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Department viz Revenue Department, Gram Panchayat (GP), management of Panchayats for enhancing transparency
Public Works Department, Rural Development Department, and accountability in maintenance of accounts, Ministry
Agriculture, Drainage & Canal, Education, Electricity, Water, has integrated e-GramSwaraj with PFMS. e-GramSwaraj
Health etc. for the survey and implementing/using GIS based PFMS Interface (e-GSPI) is one of its kind for Gram

applications. Panchayats to make real time payments to vendors/service
providers. All transactions are secured, and payment
Swamitva would be useful to Panchayats in the practical aspects
vouchers are created using 2 factor authentications.
of improved own source revenues, use of GIS for plans and
seeing the outcomes in the GP down to hamlet and household
levels, with appropriate correlation being established between e- Gramswaraj: is a central part of the use of ICT
the data coming by use of LIF and PDI scores and its visual
presentation along with other data in the GP.

e-Governance and ICT Initiatives towards Minimum Government Geo-tagging of assets - As a part of effective and monitoring, it
and Maximum Governance: is also imperative to have field level monitoring of physical
progress of works. To strengthen the system, geo-tagging of
assets (on completion of work) is of utmost importance. MoPR
has developed mActionSoft- a mobile based solution to help in
capturing photos with Geo-Tags for the works which have asset
as an output. This would provide a repository of information on
all works and assets related to natural resource management,
water harvesting, drought proofing, sanitation, agriculture,
check dams and irrigation channels etc. In the FY 2022-23,
10,11, 816 activities are geo-tagged.

Gram Manchitra - A spatial planning application “Gram
Manchitra” has been implemented by MoPR for leveraging GIS
maps/ technology for the preparation of GPDP. It helps to
Fig: eGramswaraj: Simplified work-based accounting identify the availability of resource envelop and all reports in a
single window to facilitate planning. As the drone survey
e- Gramswaraj - is a central part of the use of ICT and
progresses, the digital spatial data/maps created under drone
terminology is also most apt to convey the tool and purpose. survey shall be leveraged for the creation of spatial analytical
Thereunder, a number of ICT initiatives have been taken by tools to support preparation of GPDP. It is significant tool for
MoPR, some key ones being: real tracking and monitoring of activities & development work.
PFMS - For bringing in efficiency, transparency and
accountability in local governance, the MoPR is playing a
crucial role in digitalisation of Panchayats both in terms of
computerisation of the Gram Panchayats and providing

digital solution like e-GramSwaraj application. The e-
GramSwaraj is work flow based accounting system from
‘planning to payment’ that has been adopted by most of
the Panchayats as on date. To ensure better financial

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PDI Committee Report - 2023: Policy Efforts by MoPR to strengthen PRIs