Category 1 - eGovernance Excellence Awards | Directorate of Information Technology

Category: Category 1 - eGovernance Excellence Awards (Gold Award Winner)
Project: iSARITA (Stamp and Registration Information Technology Application)
Department: Department of Registration and Stamps
Project Description: The Department of Registration and Stamps looks after registration of the document, recovery of Stamp Duty and preservation of registered document. iSARITA is centralized, 3-tier, state-of-the-art, web-based application running across Department’s more than 500 offices across Maharashtra. Implementation of iSARITA has reduced the average registration time to less than 30 minutes. The department has successfully registered 20 Lakh documents through iSARITA, as of 1st July 2013. This system has helped in improving service delivery to citizens as well as efficiency and transparency. The success of this project has been widely recognized and the project has attracted attention of many other states. This project is a shining example of e-Governance leadership of Maharashtra in India

Category: Category 1 - eGovernance Excellence Awards (Silver Award Winner)
Project: COLIS - Collector’s Information System
Department: Collector
Project Description: COLIS is web-based District Administration Portal for Collectors office in Kolhapur District, hosted at http://collectorkolhapur.gov.in. COLIS deals with critical administrative workflow aspects o Revenue Administration at District, Sub Division and Tahsil level. COLIS also brings in transparency in Revenue Court Case Proceeding, as information about revenue court cases is available on the website. COLIS also has modules for other administrative functions such as Food-Grain Distribution, e-Web Publication, e-Govt-Recovery, e-Godown, e-Pension, e-Election etc. Around 300 advocates, 5000 litigants are using and benefited by this module. More than 2000 cases are processed and 896 cases have been concluded. Through SMS gateway integration, citizens are able to know about the status of their applications. As Court adjournments are communicated to the litigants and advocates on the real-time basis, it has saved more than 12000 man days. A number of other districts in Maharashtra, namely Ahmednagar, Nanded, Thane, Sangli, Pune and Bhandara are also using this system for their offices.

Category: Category 1 - eGovernance Excellence Awards (Bronze Award Winner)
Project: SADM ( Software for Assessment of Disability, Maharashtra)
Department: Public Health Department
Project Description: Earlier Disability Certificates were issued by Social Justice Department and Public Health Department in Manual mode. SADM software has brought a standardized scientific process and format of Disability certificates throughout the state. SADM is a web-based software application that carries out a scientific assessment of disabilities and issues Disability certificates in Maharashtra. Now disability percentage is done using scientific calculation as per GOI guidelines. All 35 District hospitals and a number of medical colleges have started issuing the certificate.45000 applicants have been registered and more than 36000 certificates have been issued. The project has achieved its aim to bring in transparency in the calculation of the Disability percentage by minimizing the discretion element of Doctors during the assessment.