The Indian state of Nagaland, one of the smallest and more remote states within the country, now has a government data center, which was opened last week.

 

The facility, based in Kohima will deliver e-Government applications and was opened by Government Minister Sachin Pilot, Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology.

 

The cost of Rs 30.68 crores, will enable consolidation of services, applications and infrastructure to provide efficient electronic delivery of different kinds of services.

 

A wide area network to service Nagaland is close to completion.

 

Sachin Pilot also announced the launch of the UIDAI Aadhaar scheme in Nagaland. Under this scheme, each resident of India will have a unique identity number. Sh. Pilot said that through a unique identity it will be possible to provide improved service and more transparent and effective governance for every resident of Nagaland. Sh. Pilot said that “UIDAI is partnering with institutions such as the Department of Post and public sector banks to achieve a target of 60 crore Aadhaar numbers by 2014”. Over 2.8 crore unique identity numbers have already been issued.