<p>In a move that would establish Andhra Pradesh as a model state in e-governance, it will unveil an online platform to offer 600 different citizen services.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The platform, called e-Pragati, will include departments like revenue, land and municipal administration, health, social welfare and education.<br /><br />The state partnered with software major Wipro to develop the platform, which it plans to implement from next month in a phased manner in the new capital region of Amaravati.<br /><br />The project would make AP a model state in Digital India initiative and transform the way government services are delivered to citizens, a release here said. <br /><br />Citizens would find Certificate-Less Government System (CLGS), tele-health, e-education, e-Mandi, Citizen Inbox, Digital Literacy, e-SHG (Self-Help Group), Smart City and Smart Grid among the services delivered through e-Pragati.<br /><br />“The phase 1 of the project will be over in October with 72 sub-projects.” While the entire project will be completed by 2017,” state Information Technology advisor J Satyanarayana said.<br /><br />He said the platform would use analytics to predict performance of various sectors, citizen health profiles, school dropout rates and other indicators.<br /><br />Besides being a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all details on citizens that could be found in “people’s hub” section, e-Pragati will also have a “land hub”.<br /><br /> “All of them will be integrated with the government database and will be used in schemes to avoid data duplication,” Satyanarayana said. <br /><br />Providing a 360 degree view of every sector to both the government and the citizen, e-Pragati will not only offer common applications like Mee Seva, CM Dashboard or Mee-Bhoomi, but would also deliver both department-centric and cross-cutting applications. <br /><br />“It is designed to make the government citizen-centric,” the IT advisor said. “The best part of the platform is digitisation of citizen data spanning age-groups and categories.”<br /><br />The platform will have agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, livestock and related departments under primary sector, while farmers looking for information on crops, land, seeds, insurance and marketing, would find it in e-Mandi section. <br /><br />The government is working to collect all core data through smart pulse survey by pressing 50,000 field workers into service. <br /><br />While gathering data on all citizens, it would track location of the field workers through GPS. The government will also set up a 24-hour control room for the project. </p>
<p>In a move that would establish Andhra Pradesh as a model state in e-governance, it will unveil an online platform to offer 600 different citizen services.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The platform, called e-Pragati, will include departments like revenue, land and municipal administration, health, social welfare and education.<br /><br />The state partnered with software major Wipro to develop the platform, which it plans to implement from next month in a phased manner in the new capital region of Amaravati.<br /><br />The project would make AP a model state in Digital India initiative and transform the way government services are delivered to citizens, a release here said. <br /><br />Citizens would find Certificate-Less Government System (CLGS), tele-health, e-education, e-Mandi, Citizen Inbox, Digital Literacy, e-SHG (Self-Help Group), Smart City and Smart Grid among the services delivered through e-Pragati.<br /><br />“The phase 1 of the project will be over in October with 72 sub-projects.” While the entire project will be completed by 2017,” state Information Technology advisor J Satyanarayana said.<br /><br />He said the platform would use analytics to predict performance of various sectors, citizen health profiles, school dropout rates and other indicators.<br /><br />Besides being a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all details on citizens that could be found in “people’s hub” section, e-Pragati will also have a “land hub”.<br /><br /> “All of them will be integrated with the government database and will be used in schemes to avoid data duplication,” Satyanarayana said. <br /><br />Providing a 360 degree view of every sector to both the government and the citizen, e-Pragati will not only offer common applications like Mee Seva, CM Dashboard or Mee-Bhoomi, but would also deliver both department-centric and cross-cutting applications. <br /><br />“It is designed to make the government citizen-centric,” the IT advisor said. “The best part of the platform is digitisation of citizen data spanning age-groups and categories.”<br /><br />The platform will have agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, livestock and related departments under primary sector, while farmers looking for information on crops, land, seeds, insurance and marketing, would find it in e-Mandi section. <br /><br />The government is working to collect all core data through smart pulse survey by pressing 50,000 field workers into service. <br /><br />While gathering data on all citizens, it would track location of the field workers through GPS. The government will also set up a 24-hour control room for the project. </p>
