State government to set up IT labs in districts

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh September 5

The Haryana Government plans to set up IT Labs at the district level. These labs would be used for computerisation and digitalisation of data, Aadhaar Seeding, Basic Computer Training, Application Software Oriented Training, Government to Citizen (G2C) Services, training to village and urban level entrepreneur, district stakeholders, the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) Programme for Anganwari and the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA).

A spokesman of the Electronics and Information Technology Department said here today that these labs would also be used for holding various exams being conducted by the HARTRON, the Technical Education Department and the Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani.

He said under the skill upgradation programme for more job placement opportunities, it is envisaged to set up at least four specialised labs in the field of fiber optics, robotics, IOT (Internet of Things) in the state under the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing scheme. He said that there was also a plan to set up an Electronics and ICT Academy in at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, to improve the skill of faculties working in colleges and technical institutions of the state. Apart from this, new scheme to impart hardware skills in 25 courses in Electronics and Telecom field was being initiated in collaboration with the National Institute for Electronics and IT (NIELIT), a Government of India entity and the HARTRON.

He said that a comprehensive InfoSec policy is being prepared, for which Information Security Management Office (ISMO) had already been set up.

The spokesman said with a view to provide various people-centric services under one roof, the Haryana Government had established 4,080 common service centres (CSCs) in the state. While services like the birth certificate and scheduled castes and backward classes certificates were available in the electronic mode at these centres, services like application for passport, pan card were also being provided through them. He said that the number of CSCs had been increased from 792 in March, 2015, to 4080 in July.