Basic Amenities and Services Management in Rural Areas through ‘PARAKH’

Madhya Pradesh, a central State in India, has about 55,000 Villages spread over 3,08,252 Sq. Kms, 313 Developmental Blocks and 48 Districts. It has a population of 4,85,65,955, 83 % of which resides in Rural Areas. Providing and ensuring the Basic Services/Amenities in the far-flung Rural Areas of the state is a gigantic task before the State Government. With the advent of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), the State Government has embarked on the mission of using “ICT for the masses” and evolved the mechanism to improve the delivery of basic services/amenities in the Rural Areas of the State using the ICT instead of directly delivering the services through ICT. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has started a Project "PARAKH " with the objective of improving the delievery of Basic Services/Amenities in all the Rural Areas of the State. This has enabled the Government to take full advantage of Networking Capacity for the purpose of capturing, analysing and monitoring of the Data at all levels and attain the improved efficiency at the Administration level by decreasing the response time. This paper shares the experiences of “PARAKH ” which focuses on the delivery o