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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the ‘Five Years National Programme for Computerisation of Judiciary’ here tomorrow. A total of Rs. 854 crore have been earmarked for the programme. It will be carried out in three phases.
The programme is based on the National Policy and Action Plan prepared by the E-Committee for appropriate implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Courts across the country and their web-based interlinking. The computerization of the courts all over India will help in providing speedy, qualitative and cost effective justice, reducing harassment and corruption or enhancing transparency and accountability. It will bring out sustainable change in attitude, work culture and transformation of processes.
In the first phase, the Action Plan includes: all the Judges in India will be provided with laptops; awareness and introduction of ICT and computer based environment in the Judicial System; video conferencing between court and prison at 100 locations; a fully developed and highly informative website – www.indianjudiciary.in ; creation of National Judicial Data Grid; creation of Committees and High Court Level Committees to monitor and guide the ICT implementation in the court complexes; implementation of Wi-Fi at Supreme Court and High Court premises and creation of Computer Room at court complexes.
The Phase II of the Action Plan includes: Coordination of ICT infrastructure for Judicial System; implementation of Software for Judicial Processes at all levels; creation of Reliable Critical Infrastructure and continuation of IT Training activities and extension of training programme.
And the Phase III includes: use of advanced ICT tools, intensive training, warehousing and mining tool customization to crystalize change management, Biometric facilities, Gateway interface with other agencies; upgradation of centralized facility and Digital Archive of record room and Digital Library Management system.
The Chief Justice of India will deliver the key-note address and Shri H. R. Bhardwaj, Union Minister for Law & Justice will give welcome address. Union Minister for IT, Shri Daya Nidhi Maran and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. M. S. Ahluwalia will also grace the occasion.
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