Review on DRISTI Pilot Project

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1 Review on DRISTI Pilot Project WBSRDA P&RD Department Govt of West Bengal March 26-27, 2008 Bhuj, Gujarat 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 1

2 Status of project from May 2007 onwards (after Shimla Review Workshop) GPMS has been rolled out to 161 Gram Panchayats as against 107 GPs in Burdwan District. Beyond the project boundaries, GPMS has been rolled out to 846 GPs in other Districts and IFMS has been scaled up to 186 Block Panchayats and 18 ZPs throughout the state. New version of IFMS software has been developed in open source platform. Government Process has been re-engineered in the form of publication of a Rule ( so far there was only Govt. Orders) recognizing both the soft wares for accounts keeping of the PRIs. 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 2

3 Physical Progress after Shimla meet For better information of the citizen regarding rules and orders related to Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, compilation of orders and circulars, an e-compendium has been released on 30 th Aug 2007 on the eve of State level seminar on e-governance in connection with CSC project. 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 3

4 DRISTI- As viewed in RBM Framework Output Plan and Completion Profile Improved accounting standards INDICATOR TARGET STATUS Dec-06 Mar-07 Jun-07 Sep-07 Dec-07 Feb-08 Number of uniform accounting standard developed Number of Gram Panchayat with Number of Panchayat Samitis with Number of Gram Panchayat use uniform Number of Panchayat Samitis use uniform Number of Gram Panchayat furnished financial outputs electronically as prescribed Accounting Software Trained end users Trained end users Accounting Software Accounting Software Accounts Planned 2 Actual Two softwares has been developed- one for GP and other for ZP and PS Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Number of Panchayat Samitis furnished financial outputs Planned Accounts electronically as prescribed Actual /8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 4

5 DRISTI- Output continued INDICATOR TARGET STATUS Dec-06 Mar-07 Jun-07 Sep-07 Dec-07 Feb-08 Improved G2C services Number of G2C services made available against targeted to Citizens % reduction in average waiting time (nr days) Services Planned 2 1 Actual Planned 5 Actual As targated, three services viz birth /Death and trade certificates are already available- Module for house Improved PRI level planning Number of Panchayat Samitis use Number of Panchayat Samitis furnished plans using Tool Tool Planned Actual 2 2 Planned Actual 2 2 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 5

6 DRISTI- Output on G2C communication Improved G2G communications Improved monitoring of PRI implemented schemes INDICATOR TARGET STATUS Dec-06 Mar-07 Jun-07 Sep-07 Dec-07 Feb-08 Number of Panchayat Samitis use Communication Software Planned 31 Number of Panchayat Samitis use Communication Software Actual # developed for communication (3 tier) # Gram Panchayat use Number of PRI s submitted performance report on schemes as prescribed Number of PRI s who have taken actions based on the preformance report Communication Software Planned 1 Actual Communication Software Actual # Zilla Panchayat use Communication Software Planned 50 Planned 1 Actual The communication software has been developed and tested. Target will be accomplished as per plan the communication software has been developed and tested. two Gram Panchayats All the GPs will be covered after last mile connectivity is established District to State Level communication has been established. Software for colating the data is also Performance Reports Planned Performance Reports Actual Performance Reports Planned Number of PRI s who have taken actions based on the perfoperformance Reports Actual /8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 6

7 ILLUSTRATIONS OF GOOD PRACTICES Some PRIs have started publishing their financial report in the web-sites for public scrutiny. Rural Household Data and the software made for retrieval of information on status of rural households have helped in targeting the beneficiaries of poverty alleviation and social security programme effectively. On the basis of information on destitute families a new initiative called SAHAY (State Action Against Hunger and Destitution) have been taken up by the State Government and for that Rs. 100 Cr. has been earmarked in the state budget of /8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 7

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10 Lessons Learnt Perception of the tools at various level of PRIs Financial Transparency Budgetary compliance Planning at various levels Ownership by PRI at different levels Cost effectiveness and benefits. Aid to Decentralisation and Local Self Governance Formalization of processes Technical Architecture, efficiency and scalability 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 10

11 Lessons learnt PRI s capability to absorb technology and support towards new systems Resource mobilization at various levels Introducing new policies Amending existing Rules Capacity building as empowerment of end users Putting in place essential institutional frameworks (GOs..) 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 11

12 Plan for sustainability Creation of posts of BIO/ Data entry Operator at Block Panchayats and District Information Analysts at ZP for institutionalization New entrants in the post of Executive Assistants of GP must have operational knowledge in computers. The training on IFMS and GPMS have been made compulsory for induction level and refresher courses for all PRI related officials including Civil Servants at SIPRD and ETCs. Special provisions have been made in the Capacity Building Plan under BRGF, SRD, RGSY. Hardware support have been extended from BRGF, 12 th Finance Commission & RGSY fund. 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 12

13 Strategy for the rest of the period Operationalisation of blog and online tools for providing support to the users ; Development of an interactive CBT for training of the end users; Conversion of GPMS software to open source system and testing in the field. e-compendium to be web enabled Data transfer mechanism for three tiers of PRIs 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 13

14 Thank you 9/8/2009 WBSRDA, PRDD, WB 14