Rural Technology- Purnajyoti Khanra

RuralSoft₂₀₀₀ is an exceedingly adaptable solution that aims at capturing and processing the data related to poverty alleviation schemes. The software is available in three flavours, to cater to the varying users requirements. RuralSoft₂₀₀₀ can be easily configured to work at any of the layers of administrative set up i.e. Panchayat, Block, DRDA (District Rural Development Agency), State or MoRD, provided the requisite computing and communication environment is available.

Background

The history of Rural Informatics in National Informatics Centre dates back to the year 1986 when Computerized Rural Information Systems Project (CRISP) was launched with active cooperation of Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Consequently, NIC developed the CRISP application software package which was available under various platforms - CRISP1.0 (DOS/dBaseIII plus), CRISP 2.0(DOS/Clipper) and CRISP3.0 (Xenix/Foxbase and Oracle 6.0) to meet the changing needs.

In the second phase of DRDA computerization, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India sponsored the upgradation of the computing and communication infrastructure at each of the DRDAs. The infrastructure included one Server (Windows NT 4.0), Five Clients (Windows 95 or later), Local Area Network (LAN), SQL Server 7.0, Visual Basic 6.0 (Enterprise Edition or later), MS Office 97 or later. Meanwhile, there was a restructuring of various poverty alleviation schemes by the ministry. To meet the fresh requirements, NIC was requested to develop a new application software package, the fourth version of CRISP software, which was re-christened as RuralSoft₂₀₀₀.

Scope

The current version of software package includes poverty alleviation schemes such as Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana(SGSY),Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana(SGRY), Indira Aawas Yojana(IAY), Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya

Yojana(PMGY) and Watershed Development Scheme sponsored by MRD, GOI. The software captures the details related to beneficiaries, Works and other activities under these schemes.