ANSWER: Mobile app for performance oriented maintenance and community contracting for rural roads
Explanation:
This Mobile Phone App aims at use of GIS based mapping for making road inventories, condition surveys, and producing cost estimates and other relevant data for preparation and monitoring of annual road maintenance plans.
Its usage would greatly enhance the service delivery of the state level institutions in planning and implementing performance based rural roads maintenance contracts.
The Mobile App would greatly help in improving the service delivery for road maintenance in all the States.
Currently, there is collaboration between ILO and Ministry of Rural Development, particularly PMGSY, MGNREGS and PMAY(G).
The newly launched mobile application would simplify the maintenance management of rural roads.
The Ministry reiterated the resolve of Government of India to connect all eligible habitations in rural areas by constructing good quality roads by 2019.
The States are being encouraged to put in place robust mechanism to ensure routine and periodic maintenance of these roads even after the first five-year period, after their construction is over.
Ministry of Rural Development - The Ministry of Rural Development, a branch of the Government of India, is entrusted with the task of accelerating the socio-economic development of rural India.
- Its focus is on health, education, drinking water, housing and roads.
- Website: rural.nic.in
- Jurisdiction: India
- Headquarters: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi
- Cabinet minister: Narendra Singh Tomar
- Minister of state: Ram Kripal Yadav
- Programs: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, MORE
- Departments: Department of Rural Development, Department of Land Resources
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