e-Panchayat
Mission Mode Project
Annual Conference of Project Directors of DRDAs @ MoRD
Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
8th July, 2013
e-Panchayat MMP
 Objective: e-enablement of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to
completely transform their functioning to make them more
transparent, accountable and effective as organs of
decentralized self-governing institutions.
 The project is aimed at automating the internal work flow
processes of all the 2.5 Lakh Panchayats and equivalent Rural
Local Bodies across the country.
 e-Panchayat is one of the 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) of
Govt of India under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).
Stakeholders
Ministry of
Panchayati
Raj, GoI
Citizens
State Line
Departments
Line
Ministries
e-Panchayat
Panchayati
Raj
Institutions
(PRIs)
State
Panchayati
Raj
Department
SPMU &
DPMU
State NIC
Unit
Background
 In 2009-10, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) commissioned a
comprehensive study covering all States and UTs to identify all the
Information and Services Needs of the stakeholders viz. Central
Ministries, State Departments, State line departments (including
DRDAs), Panchayats and Citizens.
e-Panchayat Study Phase - Approach
 Work flow processes of 135 Panchayats across 45 Districts in 34
States/UTs were studied to assess role/responsibilities of Panchayats.
 Needs of 11 Central Line Ministries, 11 State Line Departments
including State PR Deptt., District / Block Administration and
DRDAs and Field level functionaries were assessed at ZP, BP and GP
level.
 23 Central Schemes were examined.
e-Panchayat Study Phase – Approach contd...
 ICT readiness of Panchayats was assessed.
 Internal Automation needs of Panchayats were determined.
 Service delivery needs of the citizens were assessed.
 Gram Sabha meetings/individual/focused group interactions with
citizens.
Deliverables of the Study Phase
 Information and Services Needs Assessment (ISNA), Business
Process Reengineering (BPR) and Detailed Project Reports
(DPR) reports for all States/UTs and at National level. All
these reports can be accessed online at http://epanchayat.gov.in
Information
& Service
Need
Assessment
Programme
Management
Business
Process Reengineering
ePanchayat
Content
Management
Computing
Infrastructure
Capacity
Building
Connectivity
 This led to the identification of Core Common Applications that
address 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.
 These Applications have been designed to serve the core internal
needs of not just the PRIs, but also of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)
and other Central/State line departments like DRDAs.
 Challenging areas like delimitation (change of Panchayat boundaries),
merger of administrative units and decentralized, participative planning
are also being addressed by these Applications.
 States that choose to use other software applications for similar
purposes are only required to map their applications with these Core
Applications to facilitate the development of unified, national-level
information systems.
Common Core
Applications
Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) – Key Features
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Based of Open Source tools & technologies.
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All applications are interoperable and can be accessed through
single sign-on facility (i.e. common UserID and Password for all
Applications).
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All applications are based on UNICODE – can be made available in
local languages.
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States/UTs may also adopt PES applications one-by-one as per their
readiness and requirements.
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Applications are being integrated with SMS and email gateways
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Applications will conform to all the e-Governance Standards
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Made available free of cost to all the States
Common Core Applications
S.N Application
Description
1
Local
Captures all details of local governments and assigns unique
Governance code. Also maps Panchayats with Assembly and Parliamentary
Directory
Constituencies. It will also provide details of Elected
Representatives, etc.
2
Area
Profiler
Captures geographic, demographic, infrastructural, socioeconomic and natural resources profile of a village/panchayat.
Universal database for planning of all sectoral programmes.
3
PRIASoft
Captures receipt & expenditure details through voucher entries
and automatically generates cash book, registers, Utilization
Certificates etc
4
PlanPlus
Helps Panchayats, Urban local Bodies and line departments in
preparing Perspective, Annual and Action Plans.
5
ActionSoft
Facilitates
monitoring
of
physical
outcomes/outputs under various programmes.
&
financial
Common Core Applications
S.N
Application
Description
6
Asset Directory
Captures details of assets created/maintained; helps avoid
duplication of works and provide for O&M
7
ServicePlus
A dynamic metadata-based service delivery portal to help
in providing electronic delivery of all services in all
States. Also addresses grievance redressal.
8
Social Audit
Captures details of statutory meetings held at ZP/BP/GP
levels and prepares reports for social audit
9
Trainings
Management
Portal to address training needs of stakeholders including
citizens, their feedback, training material etc.
10
National
Dynamic Web site for each Panchayat to share
Panchayat Portal information in public domain.
11
GIS
A spatial layer to view all data generated by all
applications on a GIS map
GIS
Web site for each
PRI, integrating other PES applications
to act as a public
Financial Details
Physical & Financial
interface
Helps
to make Integrated District Plans (Perspective
and Annual Plans)
Progress
Approved Works
Receipt & Expenditure Details
PRIA Soft
Plan Plus
Approved Works
Resource Profile
Action Soft
Employee/Elected
Representative
Details
Approved
Plan
Tracks and
Capture details
Asset Profile
monitors
of receipts &
physical
Area
Asset
expenditure,
progress of
Profiler
Directory
generates
work
scheme
wise
PRI’s socioImplementatio
cash
books,
Lists
all
Assets
economic
n
registers,
created and
Service information,
Social
Utilization
maintained by
Plus
demographical Audit
Certificates.
Panchayats.Physical Progress
information,
Training
needs
facilitates
Tracks Social audits, Captures
Action taken
report
etc. of
public
Panchayat functionaries and
delivery of
infrastructure
Training
upcoming trainings to be
services to
and amenities
Portal
Assigns unique codes to all Local Governments,
delimitation
of Panchayats,
provided
by SIRD,
etc.
citizens
forms the back-bone of all e-Panchayat Applications
Citizen, Employee
Details
PANCHAYAT ENTERPRISE SUITE
(PES)
Maps of all Panchayats, spatial view of the profile/plan of a Panchayat by
National Panchayat Portal
overlaying data from the other PES applications.
Local Government Directory
Financial details
Area
Profiler
Approved Plan
Receipt & Expenditure Details
PlanPlus
Approved Works
ActionSoft
Completed Assets
Resource Profile
Employee/Elected
Representative Details
Service
Plus
Physical and Financial
Progress
Approved Works
PRIASoft
Citizen, Employee
Details
PANCHAYAT ENTERPRISE SUITE
National Panchayat Portal
GIS
Social Audit
Asset Profile
Asset
Directory
Resident &
Employee
Details
Physical Progress
Training
Portal
Local Government Directory
Current Status
Current Status
 Four PES Applications namely PRIASoft, PlanPlus, National Panchayat
Portal and Local Governance Directory have been in use for three years.
 Local Governance Directory (LGD)
http://lgdirectory.gov.in/
 Unique code assigned to all Panchayats or equivalent Rural Local
Bodies.
 All Panchayats are mapped to their villages.
 This mapping will provide the base to the GIS application for spatial
representation of data.
 Panchayats are also being mapped to their Parliamentary and
Assembly constituencies.
 LGD has been adopted by all States/UTs except Nagaland, Mizoram
and Delhi.
Current Status
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National Panchayat Portal (NPP) http://www.panchayatportals.gov.in/
 Over 2,36,210 dynamic websites created for Panchayats.
 30,000 of these websites seeing an active content upload.
 Dynamic portals have been created for all States/UTs except
Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh,
Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Delhi.
Current Status
 PRIASoft
http://www.accountingonline.gov.in/
 A Cash-based double entry accounting system.
 Facilitates compliance of PRI accounts with Model Accounting
System (MAS) - prescribed by C&AG, which is also one of the
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performance grant conditions under 13th FC.
Aim is to enter vouchers of all schemes at Panchayat level in
PRIASoft.
More than 1.6 lakh Panchayats on board.
Over 1.2 lakh Panchayats made online voucher entries in 2011-12.
Over 70,000 Panchayats made online voucher entries in 2012-13.
West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka and Kerala are mapping their
accrual based Accounting applications to PRIASoft.
 In Use by States/UTs during 2012-13
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil
Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh.
 An accrual version of PRIASoft is also being planned by MoPR.
Current Status….. Contd…
 PlanPlus
http://planningonline.gov.in
 Over 52,000 Panchayats put their approved Annual Action Plans online
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for 2011-12.
Over 42,000 Panchayats put their approved Annual Action Plans online
for 2012-13.
Over 65% adoption in BRGF districts.
States advised to submit Plans Online.
Technical Support Institutions are being used by States to assist in
creating and uploading of Plans.
The application has been designed to formulate Integrated District Plans
with convergence of funds, schemes, etc.
In Use by States/UTs during 2012-13
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Current Status….. Contd…
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Six more Applications namely Area Profiler, ServicePlus, Asset
Directory, ActionSoft, Social Audit and Trainings Management were
launched in April, 2012.
Trainings on these 6 applications are being provided by MoPR.
States/UTs are beginning usage of these 6 new PES applications.
User Manuals, FAQs and Computer Based Tutorials (CBTs) are
available online in English for on all PES applications. For better
understanding and adoptability of these Applications, the States/UTs
have been requested to translate these CBTs in their regional
languages.
Demo websites are also available for all Applications.
Queries are raised and answered on the interactive google-groups
created for the purpose.
Current Status….. Contd…
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Trainings of Trainers (ToT) model being used for training PRI
functionaries.
 Training Calendars are prepared by Ministry in advance.
 Over 10,000 people trained in last one year.
MoPR has engaged NIELIT (DOEACC) to impart basic IT literacy
trainings to Panchayat functionaries and elected members. Over 14,000
have been trained so far.
Programme Management Units (PMUs) operationalized in 20 States/UTs
for rollout of e-Panchayat MMP.
In the 12th Plan period, e-Panchayat has been dovetailed with the umbrella
scheme Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) of MoPR.
States/UTs can build in their requirements for e-enablement of PRIs in
their State Plans.
MoPR is providing all guidance and support to States/UTs for the
implementation of the project.
ServicePlus
 A metadata-based single software framework for defining & managing
the entire life-cycle of services.
 Provides a configurable service delivery framework for any department
to deliver any service – Regulatory, Statutory, Developmental or
Consumer Utility Service.
 Can be a basis for single unified service Portal
 Takes care of All State-specificities like Number and nature of
services, application form design, enclosures, workflow etc.
 DIT has welcomed ServicePlus framework for implementation of
e-District MMP
Geographic Information System (GIS)
 Will facilitate GIS based decentralized planning.
 Will depict the information from other PES modules spatially
for better decision making.
 Discussions underway with MoRD to synergize GIS efforts of
the two Ministries.
 Efforts being synergized with organizations like ISRO and
SoI to facilitate a Space based Information System for
De-Centralized Planning (SIS-DP v.2- Bhuvan-Geo
Panchayat)
 Efforts have been initiated to define Panchayat boundaries.
National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)
 NOFN to provide high bandwidth connectivity to all Panchayats by 2014.
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have been advised to take urgent action for
developing/implementing IT applications to realize the full potential of
NOFN.
 States/UTs have also been advised to (a) identify the services that can be
delivered through Panchayats (b) stated their preparedness for rollout of
Govt-to-Citizen (G2C) services and (c) provide a plan of action for
delivering services electronically in the year 2013-14.
 Under DeitY, the pilot project on the delivery of G2C services leveraging
NOFN is underway in 3 BPs and 59 GPs in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and
Tripura. 100 Mbps connectivity being provided to GPs in pilot locations
and 10 Mbps to the horizontally connected institutions like BDO office,
post office, tele-medicine centres, Digital Knowledge Centres, etc
Convergence with
other Programmes
Planned Integration with External Software
 Integration of relevant PES modules with CPSMS & NREGASoft is
on the agenda.
 e-Municipality of MoUD is considering leveraging the ‘generic’ PES
applications as needs are similar in Urban and Rural areas.
 Metadata and Data Standards (MDDS) for Panchayati Raj domain
are being formulated to ensure standardization and seamless
interoperability among all e-Governance applications in Panchayat
domain to ensure compliance with all national e-Governance
Standards published by GOI, like Data and Metadata Standards for
Person Identification and Land Region Codification, UID, etc.
Note: All the external applications must adopt the Panchayat code
provided by LGD to enable interoperability and data exchange.
Panchayats and Common Service Centres (CSCs)
 Both have footprints right down the Villages and Panchayats.
 CSCs follow a PPP model wherein private entrepreneurs set up
centers at village level and act as a front-end for services provided
by Panchayats.
 Both need to operate together and provide the necessary options &
competition which would lead to greater efficiency in delivery of
services to local people. (Ref: 28-March, 2011 Meeting with Planning Commission).
 While e-Panchayat will focus on the back-end, CSCs will focus on
front-end.
 Need to put in place a Panchayat Information Infrastructure and
regularly operate, update and maintain service-related databases.
e-Panchayat and DRDAs
Panchayats and DRDAs
 Panchayats are the constitutionally mandated third tier of
government.
 The 73rd Amendment empowers Panchayats to perform both
governance and agency roles.
 DRDAs are Registered Societies at the District level that oversee
the implementation of different anti-poverty programmes of the
Ministry of Rural Development.
 In some States, DRDAs have a separate identity (distinct from Zilla
Panchayat) whereas in other States a separate cell is generally
created in Zilla Panchayat to maintain a separate identity and
separate accounts of DRDA.
Potential of PES Applications for DRDAs
 In LGD, a unique identity needs to be created for DRDAs (that are
separate) to ensure interoperability. The process of merger of DRDAs
with ZPs also needs to be defined in LGD.
 PRIASoft – to put DRDA accounts in public domain.
PRIASoft was used by DRDAs in Assam in 2011-12, 2012-13
and by Odisha in 2009-10.
 PlanPlus and ActionSoft may be used by DRDAs for planning,
implementing and monitoring (financial and physical progress) of
various schemes. The Annual plans of few line departments are already
available in PlanPlus and similarly DRDAs may also adopt PlanPlus and
ActionSoft. If required, the specific needs of DRDAs can be
incorporated in these Applications.
Potential of PES Applications for DRDAs
 Dynamic portals have been created under National Panchayat Portal
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(NPP) for all Panchayat websites. So far such portals have not been
created for DRDAs. However, if the NPP framework is considered
suitable by MoRD, similar dynamic portals could also be created for
the DRDAs, where needed.
Social Audit – for social audit of works undertaken under various
schemes and & for management of meetings.
Trainings Management – to identify & meet training needs of
DRDAs.
Asset Directory – to uniquely identify each asset and to serve as a
repository of various assets created/controlled/ maintained under
any scheme of DRDAs.
GIS – spatial representation of information to facilitate planning and
decision making.
Thank You