Smart Village Panchayat-An e-Governance system
This is a smart village panchayat automated complaint management system, an effort to substitute the traditional manual complaint handling in the governance of local complaints. It allows citizens to post complaints about those basic services that are crucial for public service, such as street lighting, water supply, garbage disposal, and road maintenance. Through integrating location-based services such as Google Maps, the system enhances the precision and efficiency in complaint resolution regarding pinpointing the exact location of issues. This application provides updates, so that citizens are able to track the process of their complaint from its submission and its resolution. The inclusion of mechanisms of feedback ensures that authorities stay accountable, and this leads to a loop of continuous improvement. The digitization process seeks to reduce inefficiency, eradicate corruption, and make local governance more transparent because earlier procedures-lagging and error-prone-may be eradicated. The project represents massive strides in local governance modernization for the country, thus enhancing responsiveness and effectiveness in the operations of Panchayats. The smart village Panchayat initiative is a digital transformation project for rural Panchayat functioning, creating new pathways in the innovation of local village organizations in India. Panchayats, being the backbones of local self-governments, are engaged in a large number of public services like water supply, sanitation, and infrastructure development. However, with the traditional Panchayat systems comes inefficiency due to the principle of manual processes and the lack of transparency concerning matters dealt with, citizen participation, and everyday functioning.
Authors
- N. Ayyanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3899-8032)
- E. Harshavarthan
Institutions
- Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (IN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icscsa66339.2025.11170835
- Primary Topic
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00