CM inaugurates ‘Gauthan Map’ mobile app

Central Chronicle News
Raipur, Dec 20: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has launched ‘Gauthan Map’ (Gauthan Multi Activity and Livelihood Management) mobile app today in a program organized at his official residence here on Monday. This app ‘Gauthan Map’ has been developed by CHIPs for Gauthan Management.
All the details of cow dung procurement, gauthans, pasture along with the information about activities of self-help groups, infrastructure etc. will be made available on this app at a single click.
It is noteworthy that this in-house app developed by CHIPs will have a database of all the gauthans operated across the state. This gauthan-wise database will include the details of resources, activities, beneficiaries and services etc. available in the gauthans. Digital mapping of Gauthans will be done through geo-tagging to keep the account of the resources of Gauthans. A database of various activities conducted by Self Help Groups will be prepared in each gauthan. This framework will enable accurate monitoring of key indices of Gauthans.
On this app, a Gauthan-centric database willl be available for a robust digital evaluation mechanism for both gauthan committees and self-help groups for the state government. This database will help in planning future activities in Gauthans.
Through monitoring the trend and performance of income generating activities in Gauthan, new sources of livelihood will be identified, which will help in increasing the income of the stakeholders and there will be scope for planning and promotion of micro industry.
On this occasion, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister and Managing Director, Godhan Nyay Mission, Dr. S. Bharti Dasan thanked CHIPs for creating this app. Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey, Former Union Minister Bhakta Charandas, Advisor to Chief Minister Pradeep Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary Electronics and Information Technology Subrat Sahoo and Joint Chief Executive Officer of Chips Nilesh Soni were specially present in the program.