In Haryana after Bibipur, Babupur 'makes the grade'
Babupur, located in Gurgaon District, is one among ten gram panchayats in the country and the only one in Haryana, that will move to the 'next level' an an advanced, hi-tech, fully digitized model e-panchayat.
After Bibipur made primetime headlines thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's endorsement of its #SelfiewithDaughter social media campaign, Babupur, another Haryana village has been shortlisted for a nationwide pilot project as part of the PM's Digital India initiative.
Babupur, located in Gurgaon District, is one among ten gram panchayats in the country and the only one in Haryana, that will move to the 'next level' an an advanced, hi-tech, fully digitized model e-panchayat.
State officials said a fully computerized e-panchayat office has already been set up in the village and data is currently being uploaded onto the panchayat website: http://gpbabupur-gurgaon.harpanchayats.gov.in. Panchayat members, gram sachivs and local residents are also being trained to operate all e-panchayat systems independently.
The website includes descriptions of development works, expenditure made on them, status of work, as well as village stats like population, voter lists, prevailing sex ratio, developmental plans with details of income and expenditure.
Officials said the effort is to render all information and decision making in the village completely transparent.
Nine other gram panchayats selected for the pilot project are situated in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tripura and West Bengal.