Nagaland CM launches digital dashboard and e-pension system

Kohima, August 13 (MExN): Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio, launched the CM Dashboard & e-NPS on August 13 at Secretariat Conference Hall, Kohima, to ensure proper monitoring of all government schemes with transparency and accountability in one single frame.  

The Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) of the Government of Nagaland reported that the CM Dashboard (https://nl.cmdashboard.nic.in) is an electronic window which gives a comprehensive view of various e-Governance projects/schemes running in the state in a single window in terms of some important measurable parameters/progress called KPIS (Key Performance Indicator); this system will enable the Chief Minister to assess the performance of the projects on the click of a button and take immediate actionable decisions with regard to the projects/schemes.  

e-NPS (Electronic National Pension System), developed in integration with PIMS (Personal Information Management System), is to meet the urgent requirements of the State Government to manage the contribution of the department employees who are subscribing towards the NPS and subsequently downloading the FPU (File Preparation Utility) to upload in NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited) portal. The portal for e-NPS is www.pimsnagaland.in/nps

The DIPR reported that while inaugurating the CM Dashboard, Rio said that since Nagaland is dependent on flagship programmes, this initiative will help in informing the people about the details of the various projects/schemes being implemented in the State. Rio mentioned that as of now, there are 22 schemes of 11 State Government departments, and that the other departments will also follow suit. He urged all to work towards this in a constructive manner.  

On e-NPS, the CM said that it will help the government in effectively maintaining the NPS records and contribute to the welfare of the citizens. As of now, e-NPS is being launched only in Kohima district, and will be covered very soon in the rest of the districts, he added.  

The DIPR also reported that the Commissioner & Secretary to the CM, Abhishek Singh, IAS, said that the CM Dashboard has been customized as per the requirements by including not only flagship programmes of the Government of India but also State-based schemes, projects and programmes. He added that the objective of launching this Dashboard is to ensure better implementation so that benefits can be easily availed by the people.  

Through live video conferencing, DG, NIC, Neeta Verma briefed on the services of the CM Dashboard, stated the DIPR report. Verma pointed out that the Dashboard provides a finished record of all the important programmes and schemes of the government and enables one to use the programme with their own indicators, benchmark and customization. She also appraised that the most important aspect of the service is that all the important data coming into the Dashboard is directly picked from the IT system and there is no human error in it. She urged the Nagaland Government to consider approving a district-wise dashboard for a single window in order to make programmes and performance accessible at the district level too.  

As per DIPR, SIO, NIC, said that because of the challenges involved in putting data comprehensively together in a single window, and since manual collection of data are prone to errors, there was the need to have a comprehensive Single Window Interface where the KPIs of various projects/schemes implemented in the State are reflected for effective and transparent governance. At present, the CM Dashboard reflects the performance of 22 different e-Government projects implemented by different State Government departments, he stated.  

OSD, Finance, V. Kezo, mentioned that the e-NPS will give accurate and authentic data values for which Department of Treasuries & Accounts will only have to download and upload the FPU monthly when the District DDOs and District Treasury Offices submit the respective contribution, challan numbers and challan codes into the system. He also said that e-NPS is a three-tier system (a) DDO level access (b) Sub-Treasury Level (c) e-NPS Super Admin Level i.e. Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts, and this system is mainly developed to minimise paper transactions. The programme was chaired by Chief Secretary, Temjen Toy, IAS and invocation prayer was pronounced by State Chaplain Rev. Kuzierang Thou.