E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project
An Expert Group chaired by Director
General, National Informatics Centre, on Information Technology (IT) Programmes
of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), had recommended preparation of plans incorporating a
minimum computing environment for all three tiers of Panchayati Raj
Institutions (PRIs). Accordingly, the MoPR formulated the e-Panchayat
Mission Mode Project (MMP) wherein 11
Core Common Applications (together called Panchayat
Enterprise Suite) were planned addressing all aspects of Panchayats’
functioning viz. from internal core functions such as Planning, Monitoring,
Implementation, Budgeting, Accounting, Social Audit, etc to citizen service
delivery like issue of certificates, licenses etc. Four of these Applications
namely PRIASoft, PlanPlus,
National Panchayat Portal and Local Governance
Directory have been in use by the States for two years. Six more Applications
namely Area Profiler, ServicePlus, Asset Directory, ActionSoft, Social Audit and Trainings Management were
launched on the occasion of National Panchayat Day on
24th April, 2012 and training is being imparted on these Applications before
their adoption.
Under
e-Panchayat MMP, so far, no funds have been released
to States/UTs for procurement of any hardware including computers. However, the
States/UTs 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 Regions Grant Fund (BRGF),
State funds, etc. for procuring IT infrastructure including computers at
Panchayats. Due to differentials in levels of availability of infrastructure as
well as preparedness of the States for e-enablement, no time frame has been
fixed for computerization of all the Panchayats in the country during the
Twelfth Five Year Plan.
This
information was given by the Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo in a written
reply in the Lok Sabha
today.
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