e-India 2010 to be held in City

Hyderabad|India|July'2010: e-India 2010 – A Premier Annual Mega ICT (Information & Communications Technology) Products Exhibition/Show organized by Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) along with the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India, in partnership with several Government agencies and departments. The event will be attended by entrepreneurs, Ministers, Secretaries of other states and countries.  

The 6^th edition of eIndia 2010 scheduled from 4^th to 6^th August, 2010 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India. 

Key Objectives of Track Conferences

• Share the achievements, challenges and lessons learned in implementing e-Governance in India
• Discuss the current and future security needs and issues and explore best practices in the security sector
• Connect decision-makers, policy makers, industry experts, business leaders, to foster exchange of ideas and information impacting the power sector
• Showcase information technology applications in the power sector
• Provide more vistas of opportunity for partnership building, development reorganization and capacity enhancement for the rural stakeholders
• Bring forth views and latest news from regulators, policy makers, service providers, content providers and Infrastructure providers
• Look at the current situation and outline desirable future developments in the field of ICT enabled education
• Provide integrated approach of ICT supported education
• Bring together the entire community of health IT professionals and practitioners to celebrate success stories, discuss strategies and explore opportunities awaiting the healthcare industry in India
• Deliberate on the issues facing the telecentre movement, the journey till now, and devise new plans for the future

Expected Outcomes

• Identifying emerging policy issues and implementation challenges facing India, and learning from different experiences
• Preparing recommendations for policy action
• Building stronger multi-stakeholder partnerships
• Identifying business models that promote innovations and sustainability of ICTD projects
• Encouraging detailed documentation of the conference process and content
• Knowledge dissemination

The e-Governance initiatives of the IT&C Department are:

The initiatives envisaged are:

1.                  Create a secure e-governance infrastructure (CSC, APSWAN, SDC, SSDG)

2.                  Create common procurement platform

3.                  Electronic Workflow management

4.                  Grievance handing of common man and integrated RTI Call Center for all departments

1.      AP State Wide Area Network (APSWAN): New AP State wide Area Network (APSWAN) will be implemented to provide the communications infrastructure for carrying Government data, voice, and video applications. The New APSWAN will have connectivity from State Head Quarters (SHQ) to Mandal Head quarters (MHQ). The connectivity is 8 Mbps from State Head Quarters to District Head Quarters (DHQ). The connectivity is 2 Mbps from District Head Quarters to Mandal Head quarter (MHQ). Video conference facility will be extended up to Mandal Level. The New SWAN is up gradable to suit the Govt. requirements and being built on PPP model with funding from DIT, GoI under NeGP.  Connectivity is established up to districts. The project will be operational by August 2010.

2.      State Data Centre (SDC): The Government of Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, planned to establish State Data Centre in an area of 8900 Sq.Ft. with 70 server rack space, 200 TB storage capacity to cater to the needs of all departments of State Government by providing rack space, latest serves and data Centre services including application managements. The Datacentre to be ready by  December 2010..

3.      E-procurement: The project is first of its kind in India, started in 2003.The number of tenders processed have grown from 1000  to 18000  and value wise from Rs 2500 Cr to  Rs 15500 Cr.

 4.      EDS (e-Seva)::. Implemented Electronic Queue Management System to measure the Quality of Service rendered by e-Seva centers. The following services are added

  Total e-Secva Centres in the State is 312. e-Seva makes 1,30,000 transactions per day collecting Rs. 18.00 Crores to Rs. 20.00 Crores per day

A.Existing Services in eSeva:

 1.      APTRANSCO

2.      BSNL

3.      WUMT

4.      RTA

5.      HMWSSB

 New initiatives from last 10 months.

1.      Issue  of Electro Photo Identity Cards (Election cards) for EPIC approved candidates . As of date 2,73,326 citizens are served.

2.       To book new gas connection at e-Seva centers is introduced  . As of date 33,804 citizens availed the facility.

3.       To Issue Birth and Death certificates through all e-Seva centers in GHMC area , as of date 30,650 citizens availed the facility. .

4.       To  Book time slot for Learners license & Driving License .

5.      To issue fresh and renewal of trade license certificates of GHMC area.

6.       To collect bills of private telephone operators such as TATA DOCOMO.

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7.       To collect licensing and renewal fee of Legal Metrology Department.

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e-Gov initiatives by other departments: 

1.VATIS by Commercial taxes dept.

2. CARD by Registration Dept.

3.CFST by Transport Department

4. e-COPS by Police Department

5.SBMS by Social Welfare Department 

6. Andhra Pradesh has emerged as a State that provides the right climate for the growth of IT business and is now one of the most preferred destinations in the Country. A.P. is at present home for major MNC IT giants and Fortune 500 companies, such as Microsoft, Google,  IBM, Oracle, DELL, Deloitte, Convergys, UBS, UHG, JP Morgan, Bank of America, HSBC, Wipro, Infosys, HCL, Honeywell, Siemens, Cognizant, Sonata, Mahendra British Telecom, Patni, Celestica, Unisys,  and many more. 

Andhra Pradesh is home for vibrant IT Industry in India, a delightful destination with warm and affectionate people efficient human resources and high class infrastructure, leisure, recreation, education, clean & green environment, and IT Parks/IT SEZs of international standards. In fact, out of the total IT SEZs approved in the Country, the highest number of IT SEZs (57 IT SEZs) are happening in the State of Andhra Pradesh.  

IT Promotion

            As a growth engine, IT sector in A.P. is making steady strides for rapid socio-economic development of the State. The performance of IT sector in the State is as follows:

                                           *Source : Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Hyderabad

As of now, the share of IT exports from the State of Andhra Pradesh occupies 15% of national IT exports.

 IT/ITES Industry in AP, contributes to 0.57% share of national GDP (as against the national GDP share of 3.83%)

            IT sector contributes to about 49% of total exports from all sectors in the State. AP State ranked 4^th position in IT performance in the Country.

The performance of IT/ITES SEZs in the State:

The Status on setting up of the IT/ITES SEZs is as follows:

*Source : Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Hyderabad

Through the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Policy, the State offers best facilitation & thrust for the growth of Small & Medium Enterprises and sun-rise areas like Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, digital entertainment, in addition to attracting IT majors to set up their facilities with a special dispensation under Mega Projects scheme, etc.

Andhra Pradesh has vast potential for the growth of the IT/ITES industry as large talented urban and rural human resource pool is available. The State has programs to help Industry to select talented manpower through IT Knowledge Partners Program, Rajiv Udyogsri, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Jawahar Knowledge Centers (JKC) and a large number of Engineering and Arts colleges.

With Hyderabad as a model, Govt of AP is promoting other Cities - Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Kakinada and Warangal as Tier-II IT Hubs in the State. Special incentives are offered to locate IT industry in Tier II cities.

As part of the Conference eIndia 2010 will recognize & felicitate the best Performing IT companies, segment –wise as a token of appreciation of their outstanding performance towards achieving the cause of growth of IT in the State.

The exhibition at eINDIA 2010 will facilitate synchronization of demand and supply in terms of adoption of right technology and process, towards enabling e-Governance. To continue the pace of growth and consistent advancement in ICT sector, conference cum exhibition like eINDIA 2010 would go a long way.