http://panchatantra.kar.nic.in http://panchamitra.kar.nic.in

Government of Karnataka

Government of Karnataka

• Mr Ravikumar P, IAS, the then Principal Secretary,RDPR

• Mr Prasannakumar, IAS, the then Director,RDPR

National Informatics Centre, Bangalore

• A Venkatesan, Deputy Director General• P V Bhat, Senior Technical Director• Balachandra Kalkur, Principal System Analyst

PRIs overview in KarnatakaAt District level – Zilla Panchayat – 30At Block level – Taluk Panchayat – 176Group of villages – Grama Panchayat – 5627.

PRIs Total Members

Women SC ST OBC

ZP 1013 539 186 86 225

TP 3659 2018 674 347 750

GP 90635 39020 16863 9842 30091

Total 95307 41577 17723 10275 31066

Functionaries at GP Sl.No.

DesignationSanctioned

strengthActual number

1. PDO 5627 29922. GP Secretary 5627 46603. Accounts Assistant 2500 4594. Bill Collector 5627 57195. Waterman 5627 279846. Sweeper 5627 57817. Attender 5627 48938. Clerk-cum-Typist 5627 1668

9. Data Entry Operator 5627 5627

Total 47516 59783

Weak accounting practices

Difficulty in consolidation, delay in funds allocation

Day to Day transactions not

known to citizen or Government

Poor capacity of GPs in Computers

Poor records keeping, low

recovery of taxes and opacity

5627 Grama Panchayats

29066 Villages & 29616 Hamlets

3.75 Crore Rural Population

8 Major Schemes

Rs. 8400 Crore (2012-13)

2 Crore properties

Property & Tax

Panchayatha Profile

Accounting Soft

Works Soft

Services (Sakala)

Statutory process

Assetization

Images & Videos

Grievances

E-Fund Release

1• Kannada - Local Language Support

2• Personalised web-sites for 5627 Grama Panchayats

3• Inbuilt double entry accounting system

4• Incorporation of Business Rules

5• Workflow based system

6 • Google Map and SMS Interface

7• Asset Directory

8• Integration with ration cards system for mutual

benefits

9• Social Audit

10• Easy public access and interface

Data entry of receipts &

payments builds double entry

accounting system

Strengthen decentralized

planning

It replaces traditional record keeping system

Effective monitoring

system

Transparency atgrass root level

Personalised GP Portal

Cash Book

Office Expenses Ledger

Income & Expenditure Statement

Scanned and uploaded proceedings of a GP Meeting

Month ActivityApr 2009 Pilot Project commenced in 146 GPs of Udupi districts

Oct 2009 Implementation started in 163 GPs of Bagalkot districts

Apr 2010 Implementation started in all GPs of remaining districts

Jun 2010 Training completed for all GPs – 8000+ GP Officials

Sep 2010 GP Portal put in public domain (http://panchamitra.kar.nic.in)

Jan 2011 More than 2.8 Crore of various types of records have been fed by 5627 GPs

Jun 2011 Linked with Ration Cards system

Jan 2012 Fund Release based on Performance on Panchatantra

Nov 2012 5552 GPs completed Balance Sheets for 2010-11, and 4427 GPs for 2011-12

Bridging the digital divide• Personalized web site for each GP• Tracking of status of Application & Grievance through

web • No static page – Generated Dynamically

Direct benefit to rural mass • Helps to identify planning gaps• In built community monitoring features

Networking among PRIs• Sharing of knowledge & best practices• Tracking day to day progress at higher level

Efficiency enhancementDigitized recordsSystem generated financial statementsDecentralised planning processAvoiding duplication of works-using GIS and GPS

User convenienceWeb based information dissemination

Funds release based on performance reflected in the system

Transaction based work flow system

Low cost solution- software by NIC- flexible

Increased user demand

The system is scalable to the institutions which provide similar service

Can be readily replicated in Taluk & Zilla Panchayaths , Urban local Bodies, Societies

Can be replicated in other states

Greater Transparency • Expenditure on each items published for citizen • 3 lakh beneficiary data in website

Resource mobilization • Details of 2 crore properties entered

Details of works & Expenditure published• List of ongoing and completed works of GP published • Investment on works can be cross verified in field by

the citizen, duplication of woks eliminated

Data made available to Line Departments. • Decentralized planning by Line Departments in true

spirit• Delay in making of action plan ended

Interface with Line Departments • Elimination of duplicate ration card• Identification of correct beneficiaries for schemes• Ration card are issued through this system

Internal Capacity of GP strengthened • Hardware, software, power back up etc., upgraded• Trained 10000+ GP staff • Way to transfer e-benefits to rural community

Coverage – 5627 Gram Panchayats

Scope of services – GP Based services fully covered

Appropriate solution with innovative use of technology for GP and Rural Community

Scalable to additional services and other institutions

Sustainability – System driven - Transparency

Cost effective and efficiency enhancement solution

Capacity Building10000 staff of GPs had been trained in 2 months at District with the help of District Informatics Officer of NICTrainers Training programmes were conductedRepeat trainings and Video Conferencing were conducted to clear the doubts

ConnectivityISP pursued to provide the connectivity at GPsGPs allowed to have broadband or datacard based connectivity from any service providersAll GPs are connected now.

Challenges

SustainabilityFund transfer based on Performance monitoring Performance ranking of GPs, Blocks and DistrictsSystem controls to ensure the dependency on PanchatantraGuaranteed Service Delivery through Panchatantra

IT Support• Software Development through National

Informatics Centre• Regular and continuous improvement of the

software as per the feedback

Road Ahead• Development of Panchayat Interaction Portal• Linked to tool free Helpline• Escalation of Panchatantra to Taluka Panchayat

and Zilla Panchayat• All reviews and policy on Panchatantra data only• Pushing Mandatory disclosures in public domain• Mobilise and disseminate Ward and Gram Sabha

information by SMS• Integrating other departments village wise

information• Online payment of property taxes

Thank You

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