Common Services Centers, under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, has joined hands with the Ministry of Tourism for delivery of services of National Integrated Database of Hospitality Industry (NIDHI) portal through CSCs in rural areas. NIDHI is a digital platform where all accommodation units can register themselves to become part of the hospitality industry. Registration with NIDHI will ensure electronic delivery of various services and benefits to the hospitality units.
As per MoU, CSCs will be set up at tourist locations to maintain and deliver all other services.Apart from this, a centralized platform will be designed and developed to provide online services to NIDHI registered users. NIDHI users will register on this portal to offer hotel booking, guide services and all. Further, bookings for all the tourist points will be integrated with this portal. It will be known as NIDHI SETU.
CSC will design and develop a common platform for the Ministry of Tourism covering services like booking for heritage site visit at nearby CSCs, booking for national park visit at nearby CSCs, booking for monuments visit at nearby CSCs, temple visit reservations, Online pooja bookings, Prasad delivery, Hotel booking and other facilities from hospitality and tourism related booking service, which may be decided between the parties
Elaborating on the partnership, Dr. Dinesh Tyagi, Managing Director, CSC SPV said, “This initiative will transform the ecosystem of tourism sector in rural areas.
Through this partnership, CSC entrepreneurs can help citizens in rural areas access various tourism and hospitality related services. CSCs will now become a one stop shop for all the services related to hospitality and tourism sector and thereby help promote tourism and culture of the country.”