Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, launched Citizen Centric Mobile App ‘Janmanrega’ on 19 June 2017 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav, Minister of State for Rural Development, Shri Amarjeet Sinha, Secretary (Rural Development) GoI and other distinguished guests were also present on the occasion. The App, developed for android platform provides important information about MGNREGA and Geo-MGNREGA to the citizens. Though the beta version of the App provides support for English and Hindi language, its design supports multiple languages. During installation, a default language and State are to be chosen. The user is registered through the mobile OTP based verification after which a 4 digit pin is set to access the App. The App has a feature to view assets created under MGNREGA spread all over the nation by selecting the State, District, Block and Panchayat. User can also view the assets in nearby places of a radius 20 metre to 5 kms from user current position. These assets are tagged on the map. The map and tagged assets are provided by NRSC, Hyderabad who have tagged the MGNREGA assets under Geo-MGNREGA. Next version of the App is envisaged to have facility for users to send feedback on the MGNREGA asset, from where the user is present. The user will also be provided with query tools to view various other details associated with MGNREGA MIS. A joint effort of National Informatics Centre, National Remote Sensing Centre and MGNREGA team at Ministry of Rural Development, this App has been developed by the Centre of Competence for Mobile App Development, NIC Himachal Pradesh.
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‘Janmanrega’ Mobile App Launched by Union Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj in New Delhi
From July 2017 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre