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eParwana and Other Innovations

Commissionerate of Agriculture, Maharashtra

Innovations in ICT

Department of Agriculture, Maharashtra has number of projects which leverage ICT for better service delivery

Key projects include:

eThibak

eParwana

Maharain

Cropwatch

Horticulture Information System

Horticulture Census

CROPSAP (Crop Pest Surveillance & Advisory Project)

Soil Health Card

Maha Krushi Sanchar CUG

Agriculture Census

Licensing for Manufacture,

Import, Distribution & Retailing

of Seeds, Fertilizers and

Pesticides

Online system for application &

processing of Micro irrigation

subsidy

SMS based recording of daily rainfall

from all Circles of

Maharashtra

eParwana eThibak Maharain

Recognised Applications

Recognitions

eParwana:

Skoch Order of Merit 2013,2014,

eLets PSU Award 2014

State eGov Certificate of Recognition, 2013

eMaharashtra Jury Choice Award 2013

eIndia Jury Choice Award 2012

eThibak

Skoch Order of Merit 2014

Maharain

Skoch Order of Merit 2014

CROPSAP

National eGov Award 2012

CUG: mBillionth Awards 2014: Certificate of Recognition

eThibak

An online application to perform all administrative activities

Standard procedure for applying and obtaining subsidy

Reduce human bias and intervention

Uniform cost of micro irrigation components across the state

Real time reporting and application tracking

Make the beneficiaries data available in public domain

Description of solution

Proposal Scrutiny

Fixing of SubsidyDemand of Subsidy

Beneficiary EntryApplication EntryHard copy acknowledgement Scrutiny of applicationsQuotation entryGrant of pre-sanction

Pre Installation

Subsidy Fixation

Subsidy Payment

Bill Invoice EntryProposal Ack.Proposal ScrutinySpot Verification

Post Installation

Pre Vs. Post implementation scenario

Criteria Pre- eThibak Post eThibak Benefits

Application for subsidy

• Multiple visits to dept. offices: • Application

form • Supporting

documents • Application/s

ubsidy status

• Online form submission

• Online Supporting document checklist

• Online application tracking

• Saving in time & money

• Realistic application tracking

• Reduction in farmers’ visits to Dept.

Farmer’s information source

• Dealers • Limited choice • Multiple sources

• Standard rates of components, available online •Same rates across manufacturers

• Well informed farmers


Criteria Pre- eThibak Post - eThibak Benefits

Duplicate beneficiaries

• Fake/duplicate beneficiaries, leading to subsidy ‘leakage’

• Each application is unique

• End-to-end tracking

• Re-application rejected based on fixed criteria

• Subsidy saving in the tune of Rs 50 Cr

Transparency • Beneficiary data provided only upon follow up with Dept.

• Block wise list of beneficiaries available online

• Transparency leading to public trust

eParwana 1. Overview of Project

2. Challenges faced before deployment

3. Objectives

4. Description of solution

5. Beneficiaries

6. Pre vs. Post Deployment Scenario

7. Key Learning

8. Merits

9. Other initiatives

Overview of the project Agriculture inputs largely manufactured &

retailed by private sector

Choice of inputs by farmers depends on multitude of factors

Concern over implementation of relevant Acts

Large scale backend processing involved

Need for tracking revenue generation

Reduction in processing time

Challenges faced before eParwana

Difficulty in effective implementing of Govt. Acts, Rules & Orders

Complicated process of applying & obtaining licenses

Difficult to monitor quality of Inputs produced

No single source of information on Inputs

No database for forecasting Input demand

Difficulty in processing monthly sales returns

Objectives

Effective and useful implementation of Acts, Rules and Orders

Uniform & convenient process across the State

Effective monitoring and reporting

Expediting license granting process

Reliable product information for farmers

Validation of license anytime

Advance notice for license renewal


Governance Practices:

Before eParwana, application submitted at Taluka level; submitting at Dist. Level has removed one step

Reduced the list of documents from 30-40 to about 10

Documents like Toilet certificate removed from list

Online Payment using GRAS

Online filing of Monthly Sales Returns

SMS based alerts for: License validation,

License renewal

Application status

eParwana application developed by NIC Pune, launched on 5/5/2012


Technical solution

3 tier MVC design

Developed using PHP & Java; Apache app server

Database: Postgre SQL; Jasper reports


Modules

License Application & Processing System

Monthly Sales Return (MSR)

Product Information

Features:

Online submission

Application status tracking

Report generation on the fly

SMS alerts

Beneficiaries

Farmers

Pesticide Industry

Fertilizer Industry

Seed Growers/Producers

Dealers of Seed, Fertilizers and Pesticide

Importers and Exporters of Seed, Fertilizers and Pesticide

Agriculture Department – Quality Control Division


Criteria Pre- eParwana Post eParwana Benefits

License procedure

• Manual • Non uniform • Time

consuming • Repeated office

visits

• Online • Reengineered • Uniform

• Processing time – from 3 months to 1 month

• Monthly applications up from 10 to 30

• Advanced renewal SMS alerts

Monthly sales returns

• Manual submission

• Huge paper work

• No electronic database

• Online submission • Reduction in efforts

• Demand forecast possible


Criteria Pre- eParwana Post eParwana Benefits

Product information

• Available only in paper format, mostly in English

• Manual submission

• Online submission

• Marathi & English

• Easily available information in Marathi

License Renewal

• Most renewal after license expiry

• Difficult to track invalid licenses

• Rare advance renewals

• License expiry details available

• SMS alert for license renewal

• Users can also ‘pull’ license information

(Check Validity: EPARWA<space>LICV<space><Licence no> to 9766899899(from BSNL) or 09766899899)

• Better license enforcement

• Increase in timely renewals

Key Learning

Phased manner rollout ensures efficient implementation

Starting Change Management early in the project lifecycle ensures future sustenance

Important to understand requirements of farmers

Single source of data is essential

Merits

Application developed & hosted at NIC, without cost

Dept. bears only manpower cost of programmers

Approx cost is about INR 8 Lakh/year

Revenue generated till date – About INR 3.5 Cr

Services available under one portal, reducing direct and indirect costs of obtaining licenses, product information and filing sales returns

Licenses issued till date:

Input No. of licenses

Seeds 30,880

Fertilizers 42,457

Insecticides 47,261

Nursery 48

Other initiatives

Mobile apps Shetkari Masik Android app launched

Planned apps

Krushi Vaidya (pest, disease management and dosage calculator)

Aadarshgaon magazine

Scheme information

Package of practice

USSD: Brief information about schemes

Pest, disease & weed management information

IVRS: Fertilizer rates

Web based Scheme Monitoring MIS

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