Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission rolls out Tablet based-Transaction MIS at village Level
Kohima, March 16 (MExN): Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission concludes two days of intensive training for key professionals from the District and Resource Block Mission Units on Transaction based MIS (TBMIS) at the State Office Kohima and field test of the tablet based MIS with the SHGs at Phesema Village, Jakhama Block, Kohima District on March 14 and 15.
The application designed and developed by Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana –National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), MoRD focus on eSHG and eTransaction component. eSHG brings all SHGs to a single database with unique identity of SHG and its members; and ensures there is no duplication of membership in multiple SHGs.
eTransactions facilitates instant capturing of transactions made by SHGs and its member; maintain fair and correct manual books of records; grading of SHG to monitor the health of the SHG and thereby enable direct access to financial services/assistance from formal Financial Institutions/Government; monitoring and rating of SHG by higher level community institutions, viz, Village Level Organisations(VLO)/Federations on regular interval; to show capability/ability of poor women towards thrift and credit and facilitate access of financial services by sharing transactions with credit Bureau; and to perform eAudit and reconcile books of records.
The application can be accessed through three modes- My SHG App in tablet; online Application; and Desktop Based application (offline).
The transaction system will initially aim to cover all SHGs in all the 9 Resource Blocks in 9 Districts with the help of trained Community Data Entry Operator (CDEO) in line with communitization objectives of the Mission. The CDEO are members from VLOs having minimum qualification with basic arithmetic skills. Organically 1238 Villages across Nagaland will be covered under the fold of this transaction system by 2025.
It was stated in a press release that Addl Secretary, RD & Mission Director, NSRLM, Athel O. Lotha emphasized the importance of TBMIS and need for systematic and gradual communitization, and that its’ use by community institutions (VLO/Federations) would help in effectively monitoring and supporting the SHGs in the state. It will also facilitate convergence and diversify fund base through access to various entitlements.
The training was facilitated by Chief Operating Officer (Programs), M. Rollan Lotha; State Program Manager (M&E/MIS), Imonenla Imkong Phom; and Program Manager (MIS), Renvungo Murry.
