Rural Development Department launches mobile apps to track programs | Jaipur News

JAIPUR: The state rural development and panchayati raj department has launched e-map and e-work mobile apps for real-time monitoring and efficient implementation of all programs under the department.
Principal Secretary of Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Aparna Arora, said real-time monitoring of all state-level programs under the department will be done through a single portal through e-map mobile apps. and e-work. She said the e-map application was developed by the National Informatics Center (NIC) in collaboration with German company GIZ and BMZ.
More than 25 rural programs are implemented in 352 panchayat samitis, 11,326 gram panchayats and 46,118 villages in the state. There is a budget provision of over Rs 20,000 crore for these schemes and over 10 lakh projects are ongoing under the schemes at the state level. “With the help of the app, quality and transparency will certainly be ensured in these programs,” she said.
The e-map and e-work applications will be integrated into the “Jan Soochna” portal. The development of this application and this portal will be done in two phases. The first phase was rolled out on Monday and the second phase will be implemented by April 2022.
The electronic map will assist in the visualization of GIS-based GP plans on the mobile app by field officers and other stakeholders, boosting ownership, participation and transparency. The platform will manage the convergence of activities by operational departments and development schemes into GP-GIS compatible plans.
Benefits include generation of real-time work progress at multiple levels, allowing convergence of other activities will ensure clarity of work being done in this area, staff/user headcount management and reporting to hierarchies/levels appropriate administrative, real help and support – implementation on time and progress reports with step-by-step feedback, appropriate site selection/modifications according to technical feasibility and geolocation of online and offline assets.

Casey J. Nelson