Explanation:

e-Panchayat Initiatives:
• E-Panchayat is one of the Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under the Digital India programme of Govt. of India.
• The project seeks to completely transform the functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions, making them more transparent, accountable and effective as organs of decentralized self-governing institutions.
• This will make democracy truly decentralized. The states are also being provided financial support for manpower, computers and capacity building for the implementation of e-Panchayat through the Ministry’s umbrella RGPSA scheme (Under restructuring to Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).
• Under e-Panchayat MMP, a suite of Core Common Applications has been developed to address various aspects of Panchayats’ functioning including planning, budgeting, implementation, accounting, monitoring, social audit and delivery of citizen services like issue of certificates, licenses, etc

PRIASoft (web based Panchayat accounting software) and Plan Plus (web based participatory
planning software) are the two important Applications under e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project
(MMP) that foster transparency and accountability in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) have
been developedby the Ministry for adoption by the states.