Telecentres Where Can India Be In 2010

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Telecentres: Where can India be in 2010

Efforts by Government

National Informatics CentreNational Informatics CentreDepartment of Information TechnologyDepartment of Information Technology

Ministry of Communications & Information TechnologyMinistry of Communications & Information TechnologyGovernment of IndiaGovernment of India

9/6/2006 2National Informatics Centre

Panchayats – Rural Local Self Governments

Major reform of governance in the country through 73rd

Amendment of the ConstitutionFormation of a separate Ministry of Panchayati Raj to give an impetus to the strengthening of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)Due to on-going devolution exercise, PRIs slated to assume a major role in local revenue generation & developmentThe process of governance is envisaged to happen at the door-step of common man with his active participation80% of rural citizen’s information and service inputs to come from PRIs (Gram Panchayats, Intermediate Panchayats and Zilla Panchayats)A major effort required to synchronize the strengthening of local governance and e-Governance efforts of PRIs with the proliferation of telecenters


E-Governance efforts in PRIsMany initiatives have been going on for some time on application of ICT at Panchayat level in many states

However attempts were limited, exploratory in nature and at pilot level prior to 2004


E-Governance efforts in PRIsThe software solutions were focused on back office computerisation of Panchayat functions

Solutions were primarily from NIC-State Units except WB/Karnataka (Bellandur) where GP itself took initiative

Covering Back-end space of e-governance

Panchayati Raj Institutions Administration Software (PRIASoft) under e-PRI project

Front-end delivery through National Panchayat Portal (NPP)

Window view of these attempts are …


ePRI e-Panchayat (Andhra Pradesh)

e-PanchayatBirths & DeathsHouse TaxTrade LicensesDisbursement of PensionsWorks MonitoringAccounting

Operational in 24 pilot districts of AP1300 major Panchayats planned in APTo be rolled out in 475 GPs shortly


ePRIInfogram (Goa)

Inward Register and Outward Register.

Registration of Births.

Registration of Deaths

Accounts

House Tax and Light Tax

Rent/Lease

Construction Licences.

Trade Licences.

NOC for Water Connection

NOC for Electricity Connection


ePRIe-Gram (Gujarat)

Birth Certificate

Death Certificate

Agriculture Certificate

Income Certificate

Electricity Certificate

Tax Collection : Revenue & Panchayat

Caste Certificate


ePRI PRIASoft (Orissa)

Web-based accounting software for entering receipts & expenditure details of panchayats at district, Intermediate and Village levels

User-Id/Password based security

Data entry at any or all levels of the three-tier PRIs

Web-based reports generated for all three-tier Panchayats

Implemented in 30 District Panchayats and 314 Intermediate Panchayats


ePRI Panchlekha (Madhya Pradesh)

Panch-LekhaPanchayat Accounting –

supports Voucher-level entry

generates CAG reports

Captures inventory of assets, roads, land and stock

ICT infrastructure upto Janpad Panchayat

Data entry from Gram Panchayat

Under pilot implementation in Bhopal & Sehore District


ePRI Asthi (Karnataka)

Aasthi – Property Tax Management System

Samanya Mahiti – General Information System on village amenities

Aashraya – Housing schemes Monitoring System

All information & services delivered in Kannada language through Rural Digital Services


ePRIDRISTI (West Bengal)

Project sponsored by UNDP/NISGFocussing on 50 GPsProviding Comuter and Communication facilitiesP2C services with priority on internal automation of some of theareas such a s fund managementFund Management s/w intially prepared by one of the Panchayat itself and is under usage in some of the GPs.As desired by state PR, NIC has adopted the same package, in open source env, for state wide roll out & sustain in GPs/IPs/ZPs


ePRITamil Nadu

Out of a total of 12,618 GPs, 6,522 GPs have been provided with computers; remaining to be covered by the end of this financial yearThese PRI systems are not connected to Internet at the momentOpen source environment adopted Operators were given adequate training NREGA-MIS (prepared by NIC) became the first ICT-enabled service for the people.PRI Accounting system, prepared by NIC, is under implementation


Other ICT-enabled for PRIs

Poverty Alleviation (RuralSoft) – Software for monitoring the progress of rural development schemes

Rural Product Marketing (RuralBazar) – an e-Commerce Site for showcasing & marketing rural products

Agriculture Market Prices (AGMARKNET) – a web-based portal for disseminating mandi prices of agricultural produce

Rural Employment (NREGA) – Both online as well as offlineManagement


ePRI- VII Round Table Conference at Jaipur

Organised and co-ordinated by MoPR, Govt. of India

Attended by Ministers & Principal Secretaries for Panchayati Raj from states

Other stakeholders including NIC also attended the conference

The conference adopted resolution supporting Introduction of e-Gov in PRIs and capacity building


ePRI- VII Round Table Conference at Jaipur

NIC was made responsible to steer the project as main & primary software solution provider

National Panchayat Portal (NPP, http://Panchayat.nic.in) as Front end solution for all PRIs were prepared by NIC and launched during the conference

http://panchayat.nic.in/


National Panchayat PortalNPP contains the dynamic portals for all ZPs(540), BPs(6096) and GPs(2,35,000)

Each PRI can change layout, color, font and content without writing single line of programming code

Information/Content/data management(upload/download/exchange/archive/MHS etc) can be done by them.

Many states have taken initiative to adopt the portal and conduct training to PRI staff on NPP. Orissa is in leading stage at the moment..

The PRI portal as a part of NPP would act as the single-point of information and service delivery by the PRIs



Application Software

e-Panchayat (AP)

PRIAsoft

(TN, Orissa)Aasthi

(Kar)

PRIAsoft

(PanchLekh)

(MP)

Other PR

Deptt Application

Rural PRIs

VPs/BPs/ZPs

Citizen

MOPR Web Site

State PR

Portal

BP -Portal

ZP -Portal

VP-Portal

G2C Internet

Front End (NPP) Back End


ePRI – Mission Mode projectNational e-Governance Action Plan (NeGP) also envisaged and included e-Governance in Panchayats as a mission mode project with measurable deliverables

Proposed Major ActivitiesInformation & Service Need AssessmentBusiness Process ReengineeringHardware & System SoftwareConnectivityApplication SoftwareCapacity BuildingContent ManagementService Delivery


e-PRI Telecentre linkages Many telecentres (MSSRF, Warana, CICs, Akshaya, ITC e-Choupal, TaraHaat, Drishti, Saksham, OKN, AISECT etc.are a reality and many more are likely to join GoI, as part of NeGP, aims to establish 100,000 Common Service Centres across the countryThese telecentres could act as the front-end for information and service delivery centres of panchayatsPanchyats could outsource some of the data collection and collation activities to local people which could also become a source of income to these centres

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Thank You

D.C. MisraSr. Technical Director

[email protected]