1. Panchayati Raj Department ICT- Enabling of PRIs (Orissa Experience) (Orissa Experience) ICT- Enabling of PRIs (Orissa Experience) (Orissa Experience) http://orissapanchayat.gov.in S. K. Lohani Director Special Projects and Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department

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3. COMPONETSTEPS TAKENAREA OF COVERAGE PLANPLUSProject Planning and approval Planplus Software aims at planning and approval of projects from grasssroot level to Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India. MPRSoftMonthly Progress Report of all Centrally Sponsored Schemes Being done at District Hqrs and made available at State and Central Govt. NREGASoftFunds sanction and flow, project monitoring. All modules of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA are updated in the website mandatorily since 1 st Jan 2008. Orissa is the 1 st State. Own Website Proactive Disclosure of Information. Data uploaded at State Hqrs. on real time basis. TODAY’s SITUATION

4. Panchayati Raj Department COMPONETSTEPS TAKENAREA OF COVERAGE RURALSOFTImplementation of RURALSOFT for monitoring of physical progress of Poverty Alleviation Programmes Online transmission of data in 6234 GPs, 314 Block & 30 DRDAs linked to PR website. BETANPayroll SoftwareImplemented in all DRDAs and Blocks to generate Pay Bill of all Statff including Teachers. (Around 1.50 Lakh Staff) PAMISComputerised cashbook is manatory since 1st July, 2007 for DRDA and Blocks. 30 ZPs, 314 PS and 4998 GPs. PRIASoftPanchayati Raj Institutions Accounting Software provides a single software for all three tiers of Panchayats - CAG – compliant It is started implementing in all 30 DRDAs, 314 Blocks and 4184 GPs. TODAY’s SITUATION

5. Panchayati Raj Department COMPONETSTEPS TAKENAREA OF COVERAGE e-DespatchAll correspondence in public domain. Available to all in 24 X 7 – real time basis. e-Space is created for all Block Panchayats and District Panchayats Sanjog HelplineInstitutionalizing the grievance redressal process through automatic tracking & escalation till the same is resolved. Toll free number 1800 345 6770 and 155335 has been established in State Hqrs. Skill Development Training SIRD’s own website Capacity Building of PRIS ORMAS’s own website Marketing support to Rural products TODAY’s SITUATION

6. Panchayati Raj Department Enablers  Supreme Court directs to place wage-employment projects with details of expenditure on website with a search facility  Database fund of Finance Commission allowed purchase of Computer for blocks & Gram Panchayats.  Gramsat Project enabled V-SAT connectivity at 314+30+State level online connectivity  PriaSoft experiment gave confidence and open challenge for Business Process & Accounting Standardization with Citizen interface.  Right sizing enabled each block to get an IT professional (BE / MCA) in lieu surrendered posts.  Executive Officers posted in all 6234 Gram Panchayats.  GRAMSAT e-mail accounts for 30 DRDAs and 314 Blocks created and operationalised.

7. Panchayati Raj Department COMPONETSTEPS TAKENAREA OF COVERAGE Hardware Computer hardware to each and every Block including LAN facility. Computer hardware to all Gram Panchayats. All 6234 GPs, 314 Block offices and 30 DRDAs in Orissa. Connectivity V-SAT based 128 kbps network facility connecting all the Blocks, DRDAs with the State.V-SAT BSNL-VPN Broadband Internet Connectivity.BSNL-VPN Broadband Internet Connectivity. All 314 Blocks and 30 DRDAs are linked with State Hqrs. Manpower I.T qualified technical personnel to provide on site support for application software and training. 344 Technical personnel in position since April 2004. DRS Direct Reception System (DRS) facility for training of the functionaries of PRIs. All 314 Blocks and 1087 GPs in KBK districts. IT INFRASTRUCTURE

8. Panchayati Raj Department Electronic Benefit Transfer  Each CSP(Customer Service Provider) to be provided with a Mobile phone –GPRS and a hand held device.  Each GP/CSP will be attached to a Link Branch (Nearest Branch.  The CSP will do the enrolment of all MGNREGA beneficiaries in the GP with bio-metric devices and sign the account opening form (no frills account)  Link Branch will update MGNREGS wage earner account by getting wage list from Block.  CSP will disburse the wages to the MGNREGS wage earners in “Banking Outpost” located in GP Hqrs. through Bio-metric authentication.

9. Panchayati Raj Department e-Panchayats with capacity to –Inform citizens –Interact with citizens –Transact business on internet with citizens –Resources Mapping of GPs (GIS) Bio – Metric ATM for MGNREGS workers GIS and GPS based Planning and Monitoring. ROAD AHEAD… Bio – Metric Registration and Attendance for MGNREGS workers

10. Panchayati Raj Department Outcome Web based Monitoring Enabling Electronics Public Services e-Panchayat Knowledge based Decision support System Empowerment of Citizens Capacity Building Strong Database Entertainment And information Project Monitoring TransparencyAccountability Accessibility e-Governance & Rural Prosperity through PRIs Information Services Tracking of Village Development funds

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13. Panchayati Raj Department BETAN, the Pay Roll Software is developed by Orissa Computer Application Centre (OCAC) and put in place in online for pay bill generation of all teachers, all block staff and all DRDA staff. The website address of BETAN is http://ori.nic.in/betan. BACK

14. Panchayati Raj Department PAMIS-2010 To computerize the accounts of all 3-tier PRIs including Gram Panchayats in a consolidated manner, the updated version of PAMIS i.e. PAMIS 2010 has been in use. PAMIS-2010 is developed in open source platform. It has capability to generate structured accounting as well as analytical reports to monitor the PRIs in a proper and scientific manner. The web address of PAMIS 2010 is http:// www.orissapanchayat.gov.in. BACK

15. Panchayati Raj Department Modified PRIAsoft http://accountingonline.gov.in/ PRIASoft (Panchayati Raj Institutions Accounting Software) provides a single software for all three tiers of Panchayats. The Panchayats are the main users of the system on a day-to-day basis for 1.Managing Bank and Treasury Accounts. 2.Manage Cheque books of banks and treasury accounts. 3.The Opening and Closing balance details are to be entered. For subsequent years, the opening and closing balances are automatically calculated. 4.The budget estimates are to be entered by each Panchayat twice in a year.

16. Panchayati Raj Department 5.The most common transaction that happens on a daily basis are the receipts and expenditures, deposits and withdrawals. 6.Cash-basis accounting has been adopted in the Simplified accounting System, 7.Receivables and Payables help to bridge the gap between the cash-basis and accrual system of accounting. 8.CAG has prescribed 8 formats for recording and reporting. 9.Bank and treasury reconciliation is another important feature provided by the software to better manage the funds available in various bank and treasury accounts. 10.At the end of each month, the Panchayat can reconcile the cash book with the pass book of each bank and treasury. Modified PRIAsoft http://accountingonline.gov.in/ BACK

17. Panchayati Raj Department NREGsoft, software developed in accordance with guidelines of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act – 2005 is mandatorily being implemented in Orissa. The website address is http://nrega.nic.in. BACK

18. Panchayati Raj Department PlanPlus software of Ministry of Panchayati Raj Department, Government of India takes care of preparing the District Plans under Backward Region Grant Fund(BRGF) of 19 BRGF Districts. The website is http://panchayat.gov.in/ planplus BACK

19. Panchayati Raj Department Sanjoghelpline : A toll free number 1800 345 6770 and 155335 have been established in State Headquarters to redress the grievance of the general public. The same grievance is put to Sanjoghelpline portal (http://sanjoghelpline.in), and the complaint is automatically transmitted through SMS/ Fax/ letter/ website to the officer concerned or escalated to the higher officer within 7 days. BACK

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