Guidelines For Setting Up of Spmu in States/Uts Under Negp A
Guidelines For Setting Up of Spmu in States/Uts Under Negp A
Guidelines For Setting Up of Spmu in States/Uts Under Negp A
1/12/2015 Guidelines for Setting
up of SPMU in
States/UTs under
NeGP‐A
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
(DAC), Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi
Contents
1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Scope of Work of SPMU ........................................................................................................................... 2
3. Number of resources and financial Assistance ....................................................................................... 2
4. Minimum Qualifications & Experience of SPMU Resources ................................................................... 3
5. Selection Procedure ................................................................................................................................. 4
6. Duration of Engagement .......................................................................................................................... 4
Annexure – I: Activities to be undertaken by SPMU ................................................................................... 6
Annexure – II: Categorisation of States/UT’s for setting up SPMU .......................................................... 10
1. Introduction
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC) is in the process of implementing the
Agriculture Mission Mode project under the NeGP. The objective of this project is to provide
relevant information and services to the farming community and private sector through the
use of information and communication technologies and to supplement the existing delivery
channels provided for by the Department. A pilot project has already been implemented at
Center and 07 States (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Karnataka & Kerala) under NeGP‐A. It is now being rollout in remaining 22 States and 07 UTs.
To implement the project in over 650 districts in the country, institutional mechanism is
required at various levels to strengthen the capacity of the Government staff. The State
Project Management Unit (SPMU) is the agency which would be deployed at the State
Agriculture Department to help in carrying out various activities related to NeGP‐A.
2. Scope of Work of SPMU
The State Project Management unit would be responsible for organising activities, before,
during and post implementation or “Go‐Live” of the National e‐Governance Project for
Agriculture. Detailed list of tasks which will be performed by SPMU is attached as per
Annexure‐I.
3. Number of resources and financial Assistance
States have been categorised based on number of blocks to arrive at the number of human
resources to be deployed in the State PMU. Detailed list is as per Annexure‐II. Criteria for
deployment for a period not exceeding 3 years shall be as follows:
Ser. No. Number of Senior Consultants Monthly Cost
Blocks Consultant Ceiling* (Rs. In
lacs)
1 0-5 and Delhi# 0 0 0
2 6-60 1 0 1.80
3 61-160 1 1 3.25
4 161-360 1 2 4.75
5 >360 1 3 6.00
*including travel, annual increments, administrative charges etc.
# Will be linked with nearby States
4. Minimum Qualifications & Experience of SPMU Resources
a) Senior Consultant‐ ICT
Educational Qualifications:
Must be a B Tech in IT/CSE/ECE and MBA OR M.Tech. PMI certification preferred.
Desirable Qualifications:‐
Must have 8+ years’ experience of which at least 2 yrs. in a reputed Level 5 IT Company.
Experience in IT program/ project management e.g. IT implementation in a large multi‐
location organization
Experience in Delivery function of software organization
Experience/ qualifications in Risk Management IT Projects
Experience in monitoring implementation of e‐governance projects
b) Consultant –ICT
Educational Qualifications:
Must be a B Tech in IT/CSE/ECE. MBA is desirable but not essential. PMI certification preferred
Desirable Qualifications:‐
Must have 5+ years’ experience of which at least 2 yrs. in a reputed Level 5 IT Company.
Experience in IT program/ project management e.g.IT implementation in a large multi‐
location organization
Experience in Delivery function of software organization
Experience/ qualifications in Risk Management IT Projects
Experience in monitoring implementation of e‐governance projects
c) Consultant – Functional/Change management
Educational Qualifications:
Must be a B Tech in IT/CSE/ECE/MCA. MBA is essential.
Desirable Qualifications:‐
Must have 5+ years’ experience of which at least 2 yrs. in reputed Level 5 IT Company.
Experience in program/ project management e.g.IT implementation in a large multi‐
location organization
Experience in Delivery function of software organization
Experience/ qualifications in change management in IT Projects
Experience in designing BPRs/GPRs and monitoring implementation of e‐governance
projects.
5. Selection Procedure
States/UTs may set up SPMU by following any of the following procedures as per their
choice:‐
(a) Direct Recruitment. This may be done by advertising these vacancies through print and
electronic media and selection through a department level Selection Committee, by
drawing members from State Agriculture/Horticulture/Fisheries, IT Departments and
NIC.
(b) Open/limited Tendering. States may resort to open or limited tendering (based on
shortlisting through an Expression of Interest or shortlisted by DeiTy, State IT
Department, Any other agency of the Center/State engaged in related activities and
NICSI) from the reputed ICT agencies which have been working in the e‐Governance
space in India. Sample RFP is attached as Annexure – III, which may be modified as per
the State specific requirements.
6. As the financial criteria given at para 3 above is inclusive of travel, annual increments and
administrative charges etc. for next three years, States may calculate maximum
consolidated emoluments (or CTC) which can be paid to the resources and advertise these
accordingly (in case of Direct Recruitment). These amounts may be mentioned in the Form‐
III: Financial Bid format, of Sample RFP (Annexure‐ III) attached, if Open/Limited Tendering
is being adopted and the bidders be asked to quote their Service Charges for providing
these resources.
7. Duration of Engagement
The SPMU will be established for a period of three years, for which 100% financial assistance
as per para 3 above will be made available by Government of India. States may however
continue beyond three years with the engagement from within their own resources, if felt
necessary.
8. Administrative/Infrastructure Arrangements. These will be met from the budgetary
allocations as specified at Annexure –III (Norms for Manpower Deployment) to the NeGP‐A
Guidelines. Additional requirements, if any may be met through contingency provisions as
per para 4 of NeGP‐A Guidelines.
9. Reporting of Physical & Financial Progress.
All States will forward Physical/ Financial Progress on the implementation of SPMU as part of
the other NeGP‐A funds allocated.
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Annexure – I: Activities to be undertaken by SPMU
1. Before Commencement of Implementation:
a) Study SRS developed by NIC for 12 clusters of NeGP‐A services (available at
http://dacnet.nic.in/AMMP/AMMP.htm) for identifying State specific customisation
requirements as well as any other suggestions for incorporation.
b) Identification of Government Process Reengineering (GPR) for all the services
being taken up by the State/UT as part of NeGP‐A project. The GPR should be based on
the As‐Is workflows of the departments.
c) Firming up Bill of Material (BOM) for hardware requirements at the state/UT
level based on the gap analysis of available capacity and infrastructure and as per norms
of the NeGP‐A detailed guidelines issued by DAC, Govt. of India.
d) Bill of Material (BOM) for additional systems infrastructure requirements at SDC
after conducting a gap analysis of the available capacity and infrastructure at the State
level
e) Data digitisation requirements at the State/districts and block levels
f) Consolidate training requirements.
h) Site preparation requirements at the state/District and block levels.
2. Project Management Activities
a) Develop the project implementation plan in the State.
b) Coordinate workshops and discussion meetings between State agriculture
Department, State horticulture/fisheries Departments, District officials, IA, CPMU and
NIC.
c) Responsible for reviewing the deliverables submitted by IA.
a) Highlight deviations/issues in the deliverables of IA to relevant authority within
the specified time limits and assist IA and State Agriculture Department in
resolution of issues.
d) Prepare Capacity building plan
e) Prepare Change Management Plan
a) Identify the legal changes required and assist in drafting and issuance of
Government Orders for giving effect to the GPRs.
b) Assist department and offices in deploying the applications for the state wide
rollout. No application software will be deployed for state wide rollout in any
state unless it has been security audited.
c) Suggest and co‐ordinate capacity building needs and training programs for the
state officials (including tehsils, district and state level).
d) Monitor and maintain issue tracker and keep on updating the status of all risks
and issues from time to time.
f) Defining the escalation mechanism for timely resolution of issues & risks.
g) Coordinate Acceptance Testing at all levels within the State.
3. Coordination with Various Stakeholders
SPMU shall build mechanisms to ensure coordination and consultation between all key
stakeholders and members of the governance committees on a continued basis to
facilitate the execution of the project. This would include the following stakeholders:
a) State/UT Empowered Committee on NeGP‐A
b) State/UT IT Department (including State e‐Governance Mission Team)
c) District e‐ Mission Team under NeGP
d) CPMU at the center
e) State Agriculture University
4. Monitoring the Deployment and Commissioning of Necessary Hardware at the SDC
and DR at the State Level
a) Monitoring installation and commissioning of IT infrastructure at State Data Centre
(SDC)
b) Ensure the facility management services and help desk of the IA, to ensure system
uptime
c) Provide fortnightly reports to State Government and DAC (GoI) for the status of
implementation till “Go‐live”.
5. Monitoring the Deployment and Commissioning Of Necessary Hardware in the State
a) Monitoring the installation and commissioning of requisite hardware and system
software at various district /tehsils/block offices as per the BOM
b) Conduct/facilitate final acceptance testing of the hardware as per the
specifications and quantities mentioned in the agreement.
c) Create asset registers and capture all necessary details of monitoring the
movement of hardware for the project.
6. Monitoring the Deployment & Commissioning of Necessary Networking Equipment’s
and Connectivity at the State Level
a) Co‐ordinate with State IT Department, SWAN and SDC teams to make available
the vertical and horizontal connectivity at district, tehsils or blocks
b) Create a system for effective monitoring of SDC and network availability and
escalation leading to resolutions (including use of EMS reports)
7. UAT and Go‐Live Report
SPMU will assist the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and audit of the system on
completion of the pilot run of each application and will submit a Go‐Live Report for
each application. It will be the responsibility of SPMU to assess and certify the NeGP‐A
application and associated infrastructure & services.
8. SLA monitoring
a) Monitoring the performance of the IA against the base project plan.
b) Monitoring the performance of the overall system in terms of availability &
efficiency against the service levels already defined for SLAs of the agreement.
c) Suggest changes in SLAs, if required
d) Suggest corrective and preventive measures to State Agriculture Department
and IA to enhance the performance of the system.
9 Program Management Support
SPMU will support the CPMU for overall project management, coordination and
communication with all the stakeholders of the project. Various activities to be taken
by the SPMU in this regard are as follows:
a) Program management and progress reporting
b) Liaisoning with DAC(GOI) at the Center, CPMU and IA at the State level
c) Funds utilisation and management
10 District NeGP Agriculture Implementation Team:
a) Data digitization status
b) Project implementation.
c) Provisioning of training at district level
d) Submission of District Go‐Live Report, which should shall include the following:
11. Monitoring the O&M
The SPMU shall be responsible for supporting the State Agriculture Department for
monitoring of the compliance of the contractual obligations of the IA.
The SPMU will also monitor the operations and maintenance of the overall system as per
the standards and requirements defined for IA including but not limited to resolution of
issues, availability of the system, updating hardware or system software etc. for a period
of 3 years from the engagement date.
SPMU will ensure that the SLAs and performance levels defined for IA are met as per the
expectations of the State Agriculture Department. SPMU will also review the SLA
performance, capacity and effectiveness of the helpdesk set up by the AI.
Annexure – II: Categorisation of States/UT’s for setting up SPMU
S. No. State Name Districts Blocks Category Max.no. of
resources
1 Delhi 10 0 Category A 0
2 Chandigarh 1 1 Category A 0
3 D&N Haveli 1 1 Category A 0
4 Daman & Diu 2 2 Category A 0
5 Lakshadweep 1 9 Category A 1
6 Andaman & Nicobar 3 9 Category A 1
7 Goa 2 12 Category A 1
8 Puducherry 2 15 Category A 1
9 Sikkim 4 24 Category A 1
10 Mizoram 8 26 Category A 1
11 Meghalaya 11 39 Category A 1
12 Tripura 8 45 Category A 1
13 Nagaland 11 52 Category A 1
14 Manipur 9 60 Category A 1
15 Himachal Pradesh 12 78 Category B 2
16 Arunachal Pradesh 16 94 Category B 2
17 Uttarakhand 13 95 Category B 2
18 Telangana 9 101 Category B 2
19 Haryana 21 119 Category B 2
20 Jammu & Kashmir 22 136 Category B 2
21 Punjab 22 141 Category B 2
22 Chhattisgarh 27 146 Category B 2
23 Kerala 14 153 Category B 2
24 Andhra Pradesh 13 170 Category C 3
25 Karnataka 30 189 Category C 3
26 Gujarat 33 245 Category C 3
27 Rajasthan 33 249 Category C 3
28 Jharkhand 24 260 Category C 3
29 Assam 27 268 Category C 3
30 Orissa 30 314 Category C 3
31 Madhya Pradesh 51 321 Category C 3
32 West Bengal 19 347 Category C 3
33 Maharashtra 35 357 Category C 3
34 Tamil Nadu 31 385 Category C 4
35 Bihar 38 534 Category D 4
36 Uttar Pradesh 75 821 Category D 4
Total 70
*Clubbed with nearby states
Annexure III: Sample RFP for Selection of an agency for Setting up of SPMU