Ministry looking towards rural development
Click a picture and send it to the people in the ministry is the new mantra of the rural development ministry as it gears up to digitally monitors the creation of all durable assets under its various social sector schemes across the country. The ministry is planning to rope in an IT company that will geotag each unit house built under the rural housing scheme and upload it on the ministry’s website.
This will help the government, which puts in three-fourths of the money into the scheme, monitor implementation as well as ensure there is no duplication. The move is in sync with the Narendra Modi-led NDA government’s style of functioning that puts an emphasis on use of digital media to ensure transparency in the system and could prove critical for tracking step-by-step progress of the scheme as it moves to meet the target of housing for all by 2022.
According to the official, the proposal is at a preliminary stage and finer details will be worked out later, including the process of floating tender for the project. Rural houses have been built under the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) since 1985
Source: The Economic Times
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