With chief minister Yogi Adityanath announcing to make Uttar Pradesh as India’s first ‘Zero-Poverty’ state, the state government has stressed the importance of leveraging digital technology to achieve the ambitious goal.
Through the Zero Poverty portal and mobile app, the identification and on-site verification of the poorest families in rural areas will be completed.
For successful implementation of the campaign, the government has issued guidelines focusing on the use of digital technology and the effective operation of the portal and the mobile app.
The website http://zero-poverty.in will serve as the central portal for the purpose.
For each department or autonomous unit, the portal will include the department’s name as a prefix. For example, the Rural Development Department’s subdomain will be http://rd.zero-poverty.in, while the Basic Education Department’s subdomain will be http://basic-education.zero-poverty.in.
The mobile app is designed for users who do not have access to a computer-equipped workplace, or whose work primarily takes place in the field.
The Mop-up mobile app will be used to identify the poorest families. Village-level employees, along with members and officials of the village-level committee, will use the app.
The records of identified families will be displayed on the dashboards of a five-member village committee through their mobile devices. The committee will conduct on-site verification and submit their feedback directly through the app.
Using this tool, village-level teams will be able to identify 10-25 poorest families within their Gram Panchayat in 30 days.
The Rishta mobile app, operated by the Livelihood Mission under the Rural Development Department, provides a platform to monitor all processes and progress related to BC Sakhi, along with detailed reports of banking transactions.
BC Sakhi will have real-time access to DBT payment details and beneficiary reach for all departments through the Rishta app’s portal console, providing instant updates to the Mission, the Rural Development Department, and the government.
The village-level committee members will view the details of the poorest families entered by the village-level employees on their mobile dashboards and conduct separate on-site verifications.
They will then submit their assessment of the family’s poverty status directly through the mobile app.
After a computer-based rating of the verified families, detailed information will be displayed on the web console of the respective departments on the Zero Poverty Portal. This will ensure that government schemes aimed at these families are implemented swiftly.
In addition to the potential poorest families, the portal will also host a database of all village-level employees and committee members.
The CM Helpline will be able to make web-based calls to all registered users, as well as send alerts, notifications, and updates through the Mop-up mobile app as needed.
All notifications, alerts, or updates will be stored on the user’s mobile in the Mop-up records for easy reference.
The app will also include a voice messaging feature, enabling individuals from even the most remote areas of the state to share their feedback or concerns with the government.