Release Notes

New release features, enhancements, and fixes

Release Summary

DIGIT 2.4 is the latest release that has got new modules, a few functional changes, and non-functional changes.

• Functional: eChallan module, WhatsApp Bill Payment, Property Tax Citizen flow UI/UX revamp Arrears Breakup in Property Tax Due, and Send back to Citizen feature in Fire NOC.

• Non-functional: Platform Security Audit fixes, Hindi Localization, QA Automaton of APIs, and Technical improvements.

New ‌Feature Additions

S.No.	Feature	Description
1	eChallan module	Generate e-challans / bill for all miscellaneous / Adhoc services which citizens avail from ULBs Edit/Cancel e-challan/bill The ability for ULBs to Notify citizens about the outstanding payments - Online(email & SMS) and offline. Enable Digital payments for citizens - QR code, payment link in notifications, etc.
2	WhatsApp Bill Payment and PGR v2 integration with redesigned Chatbot (xState)	Bill Payment: Search and View Bill ` View my Bills Search Bills Based on Consumer Number Application Number Mobile Number etc View Bill Amount Due Bill copy (PDF) Payment Pay bills through quick payment links Payment confirmation/failure notification Payment receipt (PDF) on successful payment Multi-Language Support Hindi Localization (For Chats) PGR: Geo-Location tagging Two steps complaint category and type Hindi Localization (For Chats) PGR v1 & v2 support
3	Property Tax Citizen flow UI/UX revamp	Updated workflows and user interface changes in the following business cases - PT - Quick Pay Create Property My Properties My Applications

Enhancements

S.No.	Updated Feature	Description
1	Fire NOC Enhancements	Send back to Citizen in Fire NOC
2	Property Tax Enhancements	Arrears Breakup in Property Tax Due
3	Hindi Localization	Hindi Localization of all labels, messages, notifications, and MDMS drop-down data of all the modules
4	QA Automaton of APIs	APIs automation for Core Services Business Services Municipal Services End to End APIs automation for Property Tax, Trade License, mCollect, Water & Sewerage, Fire NOC, Building Plan Approval, FSM, and PGR. Here is the document with the details of services automated and README documentation which details the detailed steps to execute the automation
5	Platform Security Audit fixes	Listed below are the security vulnerabilities identified as part of the security audit. Few of them are as per design and justification is provided for these. Others are fixed at the code level. Privilege Escalation Failure to restrict URL Access Insecure direct object references (IDOR) Malicious file upload leads to Cross Site scripting Improper Authentication Missing Account Lockout Request Throttling Attack Weak Encoding Mechanism Sensitive Information in URL Lack of Automatic Session Expiration Concurrent Session Improper Error Handling Improper Input Validation Mail Command Injection Use of hardcoded credentials Use of sensitive information into configuration file Exclude unsanitized user input from format strings HTTP Parameter Pollution Standard pseudo-random number generators cannot withstand cryptographic attacks Weak cryptographic hash Insecure SSL configuration Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Header Avoid Capturing Java.Lang Security Exception Always normalize system inputs Avoid the Command Throws within Finally Close Input and Output resources in finally block Cross Site Request Forgery Cross Site Scripting - Stored Insufficient Cookie Attributes Code Injection Exclude unsanitized user input from format strings Avoid data submissions to non-editable fields Potential Infinite Loops Avoid dangerous J2EE API, use replacements from security-focused libraries (like OWASP ESAPI) Do not allow external input to control resource identifiers The setter method for an identifier property (id or composite-id) should be private Here are the security fixes guidelines as a handbook for best practices and guidelines.
6	Technical Improvements	PDF service refactoring for Localization API calls optimization Timezone configuration support for all the services Standard product Workflow bundling as part of the product
7	eDCR Enhancements	Enhanced Door, to support door widths with color code. The color code is used to identify the type of door Fix of security audit issues Cleanup unused code and database tables
8	Finance	Hard coded sub domain formation logic changed, preparing dynamic sub domain url by reading env from the configuration Fixed the security audit issues

‌Document Resources and Links

UI Technical Documents

pageeChallan UI DetailspageEdit - Cancel ChallanpageSearch and Pay ChallanpageProperty Tax ServicepageEdit-Update PropertypageProperty Tax - My ApplicationspageProperty Tax - My PropertiespageProperty Tax - Quick Pay for Citizen

850KB

common-pay-config (1).pdf

pdf

1MB

fire-noc-create.pdf

pdf

1MB

digit-ui-manual (1).pdf

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Backend Service Documents

pageXState Core ChatbotpageXState-Chatbot Integration DocumentpageXstate-Chatbot Message Localisationpagee-Challan ServicepageeChallan Calculator ServicespageFSM Services

Tech Enablement Documents

pageAppropriation ServicepageBilling ServicepageBill Amendment Service ConfigurationpageCollection ServicepageBilling Collection IntegrationpageDashboard Analytics - BackendpageDSS Technical DocumentationpageDSS Dashboard - Technical Document for UIpageDSS Features EnhancementspageTechnical Script/Steps For Migration ProcesspageProperty Tax ServicepageWater ServicespageWater Calculator ServicepageSewerage ServicepageSewerage Calculator ServicepageFire NOC ServicepageFire NOC Calculator ServicepageTL Service ConfigurationpageTrade License CalculatorpageAutomation Framework Knowledge BasepageJenkins Setup for AutomationpageAutomation Test TagspageAutomation Test ReportingpageSecurity Guidelines Handbook

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