Govt launches learning portal for MGNREGA

Union Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh today launched an Online Learning Portal (OLP) for MGNREGA, and expressed confidence that it will help both the government officials and beneficiaries of the rural job flagship scheme.
The OLP will build capacities of technical functionaries and help in developing qualitative and sustainable assets.
The governmnet said that it is expected to ensure flow of knowledge and skill from the brains of MGNREGS field functionaries through to the hands of MGNREGS unskilled labourers on to the ground, to result in qualitative and sustainable assets with enhanced livelihoods.
All the field functionaries like Gram Rozgar Sevak, technical assistants, junior engineer, engineering consultants and others can take use this OLP.

After completion of four modules on the OLP, the functionaries can take an on line test, the officials said.
Singh had yesterday launched an online mobile application for better planning of Panchayat assets and the official Twitter handle of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, coinciding with the ongoing 'Digital India Week.

While the initiatives and programmes as well as important development of the ministry will be communicated through the Twitter handle "@MoPRInida", the mobile app "m-asset" can be used by citizens to capture photographs and geographical coordinates of various assets available at Gram Panchayat level.
The mobile app will enable these assets to be seen on a map and will be useful for planning by the Panchayats and the government, the officials said.

The ministry said that it plans to incentivise the Panchayats, and citizens who participate actively during the DIW, launched yesterday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Digital India Week (DIW) seeks to inform, educate and engage citizens about the ongoing initiatives of the government in the area of e-governance.