E- Panchayat

There are various models and solution available for E-Governance. However cost effective solution is always preferable. An electronic knowledge based system titled “e-Panchayat” with effective involvement of the stake holders at lowest administrative level was successfully designed, developed and being implemented successfully in Andhra Pradesh. In this paper, we are just giving some informative solution for the emerging concept of E-panchayat. The E-panchayat initiative is useful in that it can connect to users at different levels cheaply and effectively. The state governments have created several Panchayat Raj Institutions to ensure grass root level development at village level. E-Panchayat is a software product conceptualized, designed and developed with the active involvement of the stakeholders at lowest administrative level and is implemented in Palwal block spreading initially to Faridabad District of Haryana state. Palwal development block is located between the geo-coordinates of 28°05’52” to 28°14’10”N and 72°11’24” to 77°32’48”E and is having 124 villages and 102 villages Panchayat. The same project is going to be replicated after due customization in several states such as Uttar Pradesh, North Eastern States, Rajasthan, Maharashtra , Tamil Nadu etc.