Government CaseStudy Andhra Pradesh Government NREGA 05 2011

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Andhra Pradesh Government

leverages TCS expertise to implementNREGA effectively

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is Indias

flagship socially relevant programme to combat poverty. It

provides the legal guarantee of the right to employment to the

rural poor. The Andhra Pradesh Government wanted to

implement the scheme in the state, and realised that atransparent and accountable system with IT-led execution at the

grass-roots level would go a long way in ensuring its success.

TCS's NREGA framework, an end-to-end IT solution, has

successfully automated Andhra Pradesh Government's rural

employment guarantee scheme. A web-based data centre aids

in the monitoring and review of the scheme on a continuous

basis. The solution has brought transparency to the scheme,reduced frauds significantly and improved efficiency in

processes.

Customer

Department of

Rural Development,

Andhra Pradesh

Industry

Government

Offering

Social Development

Solutions


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Govt of AP required an end-to-end ICT solution with

local language interface to ensure that the objectives

and entitlements of NREGS would reach the wage

seeking rural households. Early on, TCS had studied the

draft bill on NREGA, analysed a similar scheme that was

implemented in Maharashtra and had proposed an ICT

solution to the Government. Therefore, TCS was

selected as a partner in this engagement, to study the

processes from state level to Village Panchayat and

design a system which could meet the programme

requirements and work in the Indian rural

environment.

TCS Solution

The system developed by TCS was based on

distributed architecture and had two major

components:

Programme Implementation System:This system,

developed on the Microsoft platform, helps implement

the program at the Panchayat/Mandal/Block level. The

transactional data could be uploaded through several

means WAN, dial-up or physical media depending

on the available connectivity. Important features of thesystem were:

Job card generation and printing in vernacular

languages

Detailed engineering estimates of works proposed

Direct payment to wage seekers and material

suppliers

Complete reconciliation of wage payments and

work progress

Real time tracking of days worked and wages paid Material indenting, receiving, payment and

reconciliation capability

Close monitoring and tracking of works and

payments through 'Dashboards'

Tracking inflow and outflow of funds

Detailed analysis of data for assessing and

improving the system implementation

Generation of MIS reports

The Commissionerate of Rural

Development (CRD) is part of Department

of Rural Development of Andhra Pradesh

and undertakes the implementation ofwatersheds and land development

programmes for improving rural livelihood

in the state. CRD is also responsible for

implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi

National Rural Employment Guarantee

Scheme (MGNREGS).

Business Situation

In 2005, the Government of India passed the National

Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA),

guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment in a year

to every rural household across the country. The Act

provides a social safety net for vulnerable groups and is

also aimed at containing the migration of the rural poor

to crowded urban centres.

The Andhra Pradesh Government was one of the

frontrunners in implementing this programme, and

recognized that it would require strong systems for the

effective management of the scheme. The

contemplated outlays were on an unprecedented scale

and therefore transparency and accountability were key

issues. It was also important to ensure that the scheme

did not fall prey to the rampant corruption that has

plagued such programmes in the past.

ICT was identified as a tool that would enable the

implementation of NREGS, especially as the size of the

programme was very large, not only from the

geographical and financial perspective but from the

perspective of the size of the target group of

beneficiaries as well. ICT would ensure transparency

and help in information dissemination, and would

facilitate online monitoring and evaluation of the

programme.


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Effective programme monitoring, through the

centralization of data and generation of MIS

reports

Facilitation of Social Audit by making the

portal available in both Telugu and English.By making data available for public scrutiny,

the NREGS Portal facilitated social auditing of

the NREGS implementation, under the Right

to Information Act

I am writing to express my deep sense

of appreciation at the sustained

commitment being shown by your TCS

colleagues in the development of the

IT-based monitoring system for the

National Rural Employment Guarantee

Act in Andhra Pradesh. The system has

been presented to the Finance Minister

Shri P. Chidambaram, the Minister for

Rural Development, Dr. RaghuvanshPrasad Singh and the Deputy Chairman

Planning Commission, Shri Montek

Ahluwalia. All three of them were very

impressed and lauded the TCS

contributions. There has been

all-round praise for what TCS has done

and you may have seen a number ofmedia reports too on this.

- Jairam Ramesh,

Minister for Environment,

Government of India

Programme Monitoring System: This system

consists of a data centre which consolidatess the

transactional information for the state, and a portal

providing a consolidated view of the entire program

information. This facilitates the progress tracking,

monitoring and social audit of the program. Other

features are:

Web server to view data over the internet

Tracking of Program Implementation by

authorized officials/ citizens

Grievance management

The TCS team and the CRD identified payment of

wages as weakest link in the process chain. Hence, a

framework for disbursement of wages using an

automated solution was designed, consisting of three

distinct software components a laptop-based one

for enrolment of beneficiaries by capturing finger

prints data, a Point-of-Service device for disbursement

of wages by authenticating bio-metric data and a

portal hosted on the data centre.

Thus TCS was able to provide a comprehensive

solution that successfully automated the MGNREGS-AP and the project has won many national and

international awards. 9948041594

Benefits

TCS solution provided the CRD the following

benefits:

Transparency and visibility of all transactions

to all the stakeholders

Increased accountability since all details ofpersonnel and officials involved were

available on the system

Reduction in fraud by effectively blocking all

possible leakages in the system

Reduction of effort and administrative costs

due to the use of IT and automation wherever

possible

Accurate and faster wage payments, through

the use of automation and biometric

authentication


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In Andhra Pradesh, thanks to the

automated system developed by TCS,

we are confident of ensuring that our

rural population duly receives what they

are entitled to, as per the National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act.

- K Raju,

IAS, Former Principal Secretary, RD Ministry,

Govt of AP and Adviser to National Security

Commission, India

Andhra Pradesh is the first state toimplement an automated solution for

the Rural Employment Guarantee

Scheme. It provides total accountability

and transparency in implementing

the scheme and act as a role model for

the rest of the country. The web site,

which is both in English and Telugu,

facilitates social audit and programmemonitoring effectively. We appreciate

Tata Consultancy Services for their

contribution in fulfilling the dreams of

Andhra Pradesh in implementing the

NREG Act by developing a

comprehensive ICT solution.

- D Srinivas,

Former Minister for Rural Development,Rural Water Supply and

EmploymentGeneration,

Govt of AP

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