The Government has formulated a project namely e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) for e-enablement of
all the Panchayats which will make their functioning
more efficient and transparent. The Project received in principle approval from
the Planning Commission in August 2007. Out of 130.39 crores
only that have been allocated for the Project so far, 23 crores
and 24 crores were allocated during 2009-10 and
2010-11 respectively without any disbursement to States. However, during
2011-12, 40 crores was
allocated of which the releases to States/Union Territories as under:
i) 1.5 crores for incentivizing
the adoption of PRIASoft; and
ii) 38.5 crores for setting up of Programme Management Units at
State and District levels for rollout of e-Panchayat
MMP.
iii) The
budgetary allocation during 2012-13 is 40 Crores.
e-Governance in Panchayats
is sought to be achieved through the e-Panchayat MMP
under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). Under
the e-Panchayat MMP, 11 Core Common Software
applications are planned. Four of these applications namely PRIASoft,
PlanPlus, National Panchayat
Portal and Local Governance Directory have been rolled out. Six more
applications except Geographic Information System (GIS) namely Area Profiler, ServicePlus, Asset Directory, ActionSoft,
Social Audit and Trainings Management have also been launched on 24th April,
2012 on the occasion of National Panchayat Day. For
effective implementation of the project, workshops are held to demonstrate the
applications to the State Govt. functionaries. The present status of the 4
applications that have been rolled out is as under:
a) PRIASoft – an online cash-based
double entry accounting software that implements the Model Accounting System
for PRIs, has been a major success with 1.2 lakh Panchayats on board and about 65,000 Panchayats
are making online voucher entries during 2011-2012. Over 60 lakhs
vouchers have been entered till March, 2012 for the year 2011-12 and reports
can be accessed at http://Accountingonline.gov.in.
b) Over
75,000 Annual Draft Plans & Action Plans of different plan units (ULBs/
RLBs/ Line Deptts.) are available online on PlanPlus. The software facilitates planning by Panchayats, ULBs/RLBs and line departments. Over 43,000
Plan Units have uploaded their Annual Action Plans online in 2011-12. This
includes 82 Zilla Panchayts,
1300 Block Panchayats & 41500 Gram Panchayats who have adopted PlanPlus
during 2011-12. These can be accessed at http://planningonline.gov.in
c) The
National Panchayat Portal: Over 2,36,500
dynamic websites have been created for Panchayats
(95% adoption) and 30,000 of these websites are seeing an active content
upload. It can be accessed at http://panchayat.gov.in
d) Local
Governance Directory captures details of local governments and assigns unique
code to all Panchayats to ensure interoperability
amongst all applications of Panchayat Enterprise
Suite (PES). It also maps Panchayats with Assembly
and Parliamentary Constituencies. It can be accessed at http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in
Since the Project so far has not provided any funds for
hardware including computers, the States have been advised to utilize available
funds from other sources such as 13th Central Finance Commission grants,
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Backward
Region Grant Fund (BRGF), Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY) etc. for
computerization of Panchayats.
Training of the Trainers (ToT)
model has been adopted for training the PRI functionaries down to the
grass-root level. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is also providing trained
faculty to provide training on Panchayat Enterprise
Suite (PES) applications and has advised States to create a cadre of Master
Trainers. So far, approximately 20,000 officials have been trained. Trainings
are also being conducted to impart basic ICT literacy trainings to PRI
functionaries and elected representatives. So far, 4500 functionaries and
elected members have been trained in fourteen States.
The project is being regularly reviewed by NeGP Apex Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary,
Government of India. Review Meetings chaired by the Secretary, Panchayati Raj
are also held regularly to monitor the progress of the Project.
Release of funds to States for Setting up Programme
Management Units at State and District levels as under:
S.No
|
State/UT
|
Total Amount per State (` in Lakhs)
|
1
|
A&N Islands
|
10.49
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
171.35
|
3
|
Arunanchal Pradesh
|
81.46
|
4
|
Assam
|
163.29
|
5
|
Bihar
|
202.08
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
25.19
|
7
|
Chattisgarh
|
153.87
|
8
|
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
|
3.50
|
9
|
Daman & Diu
|
6.99
|
10
|
Goa
|
28.68
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
159.79
|
12
|
Haryana
|
120.62
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
132.55
|
14
|
Jharkhand
|
174.84
|
15
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
145.81
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
152.08
|
17
|
Kerala
|
117.85
|
18
|
Lakshdweep
|
3.50
|
19
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
244.03
|
20
|
Maharashtra
|
212.94
|
21
|
Manipur
|
56.64
|
22
|
Meghalaya
|
27.96
|
23
|
Mizoram
|
31.46
|
24
|
Nagaland
|
41.94
|
25
|
Orissa
|
195.81
|
26
|
Puducherry
|
13.98
|
27
|
Punjab
|
138.82
|
28
|
Rajasthan
|
162.92
|
29
|
Sikkim
|
60.86
|
30
|
Tamil Nadu
|
137.38
|
31
|
Tripura
|
104.24
|
32
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
317.41
|
33
|
Uttarakhand
|
114.35
|
34
|
West Bengal
|
135.32
|
|
Total
|
3850.00
|
This
information was given by the Minister of Panchayati Affairs, Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo in a written reply in the Lok
Sabha today.
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