DACNET- is

A Central Sector Scheme of Ministry of Agriculture .

To be implemented in the Directorates/Attached Offices/ Subordinate Offices & Field Units

A turn-key project of Rs 18.39 Crores executed by

NIC                   

DACNET Project OverviewDACNET Project Overview

An Intranet

E-governance Applications

The objective…

An Intranet (DACNET) for e-governance applications to implement various e-Governance solutions in :-

All the Directorates/Attached/Subordinate Offices ~ 53

All the field units of the ~ 122

of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation

& make it as showcase for other Government Departments to follow.

The objective…

To provide all the Directorates and Field Units of DAC with adequate Information and Communication Technology infrastructure.

 To develop an Intranet for the Department .

To develop a customised application software for the working of the Directorates.

 To develop e-governance applications for the Directorates and their field units.

 Development of a database at central location for storing all the necessary information and data.

 

The objective…  

Development of Centralised DACNET portal to facilitate dissemination of information.

 

Development of Directorate wise portals to facilitate sharing of information for integrated development of the Department.

 

To establish better communication amongst the officers of DAC spread across the geographical area using e-mail /messaging.

 

To impart necessary training to the officers/staff to effectively utilise the Information and Communication Technology infrastructure set up under the DACNET project.

DACNET DACNET – The INTRANET of DAC– The INTRANET of DAC

DAC Horticulture

(Cashew & Cocoa)(Arecanut & Spices)

Horticulture(Cashew & Cocoa)(Arecanut & Spices)

Crops(Jute, Rice, Cotton,Sugarcane,

Tobacco, Wheat & Millet) & Oilseeds (Pulses)

Crops(Jute, Rice, Cotton,Sugarcane,

Tobacco, Wheat & Millet) & Oilseeds (Pulses)

Machinery Institutes (Southern, Northern, North –East, Central)

Machinery Institutes (Southern, Northern, North –East, Central)

Plant Quarantine (PQFS,CIPM,NPPTI,RPTL, Locust Centres)

Plant Quarantine (PQFS,CIPM,NPPTI,RPTL, Locust Centres)

NBDC & Regional Units

NBDC & Regional Units

DES & M.I.Units

DES & M.I.Units

CFQCTI & Regional Units

CFQCTI & Regional Units

DMI , Field Units & Agmark Labs

DMI , Field Units & Agmark Labs

CACPCACP

Soil Trgn Centre & AISLUS

Soil Trgn Centre & AISLUS

Extn.

Extn.

Logical Model

A Central System of DAC

Sectional Systems, which surround the Central System in the hub-and-spoke arrangement of Directorates and Field Units

Logical Model

Each of the above system will comprise of

Document management systems

Workflows

Decision Support Systems

Application Specific Systems

Databases

Portals

Broadcastings

E-Governance Model of DACNET

Setting up of a Common minimum infrastructure

Creation of data centres & repository of data with necessary computerization

Reaching of remote areas

Electronic delivery of information & services

E-Governance Model of DACNETDigital contents to support back-end

processes for integrated delivery of information and services through portals

Undertaking business process re-engineering

Rapid prototyping and rolling out of e-governance applications

E-Governance Model of DACNET

Projects of promoting empowerment

Data architecture for implementing standards and security procedures

Replicating best practices and projects that made an impact

Central Data Centre (NIC)

Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

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Central Data Centre -Overview

Central Data Centre Infrastructure

The HQ will have state of the art Hardware to support the application infrastructure for DACNET

The application domains are divided as follows

Messaging & Collaboration DACNET Intranet Portal Database Infrastructure for various Line-of-Business

applications

At the Central Data Centre the Hadware will be :-

Cluster Server - two nos.

Server - three nos.

The Software will be :-

Windows advanced 2000 server ( 7 Lic.) OLP

SQL server Enterprise Edition (2 lic.) OLP

MS Exchange Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

Visio 2002 Enterprise Edition

Biz Talk Server 2001 Enterprise (1 proc. Lic.) OLP

Commerce Server 2000 (1 proc. Lic.) OLP

MS SharePoint Portal Server 2001 Enterprise Edition

Visual Studio.NET Enterprise Architecture

Trend Micro ( Email antivirus on Win 2k Advanced Server)

Messaging & CollaborationBased on Microsoft Clustering Technologies

in Windows 2000Exchange Server 2000 will be hosted in a

clustered environment to provide a highly available Messaging environment to the entire DACNET users across India.

Apart from Messaging, a number of workflow applications based on Exchange 2000 are also planned

The critical nature of this application requires the clustering solution for maximum uptime

DACNET Intranet Portal To percolate information across the entire

organisation it is important to have a organisational portal

Another requirement for this portal is to ensure that the efforts are directed towards content generation rather than application generation for the portal itself

Sharepoint portal server provides a framework to quickly implement a intranet portal solution

The intranet portal is a critical application and has therefore been planned on 2 servers, to achieve high availability

Database driven Applications This is the life line of the entire DACNET

project. It provides the infrastructure for building the

line of business applications which will be utilised across all offices.

The solution required has to meet a stringent criteria of not only being highly reliable but also have very high performance capabilities

SQL Server 2000 has therefore been deployed in a clustered environment

E-Procurement Solution It has been planned to host a e-

Procurement solution under the DACNET project to show case the viability of IT in automating such transactional process

Commerce Server 2002 & Biztalk Server 2002 will be used to create the E-Procurement infrastructure.

BizTalk ServerCost effectively integrate applications

within and between organizations

B2BQuickly implement secure, reliable trading partner relationships over the Internet

Business Process AutomationDefine and implement integrated business processes using B2B services

BizTalk Server Delivering on Web Services today

Create enterprise Web ServicesAddress challenges of state management, concurrency, data normalization, transaction and exceptions

Expose existing applications as Web Services Make data from any application available as an XML Web

Service with no application modifications

Aggregate services into business processes

E-Business EvolutionPresence Commerce Interaction

Publish Publish InfoInfo

ProcessProcessTransactionsTransactions

DigitalDigitalRelationshipsRelationships

Web content B2C B2B, B2E

Web sites Web-enable existing

systems

Businesstransformation

Unique Visitors Revenue Profit

Pages Transactions Business processes

Commerce Server 2002Product Highlights

GlobalE-Commerce

Enhanced Catalog Features

Support for Multinational Sites

Profiling

Powerful Business Analytics

Marketing & advertising campaigns

RapidDevelopment

Developer Portal

Commerce Server Application Runtime

Commerce Server Base Class Library

Common Language Runtime Layer

Largest set of best-of-breed partners

Performance,Availability,

Management

Improved Manageability

Enhanced Security

High Availability

Superior Recoverability

Benefits SPS 2001

Simplest Simplest AccessAccess

Industry-leading search technology

Access most important enterprise content

Stay current using scalable persistent query services

Automatically group content with auto categorization

Scalable search for most demanding intranet portals

Unleash Unleash ProductivityProductivity

Most intuitive solution for Office and Windows users

Incorporate business processes around documents

Easily manage security and access to documents

Profile documents for better discovery

Web browser as an alternative user interface

Easily Build Easily Build and and

CustomizeCustomize

Rapidly deploy an out-of-the-box portal

Easily customizable using Web Parts technology

Internet and industry standard interfaces

Leverage ASP and ADO to add web collaboration

CustomizableCustomizableHome PageHome PagePortal

Digital Dashboard FrameworkDigital Dashboard Framework

RichRichSearchSearch

CategoryCategoryBrowsingBrowsing

DocumentsDocuments

Web-basedWeb-basedDMDM

Document Management Mainstream document management

Versioning Publishing and approval Role-based security

Design goals Flexible policy Ease of use Enables relevant searches

Designed from ground up Office integration Internally HTTP and XML-based Seamless schema and security integration

Search

Best-of-breed enterprise search technology Design goals

Comprehensive Relevant Timely

Commercial reliability and security Timely data Scalable

Overall Directorate View

Directorate offices The Directorate office will have just enough

infrastructure to continue working independently on key Line of business application even in the event of connectivity failure

Since the infrastructure is exposed to the outside world, it was important to provide firewall protection at the Directorate level. This protection will also percolate to the Field unit level which will connect to each of their respective directorates using a modem

At The Directorates, the Hardware will be :-

Server: - One Number

Client Configuration - Five Numbers

On-Line UPS – 2 Kva – One Number

UPS 700 VA Line-Interactive – Five Numbers

LAN ITEMS - one server and five clients need to be connected in LAN with the provision of LAN node in each room

Deskjet – Five Number

Directorate offices To achieve this minimum requirement the

following infrastructure has been provided SQL Server 2000

For maintaining their local copy of database To provide a framework for creating a local data

warehouse at a later stage ISA Server 2000

For protecting their internal infrastructure against unauthorised access

For controlling their internal user access to the outside world

To optimise bandwidth usage by their internal users

At The Directorates, the Software will be :-

Windows 2000 Server OLP (2 lic.) - 1 no.

SQL Server 2000 standard - 1 no.

Windows XP – 4 nos.

MS Office XP Enterprise with proofing tools - 5 nos

ISA Server 2000 Standard (1 proc. Lic.) – 1 no.

Visio 2002 Prof. Edition - 1 no

Client Access Lic. for SQL 2000, Exchange, Share Point Portal Server 2001, Win 2K - 5nos.

Overall Field Offices View

PSTN/ISDN Dial-up

Client

INTERNET

Field Unit Set Up

(Windows XP Preloaded & office XP)

Field OfficesThe field offices have been provided with

the minimum infrastructure which is required to efficiently enable them carry out the DACNET project responsibilities

Also due to the limited technical resource availability at the field offices they have been provided only with the desktop clients

The planned applications will be web based to ensure minimum deployment issues

The Hardware at the Field Units:-

Client Configuration - 1 no

UPS 700 VA Line-Interactive – 1 no

Deskjet – 1 no

Modem – 1 no

 

The Software at the Field Units:-

Windows XP Enterprise – 1 no

MS Office XP Enterprise with proofing tools – 1 no

Client Access License for Exchange 2000,

SharePoint Portal Server 2001, SQL Server 2000, Win 2K– 1 no

 

DACNET Node-Wise e- Business Infrastructure

Implementation Scheme of

DACNET

Nodes

Directorate Connectivity

Directorate LAN

Switch

DACNET Directorate & Field Office

Database Server(Windows 2000 & SQL 2000 standard, Visio 2002 Prof.)

Internet Security &

Acceleration Server on High End Client (Win 2000 Server, ISA 2k)

LANLeased Line / VSAT (To NIC Network-HQ)

Switch(24 Port)

Client Nodes(Windows XP preloaded & Office XP)

NICNET

Directorate Office

PSTN/ISDN Dial-up Client

INTERNET

Field Unit

(Windows XP Preloaded & office XP)

Information Flow from Field Units

Windows NT RAS

Clients

Field Units

Directorate

Krishi Bhawan

NICNET

Dial-up Connectivity

VSAT

VSAT

switch