Participants and others during the training held at State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Kohima.
Dimapur: Training for 21 days was held at State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Kohima from February 17 to March 10. The training module was for the 10 Panchayat Enterprise Suite under e-Panchayat Mission Mode developed by the Ministry of Panchayat Raj (MoPR) and National Informatics Center (NIC) Delhi.
The resource persons were Faizal Khan and Nivedita from New Delhi. Total 22 participants, 2 from each district were nominated to undergo the training regarding the procedures on how to use the PES application, which is going to be implemented by the State.
The ePanchayat Project is a nationwide IT initiative introduced by the Ministry of Panchayat Raj (MoPR) that endeavors to ensure people’s participation in programme decision making, implementation and delivery. The project addresses all aspects of Panchayats’ functioning including planning, monitoring, implementation, budgeting, accounting, social audit and delivery of citizen services like issue of certificates, licenses, pensions, house tax etc. Rural Development Blocks, Director Metsubo Jamir in a press release said that the Department of Rural Development, Government of Nagaland, has agreed to help the State of Nagaland in adoption of the ePanchayat Rollout in the State/Districts/Block level.
On the last day of training, a short valedictory function was held at SIRD Conference hall. This was followed up by distribution of certificate by Joint Director SIRD Pizo. The function concluded with the vote of thanks by RDO Celin Thol.
