Use of Priasoft and Planplus Under e-Panchayat
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has advised the States/UTs to adopt the use of PRIASoft and Plan Plus under e-panchayat module.In a letter sent to the States/UTs the Ministry says that adoption of an accounting system consistent with Model Accounting System (MAS) for the Panchayats, which would be greatly facilitated by PRIASoft, is one of the performance conditions under 13th FC award. Implementation of MAS & PRIASoft in the remaining States is, therefore, required urgently by training of Master Trainers at District/Block level, who in turn could train GP Staff. MoPR & NIC would assist.
Applications in PES have inter-linkages. States like Gujarat, Kerala, W. Bengal and Karnataka that already have their own accounting s/w, should align their system with PRIASOFT so as to integrate with other PES applications.
Plan Plus software should be extended to all districts and for all Central/State schemes and not be limited to BRGF, given its simplicity & versatility in matching wishes of people with available schemes/resources, their convergence, generating integrated plans and transparency & people’s participation in the whole planning process.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is working with the Ministries of Rural Development and Finance for integrating different applications, such as PRIASoft, PlanPlus, NREGASoft, CPSMS, to facilitate uploading of information at a single point.
Similarly, flagship programmes like NRHM, SSA, ICDS, etc. should be motivated to use e-Panchayat for the evident advantages. e-Panchayat Consultants could demonstrate PES to the respective State line departments.
The National Population Registry data should be hyperlinked to Panchayat Portal to know about houses without toilet, drinking water etc. BPL data base of 2011 should be integrated with individual benefit schemes like IAY/SGSY/NRLM and also Social security schemes. This would make PES more citizen friendly.
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