It will prevent villagers from being cheated
Places like J K Palli, Gonpura, and Seelampur are
certainly not the IT hubs of modern day India. Yet for the residents of these villages, IT has brought in a welcome change. With the introduction of Biometric Smart Card (BSC), they have been spared the agony of being fleeced and cheated by middlemen, Panchayat leaders, or government officials, especially under NREG schemes. “I am able to keep a track of my attendance, work done, and payments received. Now, no one can cheat me as the BSC contains permanent records of all my transactions,” says a confident Subhash, a worker in Seelampur.
Elaborating on the working of BSC, Mercy, Coordinator, World Vision, says, “An optical finger size biometric device is used for registering all the ten fingers. Thereafter, a photograph of the worker is taken and his/her personal details are filled in the NREGP Card. The card and the photograph are scanned and attached to other details to create a permanent database (of all workers).” Madan Mandal, who hails from Khagaria, adds, “Every morning, our ID number is entered, we place our fingers on the device, we see our photographs on the BSC, and this helps us in recording our attendance.”
Speaking to B&E, Kris Dev, Promoter, LL2C (Life Line to Community) and the man behind the new technology, explains, “The citizen is not empowered even after 60 years of Independence. Life Line to Community and Life Line to Business are tools to empower them irrespective of their status in society or organisation. Every citizen would have a unique identity and can register any request or petition from his home or the village community centre, and it would be tracked for fulfilment. Total transparency and accountability can be ensured.”
Technology is not the panacea for all the ailments within the administrative system, but such initiatives can go a long way in minimising corruption. Remember how the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, computerised the land records of his state. It brought in huge transparency in all the land deals. In a similar vein, NREG Act is supposed to create assets for the village and villagers, and help rural earnings. And information technology can become an integral part to ensure its efficient governance.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
Places like J K Palli, Gonpura, and Seelampur are
certainly not the IT hubs of modern day India. Yet for the residents of these villages, IT has brought in a welcome change. With the introduction of Biometric Smart Card (BSC), they have been spared the agony of being fleeced and cheated by middlemen, Panchayat leaders, or government officials, especially under NREG schemes. “I am able to keep a track of my attendance, work done, and payments received. Now, no one can cheat me as the BSC contains permanent records of all my transactions,” says a confident Subhash, a worker in Seelampur.Elaborating on the working of BSC, Mercy, Coordinator, World Vision, says, “An optical finger size biometric device is used for registering all the ten fingers. Thereafter, a photograph of the worker is taken and his/her personal details are filled in the NREGP Card. The card and the photograph are scanned and attached to other details to create a permanent database (of all workers).” Madan Mandal, who hails from Khagaria, adds, “Every morning, our ID number is entered, we place our fingers on the device, we see our photographs on the BSC, and this helps us in recording our attendance.”
Speaking to B&E, Kris Dev, Promoter, LL2C (Life Line to Community) and the man behind the new technology, explains, “The citizen is not empowered even after 60 years of Independence. Life Line to Community and Life Line to Business are tools to empower them irrespective of their status in society or organisation. Every citizen would have a unique identity and can register any request or petition from his home or the village community centre, and it would be tracked for fulfilment. Total transparency and accountability can be ensured.”
Technology is not the panacea for all the ailments within the administrative system, but such initiatives can go a long way in minimising corruption. Remember how the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, computerised the land records of his state. It brought in huge transparency in all the land deals. In a similar vein, NREG Act is supposed to create assets for the village and villagers, and help rural earnings. And information technology can become an integral part to ensure its efficient governance.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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