Title of the Project

Capacity Building in IT and Digital Services (Including Digital Payments and GST) for State Govt Officials in NER

The course comprises of modules on Computer Concepts (CCC- Course on Computer Concepts),a course on Digital Literacy with additional modules on, Digital Payment, GST Training and e-Governance Services. It consists of 98 hours of course curriculum delivered over a 7 hour schedule daily for 14 days comprising of theory and practical classes.

Course on Computer Concepts will aim to provide the participants with an understanding of digital instruments needed regularly in official work such as word, excel, power-point, email and internet browsing.

The Digital Payments module will cover understanding of USSD, UPI, e-wallet, AEPS, Card, PoS, internet banking and online transactions. As the thrust of the Government on promoting cashless transactions through mobile phones is increasing, the course will provide hands-on experiences through DIY (Do it yourself) to carry out cashless transactions using digital financial tools. Cyber safety measures will form an important element of the training program.

The GST Skills Training module will cover important elements ensuring complete understanding and ease in use of GST; such as GST Registration, migration of existing tax payer, transition to GST, log in and other details, personalisation, uploading credentials and business details, filing returns, penalties, appeals etc.

Aims & Objectives

• To enhance the IT skills of fifty thousand state govt officials of NER by providing them with digital skills viz; digital literacy, digital payments, e- governance services and GST training
• To facilitate adoption as well as regular use of IT and Digital Services as a way of life, and especially in official work.

Location of Project

The project will be implemented through the NIELIT network in NER comprising of NIELIT’s own centres which are operational in each state capital and major cities and a network of other centres classified as NIELIT extension centres, NIELIT accreditation centres and NIELIT facilitation centres. In total NIELIT has a network of 571 centres in NE Region. It will be NIELIT’s endeavour to conduct maximum trainings at NIELIT’s own centres/extension centres.

Details of NIELIT’s own and extension centres are as under:

S. No	State	Number of NIELIT’s own centres	Locations
1	Arunachal Pradesh	3	Itanagar, Tezu and Pasighat
2	Assam	6	Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Tezpur, Silchar, Kokrajhar
3	Manipur	3	Imphal, Churachandpur, and Senapati
4	Meghalaya	2	Shillong and Tura
5	Mizoram	2	Aizwal, Lunglei
6	Nagaland	2 + 4 Centres on project mode for IT for Masses	Kohima, Chuchumliyang
7	Tripura	1	Agartala
8	Sikkim	1	Gangtok
	Total	24

Duration & Total Cost of the Project

The total project duration is 3 years (36 months). The total budget outlay of the project is Rs. 38.96 crores (Rupees Thirty eight crores, ninety six lakhs, eighty two thousand two hundred and fifty sixty only) payable over a period of 3 years for the training of 50,000 state govt employees.

Project Structure

• The main stakeholders of the project are :
  
• A Project PMU comprising of 7 members (Project Coordinator-1, Assistant Coordinators-2, Technical Assistants-3, & Multitasking Staff-1) will be set up at NIELIT HQs which will be responsible for on ground coordination, implementation, periodic reports, MIS, invoicing and receivables.
• The centre directors of NIELIT centres in each state will be responsible for coordinating with various departments, mobilisation of trainees, training classes, trainers and finally certification of successful candidates.
• The state will depute a nodal officer to coordinate with each district and state department to mobilise requisite trainees.