Uttarakhand State Wide Area Network (UKSWAN)  :

 Uttarakhand State Wide Area Network (UKSWAN)  operational as a Wide area network to offer the future e-Governance services as a backbone to the state. UKSWAN will cover the entire State and shall provide voice, video and data services on the network. The network could provide a reliable, resilient and secure backbone to meet the information requirements and associated services. UKSWAN is required to improve administrative effectiveness, efficiency of employees & expedite the overall development of the State and to improve the Quality of Service to the citizens of the State. 

Objectives :

• To provide a reliable and secured backbone network.
• To provide a complete array of government services and online information to the public in a secured way.
• To provide convenient, anytime, anywhere public access· to government?s information and services.
• To provide the State and local government entities with cost-effective long-distance converged communication services (voice, data and video) to fulfill the State?s vision of widespread access to government services.
• To interconnect existing networks with the proposed network to get better utilization of the existing facilities.
• To support e-Commerce applications to meet public· requirement and thereby improve the efficiency of all concerned.
• To Provide Open interfaces for connectivity to facilitate· the exchange of information among State government users.
• To provide vendor-neutral in regards to user connectivity, and will expand, not limit the choice of products and services available to State agencies.
• To provide significant improvement in Government to Citizen (G2C), Citizen to Government (C2G), Government to Business (G2B), Business to Government and Government to Government (G2G) interfaces.

Following services would be available after UKSWAN is operational:

•  Online Registration and search - Citizens will be able to fill online registration forms.  
• Land Record Information System - ownership, area, taxation, etc. accessible.  
• Treasury Information System - status of bills submitted,· revenue, expenditure etc.  
• Sales Tax - Status of tax collected location-wise.
•  Transport (RTO, Check Post) - Tax collected at each check post.
•  High Court – status of all cases (description, pending,· next hearing etc.) .
•  e-Agro Services–Details of agricultural land for farmers.
• e-Village – To Provide e-Governance services at last level citizens. 
• Public Health Information System (PHIS) – All medical colleges of state & Civil Hospitals will get connected and be able to provide telemedicine services Integrated Works Distribution & Management System.

The highlights of the proposed model are :

 The UKSWAN infrastructure helps in connecting all· State government offices, horizontally and vertically.  SDC is used for hosting the State Service delivery· gateway (SSDG) and state portal.  CSC is the main access point for citizens and will be· International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, used for filling up e-Forms from a remote location. Once the infrastructure is in place, state government· would be loading applications on the UKSWAN, which can be accessed through the SSDG. These gateways will provide a single window access to the information and services of the state government at all levels. By filling in specific forms with the required information at nearby CSCs, all citizens, including those in remote areas, will be able to access data and apply for certificates etc with the click of a mouse.

UKSWAN as a high capacity scalable Network based on open standards will carry Voice, Data and Video traffic among designated locations in the state. The connectivity to end-user will be the combination of standard leased circuits, dial-up circuits or wireless circuits as appropriate for the individual offices. State e-Governance Gateway (SEGG) with adequate capacity for internet and provision for connecting other existing Networks of other states and countries  are the additional requirements. UKSWAN will work on multi-tiers of Network connectivity model, which comprise of State Head Quarter (SHQ), District Head Quarters (DHQs), Tehsil Head Quarters (THQs) etc. This shall be connected to all DHQs and offices in the State Capital with required bandwidth capacity. Each DHQ shall be connected to their respective THQs and offices in those Districts with required bandwidth capacity. Each THQ shall be connected to the offices in those Tehsils with required bandwidth capacity for delivering and dissemination of the refined data on day to day basis.