what is e-Panchayats? who is India's First E-panchayat?

e-Panchayats

The Panchayat represents the first-level of government interaction for over 60 per cent of the Indian populace, and provides a large number of basic services for millions of citizens living in rural locations across the nation. It is against this backdrop that the Panchayat MMP has been included in NeGP. The MMP aims to address and overcome the typical challenges faced in the villages, such as lack of reliable communication infrastructure, delay in delivery of services to citizens, low revenue mobilisation for implementing schemes at the Gram Panchayat level, and lack of monitoring mechanisms for schemes.

The MMP envisages implementation of various modules across the services and management functions within Gram Panchayat, such as the following:

• Issue of trade licences and NoC
• House-related services
• Issue of certificates of Birth and Death, Income and Solvency
• Dissemination of internal process of Panchayat agenda, voting, and resolution
• Copy of proceedings of Gram Sabha and Action Taken Report (ATR)
• Receipt of funds/progress report
• Dissemination of BPL data

Model e-Panchayat include:

• Andhra Pradesh(External website that opens in a new window)
• Chhattisgarh(External website that opens in a new window)
• Odisha (File referring to external site opens in a new window)

India's First E-panchayat

Ramchandrapuram village near Hyderabad, has become India’s first e-panchayat, enabling villagers to settle disputes through an express web-enabled system.