{"id":56182,"date":"2025-07-22T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56182"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:45:26","slug":"meri-panchayat-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/meri-panchayat-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Meri Panchayat App"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Meri Panchayat App Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mobile application \u201cMeri Panchayat\u201d has been internationally recognized with the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 Champion Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Meri Panchayat App<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to provide a <\/span><b>unified digital governance platform for rural areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, catering to residents, functionaries, and stakeholders of the Panchayati Raj Institution system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This platform integrates and consolidates diverse functions and information currently dispersed across multiple government portals into a single, seamless web-based interface. It fosters a more accountable and participatory governance ecosystem for rural communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>initiative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>National Informatics Centre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through Meri Panchayat App, citizens can effortlessly access, on their mobile devices:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Real-time Panchayat budgets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, receipts, payments and development plans\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Details of elected representatives and functionaries\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Information on public infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and civic services in their Panchayat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Gram Panchayat Development Plans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (GPDPs) and track project proposals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weather forecasting at Gram Panchayat level<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social audit tools, fund utilization data, and grievance redressal with geo-tagged and geo-fenced features<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Multilingual interface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supporting 12+ Indian languages to ensure inclusiveness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The app also enables citizens to propose new projects, review and rate implemented works, and access <\/span><b>Gram Sabha agendas and decisions,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> thereby strengthening participatory democracy and civic engagement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed in response to requests from the WSIS stakeholders to create an effective mechanism to evaluate projects and <\/span><b>activities that leverage the power of information and communication technologies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ICTs) <\/span><b>to advance sustainable development.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2146516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meri Panchayat App is designed to provide a unified digital governance platform for rural areas, catering to residents, functionaries, and stakeholders of the Panchayati Raj Institution system. 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