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IT Department, Govt. of Assam
Information Technology Department, Government of Assam

Mandate of the Department :

Information Technology Department, Government of Assam

Mandate of the Department :
The Government of Assam created a separate IT Department on the 22nd August 2003 vide Notification No : AR.1/2003/65 Dt 22/08/2003 to focus its thrust on the development of ICT in the state. On creation of the Department, the Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (AMTRON), a Govt. of Assam undertaking, was transferred from the Industry & Commerce Department, Govt. of Assam, and brought under the administrative purview of this Department. Additionally, the Assam Remote Sensing Application Center (ARSAC) under the Science & Technology Department of the Government of Assam was also brought under the administrative purview of this Department.

Acts & Rules administered by the Department or under which the Department functions

The following rules, regulations, manuals and instructions are used by its employees in the discharge of its functions:

1. Assam Rules of Executive Business, 1968 (amended upto 31st March, 2006)
2. Manual of Office Procedure, Secretariat, 1981
3. Assam Fundamental Rules and Subsidiary Rules
4. Assam Financial Rules
5. Financial Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005
6. Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 1999
7. Assam Contingency Manual
8. Assam Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964
9. Hand Book of General Circular, 1995 Volumes - I & II
10. Assam (Civil Services) Conduct Rule, 1965
11. Protocol Manual, 1991
12. Assam S.C & S.T (Reservation of vacancies and post) Act & Rules 1978
13. Assam Preferential Stores Purchase Act, 1989
14. Right to Information Act, 2005 and Rules framed there under
15. The Rules of procedure and conduct of business of Assam Legislative Assembly

Description of the Organizational Structure of IT Department

a. Administrative Department: The Department of Information Technology, Govt. of Assam is headed by the Chief Secretary. Below him there is Commissioner & Secretary. The Organisation Structure of the Department is as given below:

b. Directorates under the Department: AMTRON functions as a Quasi Directorate of the IT Department. The Under Secy. Secretariat Administration Department, Assam Secretariat was declared as the 'Drawing & Disbursing Officer' of the Department.

c. Other Subordinate Offices:

• Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd , which is the Nodal Implementing Agency for the Department of Information technology, Govt. of Assam, is a Government of Assam Enterprise registered under the ROC, 1956, and was established in 1984 with its registered HQ at Bamunimaidan Industrial Estate, Guwahati.
• Amtron Informatics (India ) Ltd. (AIIL) is a 100% subsidiary of AMTRON and is an enterprise registered under the ROC, 1956, and was established in 2002 with its registered HQ at Bamunimaidan Industrial Estate, Guwahati.
• Assam Remote Sensing & Application Centre (ARSAC) is a registered society under the RSA, 1886, and has its office at Uday Path, RG Barooah Road, Guwahati.

Activities of the Department

The Department has onerous responsibilities of promotion and development of IT/ITeS sector industries, creation of ICT infrastructure in the state, implementation of various IT sector schemes, promulgation of IT and allied Policy and its implementation, advising the Government of Assam on all IT related matters, functioning as an administrative body for all IT matters of the Government of Assam.

The Department conducts its business and discharges its various responsibilities through the following State Government entities namely AMTRON, AIIL, ARSAC.