development Officer etc.
5.3.4 National Informatics Centre (NIC)
a. NIC shall under the overall guidance, supervision and control of the District
Magistrate / Collector provide assistance and technical support for successful
implementation of the Scheme at the District level.
b. Support the implementation of the project at district level through District
Informatics officer (NIC) who would be the Member Secretary of District e Governance
Society. District level Program Officer provided by the Project Consultant will work under
the guidance of DIO, NIC. The role of DIO can be extended beyond the project period by
the District e Governance Society as the O & M phase is envisaged to be on a transaction
based revenue model. Further a representative of SIO, NIC will also be a member in
District e Governance Society.
c. NIC will ensure that application software developed by NIC in pilot states are
tested by STQC. No software will be deployed for state wide rollout in any state unless it
has been certified by STQC.
Roles and Responsibility of State Designated Agency
(a) Synchronize roll out of ‘e-District’ with e-form, SSDG, State Portal, CSC, SWAN, SDC;
(b) Receive and manage funds to ensure timely fund flow to implementing agencies.
(c) Transfer funds to DeGS for district level activities like hardware installation, training and data
digitization.
(d) Coordinate and facilitate interactions between the project implementation
partners/consultants, State Government Departments and District Administration
(e) Facilitate integration of the existing ICT enabled / E Governance services, wherever possible,
into the e-District Project.
(f) Facilitate selection of Project Consultant and the System Integrator from the empanelled list
provided by DIT under the guidance of State Project Steering Committee.
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(g) SDA shall ensure delivery of services, identification and deployment of new services as per
requirement.
(h) Prepare a comprehensive policy on User Charges.
(i) For the Operations and Maintenance of the e district project, the SDA shall finalize an
effective transaction-based revenue sharing mechanism for all stakeholders i.e. the
Implementing Agency, District e Governance Society (DeGS), CSCs, SCAs, State Designated
Agency etc.
Role of State PMU
a. Design an efficient and effective end to end service delivery process for each of the
identified services. This will be based on AS IS and To BE studies for all the services. This
study may be conducted in more than 1 district subject to a maximum of 3 districts.
b. Prepare the functional requirements (FRS) based on the BPR and review the
System Requirement Specification (SRS) and System Design Documents (SDD) for
the application development.
c. Assist Pilot States in deploying the existing applications for the state wide rollout.
No application software will be deployed for state wide rollout in any state unless
it has been certified by STQC.
d. Assist Non Pilot States in the selection of Application Software from the sets of
STQC certified application software developed during pilot implementation.
e. Prepare the Capacity Building, Change Management & Training plans, identify the legal
changes required and assist in drafting and issuance of Government Orders for giving effect
to the BPR.
f. Assist the SDA in monitoring of the User Acceptance Tests (UAT) and review of test
results.
g. Coordinate with STQC for certification of application software.
h. Prepare RFPs wherever required for State wide rollout.
i. Assist the State in the selection of System Integrator (Implementation Agency).
j. Supervise the installation, commissioning and acceptance of IT infrastructure at
the State and District level.
k. Provide one dedicated manpower at each district for project coordination for 3
years.
l. Supervise the rollout at all the locations.
m. Design the post implementation guidelines for Operation and Maintenance phase.
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n. Project Management and Monitoring with status update and progress tracking.
o. Scope of works of the Project Consultant shall be further refined at the time of
bidding for the Empanelment for both Pilot as well as non Pilot States.
6.0 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Following steps are to be followed at State level for the implementation of the eDistrict MMP -
6.1 Identification of a Nodal Department which would be the Project owner at the state level (IT/E
Governance Department) within 2 weeks of the issuance of these guidelines.
6.2 Notification of a State Designated Agency (SDA) and a Mission Leader to represent the State and
provide all State level support for smooth implementation of the Project. The State Designated Agency
should ideally be a PSU/Society of the State Government. In any event the SDA would have to be
empowered to open a separate Bank account and operate the same for the implementation of the e
District Project within 2 weeks of the issue of the guidelines. It is advised that existing SDAs which are
implementing NeGP Projects (CSC, SWAN, SDC, SSDG, E District Pilots) should normally be designated
as SDAs for the E District Scheme also.
6.3 Formation/Notification of District e-Governance Societies (DeGS) as implementation agencies at
District level, wherever these societies have not yet been constituted, within 45 days of issuance of
these guidelines.
6.4. Preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR)
States are required to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) in the format prescribed by DIT.
Template of DPR is available in Annexure 2.
a. Pilot States shall get the DPRs prepared as part of the E District Pilot implementation which has
already been funded by DIT, as per pilot guidelines.
b. Non Pilot States shall have the option to prepare the DPRs through any of the empanelled
consultants.
c. The DPR will be submitted by the States after taking due approval of State Project Steering
Committees.
d. These DPRs shall be appraised by DIT for approval in conformance to the eDistrict MMP
guidelines/scheme. For the purpose of the appraisal a soft copy of the project proposal should
also be sent by the State to DIT within 2 months of release of these guidelines.
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6.5 Approval by DIT
a. Following the appraisal, the project would be accorded Administrative Approval by the
Empowered Committee for the eDistrict Project and the same would be communicated to the
State / State Designated Agency for project initiation within 3 weeks of the receipt of the
proposal.
b. The Administrative Approval shall be followed with Sanction Order along with the release of
first installment.
6.6 Selection of the State PMU
State wise PMUs will be selected through a Central Bid Process. This bid process will be managed by
DIT. The concerned State IT Secretary will be co-opted in the bid process management.
6.7 Selection of System Integrator (SI) /Implementing Agency
DIT shall also empanel the System Integrators/Implementing Agencies for all the States. It is also
proposed to fix the costs for various responsibilities of the SI as per the categorization of various Notes.
A note on the mechanism of such fixation of rates and selection of SI by the States is enclosed as
addendum to these guidelines. It is requested that views and suggestions on the proposed strategy
may kindly be provided by 13th
June 2011.
Role of System Integrator/ Implementation Agency
(a) Software Development for all identified services based on the centralized architecture
at the State level. This would also include development of UAT procedures and test cases.
(b) Procurement and installation of IT infrastructure from empanelled OEMs/Vendors
(c) Site preparation
(d) Data Digitization.
(e) Deployment of existing/modified application in State Data Centre (SDC) and
integration with SDC /SSDG/Network infrastructure for the statewide rollout.
(f) Provide training on familiarization of computers to users
(g) Provide User Training on the application software. This will also include CSC
operators
Note : SI may partner with a professional training service provider for this purpose
(h) Rollout in the Districts
(i) Interface with SCAs for delivery of services through CSCs
(j) Provide application and system support in SDC for eDistrict
(k) Provide centralised help desk support during and after implementation
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(l) Provide hand holding support during and after implementation at all levels.
Scope of work of the System Integrator shall be further refined at the time of bidding for the
Empanelment for both Pilot as well as non Pilot States
6.8 Empanelment of Original equipment Manufacturers
In view of the need of standardization of hardware and software which is to be installed in large
numbers across the country, DIT would undertake empanelment of OEMs/Vendors for Systems and
Peripherals required for the project. DIT would also determine the unit rates for each item of the
hardware and software (wherever possible), as required for the Project. This would not only reduce
the procurement cycle time but will also result in cost savings and transparency. System Integrators
will be free to procure from any of the empanelled OEMs
6.9 State Wide Rollout
6.9.1 Application Software
a. Application Software under pilot implementation is being developed by 16 states. The detailed
guidelines of rolling out and reusing e-District Pilot Applications in other States is available in
Annexure 1. Non pilot states can adopt one of these applications with the help of the state
PMU. However, if non pilot states opt for development of fresh application which has not been
developed under any of the pilot implementations, the same will have to be done within the
approved outlays for the same and no time extension is envisaged for this activity.
b. Pilot states shall use the same Pilot Application Software for State Wide Rollout. Status of the
STQC testing and compliance have to be provided by Pilot State in the State proposal. The State
needs to complete the test and comply with STQC testing of Pilot Application Software (both
functional and nonfunctional) before submitting the State proposal for the State Wide Rollout
to DIT.
c. Requirements and procedures of STQC testing are given in Annexure 1.
d. Existing Implementing Agencies which do not get their Application Software for the Pilot e
District States certified by STQC will NOT be eligible to bid for the National Rollout of the
Scheme.
6.9.2 System Implementation
a. System Integrator/Implementing Agency shall implement the State Wide Rollout in a
comprehensive manner which shall include interalia development / customization and
deployment of software application in SDC, Procurement and Commissioning of Hardware at
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SDC and also at all locations of the District including Local Networking, Site preparation, Data
Digitization, Training and enabling go live before full fledged State Wide Rollout. The data
digitization should be done through the CSCs of the district concerned.
b. The IT infrastructure created under SDC, SWAN, CSC, State Portal, SSDG and any other MMP
should be leveraged for the Implementation of eDistrict Project.
c. Project envisages centralized architecture at the State level with common application software
for all the districts of the State and State Portal as front end, hosted in the SDC. This would
provide citizen interface through State portal and citizen would be able to download and
submit applications on line.
d. Accessibility of services to citizens is ensured through Common Service Centres which will be
the one stop shop for availing multiple services in an integrated manner. Citizens can access
the web enabled services at CSCs which are the primary point of delivery of all Government
Services under NeGP including web enabled e district services. However citizens could also
access these services through other Internet enabled points of presence including web enabled
Gram Panchayat.
e. In States where State Portal / SSDG is operational, the existing e District application should get
integrated with SSDG. In States where State Portal / SSDG is under development, the e District
architecture should be compatible with it and should get integrated when the SSDG is
operational.
Compliance/Certification by STQC
Quality certification of the e district application software is mandatory. STQC will be the
designated agency to lay the guidelines for testing. In view of the need of testing of
applications across States, professional agencies may also be empanelled by DIT for
undertaking this work.
f. States need to ensure that the System Integrator be also made part of the Joint Entity to be
formed for Post Implementation O&M phase.
6.9.3 Impact Assessment Partner:
To carry out the field study in order to assess the impact of e delivery and give feedback about
the impediments and difficulties in the accessing the services and information.
6.9.4 Capacity Building
Capacity building and training are very important components of the Scheme. This will not only
include imparting training in Information Technology (IT) & Communications skills but also in
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Business Process Reengineering and Change Management. Such trainings and skills will be
imparted to all levels of government employees involved in the processes pertaining to the
selected services. These would range from senior officers such as the State Department
Secretaries upto the officials working in the districts and sub districts such as
Lekhpal/Patwaries/ Panchayat Secretaries etc.
6.9.10 Implementation note for Pilot States
In the pilot states, the Project Consultant and System Integrators for the state wide rollout may be
different from the Project Consultant and SI of the Pilot implementation. Pilot states need to
comply with the following:
a. Application software as developed for the pilot implementation should be tested by STQC
before the State sends the proposals for the statewide rollout. This would be the
responsibility of the SI for the pilot project. The STQC testing would include both functional
and nonfunctional tests which may also include the performance load test for State Wide
Rollout and also the necessary documentation and source code as required by STQC.
b. Preparation of the complete handover documents including Bill of Materials of Inventory, AMC
arrangements etc of the pilot project by the SI of the pilot scheme.
c. Completion and Closure of the pilot project by launching all services as mandated under the
pilot project by the State in all the pilot districts.
d. In case the SI for the Pilot States fails in any of the above mandatory requirements, he will not
be eligible to participate in the empanelment process for the National Rollout of the
Scheme.
7.0 COSTING DETAILS
7.1 Indicative project cost for one district
a. Hardware cost:
Provision of Hardware under this Scheme has been made for the Automated Back End processing of
the services mainly in the offices located in the District Head Quarter and also in all the Block and Tehsil
offices. An indicative type and cost of the Hardware based on the pilot experience is given below.
However based on exact number of offices and also as per the existing IT infrastructure either available
or planned ( Gap Infrastructure requirements need to be detailed for each district) the exact number
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under each head may come down. The requirement of each type of hardware under each office in a
district that is DHQ, Block and Tehsil has to be projected separately
Average cost of Hardware in a district has been estimated on the following assumptions of number of
offices in a DHQ, Tehsil and Block:
Table 2: Average number of offices in District, Tehsil and Block
Type and Quantity of Hardware in a district as given below has been estimated on number of offices as
given above and also based on the pilot experience. As Villages and Panchayats are being covered
under other MMPs, hardware has not been provisioned under eDistrict Scheme for them.
Table 3: Type and Quantity of Hardware at each District
Desktop 144
Laptop 29
Digital Web cam 46
Scanners 2
Network Printers Cum FAX 20
Laser printers 29
Other printer 14
UPS (1 KVA) 144
42 U Rack 1
9U Rack 39
12 Port Switch 41
Leased Line Modem (pair)
1
b Data Digitisation Cost
An average cost of Rs 50 Lakhs has been estimated for data digitisation for all services selected under
eDisrict project in a district. This is the anticipated expenditure under this head and takes into account
data digitization requirements based on the most recent data, going backwards. Post data entry, data
quality check needs to be carried out at least for 10% data by the Tehsildar (or Department Field
Officer) - 2% data check by the Departmental official / (or SDM in case of Revenue department) and it is
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Average number of offices in District Head Quarter location 10
Average number of Tehsils in a district 06
Average number of Blocks in a district 12

proposed to incentives the officials within this provision for error free digital data for eDistrict
application..
c.Training Cost
Training is an important component of the eDistrict program. The officials and staff of district
administration would be trained to work in the changed ICT enabled environment. Also. Since It is
proposed to use the services of DOEACC, DeGS and retired district officials for imparting quality training
at the district and tehsil level. Moreover, it is proposed that staff that performs well in the post training
exams/ tests will be given incentives under this provision. Average training cost has been kept as Rs 15
lakhs per district.
d.Indicative summary of Costing
Table 4: Indicative summary of Costing of District (Rs. Lakhs)
Sl
No
Item Total
1 Hardware 88.00
2 Data Digitization 50.00
3 Training 15.00
4 LAN Networking and Horizontal Connectivity 25.00
5 Site Preparation 30.00
6 Seed Money to eGov Society 10.00
7 Project Manager for 3 years @ 3.60 lakhs per year 10.80
8 Technical Support for 3 years @ 2.4 Lakhs per year 7.2
9 Awareness and Communication 0.10
10 Contingency @3 % of all District-level costs 7.08
Grand Total 243.00
Table 5: Expenditure at State Level Pilot States
S No. Component Unit Cost
(Rs. Lakhs)
Unit Cost
Period
Total Cost (Lakhs) for
3 years
1 Systems at SDC 175 One Time 175
2 Systems Support 24 Per Year 72
3 Software for Pilot 15 One Time 15
4 Third Party/ STQC Testing 35 One Time 35
5 Application Support 18 Per Year 54
6 Awareness and Communication 20 One Time 20
7 Assessment 15 One Time 15
Total Expenditure for Pilot States 386
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7.3 Indicative Cost at State Level-Non Pilot States
Table 6: Expenditure at State Level Non Pilot States
S No. Component Unit Cost
(Rs. Lakhs)
Unit Cost
Period
Total Cost (Lakhs) for 3
years
1 DPR Preparation - 10 One Time 10
2 Systems at SDC 175 One Time 175
3 Systems Support 24 Per Year 72
4 Application Software Software for
non Pilot
55 One Time 55
5 Third Party/ STQC Testing 35 One Time 35
6 Application Support 18 Per Year 54
7 Awareness and Communication
Citizen awareness on launch of
eServices
20 One Time 20
8 Assessment 15 One Time 15
Total Expenditure for Non Pilot
States
436
7.4 Categorization of States
Table 7: Categorisation of States / UT’s for Placement of Consultants
S.No. State/ UT State/
UT
No. of
Districts
State
category
(A,B,C,D)
Pilots
Being
Implem
ented
No. of
Districts
for
Rollout
No. of Consultants
at State capital
1 Andaman UT 3 A 0 3 1
2 Chandigarh UT 1 A 0 1 1
3 D & N Haveli UT 1 A 0 1 1
4 Daman & Diu UT 2 A 0 2 1
5 Goa State 2 A 0 2 1
6 Lakshadweep UT 1 A 0 1 1
7 Pondicherry UT 4 A 0 4 1
8 Sikkim State 4 A 0 4 1
9 Tripura State 4 A 0 4 1
10 Arunachal
Pradesh
State 16 B 0 16 2
11 Chhatisgarh State 18 B 0 18 2
12 Delhi UT 9 B 0 9 2
13 Himachal
Pradesh
State 12 B 0 12 2
14 Kerala State 14 B 2 12 2
15 Manipur State 9 B 0 9 2
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16 Meghalaya State 7 B 0 7 2
17 Mizoram State 8 B 1 7 2
18 Nagaland State 11 B 0 11 2
19 Punjab State 20 B 2 18 2
20 Uttarakhand State 13 B 1 12 2
21 West Bengal State 19 B 2 17 2
22 Andhra Pradesh State 23 C 0 23 3
23 Assam State 27 C 2 25 3
24 Bihar State 38 C 4 34 3
25 Gujarat State 26 C 0 26 3
26 Haryana State 21 C 1 20 2
27 Jammu &
Kashmir
State 22 C 0 22 3
28 Jharkhand State 24 C 1 23 3
29 Karnataka State 30 C 0 30 3
30 Maharashtra State 35 C 3 32 3
31 Orissa State 30 C 2 28 3
32 Rajasthan State 33 C 2 31 3
33 Tamil Nadu State 32 C 6 26 3
34 Madhya Pradesh State 50 D 5 45 4
35 Uttar Pradesh State 71 D 6 65 4
Total 640 40 600 76
8.0 MILESTONES AND TIME LINES
Under National rollout of eDistrict project time limit for implementation for those states which have
been implementing pilot project shall be one year from the date of issue of Administrative Approval by
DIT and for other states ( non pilot states) it will be 2 years. An indicative overall time frame is given
below where some activities are to be planned in parallel.
SL No Name Duration (days)
A Project Preparatory Works
1 Approval of scheme at DIT by GOI 0
2 Communication from DIT to state 10
3 Preparation of DPR by State 45
4 Constitution of DeGS 45
E-DISTRICT PROJECT EXECUTION
B Stage 1- Project Development
1 Approval of DPR by DIT, GoI
2 Appointment of Project Consultants 15
3 Current State Assessment Study 45
Submission of AS-IS Report 35
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Approval of AS-IS Report by State 10
4 BPR & Gap Assessment 45
Submission of BPR & Gap Assessment Report 30
Approval of BPR & Gap Assessment Report by
State
15
5 Government Orders 60
Preparation of draft Government Orders (GO) 30
Approval and issue of GO by State 30
6 Data Migration & Digitization Plan 30
Preparation of Data Migration & Digitization Plan 15
Approval of Data Digitization Plan by State 15
7 Training & Change Management Plan 30
Preparation of Training & Change Management
Plan
15
Approval of Training & Change Management Plan
by State
15
8 Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) 60
Prepare FRS of e-District application 30
Approval of FRS Report by State 30
9 Scope of works of customised application for
non pilot states
40
Submission Scope of works of customised
application Reoprt by Consultant
25
State approval of Scope of works of customised
application
15
10 RFP Preparation 75
Draft Submission by Consultant 30
Approval by State 30
Approval by DIT 15
C Stage 2- Project Implementation
1 Selection of SI 60
2 Software Requirement Specification (SRS) 75
Preparation of Software Requirement
Specification (SRS)
50
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Approval of SRS report by State 25
4 Custimisation and Development of Software
Application
90
Submission and Acceptance of system designs 30
Submission and Acceptance of Testing Plan 15
5 User Acceptance Testing of e-District application 60
6 Third party application audit by STQC 45
7 Hardware procurement & Commissioning 150
Placement of order by State 15
Commissioning at Data Center 45
Commissioning at District locations 120
8 Site preparation for e-District project 150
Civil construction,Office infrastructure 100
Network connectivity (Horizontal & LAN)
installation
50
9 Completion of Training & Change Management
activities
50
10 Digitization of Historical data 90
11 Deployment of e-District application at SDC 30
12 Go-Live of e-District application 30
D
Stage 3- Project Post Implementation
2 Years
1 Constitution of Joint Entity for (O&M) of e-District
project
30
2 Project handover from Project Consultant to Joint
Entity
365
3 Citizen Satisfaction Survey 1 30
4 Post Go-Live project assessment 45
5 Citizen Satisfaction Survey 2 30
6 Project closure report from State Government to
DIT
45
9.Project Monitoring Mechanism
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Program Management Units (PMUs) are to be set up at the National, State and District levels to enable
implementation of the project in a time bound manner.
a. The National Unit would be responsible for preparing the guidelines, processes and
templates for the national rollout. It will also monitor implementation of the MMP,
execution of which will be carried out by the State Governments or its agencies.
b. The State Unit will oversee the implementation across all the districts in the State.
c. The District Units will assist the Collectors and District Magistrates for the
implementation of MMP and its operations & maintenance during post
implementation as well.
d. For overall guidance and supervision, each State will be assigned an e District
champion. The champions will be chosen from amongst retired officers who would
have held positions of the level of Secretary to GoI or Chief Secretary of the State
concerned. The selection will be done by DIT in consultation with the State
Government concerned
9.1 Central Project e Mission Team (CPeMT)
9.1.1 Composition of CPeMT
• Additional Secretary (e-Governance), GoI – Chairman
• Financial Advisor or his representative
• DG NIC or his Representative
• Joint Secretary (e-Governance), GoI
• DG STQC or his Representative
• Senior Director / Director, DIT in charge of SWAN, SDC, CSC, SSDG
• Director (e-District), DIT - Convenor
Role and Responsibilities of CPeMT
a. To review the financial and technical progress of the project
b. To assess the progress of work on the project and to advice the project execution team
on new directions / approach and ensure its smoother progress and link-up with the
work going on elsewhere in the country for full utilization of the capabilities available in
the country.
c. To examine specific request from State / State Nodal Agency regarding changes in
sanctions and to make recommendations thereon for consideration by the Empowered
Committee.
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d. To ensure advance action regarding completion of the project, establishment of
facilities. Its utilization and transfer of know how etc. for successful replication.
e. Review the deliverables of the agencies involved and amends the deliverables of
required keeping in view the project objective.
9.2 State Apex Committee
The State Apex Committees, under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, have already been
created as per the Operational Guidelines issued by DIT vide
http://www.mit.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Guidlines_Operational_Model_V42_231210.pdf.
Role and Responsibilities of State Apex Committee
a. Approval on the departments and the services to be taken up under the e-District project.
b. Approval on the changes required in the Departmental Processes (BPR).
c. Laying down the respective duties and obligations of each entity including that of CSC/SCA in
respect of each service to be made available electronically.
d. Decisions on Policy matters.
e. Approval on issuance of necessary government orders and notifications for enablement of e-
District services through CSCs
f. Ensure integration with other MMPs like NLRMP, Transport, Employment Exchange etc
g. Decision on release of funds under the Scheme.
h. Monthly review of the Scheme
i. Address any interdepartmental issues if required.
j. Overall guidance and directions for speedy implementation of the Scheme.
9.3 State Project e-Mission Team (State PeMT)
At the State level, the State Project e-Mission Team (State PeMT) will oversee the implementation of
the Scheme. Its composition is given hereunder:
• Secretary in charge of IT Department or any other Secretary designated by the Chief
Secretary (Mission Leader)
• Representative from State Designated Agency (like AMTRON in Assam, CeG in Karnataka,
HARTRON in Haryana--), which is the designated agency for SDC/SWAN/SSDG/CSC.
• Representatives/HODs from concerned departments
• Representative of Finance, Planning Departments
• SIO from NIC
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• Any other officer deemed fit by the Chief Secretary
Role and Responsibilities of State PeMT
a) Overall responsibility to oversee implementation and monitoring of the Scheme
b) Prioritization of departments and services for which e-District project needs to be
implemented.
c) Examine, review and approve the deliverables of Consultants/ Implementing agencies.
d) Examine and enable the progress of implementation of BPR and Change management
e) Review and approval of the RFP.
f) Bid process management for selection of Consultant and Implementation Agency(ies)
g) Management of Capacity Building (Training + ) plan.
h) Exercise Strategic Control as per guidelines issued by DIT
(http://www.mit.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Guidelines_Strategic_Control_Outsorced_P
rojects_251110.pdf)
i) Ensure Certification from STQC or its empanelled agencies before Services Go Live
j) Ensure support during Operation and Maintenance period
9.4 . State e-Mission Team (SeMT)
The SeMT shall support the State PeMT in project implementation and shall build up necessary
capacities to manage the project on an ongoing basis. The SeMT will appraise the projects before they
are sent to DIT. They will look into issues including Strategic Control, Adherence to Standards, Security
Issues and leveraging of e Infrastructure.
10.0 FUNDS MANAGEMENT
All funds under the ‘e-District’ Project for Pilot implementation would be released directly to the State
Designated Agency identified by the State Government in the project proposal. Funds under this
scheme may also be released directly to the District e-Governance Society for which State has to
include all such details in DPR.
10.1 Sanction of the Project and stages of release of the funds.
The funds would be released in 3 installments on accomplishment of prescribed milestones, and the
State Government certifying the utilization. The prescribed milestones are listed below.
10.2 The first installment of 20% of the project cost would be released subsequent to administrative
and financial approval by DIT of the pilot proposal.
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All subsequent releases would be subject to submission of utilisation certificate by the SDA & release of
State Government commitment & utilisation of the same. The prescribed format of utilisation
certificate is given below.
In case the actual utilized amount works out to be different from the amount sanctioned by the DIT for
the said Scheme for a State, the Designated Agency would be required to submit a revised sanction
proposal for the ‘e-District’ Project, prior to release of next instalment.
10.3 The second installment of 50 % of the project cost would be released subject to meeting all of the
following conditions;
(a) Utilization of released funds
(b) Issue of Government Orders for enabling e services in the State.
(c) Formation of DeGS
(d) State approval of Base Line study, BPR, FRS, selection of System Integrator and placement of
Purchase order for procurement of Hardware, Digital Signature and other IT infrastructure.
10.4 The third and final installment of 30 % of the project cost would be released subject to meeting
all of the following conditions;
(a) Utilization of released funds
(b) Testing of application by STQC, launch of 20 services in at least 50 % of the districts of the state.
The service delivery would be based on the basis of sharing user charges among the stakeholders of a
Joint Entity which will be responsible for operating and maintaining the project on long term basis.
11.0 DEFINITION OF SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME
For the project to be considered successful, the following outcome would be considered:
a. Successful implementation of Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
b. STQC testing completed before launch of services.
c. Launch of all services as detailed in FRS
d. *Number of live notified ‘e-Services’, adhering to prescribed service levels throughout the
State.
e. To be live for at least six months with services being provided through CSCs and other front
end systems
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f. Leveraging the SWAN, SDC , CSC and State Gateways
g. Regular data updating for 2 years during O&M phase through ‘Institutionalized’ capacity to
sustain e-enabled delivery on a consistent and regular mode.
h. Development and implementation of a financial sustainability model
i. Formation of Joint Entity in 1st
year of O&M phase and successful Operation through Joint
entity in 1st
and 2nd
year of O&M phase.
j. Post Implementation Assessment and improvements in service delivery levels as envisaged
k. Visible and enhanced accountability of the governance structure to deliver efficiently and
transparently.
l. GO LIVE of the services shall be defined as:
“Launch of all e-services as detailed in FRS, notified and adhering to prescribed service levels
in 50% of the districts of the first phase or in 10 districts which ever is more”
12.0 INCENTIVE SCHEME
Incentive for implementation of the e-District scheme would be of two types, one for speedy
implementation of the e-District scheme and the second for efficient delivery of services during the
Operation and Maintenance phase of the project. For ensuring effective and speedy implementation of
the e-District scheme, a scheme of incentives will be established both at the State Level and National
Level
(a) State Level Prizes.
For this purpose states will be grouped into three categories.
(i) Category I : For States with less than 10 districts; For these states, the district collector of the
district that has been first to implement the e-district project in States of Category I will be
awarded a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000 for his entire team.
(ii) Category II For States with more than 10 districts but less than 30 districts. For this category of
states, two prizes, first and second prize would be awarded to district collectors that have been
first and second to establish the e-district project amogst these states. The value of the first prize
would be Rs. 1,00,000 and the second prize would be Rs. 75,000.
(iii) Category III Large States with more than 30 districts; For this category of states, three prizes, first
second and third prize would be awarded to district collectors that have been first, second and
third in establishing the e-district project amongst these states. The value of the first , second and
third prize would be Rs. 1,00,000, Rs. 75,000 Rs. 50,000 respectively.
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(b) National Level
(i) First, second and third prizes would be awarded at the National Level to those district
collectors that have been first second and third in establishing e-district projects in their
district. The value of the first , second and third prize would be Rs. 3,00,000, Rs. 2,25,000
Rs. 1,50,000 respectively.
13.0 POST IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT
13.1 Post Implementation
a. All the States will get a Joint Entity in the form of an SPV formed at the earliest but not later
than 31st
March 2012 for the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) phase to ensure the sustained
operation for ensuring delivery of services in the long term as also addition of new services
when the demand for e-services increases. The SPV will ensure O&M on an effective
transaction-based revenue sharing arrangement amongst all Stakeholders i.e. the System
Integrator(Private Partner), District eGovernance Societies (DeGS), CSCs, SCAs, State
Designated Agency etc. The revenue sharing arrangement between the private partners and
State for the O&M phase shall however be defined by each State, based on its demographic
and other challenges. The details of revenue model for such operation needs to be included in
the State DPR.
b. States will get post implementation assessment done through reputed organizations and
academic institutions at the midterm and post launch stages of delivery of services. DIT is in the
process of empanelling Research Institutions as well as market research agencies. The States
should use the services of these organizations for undertaking Impact Assessment. Guidelines
in respect of Post Implementation Assessment are given hereunder.
13.2 Assessment of the services being delivered under eDistrict project need to be got done by the
States through third party through DIT -empanelled agencies at the mid term and post launch stages of
the services. Following is the frame work of assessment:
Table 8: Assessment Framework to Measure Objectives and Outcomes
Dimension Indicators Questions
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Economic:
Direct &
Indirect
• Direct cost to user: travel
costs, travel time, elapsed time
for service delivery, cost of
repeated visits
• Number of trips made for the service
• Average travel cost of making each trip
• Average travel time for each trip
• Average waiting time in each trip
• Estimate of wage loss if any
• Extent of reduction of cost of
paying bribes
• Payment of bribe to Government
functionaries/ agents : Yes/No
• Total amount paid in bribes to
Government functionaries/ agents
• Extent of reduction of cost ofpaying
bribes
• Amount of payments made to agents to
facilitate the service
• Rate of errors and time for
recovery
• Any errors in the documents which
required correction: Yes/No
• Number of trips required for correction
to be done
• Travel cost for the trips
• Waiting time in offices for getting
correction done
• Rate of errors and time for Recovery
• Estimate of wage loss, if any, in getting
corrections done
• Payment of user
fee/processing
• Total processing fee paid for the task
charges
• Total license fee, stamp duty, taxes paid
• Extent of reduction in
Data/documents to be
submitted
• Number of documents to be submitted
• Cost of preparation of documents in
terms of hours/days
• Effort in preparing documents:
• Measure on a scale
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Governance:
Corruption,
Accountability,
Transparency,
Participation
• Levels of corruption
• Need for engaging
intermediaries Yes/No
• Adherence to a citizen’s
charter:
• compliance to committed
service time frame
• Accountability of
Government functionaries
• Quality and quantity of
information shared by
agencies
• Measured on a scale
• Yes/No
• Perception measured on a scale
• Degree to which of Government
functionaries can be held accountable:
Measure on a scale
• Are the rules and procedures clearly
stated without ambiguity and mistakes:
• Transparency of data: Measure on a
scale
• Transparency of decisions: Measure on a
scale
• Does the agency take responsibility for
the accuracy of information shared:
Yes/No
• Quality and quantity of
Information exchange
between client and agencies.
• Has any suggestion or feedback been
provided:
• Yes/No
• Ability to influence policy,
rules/procedures through
feedback
Quality of
Service:
Decency,
Fairness,
Convenience,
etc.
• Quality of problem resolution
and exception handling
• Was any problem taken for resolution:
• Yes/No
• Satisfaction with the resolution process:
• User independence of time
and/or place, 24 x 7
availability
• Convenience of location of access point
for service: Measure on a scale
• Is the service available 7 days a week:
Yes/No
• Satisfaction with service timings:
Measure on a scale
• Quality of facilities at access
Points
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• Simplicity of user actions
required for obtaining the
service
• Single window access to
several
• How many different services are availed
services Convenience through a single
window: measured on a scale
• Overall convenience in
obtaining service
• Friendliness in interaction
with Government staff
• Extent of protection of
privacy
• Any instance of privacy being violated:
Yes/No
• Perception of protection of privacy and
confidentiality of data: measure on a
scale
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