India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management

The Election Commission of India (ECI), established the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) to advance its professional competence in election management, promote peoples participation, contribute to developing stronger democratic institutions and support the efforts of ECI in carrying out its mandate and functions.

Over the last six decades, the structure and functions of the Election Commission have undergone major changes and thus the management of elections has become increasingly complex. A rapid transformation in social context and reality, rising number of political parties, changing dynamics and demands of coalitions and alliances, frequent elections and bye-elections, increase in number of eligible voters and continuous updating of electoral rolls have led to new challenges for election management bodies of today.

Bhulekh web portal has been created to computerize the land records of Uttar Pradesh in such a way that the daily activities of land records can be streamlined. Bhulekh portal maintains the entire life cycle of Khatauni. Bhulekh Data API is an interface to Bhulekh data that provides transparency with other applications. Using Bhulekh Data API, you can view land record data, land record owner information, land record information etc. The web-based land document system was started from May 2, 2016, which has been implemented in all the tehsils of the state.

Ration cards are an official document issued by state governments in India to households that are eligible to purchase subsidised food grain from the Public Distribution System under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). They also serve as a common form of identification for many Indians

Under the NFSA, all state governments in India have to identify households that are eligible for purchasing subsidised food grain from the Public Distribution System and provide them with ration cards. There are two types of ration cards under NFSA:

The e-District project is a state mission mode project running under the e-Governance scheme, the main objective of which is to computerize people-centric services. In this project the entire system has been computerized. Services related to certificate, complaint, public distribution system, pension, exchange, khatauni, revenue dispute and registration in employment centers have been included in the e-district project. The state government has implemented the project in all the districts of the state and established service centers to provide facilities and delivery of services to the general public. All these service centers are being established by the District Service Provider (DSP) organization at the Panchayat level. The entire development and technical operation of the software of the e-District project is being done by the Uttar Pradesh unit of the National Informatics Centre. The certificates issued under this project have also been integrated with the Digital Locker Project of the Government of India.

The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has been facilitating computerization of over 1300+ Road Transport Offices (RTOs) across the country. RTOs issue Registration Certificate (R.C.) & Driving License (D.L.) that are mandatory requirements and are valid across the country, subject to certain provisions and permissions.

With wide variations in state policies and manual/ system based procedures being followed across the country, it had become necessary to define same standards for these documents on a pan-India level to ensure interoperability, correctness and timely availability of information. SCOSTA committee setup for this purpose had recommended a uniform standardized software across the country. The Ministry thus entrusted National Informatics Centre (N.I.C.) with the task of standardizing & deploying two softwares - VAHAN for Vehicle Registration and SARATHI for Driving Licenses and of compiling the data with respect to Vehicle Registration and Driving Licenses of all the states in State Register and National Register.The applications VAHAN & SARATHI were conceptualized to capture the functionalities as mandated by Central Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 as well as State motor vehicle Rules with customization in the core product to suit the requirements of 36 States and UTs.