I came across an article in Indian Express, dated June19, 2010 on recent development set to take place in village Panchayats of Lucknow.
Panchayats in Uttar Pradesh are set to get net-savvy. The state Department of Panchayati Raj will soon start using PriaSoft, an exclusive software designed to computerise panchayats and bring all information on a common web platform.
Designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, PriaSoft will computerise all accounts of the three-tier panchayati raj institutions to create uniformity. The project comes at a cost of Rs 1,402 crore.
For this, the district level officials have been trained and there will be more training camps throughout the state.
The computerisation of panchayats is a major step in the way of creating transparency in the system. What makes this system more interesting is that it also manages the accounts of the Gram, Block and Zila Panchayats in a similar way, thus creating complete uniformity.
To cater to 51,977 gram panchayats in the first stage, IIT-Kanpur modified PriaSoft to suit the state’s requirements. Since the panchayati raj institutions are the key to all development activities in the rural sector, it becomes all the more important that their functioning be error-free, open and also, easy to manage.
The move was specially initiated at a time when the panchayat elections were due in the next few months so that the voting process could be made hassle-free and accessible by all as soon as possible.
Secretary (Union Panchayati Raj), A N P Sinha says that the panchayats get lakhs of rupees and the accounts should be completely transparent. After computerisation, professionals will be trained to manage the software at each panchayat level. This will increase independency in operations. The aim is to allow panchayats to make their own Five Year Plans in near future.
This is a safety management exercise. While some features will only be for department officials, the rest will be open for the public. All one would need to do is to go to a cyber cafe or a common service centre and check the number of tasks underway or the money spent by his panchayat.
Panchayats in Uttar Pradesh are set to get net-savvy. The state Department of Panchayati Raj will soon start using PriaSoft, an exclusive software designed to computerise panchayats and bring all information on a common web platform.
Designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, PriaSoft will computerise all accounts of the three-tier panchayati raj institutions to create uniformity. The project comes at a cost of Rs 1,402 crore.
For this, the district level officials have been trained and there will be more training camps throughout the state.
The computerisation of panchayats is a major step in the way of creating transparency in the system. What makes this system more interesting is that it also manages the accounts of the Gram, Block and Zila Panchayats in a similar way, thus creating complete uniformity.
To cater to 51,977 gram panchayats in the first stage, IIT-Kanpur modified PriaSoft to suit the state’s requirements. Since the panchayati raj institutions are the key to all development activities in the rural sector, it becomes all the more important that their functioning be error-free, open and also, easy to manage.
The move was specially initiated at a time when the panchayat elections were due in the next few months so that the voting process could be made hassle-free and accessible by all as soon as possible.
Secretary (Union Panchayati Raj), A N P Sinha says that the panchayats get lakhs of rupees and the accounts should be completely transparent. After computerisation, professionals will be trained to manage the software at each panchayat level. This will increase independency in operations. The aim is to allow panchayats to make their own Five Year Plans in near future.After computerisation, all the panchayats will be connected through a common portal.
While some information will be shown only to those who have a valid password, information like utilisation of funds and programmes will just be a click away.
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