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8/3/2019 Government CaseStudy Andhra Pradesh Government NREGA 05 2011
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CLIENT EXPERIENCECLIENT EXPERIENCE
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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