National Informatics Centre(NIC) is a premier organisation in the field of Information Technology (IT) in India. It provides state-of-the-art solutions to the information management and decision support requirements of the Government and Corporate sector. NIC has set up a satellite-based nation-wide computer-communication network, called NICNET, with over 800 nodes connecting the national capital, the state capitals and district headquarters to one and another.

NIC, Erode District unit has started functioning from September 1988. The services provided by this centre includes Development & Implementation of Application Software Packages (for the use of Government Departments, Corporations), Training, Internet services, Electronic Mail, Data Communication, Data dissemination , Primary Census Abstract, MEDLARS (A Medical Bibliographic Information System) and GIS (Geographical Information System ).

The following Government Departments/Sectors have automated their administrative activities and are put in use for Office/Public.

Revenue Development, Statistics, Civil Supplies, Health, Agriculture, Industries, Small Savings, Welfare, TINP, Employment, Animal Husbandry, Education, Electricity, Treasury, Passport, Taluk Projects, Registration, Other Activities

1. Revenue:
Public Grievances Redressal Monitoring System
Chief Special Cell Petitions Monitoring System
MLA/MP's Petitions Monitoring System
Mass Contact Programme
MIS on District Revenue Administration Review
Records Issue Monitoring System
Court Cases Disposal Monitoring System
Srilankan Refugees Monitoring System
MIS on Flood damage and Rehabilitation
Elections - Computerisation of Electoral Rolls
General Elections - Randomized Posting of Polling Officials and Counting
Public Service Commission - Posting of Invigilators
General Provident Fund Schedules
Gun License Monitoring System
Cinema Theatre License Monitoring System
MIS on Urban Land Tax

2. Development: 20 Point Programme Monitoring System
Plan Performance Monitoring System
Rural Development Monthly Meeting Particulars
MIS on Drinking Water Supply System
MIS on Hand Pumps and Power Pumps
MIS on Street Light Maintenance
MIS on Intensive Sanitation Programme
Local Bodies Personnel Information System
Child Labour Monitoring System
Work Progress Monitoring System
Blindness control Information System

Statistics:
Ecostat Price Monitoring System
Rainfall Monitoring System
Crop Forecasting System
Agriculture Wages Monitoring System
Agriculture Census
Livestock Census
Livestock and its Products Price Monitoring System

Civil Supplies: Prices of Commodities and Vegetables Monitoring System
Kerosene Distribution System
Taluk-wise Public Distribution System Achievement Monitoring System

Health:
National Malaria Programme Eradication Information System
MIS on School Health Programme
MIS on Family Welfare Programme
Pulse Polio Immunisation Monitoring System
Micro Level Target Fixation of all Health Sub-centres
Budget Information System

6. Agriculture:
National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA)
Agriculture Marketting Network (AGMARKNET)

7. Industries:
Small Scale Industries Registration System
Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojna (PMRY) Reporting System
Industries Information Programme

8. Small Savings:
Officer-wise Small Savings Collection Progress Monitoring System
Head Post-wise Small Savings Collection Monitoring System
Block-wise Small Savings Agent's Information System

9. Welfare:
Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Marriage Assistance Scheme
SC/ST Students Scholarship Monitoring System

10. Tamilnadu Integrated Nutritious Programme (TINP):
Monthly Progress Reporting System
Expenditure Reporting System (Reconciled / Unreconciled)
Weighing Coverage Monitoring System
Generation of Key Indicators

11. Employment:
MIS of District Employment Statistics

12. Animal Husbandry:
FIR and Occurrences Reporting System

13. Education:
Higher Secondary School Management of Basic Amenities Information System

14. Electricity:
MIS on Service Connection Application
MIS on Transformers Load Distribution

15. Treasury: Computerisation of Daily Input (Payment and Receipts) of all Sub-Treasuries and District Treasury and data validation
Computerisation of Main Accounts and 45 Sub Accounts from the Input Data collected from all Sub-Treasuries and District Treasury
Budget Monitoring System
Pension Monitoring System

16. Passport:
District Passport Cell has been started since Feb'2002. All the New Passport, Renewal Passport applications have been received, scrutinized and then Police Verification done locally and afterwards all the passport documents of the individuals are sent to the Regional Passport Office, Chennai for getting valid Passport. The Computer data are sent daily through E-mail to the Regional Passport Office. This facilitates the delay in serving the Passport to the public. An average of 10 to 15 persons are applying for Passport on working days.

17. Taluk Projects:
Computerization of Land Records
Old Age Pension Scheme
Certificate Monitoring System
Payroll
Personal Information System

Touch Screen KIOSK Information System
Information to the Public on Touch Screen
Information of A-Register and Chitta of Land Records
Information of Old Age Pensioners
Birth and Death Information
Guide Line Value of Lands from Registration Department
Citizen Charter of Government Schemes to the Public

18. Registration:
Guideline Value of all streets / Survey Nos.
Issue of Encumbrance Certificate
Certified copies of Registered Documents
Registration of Marriage
Preparation of Property Valuation Statement
Downloadable empty formats of all Registration documents

19. Other Activities:
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System for Students, Research Scholars and Documents
Census Information
Geographical Information System
Conducting Benchmark test for Computers
Dissemination of various Government Exam Results
Training to the Government Department Officials
E-mail Connectivity to the Government Departments
Website Development of the Government Departments
Information Technology and Network

The Available Servers, Clients and Other Networking accessories are listed below.
1. Windows NT/2000 Server as Database Server
2. Unixware Server as Database Server
3. Linux Server as Mail Server, Proxy Server and Web Server
4. Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98 and Windows 95 Client Systems
5. Remote Access Server and Dial-in System
6. LAN Terminal Server
7. DirecPc and FTDMA VSAT connectivity
8. ISDN connectivity with Video Conferencing Facility