About the Portal

• With a vision to strengthen digitalization in Panchayats for the purpose of empowering rural India, a unified tool e-Gram SWARAJ portal has been developed by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj for effective monitoring and evaluation of works taken up in the Gram Panchayats.
• Launched in 2020, the portal can be accessed at https://egramswaraj.gov.in/. Anybody can create an account on the Gram Swaraj Portal and know about the developmental works of villages.
• e-Gram SWARAJ unifies the planning, accounting and monitoring functions of Gram Panchayats.
• It provides a single window for capturing Panchayat information with the complete Profile of the Panchayat, details of Panchayat finances, asset details, activities taken up through Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), Panchayat information from other Ministries/ Departments such as Census 2011, SECC data, etc.

Significance

• Monitoring and recording all the work via Gram Swaraj Portal will help speed-up the implementation of projects in village areas.
• The Gram Swaraj Portal will provide a boost in transparency by decentralized planning of development projects, with progress reports updates and increased accountability.
• The Portal will boost e-governance in the Panchayati raj institutions across the nation.

Why in News?

• The eGramSwaraj portal encompasses all aspects of Panchayat functioning viz. planning, budgeting, accounting, monitoring, asset management etc. on a single digital platform including online payments. So far, 2.48 lakh GPs have prepared and uploaded their Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) for 2022-23.

Reference:

1. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1845366