1. NeGP-A Overview & Feedback on Guidelines

2. NATIONAL e-GOVERNANCE PLAN Agriculture (NeGP-A)
Launched in May, to improve public service delivery
NeGP Includes : 12 cluster of Services with 75 components.
Web enabled delivery of services & service levels
Process re-engineering, change management and project management
Centralized Initiative - Decentralized Implementation

3. Implementation Strategy
Delivery of services through multiple modes.
CAP & SAPs being developed for standardization and would facilitate data flow within and outside the States.
Scope includes Data / Disaster Recovery Centres, computer hardware up to Block level, Site Preparation, Application Development , Data Digitisation, Capacity building & Training.
Strengthening/Promoting of Agricultural Information System under AGRISNET to continue with all unspent balances under AGRISNET (without any definite plan of action) to be considered as part of Government of India resources available for NeGP-A.
NIC selected to develop Solution Design, Development, Testing & Acceptance, Solution Implementation, Training & Change Management (pertaining to the application software).

4. Project Activities & Timelines of NeGP-A Roll out PhaseSR
Activity
Timelines A
IMPLEMENTATION PRE- PLANNING A1
Date of RFP Release
31 May 2014 B
IMPLEMENTATION B1
Completion of Software Development by NIC of components which have been cleared for development.
30 Apr 2014 B2
Incorporation of changes/suggestions from Divisions and States to all SRS documents for software development in remaining service clusters
30 Jun 2014  B3
Completion of all SRS of remaining components to such a level that on which Software Development can start taking place.
31 Jul 2014 B4
Completion of Data Entry Screens
30 Sep 2014 B5
Selection of Hardware Vendor by DAC
15 Sep 2014 B6
Completion of Civil Infrastructure and Site Preparation (by State Agriculture Department
31 Aug 2014

5. Project Activities & Timelines of NeGP-A Roll out PhaseB7
Signing of Agreement
30 Sep 2014 B8
Installation of Hardware by Hardware Vendor
15 Jan 2015  B9
Pilot launching of all Services
Data Digitalisation by States
30 Nov 2014
B10
Suggestions received from States on services
31 Dec 2014
 B11
User Acceptance Testing
Completion of Data Migration
31 Jan 2015 
 B12
Complete Implementation / Deployment / Stabilisation including required software and hardware for Central Segment (Go-Live) at all locations
31 Mar 2015   C
Operations & Maintenance and Support Phase
01 Apr 2015 

6. Role & Key Activities to be undertaken by State Government
State Agriculture Department to be Nodal Department.
Civil Infrastructure Preparation.
Backup power arrangements, wherever needed.
Hiring of manpower on contract basis.
Setting up of State Project Monitoring Unit (SPMU).
Comprehensive inputs on SRS documents and feedback on pilot run of software packages.

7. Role & Key Activities to be undertaken by State Govt.
Data digitization (Rs. 10 Lacs/State) & localization.
Receipt, Acceptance Testing and uploading of reports for site readiness and hardware/Sys Software
Recurring expenditure on power and consumables except to the extent of funding by the GOI.
States’ share for manpower (0%, 30% & 50%) during first 3 years & Site 45% for all sites except Training Labs which will be funded 100% by Center .
Senior nodal officer for interacting with GOI and other Stakeholders.
Power back up through Solar Panel /Diesel Generators . A sum of up to Rupees one lakh per block subject to an upper limit of 33% of total blocks in the State.
Contingency provisions at the rate of 7.5% of overall budget to meet unforeseen requirements.
Help Desk – Central & in States (with vernacular language support)

8. Support of GOI under NeGP-A
H/W & and System S/w with comprehensive onsite warranty for 5 years
Basic IT training to end users.
Full support for site preparation of Training Centers and 55% share for other sites.
100, 70 and 50 percent for manpower cost for first three years.
Connectivity charges with SWAN for end user locations for a period of 3 Years at an average of Rs per location per year.
An amount of Rs per block, Rs.10, 500 per district headquarter and Rs. 30,000 per State head quarter per year for consumables like printer cartridges etc. for a period of three years.
Support for IT infrastructure at selected Mandis, Hand-held devices for e-Pest surveillance.
Complete address details of locations where hardware items are to be delivered will be compiled and provided by each State.

9. TRAINING
02 days Basic IT training to end users at State, District & Block level officials.
An amount of Rs per person for the two days for meeting TA/DA and other administrative charges.
The training of CSCs VLEs Expenditure for the training will be borne out of item A2 in the Cafeteria of Activities under ATMA Scheme.
ICT Training labs at the scale of one per five districts will be established in each State. One time grant of Rs. 8 lacs per location being given by Govt. of India.

10. NORMS FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER HARDWARE AT STATE LEVEL
Item
State Agriculture Department
State Agriculture University
Hand-held Devices for Pest Surveillance
Pilot Mandi (01 per State)
District
Block
Desktop 20 06 5 3
Printer-cum-Scanner 01 1
Switch(08/24 port)
Modem
UPS (650VA)
Hand Held devices
2800* 10
Touch Screen Kiosk
0.5(01 Kiosk per 02 Blocks

11. Norms for Infrastructure Set-up
Items
State Agri Dept.
State Agri University
District
Block
State Data Centre (Civil & Electrical)
1,50,000 NA
State Data Centre (Access Control)
2,00,000
Site Preparation Cost
1,00,000
100000
75000
67000
Site Preparation for Training Centre
(for 5 districts)

12. NORMS FOR MANPOWER DEPLOYMENT
NeGP-A
Item
State Agri Dept.
State Agri University
District
Block
Data Entry Operator / Computer Operator 4 2
0.5(i.e. 1 per two block)
State PMU Consultants 3

13. Criteria for deployment & Financial Assistance
Number of Blocks
Senior Consultant
Consultant
Monthly Cost Ceiling* (Rs. In lacs)
0-5 and Delhi#
6-60 1
1.80
61-160
3.25 2
4.75
>360 3
6.00

14. Categorisation of States/UT’s for SPMU Resources
S. No.
Name of State
Districts
Blocks
Category
Max. No. of resources 1
Delhi 10
Category A 2
Chandigarh 3
D&N Haveli 4
Daman & Diu 5
Lakshadweep 9 6
Andaman & Nicobar 7
Goa 12 8
Puducherry 15
Sikkim 24
Mizoram 26 11
Meghalaya 39
Tripura 45 13
Nagaland 52 14
Manipur 60

15. Categorisation of States/UT’s for SPMU Resources15
Himachal Pradesh 12 78
Category B 2 16
Arunachal Pradesh 94 17
Uttarakhand 13 95 18
Haryana 21
119 19
Jammu & Kashmir 22
136 20
Punjab
141
Chhattisgarh 27
146
Kerala 14
153

16. Categorisation of States/UT’s for SPMU Resources23
Karnataka 30
189
Category C 3 24
Gujarat 33
245 25
Rajasthan
249 26
Jharkhand
260 27
Assam
268 28
Andhra Pradesh 22
271 29
Orissa
314
Madhya Pradesh 51
321 31
West Bengal 19
347 32
Maharashtra 35
357
Tamil Nadu
385 34
Bihar 38
534
Category D 4
Uttar Pradesh 75
821

17. AGRISNET

18. State-wise details of funds released under AGRISNET
Sl. No.
Name of the State
Total Amt. released up to Dec-2012
UC received
Unspent Balance 1
Andhra Pradesh
643.35
NIL 2
Arunachal Pradesh
138.48 3
Assam
36.60 4
Chhattisgarh
223.42
125.97 5
Gujarat
368.37 6
Haryana 7
Himachal Pradesh
703.12 8
Karnataka
165.01
83.13
81.88 9
Kerala
83.14 10 MP
865.49
843.46
22.03

19. 11
Maharashtra
553.60
351.23
202.37 12
Meghalaya
259.06
115.75
143.31 13
Mizoram
177
NIL 14
Nagaland
150.10
105.10 15
Orissa
579.75 16
Puducherry
27.22
26.62
0.60 17
Punjab
376 5
371 18
Rajasthan
319.90 19
Sikkim
158.84
145.87
12.97 20
Tamil Nadu
104.40 21
Uttar Pradesh 22
Uttarakhand
220 23
West Bengal
591.26
581.23
10.02 24
Bihar
400 25
Goa 45 26
Manipur
150
Total

20. KISAN CALL CENTRE(KCC)

21. Revamped KCCs since
Voice/Media Gateways (IPPBX based decentralized system) & MPLS.
Aim: reach at least one third the farmers households, once in a year. It amounts to about crore calls/year.
Total 1.49 crore calls registered at KCCs since inception.
Call barging and 100% call recording
SMS to caller farmers providing a gist of advisories given to them on phone.
Voice mail system for recording farmer’s queries with provision for call back.
Soft phones in every personal computer with caller ID facility.
Facility of video conferencing for upgradation of skills of KCC agents.
Centralized monitoring of KCCs at different locations.

22. Number of Calls Registered in KKMS since inception (Jan
Number of Calls Registered in KKMS since inception (Jan.2004 to March 2014)

23. THANK YOU