NREGASoft
The ICT Solution
A Ministry Of Rural Development and National Informatics Center
Initiative.
Genesis of NREGA
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005
The Government of
India passed the
National Rural
Employment
Guarantee Act 2005
on September 2005.
The Act provides legal
guarantee of
hundred days of
wage employment in
a financial year to a
family..
The act was
applicable to 200
Districts in 2006-07 ,
another 130 are
added in 2007-08 and
extended to whole
country from
April,2008.
The choice of works
suggested addresses
causes of chronic
poverty like drought,
deforestation, soil
erosion
Glimpse of Arduous
Operating Terrain
Massive
breadth
coverage more
than 2.5 Lakh
Panchayats
Multiple
local
languages
Lack of
industrial
participation
Very low
literacy
Poor or no
ICT
infrastructure
Voluminous
Information
Problems of Wage
Employment Programs
Duplication
of works
Spurious
Transactions
Parking of
funds
Fudging of Muster rolls
Partial Wage
Payments
Delay in
Funds
Disbursement
NonStandard
Processes
Improper record keeping
Lack of transparency
NREGASoft - lifeline of
NREGS Operations
NREGASoft systematizes vast swathe of field functionaries, officials and
beneficiaries via coherent centralized workflow engine spanning the length
and breadth of our country.
Operational feasibility has been made possible by the following features:
Intuitive user interface in localized Indian languages
The Data Entry is being done at Block, Gram Panchayat; totaling 25,000 locations.
The software solution is designed to overcome arduous challenges posed by insufficient infrastructure, poor
connectivity and low computer literacy in remote areas
The system captures data at process initiation points: “Registration of Beneficiary” and “Demand Generation” - data
once entered at these points is used in all subsequent operations – elimination data duplication and re-entry
The system designed as compartmentalized and self contained modules enabling easy maintenance, better security
and cleaner integration across process boundaries
All stake holders has been provided space for their share of Work through role based access
System supports 500,000 record addition per day
NREGASoft Scope &
Coverage
Coverage
NREGASoft spans across 31 states (89%
coverage), 599 Districts (95.5% coverage),
241,000 GPs and 640,302 villages(92.5%
coverage)
Functional Scope
NREGAsoft is the comprehensive solution to monitor,
manage and run NREGS, it consists of the following
functional modules:
Administrative Module
Key statistics
Worker Management Module
116,683,409
Job Cards
Finance Module
Works Management Module
Stores and Inventory Management Module
258,020,507
Registered
Persons
68,000,000+
Muster Rolls
Grievance Reddressal Module
Cost Estimation Module
NREGASoft Flow
NREGASoft – Stakeholders
Gram
Panchayat
Block
Program
Officer
District Program
coordinator
Citizen
Financial
Institutions
NGOs, Civil
Society
Org.
NIC
State
Line
Dept.
State Rural
Development Dept.
Ministry of Rural Development
Worker
Integration: Systems &
Economy
Local Industry
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Essential Systems Integration
Several data entry companies are
engaged to provide services
required for NREGS.
Web services has been provides to
share data in NREGASoft with all the
vendor engaged in payment
(through Bank/ post office) to
NREGA workers at their door step by
using hand held devices
GRS &
e-Lekha
RSBY
Financial Tracking
Banks
NREGS
Health Insurance
UIDA
Data sharing with UIDA
Wage Payout
BPL
Census
Common beneficiary
identifier across two system
NREGASoft Acceptance &
Popularity
Recognized as epitome of ICT’s impact at grass-root level
Popular amongst users, latest improvements have been contributed by users
themselves
Popular platform for exchange of ideas and best practises leading to adoption of
proven practises across regions
Established as credible, reliable and correct source of information
100,000 hits per day, popular amongst NGOs and Social Researchers
Total visitor hit count at 35,158,562 hits
NREGASoft Saving Gov.
Money
Saving on hidden cost:
•Eliminating Fudging of Muster rolls: More than 116 million job cards and 68 million muster rolls are available in public domain; There is
a tight coupling between job card and muster roll.
•Timely funds remittance to implementing agencies: Fund transfer system tracks the transfer of fund from MoRD/States to the pocket
of the person;
•Partial payment of wages: No concept of Kaccha Muster roll. Muster roll has to get closed before payment and the payment is through
bank/post office. So no partial payment and the money reaches in right hands
•Parking of funds at District level: Accounts are maintained at all points where fund is getting transferred and is available in public
domain
•Duplication of works : Each work has been assigned unique no. comprising of location, type of work and the serial number; A inventory
of assets created under NREGA has been created and available in public domain.
•Right to demand of work was not being executed :local language, Sound and Icon based touch screen module has been developed for
illiterate workers, so that he himself can exercise his rights
•Improper Accounting/record keeping: Software prepares all the records/registers as per guidelines of NREGA.
•Attendance at worksite being captured by hand held machines having biometric authentication and GPS system to eliminate fudging
of data and automating data collection.
Direct cost savings through following initiatives:
•ICT pilots to automate capturing of data to reduce manual inputs and overheads of the same
•Workers can demand work directly using the touch screen kiosk in the Panchayats
•Grievance can be lodged and action can be traced by worker through the touch screen kiosk in the Panchayats
•Payment to the worker can be done at door step by using hand held device in Business correspondence model
NREGASoft: Impact Of
Content Digitization
Muster rolls which were not even known to the worker who is working on it
is now in public domain
The system facilitates social audit
Facilitates and expedites adoption of best practices via information
exchange platform
Prevention of fudged and spurious data
Record keeping has improved
Streamlined funds reconciliation
Empowering illiterate worker to easily access and verify accounts
Awareness generation using omnipresent cyber space
NREGASoft Embracing
Global Trends
NREGASoft is a confluence of social networking with workflow to bridge
C2G/G2C divide
Hybrid design between centralized and distributed to keep overheads low
for software management, data security, data availability with agility of
centralized reporting
Design enables over coming challenges of insufficient connectivity
Advance biometric technologies and GPS is being used to identify and track
beneficiaries.
System orchestrates transactions with vital external systems (internal fund
management automation of the ministry, e-Lekha) to achieve streamlined
operations
Benefits for Stakeholders
Single window interface for all stake holders
Citizen can access the site and see all the documents kept at Gram Panchayats i.e. Muster
Rolls,employment provided/ wage paid to workers
A citizen can lodge complaint and can keep track the response
A worker can check his details on job card ,complaint status, work demand, work allocated
,work provided and wage paid in his local language.
Gram Panchayat’s can generate their records through NREGASoft including accounting of
100 days employment to a family
Better financial Accounting for all stakeholders
Program officers/District Program Coordinators can manage the implementation of NREGA
in a better way
Staffing position module of the software enhances the coordination and communication
among various stake holders.
Benefits to Society
Promoted ICT adoption in 6,000 blocks
and 250,000 Gram Panchayats hence
creating the need for hardware /
software / network connectivity and
services
The system employs many small scale
companies benefiting the local regional
economy
NREGA uses latest technologies like
Handheld device, Touch screen kiosks,
Mobile hand held technologies
NREGA’s unique payment system has
broaden the fabric of Financial inclusion
to the grass root level
NREGA has popularized ICT as a tool for
empowerment amongst the rural
masses - grievances recording and
accountability has eliminated the
middle-man enabling true G2C
interaction
NREGA is a reliable channel to deliver
economic stimulus directly at the grass
roots benefiting the poor
Benefits - Strengthening
ICT in INDIA
ICT penetration which was only up to district level for so many years has reached
Block/Panchayat level.
Kerala, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat are using NREGASoft at Gram
Panchayat level
Provide employment by outsourcing tasks like capturing of data and data entry
Gov. of India has mandated computerization and providing connectivity all blocks – over
6000 in total-enabling ICT infrastrcture
Created a backbone for the service delivery - payment of wages through post office, using
Hand held devices integrated with NREGASoft for details of payment through muster
rolls maintained by NREGASoft
NREGASoft
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