E-

Panchayat
Presenters:
Sadhana Khadka(Roll No.: 20)
Tamanna KC (Roll No.: 34)
TABLE OF
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Key Modules ces
Components
1. E-panchayat Introduction
● E-Panchayat is a software product conceptualized, designed and developed by National Information Centre,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India as a part of its E-governance initiatives.

● Stakeholders: citizens, elected representatives, Gram Panchayat officials, the governments and the knowledge
workers.

● Coverage: 2.45 lakhs panchayats across India

● States covered: Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Himanchal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kearla, Karnataka, Haryana and Goa.

● Expenditure on e-Panchayat: INR 15 crore for the fiscal year 2023 (between 2022-2023)

● India's first-ever digitized Panchayat ward: Aymanam grama panchayat of ward No. 15 in Kerala
2. Objectives of E-Panchayat
● Automation of internal workflow processes of panchayats.

● Improving delivery of services to citizens.

● Capacity building of panchayat representatives and officials.

● Social auditing.

● Transparency, accountability, efficiency and RTI compliance of panchayats.

● Improving governance of the local self-government by ensuring people’s participation in decision-making.

 3. Benefits and Impact:
● E-panchayat streamlines internal processes, saving time and resources for Panchayat officials.

● Increased transparency builds trust between citizens and the Panchayat, fostering better cooperation.

● Improved financial management reduces leakages and ensures efficient resource allocation for development
projects.

● Online access to information empowers villagers and enables them to participate more actively in decision-making
processes.
 4. Key Component:
E-GramSwaraj:
This user-friendly web portal is the backbone of e-panchayat. It offers various modules for:
○ Planning:
Gram panchayats can create development plans, track progress, and manage budgets online.

○ Accounting:
Financial transactions, receipts, and expenditures can be recorded electronically, ensuring
transparency.

○ Monitoring:
Real-time tracking of project implementation and resource utilization allows for better oversight.

○ Asset Management:
Maintaining a digital inventory of Panchayat assets simplifies tracking and maintenance.
 5. The Modules
● E-Panchayat comprises nearly 30 main modules, and Nearly 150 sub-modules, in line with
the 30 sectoral functions of the gram panchayats.

● Ramachandrapuram Gram Panchayat (Merdak District, Near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh)

was taken as panchayat for e-Panchayat.

Gram Panchayat Administration

The module facilitates provision of following information services:
 Minutes of meetings
 Schedules of Gram Sabhas
 Agenda update
 Certificates, Licences
 Bill payments
 Attendance monitoring of the Panchayat functionaries
 Gram Panchyat Meeting Management
 Modules contd…
The module facilitates provision of following information services:

 Gram Panchayat Cleanliness Monitoring

 Registration of Births/Deaths/Marriag,e Etc.
 SGSU works monitoring, issue of trade licences
 Pension schemes management system
 Self-help group and other villagers welfare schemes management system.
 Assets management, property tax assessment and management.
 Property lost/found reporting system
 Encroachments checking and monitoring module
 Government orders searching and retrieval system
 Village statistics maintenance and reporting system
 Intensive sanitation management information system.
 The Modules contd…
The major Modules(service areas) under E-
panchayat are:
● Other village Services(OVS)
● Agriculture
● Irrigation and water Conservation  Births and deaths Registration
● Fisheries  Property Tax and Vacant Land Tax
● Social Forestry  Dangerous and offensive Trades
● Elections  Water tap Connection and Water tax
● Housing
Collection
● Water  Advertisement Tax
● Fodder and fuel
 Building Permission
● Roads, Bridges and Culverts
 Court cases
● Street Lighting And Electric Supply
 Financial
● Alternative Energies
● Poverty Eradication
● Village Accounting System(VAS)
 Modules contd…
The Modules of E-governance facilitate provision of the following information services:
 Agriculture:
● Manage the farmers' grievances.
● Rendering educational services on the best agricultural practices
● Provide season-specific & region-specific information services to the farmers
● Offering of counseling services to the farmers by agriculture experts.

 Irrigation and Water Conservation:

● Provide information on irrigation canals to the public.
● Facilitate education on various water harvesting and conservation scheme.
● Enable reporting of problems on pipelines, canals, etc.

 Fisheries:
● Provision of information on potential fishing zones
● Provision of fishermen welfare scheme related information
● Rendering market related information services.
 Modules contd…
 Social Forestry:  Water :
● Mobilization of volunteers by secretary. ● Information on water clearing technology
● Submitting report on illegal feeling of ● Approved vender’s information for water
trees. treatment.
● Procurement and management of ● Water sources information
information ● Problems reporting and counseling
on the vegetative resources.
 Fodder and Fuel :
 Elections: ● Bio-gas plants
● Registration of voters & objection to voters ● Request for samplings
list ● Energy saving techniques.
● Elected representative information ● Problems reporting
● Publication & dissemination of electoral
role  Roads, Bridges and Culverts:
● Submission of proposals by people
 Housing : ● Authentication of cost estimates
● Low cost housing technique information ● Maintenance problems reporting
● Apply for housing scheme ● Monitoring the repair activities.
● Loan recovery status information
● Information on housing
 Modules contd…
 Street Lighting and Electric Supply:  Primary Education:
● Status on bulbs procured/replaced ● Inventory of schools
● Electrical correction application. ● Resource available at schools
● Payment of electrical bills ● Information of teachers and dropouts
● Enrolment status

 Alternative Energies :  Technical Education :

● Information on Solar Water Heater ● Details of courses offered
● Wind Mills, Wind Zoning information ● Apply the administration
● Information on Bio-gas plants (Rich busk ● Schedule of training program
based) ● Problems reporting and counseling
● Results and other information.

 Poverty Eradication:  Library:

● Authentication of BPL status ● Information on library tax collected
● Applying for schemes by citizens ● Details on expenditure on books procurement
● Information on income generating schemes. ● Preservation of books & Requests for new
● Feedback on the beneficiaries books
 Modules contd…
 Cultural Program:  Women and Child Welfare:
● Training the artist ● Immunization schedules
● Schedule of program ● Nutrition program, ICDS schemes
● Information on opportunities information
● Counseling by health workers
 Markets :
● Price information on food grains  Social Welfare:
● Vegetable price ● Welfare scheme information
● Marketing services ● Inventory handicapped persons
● Scheme information ● Donors information
● Marketing ● Counseling

 Health:
● Disease information  Cottage Industries:
● Communicable diseases ● Counseling
● Attendance of doctors in PHC ● Loans application
● Status of medicines and consumable ● Marketing services
● Raw materials sources information
 Modules contd…
 Weaker Sections Welfare:  Village Accounting System (VAS):
● Welfare scheme Features:
● Marketing service ● Cash transactions
● Produce of weaker sections ● Bill receipts
● DDS and challan receipts
 Public Distribution: ● Automatic challan submission
● Stock status ● Treasury payments
● Card holder information ● Classified accounts
● Problems report ● All kinds of taxes, fee collections
(online/offline)
 Protection of Property: ● Cheques/DDs reconciliation.
● Status of encroachment ● Reports (Daily collection report)
● Maintenance  Ersalnama
● Tax collection bills  Chilla
 Monthly classifications
 Challan receipts
 Demand and collection reports.
 Modules contd…
 Other Village Services (OVS):  Water Tap Connection and Water Tax
 Births and Deaths Registrations Collection :
● Registration of events ● Disconnections/Reconnections
● Capturing of event details ● Demand notices
● Issuance of certificates ● Collection of water charges.

 Property Tax and Vacant Land Tax:  Advertisement Tax:

● Warrants and distrains ● Advertiser registration
● Title transfers ● Tendered advertisements
● Exemptions ● Demand notice

 Dangerous and Offensive Trades :  Building Permissions:

● Cancellations ● Planning fee
● Demand notices ● Issue of occupancy certificates
● Fee collection. ● Encroachments.
 Modules contd…
 OVS contd…  Court cases :
 Projects and Works Monitoring: ● Filing suits
● Estimate cost value ● Monitoring of cases at different
● Monitoring of works stages(i.e., admission, interim order,
● Payments and recoveries hearing, judgement, appeal, disposal of
suits)
 Grievance Redressal:
● Grievance registrations.  Financial Accounting:
● Pendency monitoring seat/section wise. ● Head of accounts
● Payments
● Receipts
● Demand collection balance.
 Assets and Inventory :
● Assets/Inventory registrations  Disbursement of Old Age/Widow and
● Maintenance of assets Disable Pensions:
● Inventory management ● Accepting applications
● Rental/Lease of assets ● Online disbursement of pension
● Generating acknowledgement slip
Example:
Example:
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● https://ezexplanation.com/content/e-panchyat/
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● https://www.britannica.com/topic/panchayat
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● http://www.ijstm.com/images/short_pdf/1487864893_P797-807.pdf
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