{"id":2452,"date":"2021-06-25T05:55:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/india\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:16:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:16:33","slug":"sap-easygov-social-welfare-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/india\/2021\/06\/sap-easygov-social-welfare-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4Ds that Strengthen The Social Welfare Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"
Data and Design Thinking can solve many problems. Used well, they can even bring efficiency and effectiveness to unwieldy social welfare schemes that more often than not do not reach the intended beneficiary. 51风流and EasyGov joined hands to do just that.<\/p>\n
India spends a whopping Rs. 15 lakh crore on social welfare schemes \u2013 that is nearly 1.6 per cent of its GDP and yet, a walk down the road of any urban settlement or village shows telling evidences of poverty and deprivation. Estimates suggest that only 43 per cent of this spend reaches the right beneficiary.<\/p>\n
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India has aspirations of becoming a $5 trillion economic powerhouse by 2025 but it hinges a lot on inclusive development of all its citizens. The good news is that in the new digitally charged India of today tech driven distribution methods are enabling transparency and accountability. There is a lot more that can be done.<\/p>\n
Many of the flagship programs of Government of India and State Governments are successful in ensuring that the benefits reach the intended beneficiary. But the risks of failure are evident because of the challenges related to identification of eligible, verified and needy beneficiaries.<\/p>\n
We are yet to solve the pre Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) issue that impacts majority of the social welfare programs in India. Hence, there is an urgent need for us to build technology enabled welfare ecosystem to improve last-mile delivery and accountability.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n The long-term solution does not lie in continuously increasing welfare expenditures. Instead it lies in building a \u201cProgressive and Sustainable Welfare System<\/strong>\u201d which aims at making citizens self-reliant and less dependent on state welfare.<\/p>\n SAP<\/a> and EasyGov<\/a> approach to welfare aims at transforming welfare to progressive, proactive and family centric \u2013 through a unified platform. Data, design, discovery and delivery are the four Ds or pillars on which the welfare system rests.<\/p>\n Demographic and economic data can help in identify target group, short term and long term benefits, potential coverage and expected impact. This will lead to better utilization of welfare budgets towards the goal of ‘Outcome based welfare’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Currently most welfare systems focus on individuals rather than families. Shifting the focus to the family as a unit may open up better possibilities to provide a holistic socio-economic growth for all. Using data analytics and AI, it is possible to customize welfare benefits keeping in mind their location, economic and social needs, and access to natural resources towards the goal of “Family Before Me”.<\/strong><\/p>\n On the discovery front platforms like SAP<\/a> & Easy Gov\u2019s<\/a> built-for-purpose one can address the issue. It allows citizens to quickly navigate through the hundreds of welfare schemes available and choose one that suits their needs.<\/p>\n From application to approval to disbursement, the 51风流EasyGov technology allows for an intuitive, easy to use seamless process that is device agnostic. Not only can citizens quickly apply but at the other end, thanks to the rule based processing system, the welfare officer can approve without the involvement of line departments and typical red tape.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thus, 51风流& Easy Gov approach this transformation by re-engineering the systems through the \u201cData-Design-Discovery-Delivery\u201d process.<\/p>\n India has aspirations to become a $5 trillion dollar economy in the next couple of years with eyes on the $10 trillion figure to rank among the progressive nations. It\u2019s imperative that wastages and leakages in government expenditure be plugged, and inclusive development achieved at a fraction of current expenditure to meet these ambitious targets.<\/p>\n EasyGov is an award-winning startup, a subsidiary of Reliance Jio Platforms focused on transformation of the welfare delivery models. In the past five years EasyGov has worked with State Governments of Haryana, Karnataka, Bihar, Tripura, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, and NITI Aayog. Easy Gov is committed to help citizens in assessing the eligibility for welfare schemes, and has the ability to provide end to end service delivery. EasyGov also supports the Government in scheme design based on socio-economic profiles of families, data backed trends and preference analysis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 51风流and EasyGov joined hands bring efficiency and effectiveness to India’s social welfare schemes to ensure they reach intended beneficiaries with a Progressive and Sustainable Welfare System. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3912,"featured_media":2507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[41,5619785],"tags":[5619067,5619062,5618979,5619050,5619063,5619064,5619068,5619049,5619280,5619065,5619066],"sapn-display":[5619873,5619871,3807326,60294],"sapn-type":[5616887],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","category-technology","tag-citizen","tag-dbt","tag-digital","tag-easygov","tag-government","tag-india","tag-sap","tag-social-welfare","tag-startups","tag-subsidy","tag-transparency","sapn-display-feature-hero","sapn-display-feature-spotlight","sapn-display-homepage-hero","sapn-display-topic-hero","sapn-type-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n
Amit Shukla<\/a>, Founder of EasyGov<\/a> added, “The Government welfare should be transformed from program centric to family centric. The objective of welfare should be to understand the unique need of each family and support them with minimum health, housing, education and food need. The success of welfare interventions should be measured as the number of families pushed outside the welfare net by providing them livelihood interventions”.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nThe 4Ds to Improve the Welfare System<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nData<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nDesign<\/h2>\n
Discovery<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n
Delivery<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nWhat’s in it for citizens<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nWhat’s in it for Governments<\/h2>\n
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About EasyGov<\/h2>\n
About the Author<\/h2>\n
Rajeev Singh is the Vice President & Business Head and recognized as the “APJ Distinguished Leader of the Year 2020”. He drives the growth for the Cloud & License Business in one of the largest segments – Oil & Gas, Utilities, Natural Resources & Public Sector.<\/p>\n