A Presentation on

Technology incorporation for INDIRAMMA Housing project Implementation and Monitoring

[ ICT for timely implementation of Govt. Initiatives ]

Sridhar Ponugupati IIIT Hyderabad ( Consultant ) BLAZE AUTOMATION

Presentation Agenda
INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme an Overview
Governments Objectives of the Scheme Bottlenecks in implementation Need of the Hour Solution overview Outcomes of the Proposed Solution Stake holders and Financials / Budget Conclusion

INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme an Overview

Andhra Pradesh stands FIRST in India for enabling Weaker sections to build PUCCA houses

INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme an Overview

We stand Number one in World for providing Grants for construction [ largest number of houses (Around 10 million) constructed under this scheme in past 5 years ]

Socio- Economic Benefits of INDIRAMMA housing Scheme

Shelter from Flood and other calamities to over 30.0 Lakh people every year. Improvement of Risk appetite for Disasters Improvement of Health to over 10.0 Lakh families every year. Improvement in Literacy rate with adoption of Electricity, Lighting and other amenities.

Governments Objectives of the Scheme

Housing is one of the programmes identified under

INDIRAMMA. The goal of shelter for all in the State is planned to be achieved in a phased manner over a period of 3 years. Coverage:
Mandal / Municipality is the unit. All villages in the Mandal and Municipal wards in the Municipality are divided into 3 parts. Survey completed in all GPs and Municipal wards sanction accorded for all eligible poor under INDIRAMMA programme

Bottlenecks in implementation
Observations of APSHCL
a. Delay in Payments to the Beneficiaries > Sampled few Beneficiaries in AP ( max months delay ) > Delay in inspections by the Officers (around 3 4 months) > Delay for PRO generation (1 2 months) > Delay caused by Bankers (5.0 Lakh + P.O accounts and 5.0 Lakh + Grameena Banks ) around 1 month. b. Difficulty to manage Funds > No definitive mapping of the site with Beneficiary details. > Photo Duplication is a common observation > Duplication of Claims and Beneficiaries due to lack of monitoring mechanisms > Pressure on the Employees for violating / ignoring rules

Reasons for Delay in payments

Under performance of the Corporation due to present Organization Structure
> In many Cases DEE is supposed to visit the Site from Basement Level till the Roof Completion level > Work Inspectors constituting the largest staff count does not have much active role to play > Vacancies in various districts more than 45% vacancies as on today.

Suggestions of APSHCL
Re- organization of the Structure Efficiently utilize the WIs for improved Throughput and reduced burden on other officers. Filling up Vacancies / Outsourcing job work

Technology Incorporation for improvement in the performance of APSHCL.

Need of the Hour solution overview

An ICT solution Aiming at
1. Reduction of delay in Inspections and Payments to 30 days. 2. Suppression of Fund misuse by Geo-tagging of the Beneficiaries houses. 3. Bringing in more accountability and Transparency among all the stake holders. 4. Usage of ICT for Fool proof and cost effective Implementation and monitoring of the project.

Flow chart of the proposed solution

Step 1
SMS will be sent by the Site visit by the WIs. Geotagged photograph and updated in the server with in few seconds Concerned DEE will review the photographs and Accept / Reject the case based on the software i/ps. Payment Release Order SMS confirmation after the bank transaction. Daily status updates to all the Officers.

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Goal

Beneficiaries and will be attended by concerned WIs

SMS Gateway

generation and
release of funds to the Beneficiary

How does SMS System Work?

CONSTRUCTION UPDATION STAGE-WISE USING SMS

Beneficiary sends SMS intimating latest stage of construction to department

AE receives an SMS alert will be on his mobile

Alerts are also sent to MD, ED, PD, CE, CGM, EE & Dy. EEs

Based on SMS, AE visits the field, updates the m-book, and makes arrangement for payment.

Format of SMS and Decoding

08 1211 305 P2 1315780- 2
Scheme Code : Indiramma Phase II Panchayat Code : Mareddypalli vill Mandal/ Municipality Code : Darsi Mandal District Code : Prakasham Dist Construction stage Finished : BL Level Finished Benificiary ID : AMMANABROLU AVULAKKA/ KOTAIAH Age: 45 Gender: Female Caste: BC

SMS for various stages will be made available in laminated card with Beneficiary ID and photograph.
081211305P21315780-1 [ BBL Level SMS ] 081211305P21315780-2 [ BL level SMS ] 081211305P21315780-3 [RL level SMS ] 081211305P21315780-4 [ RC level SMS ]

SMS Gateway System Architecture

Beneficiary sends SMS With Beneficiary id &Stage Benificiary sends SMS "040555411P3566238 BBL" to 512512 GSM
Serial Wireless Connectivity Module uses SIM card

AE

Sends SMS with date Of inspection

Reports to MD/ED/CE/PD for monitoring

Beneficiary Using SMS APPLICATION

Types SMS <Ben_ID><space><stage> and sends to Public SMS No. Ex: 040555411P3566238 BBL to 7799721185

SMS
Server Processes the SMS and validates the Ben ID
PROCESS

Server forwards to SMS to PD, EE, Dy. EE and AE

FORWARD

INSPECT & MAKE PAYMENT

AE visits the field and updates the stage for payment.

SMS Received District-wise Report

Beneficiary-wise Report

STEP 1

SMS Server Receives the messages and acts accordingly

Reports to PD, DEE and EE

Automated Work Assignment to WIs and AEs SMS from Beneficiary / Gruhamitra (Mason)

STEP 2

Geo Tagging information updated in the server

SMS of Beneficiary for claim

WIs and AEs taking the Geo tagged Photos

STEP 3 - STEP 4
Decision making and PRO generation by DEE Automated Work Assignment to WIs and AEs

Step 3

Step
4

Finance dept orders for Fund transfer to Beneficiaries Online

SMS to the Beneficiaries after the Fund Transfer

Completion of the Payment Cycle in 30 Days

Payment to the Beneficiary

30
Days

Automated Work Assignment to WIs and AEs Decision making and PRO generation by DEE

SMS notification about the fund transfer to the beneficiary

Outcomes of the Proposed Solution

Geo Tagging helps reduction of Fraudulent Claims. Increased work efficiency reduces the Query processing time to 30 Days (Request to Release of Funds). Field officer (AE / WI) can complete the inspection of 30 40 houses a day. Solution cost will be around 35 40 Rupee per visit of the WI / AE.

Stake holders and Financials / Budget

Technology Provider IIIT Hyderabad (Lab for Spatial Informatics) Network Provider To be finalized in co-ordination with IIIT aiming at good coverage in the state of AP. Tablet PC / Mobile phones To be finalized SMS server and Data Centre - CGG Cost per photograph including the Technology, Solution and Maintenance of service staff for handling the solution : 35 40 Rupee per Photograph.
Note: The cost per photograph is valid if the solution is used for 24 Lakh houses.

Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar

Beneficiary details with ID, Latitude and Longitude information.

Not Started Stage Basement Level completed

Geo Tagged Houses at Different Construction stages represented by various colors

Roof Completed

Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar

Beneficiary details with ID, Latitude and Longitute information.

Details of the Beneficiary along with the Fund release information

Photograph of the latest stage of the constriction

Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar

House still not started state

Demonstration of software Pilot run at Aziznagar

House with Roof Completed Stage

Benefits of Geo Tagging

Geo tagging Application enables the WIs and AEs to take the photograph only at the first defined Location.

Size of the House will be automatically recorded. No possibility to Upload Fake photographs as the
Tablet / Mobile Device will not allow for this.

Automated work assignment to all the Officers will bring in more responsibility and accountability. Monitoring facility from Anywhere by Anybody
who is authorized.

Solution & Extension possibilities

This Solution can enable APSHCL to Geo map already constructed houses under various schemes. Mapping can also be done for the properties of the Housing department. This solution can also be extended as a service to Revenue department in mapping the property And many more possibilities.

Conclusions
Effective Project Management using latest ICT can definitely lead to the successful execution of INDIRAMMA Housing project.

Reduces the delays in Payments and can effectively service the requests well under 30 days.