This is a software application for the NREGA(National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act) project(See Page 124) that provides at least 100 days of
guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose
adult member can do unskilled manual work. Earlier, workers were not paid on
time or not paid at all. Also women would be paid less. Fake registration was
common. To enable better management, the AP government along with TCS developed
a software application in which all the details of a worker could be maintained.
When a worker comes to register himself, a unique ID card is provided to him.
The photo is captured from the civic supplies department ration card to prevent
identity fraud. If they need to trace the worker they can refer to his ID. This
has reduced the time required to generate the wages of workers to barely a few
minutes, from 15-20 days. The availability of funds is also indicated after
every payment is made. Data is uploaded to the state server through a data
network, dial up connection or even physical media. It is then uploaded into
Oracle RDBMS server using specially developed tools for verification, validation
and data pre-processing.
Project Specs |
Business problem: Lack of work
ready for execution led to fake registrations, inaccurate reports and women
getting paid less.
IT solution: Using this application, they are able to keep track
of each worker.
Impact:
Workers are now paid correctly and on time. Fake
registration is no longer a problem.
IT Implementation partner: TCS
Project Head: Dr. M. Padma,
Jt. Commissioner (M&E) |
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