The Government of Odisha bagged the prestigious e-governance award “SKOCH AWARD 2023” for Disaster Assistance Monitoring and Payment System (DAMPS), Odisha.
Among the participating e-governance projects from various States, the DAMPS project of the State Revenue and Disaster Management Department, was selected for one of the best categories of award i.e "SKOCH SILVER AWARD 2023.”
This is a proud moment for Odisha State. The project has been developed in technical collaboration with NIC, Odisha State Centre, Bhubaneswar and is running successfully for the last two years.
DAMPS, an online integrated workflow-oriented system comprising various Government to Citizen (G2C) services and departmental (G2G) services combined with real time systems, has been developed to ensure that the financial assistance is given to the next of kin (NOKs)/victims in timely, hassle-free and transparent manner to their bank account directly without interference of any middleman.
With the mission, the Government of Odisha aims to set an example to other States of the country in service delivery standards to make disaster assistance proactive in a timeless manner in the State.
In addition, the system includes linkage of this data to management dashboards and decision support analytic reports with administrative focus to undertake measures on the selective disasters and geographical areas of concern. Today, DAMPS has been implemented in 30 districts of Odisha covering 317 tehsils and more than 2,400 Revenue Inspector (RI) Circles serving a wide range of people. The award was received by officers from the State in an award ceremony held on February 10 at New Delhi.
