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UP govt. chooses TCS to set e-governance data center
By siliconindia
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Friday, 24 September 2010, 22:13 IST
Lucknow: In its bid to join the other states marching ahead in the e-governance arena, the Mayawati led Uttar Pradesh government has selected Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's premier software exporter, to develop the State Data Center for the e-delivery of government services, reports Virendra Singh Rawat of Business Standard.
Chandra Prakash, UP IT and Electronics Principal Secretary informed that four companies including HCL were in the running for the project but TCS emerged the winner as theirs was the most economical offer.
The Data Center will be established in Lucknow, the state capital, which will be a centralized one. All data and services related to the various departments of the state government will be monitored in the Data Center.
This e-governance venture would cost the UP government about 
19 crore. The project will be completed in the six months time.
The project plan is to set up a common service center called Jan Suvidha Kendra (JSK) between every six villages to deliver the services. These centers would provide online income tax, caste, death, birth and domicile certificates, besides issuance/renewal of ration card, old- age pension to the people.
The Data Center will act as a store house of all the departments' information albeit in a digital form. The idea behind this center is to have better coordination among the departments thereby saving precious time and money.
The state has been involving in a lot of e-governance related activities in the recent past. Like sometime back it had updated all the official websites on real time basis with the help of National Informatics Centre (NIC). The introduction of a smart card system is in the offing.
The UP government has already set a 6000 JSKs pilot project to offer online services. Another 11,000 will be launched soon with the help of private organizations.
19 crore. The project will be completed in the six months time.
The project plan is to set up a common service center called Jan Suvidha Kendra (JSK) between every six villages to deliver the services. These centers would provide online income tax, caste, death, birth and domicile certificates, besides issuance/renewal of ration card, old- age pension to the people.
The Data Center will act as a store house of all the departments' information albeit in a digital form. The idea behind this center is to have better coordination among the departments thereby saving precious time and money.
The state has been involving in a lot of e-governance related activities in the recent past. Like sometime back it had updated all the official websites on real time basis with the help of National Informatics Centre (NIC). The introduction of a smart card system is in the offing.
The UP government has already set a 6000 JSKs pilot project to offer online services. Another 11,000 will be launched soon with the help of private organizations.