Page 27 - Digital India Awards 2022 - Compendium

Digital Initiatives for Ease of Doing Business

Mine Mitra (Uttar Pradesh)

https://minemitra.up.gov.in/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.margsoft.minemitraapp
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/mine-mitra/id1625140827

Project Team
Initiative Lead: Dr. Roshan Jacob - Secretary and Director, Directorate of Geology & Mining
Members:
Vipin Jain S. K. Singh Kumar Vineet Amit Kaushik Vivek Gupta
Special Secretary & Additional Joint Director Managing Director Joint Director Technical Consultant
Director, Directorate of Directorate of Geology UPDESCO Directorate of MARGSOFT
Geology & Mining & Mining Geology & Mining Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mine Mitra is an innovative & unique initiative conceptualized
by DGM, GoUP. It’s inspired by the vision of our Prime Minister
for Digital India. Mine Mitra has been successfully deployed
creating a standardized legal regime applicable uniformly to
all concessionaires operating across the state.

It is integrated with Nivesh Mitra, Bhulekh, Vahan (MoRTH) & CM
dashboard Darpan as well as mineral transit pass portals of
bordering states. Selected services are notified under Janhit
guarantee while all notified services of the department are
integrated with e-District portal to provide citizen-centric
services online via 1.74 Lakh CSCs (Common Service Center) in
Uttar Pradesh.
Impact:
Promoted ease of doing business through user friendly, efficient, responsive unified platform including online
payments without visiting district offices

Eliminated physical interface, multiple manual interactions with different departments & minimized processing
time of disbursing an application

Prohibited multiple transportation on single transit pass & ensured minimal anomalies as fake tampered papers
Multiple channels for service accessibility increased transparency by furnishing all information on web portals
& mobile app
Concessionaires given equal access to required data promoting fair play & competitiveness
Average time for transaction reduced from 15 days to 15 minutes. Average time to close issues is 10 minutes
Curbed malpractices, unscientific mining, illegal mineral transportation, overloading, reduced human intervention
& monitored royalty pilferage Generated a revenue of 65.32 Cr from IMSS (Integrated Mining Surveillance System)
developed under MINEMITRA

Weakened nexus & monopolies by providing equal opportunity to upcoming entrepreneurs Adhocism is
eliminated in enforcement with real-time reports so no more arbitrariness Direct interface between seller &
buyer with e-commerce platform eliminates need of third-party vendors
Linking to CSCs boosted rural livelihood & economy, promoted local entrepreneurship, processed 77,611 online
applications, issued 2.37 crore EMM11, registered 1107 sellers on e-commerce platform, registered 1,05,000
transporters and disbursed 36,476 e-Notices till date