1. A Presentation on
Technology incorporation for
INDIRAMMA Housing project Implementation and
Monitoring
[ ICT for timely implementation of Govt. Initiatives ]
Sridhar Ponugupati
IIIT Hyderabad ( Consultant )
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2. Presentation Agenda
• INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme – an Overview
• Government’s Objectives of the Scheme
• Bottlenecks in implementation
• Need of the Hour – Solution overview
• Outcomes of the Proposed Solution
• Stake holders and Financials / Budget
• Conclusion

3. INDIRAMMA Housing Scheme – an Overview
Andhra Pradesh
stands FIRST in India
for enabling Weaker
sections to build
PUCCA houses

4. 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 ]

5. 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.

6. Government’s 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

7. Bottlenecks in implementation
Observations of APSHCL
a. Delay in Payments to the Beneficiaries
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> 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

8. 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.

9. Suggestions of APSHCL
• Re- organization of the Structure
• Efficiently utilize the WI’s for improved
Throughput and reduced burden on other
officers.
• Filling up Vacancies / Outsourcing job work
• Technology Incorporation for
improvement in the performance of
APSHCL.

10. 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.

11. Flow chart of the proposed solution
Step Step Step Step
Goal
1 2 3 4
SMS will be
sent by the Concerned
Site visit by the SMS
Beneficiaries DEE will Payment
WI’s. Geo- confirmation
review the Release Order
and will be tagged photographs after the bank
generation and
attended by photograph and Accept / transaction.
Reject the release of
concerned and updated in Daily status
case based on funds to the
the server with updates to all
WI’s the software Beneficiary
in few seconds i/p’s. the Officers.
SMS Gateway

12. How does SMS System Work?

13. CONSTRUCTION UPDATION
STAGE-WISE USING SMS
Beneficiary sends
SMS intimating latest
stage of construction
to department
Alerts are also
AE receives an
sent to MD, ED,
SMS alert will be
PD, CE, CGM, EE
on his mobile
& Dy. EEs
Based on SMS,
AE visits the field,
updates the m-book, and
makes arrangement for
payment.

14. Format of SMS and Decoding
08 1211 305 P2 1315780- 2 Construction stage Finished :
BL Level Finished
Scheme Code : Indiramma Phase II
Benificiary ID :
Panchayat Code : Mareddypalli vill AMMANABROLU AVULAKKA/
KOTAIAH
Mandal/ Municipality Code : Darsi Mandal Age: 45
Gender: Female
District Code : Prakasham Dist 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 ]

15. SMS Gateway System Architecture
Benificiary sends SMS Serial
Wireless Connectivity
"040555411P3566238 BBL" Module uses
Beneficiary sends SMS to 512512 SIM card
With Beneficiary
id &Stage
GSM
AE Sends SMS with date Of
inspection
Reports to
MD/ED/CE/PD
for monitoring

16. 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
• AE visits the field and updates the stage for payment.
INSPECT & MAKE
PAYMENT

17. SMS Received
District-wise Report

18. Beneficiary-wise Report

19. STEP 1
SMS Server Receives the
messages and acts accordingly
Reports to PD,
DEE and EE
Automated Work
Assignment to WI’s and AE’s
SMS from Beneficiary / Gruhamitra
(Mason)

20. STEP 2
Geo Tagging information
updated in the server
SMS of Beneficiary WI’s and AE’s taking
for claim the Geo tagged Photos

21. STEP 3 - STEP 4
Automated Work Assignment
Decision making
to WI’s and AE’s
and PRO generation
Step by DEE
3
Finance dept orders
for Fund transfer to
Step Beneficiaries Online
4
SMS to the
Beneficiaries
after the Fund
Transfer

22. Completion of the Payment Cycle in 30 Days
Payment to the
30
Days
Automated Work Assignment
to WI’s and AE’s
Decision making and PRO
Beneficiary
generation by DEE
SMS notification about the fund
transfer to the beneficiary

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. Demonstration of software – Pilot run at Aziznagar
Beneficiary details with ID, Latitude
and Longitude information.
Not Started Stage Geo Tagged Houses at Different Construction
Basement Level completed stages represented by various colors
Roof Completed

26. Demonstration of software – Pilot run at Aziznagar
Beneficiary details with ID, Latitude
and Longitute information.
Details of the Beneficiary along Photograph of the latest
with the Fund release information stage of the constriction

27. Demonstration of software – Pilot run at Aziznagar
House still not started state

28. Demonstration of software – Pilot run at Aziznagar
House with Roof Completed Stage

29. Benefits of Geo Tagging
• Geo tagging Application enables the WI’s and AE’s 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.

30. 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….

31. 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.