1. ICT for People’s empowerment
Orissa Experience
Presented by –
S. K. Lohani
Director (Spl.Projects)

2. MG NREGS - ORISSA 2

3. ICT – Institutional Structure
e-Governance Resource Team at State level
Headed by Director , Special Projects and Additional Secretary to Govt.
Deputy Secretary (E-Gov),
Technical Director, NIC,
IT Specialists,
Project Director, DRDA,
Addl. Project Director, DRDA (Technical),
Addl. Project Director(Finance),
Assistant Project Director (MIS),
Programme Officers,
Block Development Officers,
Civil Engineers 3

5. MG NREGA Online MIS Achievement
State Govt. have made mandatory online reporting since 1st January, 2008.
Only online figures for physical and financial progress from the field is accepted by State.
M.P.R. is generated from online MIS.
Proactive disclosure of information to all stakeholders through 5

6. HARDWARE ICT infrastructure Zilla Panchayat Level (30 DRDAs)
4-5 Nos. of Computers, 3-5 Nos. of printers
Intermediate Panchayat Level (314 Blocks)
3 Nos. of Computers, 2-3 Nos. of Printers
Gram Panchayat level (6234 GPs)
One Desktop/ Laptop with one printer have already been provided to each GP . 6

7. ICT Infrastructure SOFTWARE Zilla Panchayat Level (30 DRDAs)
WinXP, MS Office, Oracle 9i, D2K, SQL Server7, Visual Studio6.
PAMIS, BETAN, PRIAsoft, Ruralsoft, NPP, NREGA online etc.
Intermediate Panchayat Level (314 Blocks)
WinXP, MS Office, Oracle9i, D2K
Gram Panchayat level (6234 GPs)
MS Office,
PRIAsoft, Ruralsoft, NPP, NREGA online at Block
N.B. :
e-Despatch : All letters those are dispatched from PR Deptt is in real time posted on the website and sent through fax, simultaneously.
e-Space for all Collectors, DRDAs, Blocks are created in PR website to download the latest instructions and guidelines. 7

8. ICT Infrastructure CONNECTIVITY Zilla Panchayat Level (30 DRDAs)
V-SAT, Broadband, Dialup
DRS –TV Teleconferencing
NIC Video Conferencing
BSNL-VPN Broadband
Intermediate Panchayat Level (314 Blocks)
Other Available ISPs
Gram Panchayat level (6234 GPs)
DRS-TV Teleconferencing in KBK District GPs
All GPs have been allowed to have internet connectivity from available ISPs. 8

9. Own Network ICT infrastructure
All the District Panchayats and Block Panchyats are connected through BSNL Broadband Virtual Private Network tunnel.
Network Management Center at the State Hqrs. 9

10. ICT Infrastructure MANPOWER State Hqrs
NREGS Cell is functional with Specialists in their respective domain.
Zilla Panchayat Level (30 DRDAs)
Experienced IT professionals
Young and energetic IT professionals – B.E./MCA
Intermediate Panchayat Level (314 Blocks)
Additional IT man power – DOEACC ‘O’level/DCA
Trained non-IT professionals
Gram Panchayat level (6234 GPs)
Gam Rozgar Sevaks having working knowledge in IT or ‘O’level qualification.
Rs.2000/- per GP has been allowed for content management of GP and uploading to websites. 10

11. Electronics Benefit Transfer (EBT)
MoU signed with SBI for implementation of Electronics Benefit Transfer (EBT) for payment of wages through Business Correspondent (BC) model.
In the 1st phase 1000 GPs are operating through “Banking Outposts” at GP hqrs. of 3 Districts namely Ganjam, Gajapati and Mayurbhanj.
Other 8 districts allowed to Union Bank of India.
ICICI has proposed for another 3 districts.

12. EBT - Process
BC appoints Customer Service Providers (CSPs) in each GP.
Each CSP is provided with a Mobile phone –GPRS and a hand held device by BC.
Each GP/CSP is attached to a Link Branch (Nearest Branch).
The ID to the CSP is provided by the BC .
The CSP does the enrolment of all MGNREGA beneficiaries in the GP with bio-metric devices and sign the account opening form (no frills account)
Link Branch updates MGNREGS wage earner account by getting wage list from Block.
CSP disburses the wages to the MGNREGS wage earners in “Banking Outpost” located in GP HQs. through Bio-metric authentication.

13. EBT Achievements so far
Target – 1000 GP
CSP functional – 972
Disbursement started – 166 GPs
No. of jobseekers enrolled – 7,16,160
No. of Accounts opened – 5,79,220
No. of transactions – 43,647
Total disbursement – Rs 4.01 Cr.

14. SanjogHelpline Grievance Redressal
Orissa Govt. have set up an Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS)
SanjogHelpline
(Toll free no and ).
It addresses the grievances of following schemes.
MGNREGA
PMGSY
RWSS
Can be customized for other schemes.

15. Public Grievance Redressal System – Sanjog Helpline
Registers complaints through
Toll free number ( and ).
Web portal (
Fax
Letters
Triggers complaints to BDO-cum-Programme Officer through
SMS – Instantly
Fax/ /e-Space – end of each day
Escalates complaints to higher quarters in desired time intervals
PD, DRDA -cum- Addl. DPC
Collector & DM –cum- DPC, NREGA
Director(Spl. Projects) and Addl. Secy to Govt., PR Deptt. 15

17. ICT Pilot Project - NReGA-pay (Use of Biometric Devices)
The Biometric device captures the work demand from the jobseekers who are issued with a dated receipt instantly.
Work Allocation notice within 3 days, acknowledgement recorded in the same Biometric device.
The Biometric device enabled with GPS records the attendance of the jobseeker along with longitude and latitude of the worksite.
According to his attendance and measurement by the JE, the muster roll and wage list is prepared and transmitted to the concerned Post/ Bank branches, for payment of wage within 15 days.
The above process works with synchronization with NREGASoft.
The GP is provided with two nos. of Biometric devices enabled with GPS, one laptop enabled with GPRS web access and one small dot matrix printer.

18. ICT Pilot Project (Implementation of NREGA – use of Bimetric Devices )

19. National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
4/20/2017
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
NReGA-pay
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROJECT:

20. Process re-engineering
4/20/2017
PRESENT SITUATION
Activities
3.Job allocation
4.Attendance/photo taken at work site
5.Measurement and check measurement
6.Pass for bill
7.Wage list generation
8.Wage disbursement
2.Job demand
1.Registration
Process re-engineering
Use of ICT
National Rural IMPACT ANALYSIS
Employment Guarantee Scheme
Improved governance
Non traceable
2 DAYS
This process approximately takes days to give outcome
7 DAYS
Misleading
Inflated muster rolls
Delayed
payment
Timely transfer of wages
Authenticate attendance
Properly recorded
Systematic
15 to 20 days
POST IMPLEMENTATION EFFECT

21. NReGA-pay – Output

22. NReGA-pay – Output (Worksite Linked to Google Map)

23. CONCLUSION: National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
4/20/2017
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
CONCLUSION:
The successful implementation of this pilot project would help in
Improving the overall efficiency of the scheme.
Effective financial inclusion of all the citizens and automated electronic wage disbursement.
Setting an example for the other State Governments for successful implementation of NREGA.
Creating awareness amongst People at the grassroots level about the Government’s citizen centric approach.

25. Gram Panchayat Computerisation
All the GPs have already been supplied with Desktop, Laptop, Printer, MS Office package etc out of 12th Finance Commission Grants,
The 13th Finance Commission have emphasized on maintenance of accounts, conducting audit in each GP, entering into prescribed accounting /- per month per GP has been provisioned.
Out of this, /- per month for each G.P. for operation and maintenance of computers and other consumable peripherals shall be released directly to Gram Panchayats.
A 20 seated digital database management system with LAN has been setup in all the 314 blocks out of 12th Finance Commission Grant.
A sum of 20,000/- per year per block is being provided for maintenance of the above infrastructure out of the present grant.

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