Embarking on a new era of e-governance in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated an Online Incentive Management System (OIMS) developed by the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC).

The OIMS portal facilitates submission of application by entrepreneurs to get their incentives sanctioned under Odisha’s IT, Electronics, Data Centre, BPO and Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policies.

The OIMS will provide multiple advantages over physical application submission such as easy submission of application and uploading of documents, single window portal facility, error-checks for applications and message alerts. It also relies on a series of security procedures to prevent any unauthorised access.

With the help of this portal, a company will be able to submit its application any day during the week, 24 hours a day. The portal facilitates real-time tracking of application status and notifies the applicants with e-mail/ SMS on submission of application as well as in various levels of processing.

The CM said this is perhaps the first time any State has created a platform for incentive management for IT/ electronics industries in a faceless manner through an online platform.

The Electronics & Information Technology Department, in collaboration with NASSCOM and other industry bodies, intends to conduct hands-on training programmes for IT/ ITeS/ electronics establishments on the usage of this portal.

The CM also inaugurated new district websites which have been developed under the robust ‘Standardised Website Framework’ (SWF) in line with the CM’s transformational 5T initiative. Currently, all 30 district portals have been developed within this framework, aiming to present a unified face of Odisha and deliver an integrated web experience for citizens across all government websites.

The CM said his government’s initiative to launch new websites for all the 30 districts underpinned by the Standard Website Framework is another step in the State’s technological transformation.

The district portal has been deployed in the State Data Centre, and its home page can be accessed at https://district.odisha.gov.in/. Links to all the districts have been provided through the portal.