KSITM to roll out e-district across Kerala

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Kerala State Information Technology Mission (KSITM), a mission mode project under the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP) is working towards the State wide roll out of e-district Kerala.

Ever since the pilot projects have been launched in Pallakad and Kannur districts, nearly ten lakh digital certificates have been issued to applicants.

Through KSITM, citizens can submit applications anytime for availing the required services. All certificates are issued through the e-district portal and it also includes the digital signature of the issuing officer.

According to an official press release issued by the KSITM, "As many as 23 revenue certificates have been already made available online in the first phase. Nine other departments are preparing to roll out 43 citizen-centric services through the e-district portal."

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has developed the e-district application and in order to enable service delivery through e-district, the government has notified the Kerala Information Technology (Electronic Delivery of Services) Rules, 2010, under the Central IT Act, 2000.

Once the proposed online database verification system is launched, the public will only have to provide a serial number of the certificate for availing any service. The village officer can verify each application with the respective department's database and issue certificates immediately.

The State Data Centre (SDC) which is based on a free and open source software platform will store all relevant details and digital documents related to each application. The KSITM has developed a portal that will help official authorities to track and monitor the flow of applications in each e-district.