eGramSwaraj and Audit Online of Ministry of Panchayati Raj has won the GOLD AWARD

eGramSwaraj and Audit Online of Ministry of Panchayati Raj has won the GOLD AWARD

Subject :Government schemes

Context: e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (eGramSwaraj and Audit Online) of Ministry of Panchayati Raj has won the GOLD AWARD under the category “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation” of the National Awards for e-Governance.

Concept:

eGramSwaraj: 

• In order to enhance transparency and empower panchayats, Ministry has integrating beneficiary details of various union Ministries/ Departments with e-Gram SWARAJ Application.
• The information shall be available to Gram Panchayats, to read out in the course of the Gram Sabhas for public verification.
• This verification would be a landmark in ensuring accountability through digitalization and public participation. As on December 2021, beneficiary details of nine schemes of three Union Ministries/ Departments are integrated with eGramSwaraj Application.
• This includes five schemes of Ministry of Rural Development viz. PM Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS), Indira Gandhi National Family Benefit Scheme (IGNFBS), two Schemes of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying viz. National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP & NAIP II) and National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP), One scheme of Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare viz. Pradhan Mantri KISAN Samman Nidhi (PMKSN); One scheme of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti viz. Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin).

Audit Online:

• As a part of the critical institutional reform, XV FC has stipulated that the audited reports of Panchayat accounts need to be made available in the public domain, as an eligibility criterion.
• In this regard, MoPR had conceptualized the application “AuditOnline” for carrying out online audit of Panchayat accounts pertaining to Central Finance Commission Grants.
• It not only facilitates the auditing of accounts but also provisions for maintaining digital audit records pertaining to audits that have been carried out. This application provides for streamlining the various audit processes, namely, audit inquiries, draft local audit reports, draft audit paras etc.
• One of the unique features of this application is that it is entirely configurable to suit to the States’ Audit process / flows complying to the respective State Audit Rules/Act(s).
• AuditOnline is also linked to eGramSwaraj for ease of flow of accounting related information pertaining to the Panchayats.