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Baseline Study of e-District
Mission Mode Project2010
Assessment of Delivery of Key Services:The Citizens Perspective
Based onSurvey of Citizens in 17 Pilot Districts in Five States of India
Commissioned by
Department of Information TechnologyMinistry of Communications and Information Technology
Government of India
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Copyright 2010 Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and InformationTechnology
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Department of Information TechnologyMinistry of Communications and Information TechnologyElectronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, Lodhi RoadNew Delhi 110 003www.mit.gov.in
Indian Institute of ManagementVastrapur, Ahmedabad
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Project Team
Department of Information Technology
Mr. Abhishek Singh, Director, Department of Information Technology
Mr. Anurag Goyal, Director, Department of Information Technology
Ms. Vineeta Dixit, Principal Consultant, NeGP-Project Management Unit
Ms. Sulakshana Bha acharya, Consultant, NeGP-Project Management Unit
Ms. Shiffy Varkey, Assistant Manager, NeGP-Project Management Unit
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) Project Team
Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar, Study Coordinator
Prof. T.P. Rama Rao
Prof. Ankur SarinMs. Nupur Singh
Ms. Anuradha Parekh
Mr. Anup Tripathi
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PrefaceThe Government of India is keen to understand the nature and quantum of impact created
by e-Governance projects that have been implemented by state and national agencies underthe National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The Department of Information Technology(DIT), Government of India as the nodal coordinating agency for the NeGP is directed tocarry out an impact assessment study of mature state and national projects that have beenimplemented in India.
The assessment is to focus on the nature and quantum of impact on users (citizensand businesses). Assessment of impact on other stakeholders such as the departmentimplementing the project was not taken up. As a part of the rst phase of assessmentstudies, three state-level e-Government projects- vehicle registration, property registrationand land records were selected for assessment in twelve states across India. Three national-level projects implemented by the Income Tax department, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs(MCA), and the issue of passport by Regional Passport Offi ces were also assessed in 2008.The report is available on the DIT website.
Impact assessment of municipalities under the JnNURM e-Governance Project, ImpactAssessment of the Commercial Taxes project in ve states and a Baseline Study of thee-District project were taken up in the current cycle of assessment studies. The Department
of Information Technology (DIT) empanelled market research (MR) agencies for carryingout the eld work. Each agency was assigned the task of assessing the impact of therespective projects and preparing an individual report for each project. The Indian Instituteof Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) served as the technical advisor for the proposed study.A team from IIMA worked closely with the team from DIT in the implementation of theassessment study and provided feedback to the MR agencies at key points in the study. Theeld survey of citizens in ve states was carried out by AC Nielsen ORG-MARG Pvt. Ltd.
The report was prepared by Center for Electronic Governance, Indian Institute ofManagement, Ahmedabad. The book is also available in the public domain on the DIT website.
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Executive Summary
Assessment of Delivery of Key Services : The Citizen's Perspective
The report presents a baseline assessment for the e-district project i.e. analysis of theperformance of the current manual system of delivery of six services such as issue ofcerticates/ration cards on key elements of costs incurred by a citizen in availing these services.The base line assessment was carried out by administering a structured questionnaire tonearly 400 respondents in ve States of India - Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,U ar Pradesh and West Bengal. Seventeen Pilot Districts were covered in all in the vestates.
The primary purpose of the base line study is to bench mark the performance of the manualdelivery of key services in the pilot states on indicators such as number of trips, waitingtime for each trip, proportion of users paying bribes and elapsed time which are the keycomponents of cost of accessing a government service for a citizen. Annexure VII of thisreport tabulates the performance of manual delivery of services on these cost elements bypresenting average value and standard error of the average based on an adequately largesample for 5 key services in every state. Once the e-District MMP has been implemented inthe pilot districts and becomes stable (overcomes teething problems) and has run for at leasta year, the impact of the program can be assessed by conducting a structured survey using
an instrument similar to the one used in the base line study. The sample size should e at leastas much as the one used in the base line study. The methodology of conducting the survey in16-20 preselected villages (which captures the variability on the basis of distance from servicecenter and population of catchment for a service center) by selecting respondents randomlyshould be followed. Indicators will need to computed using the survey data for servicedelivery under e-district and compared with the values in Annexure VII to understand themagnitude and direction of impact on the cost elements for each service.
The base line study has provided some useful insights on the current manual deliverysystem. A state wise analysis of delivery performance for six services indicates the need forachieving signicant improvement through the implementation of the e-district project onall the performance parameters assessed in the survey. Out of the six services, ration card,caste certicate and birth certicate represent bulk of the transactions across all states withnearly one-fourth of the respondents having obtained ration cards, while 17 to 20 percenthad obtained caste and birth certicates. Overall, it takes an average of three to ve tripsto obtain a particular service. Primarily absence of concerned functionary at the offi ce leadsto an increase in the number of trips. Since the bulk of the services are provided at theTehsil level offi ces, citizens have to incur signicant travel costs and time to access them. Theaverage waiting time for each trip is nearly an hour.
The average elapsed time for most services ranges from 5 to 20 days. However, there are large
variations across states with a few states like West Bengal taking extremely long to deliver
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some of the services. In about two-thirds of the services across the ve states, a signicantproportion of users (10% or more) had to pay bribes. In most cases bribes are demandedto expedite the unduly long processes involving verication of documents at each step. Byimplementing a work ow with a rst-in rst-out discipline, discretion to delay a servicecan be taken away from the offi cers. Usage of intermediaries is high in some states like UP.Use of intermediaries can be minimized through simplication of procedures.
The report provides an analysis of a ributes that the citizens nd important. These are thea ributes where maximum improvement should be targeted through computerization. Forexample, a ributes relating to governance, such as accountability of offi cers and corruptionin the working of the system are seen to be important across all states and services. Location
of offi ces where services are delivered is seen to be important for most of the services. Thiscan be rectied by service delivery through CSC's. Many citizens have identied clarityand simplicity of rules and procedures as important which is an area which can be rectiedthrough process reform. Similarly, accuracy of issued documents has been identied as anarea of concern which can be taken care of through computerized and accurate databases.
A qualitative study of two recently computerized districts in UP indicated the need formaking CSCs the primary mode of service delivery. The quality of hardware installed needsto be improved and physical supervision needs to be strengthened to remove intermediariesand check malpractices such as sale of forms at arbitrary prices. Ten District Magistrateswere interviewed to get suggestions for improvement of manual services. Most District
Magistrates believed that e-delivery of services can reduce the hardship of citizens and werereasonably engaged with the e-district project. Financial viability of CSCs was expressed asthe major concern by the District Magistrates.
The e-district project should aim to provide all citizen services end-to-end through a portalor CSC a er simplifying procedures, and automating information ow and work ow toprocess a request for a service. Financial viability of CSCs will have to be ensured by creatinga large basket of services ready for e-delivery, mounting an aggressive awareness campaignin rural areas, and through support to nancially weak CSCs.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
CC Citizens Charter
CFC Citizen Facilitation Centre
CSCs Common Service Centers
DC District Collectorate
DIT Department of Information Technology
ER Electoral Register
FPS Fair Price ShopG2B Government to Business
G2C Government to Citizen
G2G Government to Government
GP Gram Panchayat
IIMA Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
MH Maharashtra
MMP Mission Mode ProjectMP Madhya Pradesh
MR Agencies Market Research Agencies
NeGP National e-Governance Plan
PDS Public Distribution System
RTI Right to Information
SC Scheduled Caste
TN Tamil NaduUP U ar Pradesh
VP Village Panchayat
WB West Bengal
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ..........................................................................................................................4
Executive summary ..........................................................................................................................7
Abbreviations and Acronyms .........................................................................................................9
Preamble ...........................................................................................................................................13
Role of IIMA in the baseline study1. .......................................................................................15
Brief Description of the e-District Project2. ............................................................................ 16
Research Methodology3. ..........................................................................................................17
3.1 Measurement Framework .............................................................................................. 17
3.2 Sampling Methodology and Sample Size ....................................................................19
3.3 Field Work and Data Quality .........................................................................................21
3.4 Service Usage Pa ern ......................................................................................................22
Key Results from the Baseline Study4. ...................................................................................24
4.1 Prole of Respondents ....................................................................................................24Baseline Performance On Key Elements of Cost of Service5. .............................................. 25
5.1 Number of Trips ..............................................................................................................26
5.2 Waiting Time .................................................................................................................... 27
5.3 Elapsed Time .................................................................................................................... 28
5.4 Payment of Bribes and Usage of Agents ......................................................................28
5.5 Overall Satisfaction with Service Delivery ..................................................................30
Learning for further Implementation of E-district6. .............................................................30Limitations of the Study7. ........................................................................................................34
List of Tables
Table 1: Framework of the Study ............................................................................................... 18
Table 2: Sampling Units and Sample Sizes ............................................................................... 21Table 3: Prole of Respondents ..................................................................................................25
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Services Used (by % of Respondents) ......................................................................23Figure 2: Location of Offi ce from which Service is Availed (by % of Respondents) ..........24Figure 3: Number of Trips .........................................................................................................27Figure 4: Total Waiting Time (in Minutes) ...............................................................................27Figure 5: Elapsed Time (in Days) ..............................................................................................28Figure 6: Proportion Paying Bribes (%) ....................................................................................29Figure 7: Proportion Using Intermediaries (%) .......................................................................30Figure 8: Overall Experience, Overall Quality of Service and Overall Quality of
Governance (on a 5-point Scale)................................................................................31
List of Annexure
Annexure I Survey Instrument (Template) ..........................................................................37Annexure II Factors to be Considered for Determining the Sample Size ........................45Annexure III Prole of Pilot Districts in the Five States .......................................................47
Annexure IV Service Usage across the Five States (by Number and % of Respondents)48Annexure V Type of Service Availed (by % of Respondents).............................................49Annexure VI Location of Offi ce from which Service is Availed (by % of Respondents) .50Annexure VII Detailed Analysis of Costs of Availing Services .............................................51Annexure VIII Reasons for Multiple Trips (by % of Respondents) .......................................52Annexure IX Reasons for Paying Bribes (by % of Respondents) ........................................54Annexure X Reasons for Using Intermediaries (by % of Respondents) ...........................56Annexure XI Detailed Analysis of Overall Experience, Overall Quality of Service and
Overall Quality of Governance (on a 5-point Scale) .....................................58Annexure XII Important A ributes Across States and Services (by % of Responses) ......59Annexure XIII Overall Experience on a 5 Point Scale in Availing the Payment
Related Services .................................................................................................61Annexure XIV Summary of The Responses of DM Interviews for 10 Districts ...................62
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Preamble
In view of the proposed roll out of the ambitious National e-Governance Program (NeGP),the Government of India was keen to understand the nature and quantum of impactcreated by e-government projects that had already been implemented by state and nationalagencies. Therefore, in the last three years, the Department of Information Technology (DIT)has commissioned impact assessment studies of nearly y mature e-Governance projectsimplemented by state and central agencies.
Study results indicated an abysmal state of delivery of services in the manual system inall the three types of projects - issue of copies of land record, registration of property andissue of drivers license - that were assessed in the rst phase of the impact assessmentprogram. Users need to make three to four trips (and even up to seven trips in some cases)to government offi ces on an average, wait for two hours or more (and up to six hours insome cases) in each trip, and pay bribes frequently (20 to 50% of all transactions) to obtainservices. Computerization delivered concrete benets in most cases, reducing the number oftrips by at least one, reducing the time spent waiting by 20 to 40%, and reducing bribery bysignicant levels in the case of one service across many states. However, the study revealedthat there was a great deal of difference in the performance of the best and the worst statesin case of each of the three computerized applications. The study established performance
bench marks that could be targeted by future projects.
The study underscored the importance of conducting baseline surveys of users of theexisting system before conceptualizing a new system to replace it. Through the baselinesurveys, implementing agencies can understand a ributes of service delivery that areimportant to the client. This can enable sharper targeting of benets that can be delivered,and the required features or process reforms can then be incorporated in the design of thee-government project. It is also expected that the impact assessment (that is, an assessmentof the difference between the performance of computerized and manual systems) thatwould be done a er the e-District project a ains maturity would be more accurate. Thisis because the performance of manual delivery would have been established through the
baseline study and would not have to be assessed on the basis of user recall. Recognizing theimportance of baseline surveys, the DIT decided to conduct such a survey for the e-DistrictMission Mode Project, which is being implemented by the DIT itself.
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1. Role of IIMA in the baseline study
The Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad (IIMA) was initially contractedas a Knowledge Partner to guide a MarketResearch agency chosen by DIT to carry outthe base line survey. Subsequently when thechosen Market Research agency reneged onits commitment to DIT, IIMA was requestedto take the additional responsibility of
selecting an agency (from the 5 agenciesempaneled by DIT) at a cost specied byDIT and to take the overall responsibilityof ge ing the base line done in less than5 months. In the spirit of partnership,IIMA agreed to accept the additionalresponsibility. The base line eld surveywas carried out by the selected MarketResearch (MR) agency in ve pilot states Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu, U ar Pradesh and West Bengal. The budget specied for the study restricted thetotal number of respondents in the sampleto 2000. IIMA was responsible for dra ingan overall report on the e-District projectfor all states covered in the study, based onthe data collected by the MR agency. Therst dta report was submi ed by the endof March 2010.
IIMAs effort was directed at ensuring that:a consistent research methodology wasused across the ve states; the MR agencyunderstood the assessment framework;good quality data was collected; levels ofperformance for different types of servicescould be estimated accurately; resultscould be projected to the entire population;results could be compared across states;issues with the existing manual system and
possible reasons for these could be identied;and suggestions could be made for thefuture rollout of the e-District program.The following inputs were provided at keystages of the study:
IIMA had developed a frameworkfor assessment covering the key di-mensions on which impact on citi-zens (users of a service) would bemeasured. On the basis of this frame-work, a template of the survey in-strument for the e-District study wasdeveloped by IIMA and provided tothe MR agency.
IIMA designed the sampling plan insuch a way that:
Even small variations in per-oformance could be detected
The variability in demand,oeffi ciency of service deliverypoint and location of usercould be captured
Results could be projected toothe entire population
A member of the IIMA team partici-pated in the eld survey of the rstfew districts in order to check on thequality of work of eld investiga-tors.
IIMA analyzed the data collected bythe market research agency and com-piled this report to present a consoli-dated picture of the performance ofeach of the ve states.
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2. Brief Description of thee-District Project
E-District is one of the 27 Mission ModeProjects (MMPs) being implemented underthe NeGP. The primary objective of thee-District project is to enable service delivery
by the district administration to citizens inan effi cient and transparent manner. Theproject aims to do this by integrating thefunctioning of the Collectorate, tehsil level
units and village level units of the districtadministration, automating the workow forprocessing of service applications, digitizingdata across participating departments, andeventually delivering the citizen centricservices of the district administrationthrough Citizen Service Centers (CSCs) thatare proposed to be set up in one out of everysix villages.
In the existing manual system, processingof an application for a certicate such as anincome or caste certicate typically involvesthe following steps:
Citizens need to visit the concerneddepartments offi ce at the sub districtor district headquarters in order to ap-ply for the service. The citizen submitsa hand wri en application or lls in anapplication form, if available, along withthe required supporting documents andfee.
The application is received by the Reg-istry section and forwarded to the teh-sildar for endorsement. The endorsedapplication is then sent to the VillageAccountant for eld verication.
A er verication, the Village Accoun-tant prepares a eld report and sendsit back to the Registry section. Based on
the approved report, the Registry sec-tion prepares the certicate, which issigned by the tehsildar and issued to theapplicant.
Under e-District, computerized citizenfacilitation centers with multiple counterswill be established at the village and subdistrict levels. Applicants will be able tosubmit application forms and supportingdocuments at these centers or apply forservices online. Detailed citizen charterswill be displayed, forms in the locallanguage that are simple to ll in will bemade available, and guidance would beprovided to applicants at each step by thestaff at the facilitation center. Once datadigitization and workow automation has
been completed, application forms will besubmi ed and forwarded electronically bythe counter operators to the concerned eldoffi cial or Registry section for processing. Apre-validated electronic document, basedon existing records, will be generated bythe eld offi cial/ Registry section. Thiswould be signed digitally by the tehsildarand issued to the applicant. It is expectedthat the entire process would be completedwithin one day.
The e-District project is being implementedin two phases - a pilot phase in selected
districts of 14 states, and the rollout phaseacross the remaining districts in these states.The core services that would be delivered
by the 14 states under the e-District projectare:
Issue, re-issue and modication of cer-ticates such as birth, death, residence,domicile, caste, handicap, income, em-ployment and character certicates
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Application for pensions under varioussocial service schemes for the aged, wid-ows, handicapped, destitute, etc.
PDS related services such as issue, re-issue, renewal, modication and surren-der of ration card and FPS licences
Revenue court related services such asregistering cases, obtaining listing ofcases, and ling applications for caseadjournment, stay order, nal order andexecution of orderGovernment dues and recovery of landrevenue
Filing and tracking of RTI applicationsand grievances
Funding for the pilot phase has been provided by DIT, while funding for the second phasewould be contributed by the DIT and thestate in the ratio of 75:25 respectively. Thetotal amount approved for 35 pilot districtsacross 14 states is around Rs 1,100 million,of which Rs 510 million has already beensanctioned as part of the rst installment.1The targeted date for completion of pilotimplementation was February 2010 androllout to the remaining 600 districts wasexpected to start by March-April 2010. Theentire project was scheduled to be completed
by December 2011. However, accordingto the e-District project status report ofFebruary 28, 2010,2 the implementation ofpilot projects has been initiated in only vestates, two of which have completed thedata digitization process (U ar Pradesh
and Kerala). Of the remaining states, sevenhave completed the process of appointingagencies for application development ordata digitization while two are way behindschedule on these.
3. Research Methodology
For the purpose of the baseline study, theunit of analysis was the entire state coveringa sample of selected pilot districts. Theresearch methodology used for the study isdiscussed below.
3.1 Measurement Framework
A measurement framework identifyingkey areas of direct and indirect economicimpact on citizens, and indicators onwhich qualitative impact can be measured(see Table 1) was used. This frameworkis similar to that used in the rst phase ofassessment studies 3 , and has been tested inan earlier assessment study of eight projectsencompassing service delivery to citizens(G2C), businesses (G2B) and internal staff(G2G) in three states (Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka and Gujarat). The study wascarried out by a team from IIMA and wassponsored by the World Bank, DIT andIIMA.
A template of the survey instrument (seeAnnexure I) that incorporated the keydimensions in the measurement frameworkwas prepared. The instrument was designedso as to capture all elements that dene the
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1 Source: Website of Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, http://www.mit.gov.in/download/e-district_pi-lot260509.pdf 2 Source: Website of Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, http://www.mit.gov.in/download/e-district_feb10.
pdf 3 Impact assessment of e-government projects in India, Department of Information Technology, Government of India, 2007. Available: http://www.mit.gov.in/download/impact-assessment-study-dit-31jan%20(2).pdf
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Cost of Availing Service Measured DirectlyNumber of trips made for the serviceAverage travel cost of making each tripAverage waiting time in each tripEstimate of wage loss due to time spent in availing the serviceTotal time elapsed in availing serviceAmount paid as bribe to functionariesAmount paid to agents to facilitate service
Overall AssessmentPreference for manual versus computerized systemsComposite score: Measured on a 5-point scale factoring in the key a ributes of a delivery system thatare seen as being important by users
Quality of Service: Interaction with staff, complaint handling, privacy, accuracy measured on a 5-pointscale
Satisfaction with the location of the service delivery center/offi ceConvenience of working hours of the service delivery center/offi ceOverall a itude of the functionaries in terms of courteousness and friendlinessTimeliness of response to queries by clientsSatisfaction with the mechanism for complaint handling and problem resolutionPerception about the condentiality and security of dataSatisfaction with the overall quality of service
Quality of Governance: Transparency, participation, accountability, corruption measured on a 5-point scaleLevel of corruption in the current working systemAwareness about the citizen charterAdherence of the time frame for service delivery (elapsed time) to that specied in citizens charterFinancial loss due to delay in availing the serviceType/kind of nancial loss incurred due to delay in availing the serviceExtent to which government offi cials can be held accountable for their actionsWhether the rules and procedures are simple and stated clearlyWhether the agency takes responsibility for the information sharedDoes the agency provide any feedback and what is the quality of response to queries?Perception about the overall quality of governance
Table 1: Framework of the Study
cost of accessing a complex service suchas obtaining a certicate or license, and tounderstand the reasons that explain highlevels for any of the cost elements suchas number of trips, waiting time, briberyand use of intermediaries. The instrumentincluded a few indicators on a servicewhere an application is led for inclusion insome list or for seeking information (such as
inclusion in the electoral register or ling ofan RTI application), and a payment relatedservice. The respondents rating of about 20a ributes of the service delivery system, andof these a ributes, the three most importantfor the respondent were also captured.
Prior to the eld survey, a pre-testingexercise was carried out by the MR agency
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responsible for doing the eld survey, inone district of each state in order to verifythe relevance of the survey instrument andthe appropriateness of the language used.The survey instrument was then adaptedto the context of each state depending onthe services proposed to be provided inthat state, and translated into the locallanguage. Field investigators were trainedto understand and interpret the meaningof each data item. Data was collected
through structured interviews of users ofthe existing system between December 2009and February 2010.
3.2 Sampling Methodology and SampleSize
It was presumed that the sample districtschosen for the pilot implementation isrepresentative of all districts in the state.Given that a sample size of 400 per state
had been agreed upon, the samplingmethodology for the baseline assessmentwas designed in such a way as to provideaccurate estimates of cost of access and othervariables collectively for all the sampleddistricts of a state. Typically, a sample sizeof about 384 is considered adequate forthe results to be extrapolated to a largepopulation with a given level of accuracy(5% Condence Interval) and condence(95% Condence Level)4.In order to ensure that the sample wasrepresentative of actual users of variousservices, key services that are proposed to
be delivered through the e-District project
in the ve states were rst identied.Services related to ling for affi davits anda estation of certicates, though frequentlyused, were excluded from the purview ofthis study since they are simple, same-dayor instant delivery services that are notlikely to be impacted by computerization(since no reengineering of these processes isplanned under e-District).
For the purpose of this study, clusteringof the sample has been taken to be at thefollowing levels: pilot districts in a state,sub districts within each pilot district, andvillages within each sub district. Villagesfrom which respondents were surveyedwere selected to capture the variabilityin demand, effi ciency of service deliverypoint and distance of the user from servicedelivery points.
Analysis in Annexure II suggests that for agiven sample size, increasing the numberof districts provides the most power. Onthe other hand, increasing the number ofrespondents per sampling unit (in this case,a village) does not improve power. Usingthis as a guideline, it can be said that in orderto obtain sharper or more accurate estimatesof the impact of the e-District program, it isimportant to capture as much as possible ofthe variability in the factors that determineperformance.
Since there is likely to be more variabilityfrom one district to another, than from onesub district to another within the samedistrict, or from one village to another within
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4 The computation for this is explained as: Sample size = Z 2 X (p) X (1-p) / c 2
Where:Z = Z value (1.96 for 95% condence level)
p = percentage picking a choice, expressed as a decimal (0.5 or 1/2)c = condence interval, expressed as decimal (0.05 = 5%). Source: Cochran, W. G. (1963). Sampling Techniques, 2nd Ed., New York: John Wileyand Sons, Inc.
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the same sub district, the sampling framewas designed so that respondents werespread across as many districts as possiblerather than across several villages within asub district or several sub districts withina district. However, the costs involved ininterviewing respondents across severaldispersed locations had to be consideredwhen deciding on the number and locationof sampling units. Therefore, a maximumof four pilot districts was selected in eachstate. Since Maharashtra and West Bengalhave only three and two pilot districts each,all the pilot districts of these two states wereincluded in the sampling frame. In each ofthe remaining states, an a empt was madeto select districts that have a higher ruraland Scheduled Caste (SC) population, and atthe same time, are geographically dispersed(see Annexure III). 17 districts across theve states were selected in this manner.
Sub districts within the selected districtshave been taken as the next level ofclustering because currently, citizens needto travel to the sub district headquarter inorder to avail most of the services that areto be covered under the e-District program.Certain services, such as those related toration cards, can however be obtained fromthe village Panchayat offi ce itself. Withineach district, four to six sub districts thatwere geographically dispersed have beenselected. Care has also been taken to select amix of sub districts that are well-connectedthrough major roadways and those that areremote. In all, 81 sub districts were thusselected across the ve states.
In order to ensure that the sample reectedthe proportion of users that come fromdifferent types of locations, villages from
which respondents were to be surveyed wereselected on the basis of their sizes (in termsof population) and their distance from thesub district headquarters. Since it is likelythat CSCs, through which services wouldeventually be delivered, would be locatedin larger villages with bigger populationsand be er connectivity, the size of a villagewould generally determine its proximityand access to a CSC. Therefore, one villagewas selected from each sub district in such a
way as to ensure that the entire set of villageschosen in a state reected the proportion ofsmall, medium and large villages in thatstate. Further, the selection included a mixof villages that were far or near from theirrespective sub district headquarters.
Households in each of the 82 villages wereto be selected randomly from the list ofhouseholds usually available with the villagePanchayat offi ce. Since each of the chosenvillages had a population of at least 500,that is, an average of 80 to 100 households(assuming an average household size of 5to 6), this list would have been about vetimes the size of the actual number to beinterviewed. It was felt that this would
be suffi cient to satisfy the randomnesscriterion.
Since this is a baseline assessment,respondents were interviewed only ontheir experience of the currently existing,presumably manual systems. In U arPradesh, e-District facilitation centersestablished at district headquarters have
become operational in 2008. Therefore,the market research agency carrying outthe eld survey was asked to take care toexclude those households in U ar Pradeshthat may have availed services from thecomputerized facilitation centers.
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Table 2: Sampling Units and Sample Sizes
State DistrictNumber of
TehsilsNumber of
VillagesNumber of
RespondentsMadhya Pradesh (MP) Guna 4 4 87
Gwalior 3 4 82Indore 4 4 119Shivpuri 4 4 119Total 15 16 407
Maharashtra (MH) Latur 6 7 150
Nagpur 6 7 150Pune 6 7 150Total 18 21 450
Tamil Nadu (TN) Coimbatore 4 4 101Krishnagiri 4 4 100Perambalur 3 4 100Thruvarur 4 4 99Total 15 16 400
U ar Pradesh (UP) Ghaziabad 4 4 76Gorakhpur 4 4 162Sitapur 4 4 36Sultanpur 4 4 134Total 16 16 408
West Bengal (WB) Bankura 8 9 200 Jalpaiguri 8 8 200Total 16 17 400
Total (across States) 17 80 86 2,065
3.3 Field Work and Data Quality
Table 2 lists the actual number of userssurveyed in each state and the numberof sampling units from which thesewere drawn. As per the sampling plan,respondents were to be selected randomlyfrom the list of households available withthe Gram Panchayat. However, during theeld work it was discovered that in most
cases, this list was not available with the
Gram Panchayat and if available, it was notupdated. Therefore, an estimate of the totalnumber of households in the village wasrst drawn and a sampling interval (sayn) calculated. Every nth household in thevillage was then selected and this processwas continued until the targeted sample sizeof 25 had been achieved.
At times, it was not possible to achieve the
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Figure 1: Services Used (by % of Respondents)
kerosene from fair price shops, is used forobtaining other documents such as voter IDcards and for availing benets under variouswelfare schemes oated by the government.Employment certicates in Tamil Nadu andresidence certicates in Maharashtra areprimarily used for obtaining bank loans.On the other hand, in MP and UP, residencecerticates are obtained for the purposeof applying for government jobs. Overall,it can be concluded that across states,the basic purpose for obtaining various
kinds of certicates is either education oremployment or bank loans.
Bulk of the respondents had availed servicesfrom the tehsil level offi ce in all statesexcept Madhya Pradesh, where almost halfhad obtained services at the village levelitself (see Figure 2). By and large, rationcard is the one service that is available atthe village level across all sampled states(see Annexure VI). In MP, apart from rationcard, birth and death certicates were also
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Dimensions MP MH TN UP WB
Number of Respondents 406 450 400 408 400
Age (in years) Less than 14 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.315-59 90.9 96.7 90.8 91.2 92.860 or more 8.9 3.1 8.8 8.3 7.0
Gender Male 94.8 82.7 41.0 87.5 62.0Female 5.2 17.3 59.0 12.5 38.0
Education Illiterate 17.2 6.9 25.5 22.8 20.0Schooled 73.2 78.2 68.8 66.7 59.0Graduate 9.6 14.9 5.8 10.5 21.0
Occupation Worker 62.1 45.1 46.3 32.8 47.5Business 16.5 8.0 7.3 9.8 9.3White collar jobs 8.4 5.3 37.0 30.6 24.8Unemployed 13.1 41.6 9.5 26.7 18.5
Type of House Residing
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Permanent 37.4 23.3 77.5 27.7 94.5
Semi-permanent 37.2 74.7 12.5 49.8 3.0Temporary 25.4 2.0 10.0 22.5 2.5
Table 3: Prole of Respondents
all the states, some variations were observedin their prole. For instance, Tamil Naduhas more women than men accessing theseservices. In U ar Pradesh and Maharashtra,the user population comprises of a signicantproportion of unemployed people.
The respondents selected for the study areactual users of the services included in thesurvey. Their prole will not be the same asthe prole of the entire population. Further,in the absence of authenticated prole dataof users of these services from any analysisof large sample of users, it is diffi cult tovalidate if the respondent prole matches
that of past/current actual service users.
The purpose of collecting data fromrespondents to construct the prole islargely for control of quality of surveys bysupervisors.
5. Baseline Performance on KeyElements of Cost of Service
This section presents a comparative pictureof the performance of the ve states onvarious dimensions related to costs ofaccessing a service such as number of trips,waiting time, proportion of citizens paying
bribes and elapsed time. Performance ofeach of the 5 states for ve key services onthese dimensions is presented in Annexure
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VII as the Mean Value and standard error ofthe mean computed for an adequately largesample of users. The size of the sample isalso presented. As discussed earlier, theseservices were used by a very high proportionof respondents in all states7. These servicesare a part of the basket of services that will
be delivered by the e-district MMP.
Once the e-district MMP has beenimplemented in the pilot districts and
becomes stable (overcomes teethingproblems) and has run for at least a year,the impact of the program can be assessed
by conducting a structured survey using aninstrument similar to the one used in the
base line study. The sample size should e atleast as much as the one used in the base linestudy. The methodology of conducting thesurvey in 16-20 preselected villages (whichcaptures the variability on the basis ofdistance from service center and populationof catchment for a service center) by selectingrespondents randomly should be followed.Average values of the Indicators presentedin Annexure VII will need to be computedusing the survey data for service deliveryunder e-district and compared with thevalues in Annexure VII to understand themagnitude and direction of impact on thecost elements for each service.
5.1 Number of TripsConsidering all the sampled states andservices, it can be seen that only in 25% ofthe cases is a service delivered in two orfewer trips(see Figure 3). In the remainingcases, it takes an average of three to vetrips to obtain the service. Given the fact
that bulk of these services are delivered atthe tehsil, citizens have to incur signicanttravel costs (at an average of rupees 18 to 20per trip) and time in order to access services.If e-District can target to reduce the numberof trips to two or less, and enable servicedelivery through CSCs, the cost to citizenscan be reduced considerably.
Respondents who felt that they had mademore trips than necessary were asked tostate the reasons for the multiple tripsmade by them. An analysis of the responsesreveals that the prime reason for this acrossstates was the absence or unavailability ofthe concerned functionary(see AnnexureVIII). As a result, applicants had to makerepeated trips to the offi ce to complete theprocess or collect the document appliedfor. Long queues of service applicants andnon functioning counters were the otherfrequently cited reasons.
Providing services through a CSC may resultin a longer window of time for transactionsand a higher availability of the operator atthe service delivery counter. However, ifaccess to a government offi cer is still need(for instance, for signatures), the problem ofunavailability will continue. Counters areo en not operational due to absenteeism inthe case of manual systems, and erratic powersupply or poor maintenance of hardwareand/or so ware in case of computerizedsystems, as was seen in projects that wereassessed earlier. The e-District projectneeds to be conceptualized in such a wayas to address the problems identied by theusers.
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5.2 Waiting Time
Waiting time shown inFigure 4 representsthe total wait over all trips. Total waitingtime in Maharashtra and MP in certain
services is high (nearly two to ve hours)in comparison to other states. The averagewaiting time for each trip(see AnnexureVII) is less than an hour for most services
Figure 3: Number of Trips
in states other than Maharashtra wheresurprisingly, it is nearly two hours for threeof the services. In Maharashtra, targetingreduction in waiting time should therefore
be a high priority.
As in the case of multiple trips, long queues,too many service applicants and the absenceof the concerned functionary were the main
Figure 4: Total Waiting Time (in Minutes)
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6). In some cases, as in income certicates inMP, this proportion is even as large as 65%.In response to a question on why respondentspaid bribe, expediting the process of servicedelivery was cited as the prime reason(see Annexure IX). If elapsed time can becontained to reasonable levels (say one weekas has been possible in other services) and a
Figure 6: Proportion Paying Bribes (%)
public commitment can be made to adhereto these service levels through a citizenscharter, some reduction in bribery may bepossible. By implementing a work owwith a rst-in rst-out discipline, discretionto delay a service can be taken away fromthe offi cers. If e-District can do this andimprove effi ciency in general, bribery canpossibly be removed.
In UP, where incidence of bribe paymentis the highest, additional convenience inobtaining service was stated as another major
be reduced.
As can be seen in the above gure, usage ofintermediaries is signicantly high in more
than 50 percent of the cases. Across states,one of the major reasons cited by users forthis is lack of awareness about the processof obtaining the service (see AnnexureX). In UP, another commonly cited reasonwas the belief that it was possible to obtainservice more quickly when availed throughintermediaries. E-district must thereforetarget simplication of procedures and atthe same time, create awareness about the
reason for paying bribes. Use of agents is alsothe highest in UP with about two-thirds ofusers using intermediaries to obtain caste,income and residence certicates(see Figure7). Perhaps, agents are used because theycan help citizens to circumvent rules suchas having to go to government offi ces for
being photographed. If access to servicescan be made more convenient, bribes could
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reformed processes.
5.5 Overall Satisfaction with Service
Delivery
Respondents were asked to rate their overallexperience of obtaining services, the overallquality of governance and the overallquality of service on a ve-point scale,where a score of 2 represents a poor rating,a 3 represents an average rating, a score of 4represents a good rating, and 5 represents avery good rating. In earlier assessments, theoverall scores of governance and quality ofservice have ranged between 2.5 and 3.5 fordifferent services under the manual system.Detailed analysis of these dimensions ispresented in Annexure XI.
As seen inFigure 8, delivery of services bythe district administration in West Bengal,MP and UP are no be er or no worsethan many other services in other states. InMaharashtra and Tamil Nadu, more than 60
percent of the respondents have rated the
quality of service and overall governance as being between good to very good for almostall the key services and the average scoresare close to 4. Annexure XIII presents an analysis of theoverall experience rated on a 5 point scale(1-very poor; 3 average and 5-very good) forpayment related services. These services areused by a large proportion of respondentsin addition to the primary documentrelated services for which analysis waspresented above. Maharashtra has beenrated as good and other states are betweenaverage and good. The overall quality ofpayment services under e-district may be
benchmarked against the indicated values by including a similar question in the futureimpact surveys.
6. Learning for further Implemen-tation of E-district
In discussing the key results from the
baseline survey in the section above,
Figure 7: Proportion Using Intermediaries (%)
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member of the IIMA team in Ghaziabad andSultanpur districts in UP during December2009 provided some pointers to how therecently introduced computerized systemwas working in these districts and thelessons that can be drawn for further rollout in other districts and states. The studycorroborated the ndings of the baselineassessment and also provided the followinginputs for further roll out:
The manual system needs to be replaced by a working computerized system assoon as possible. The coexistence of bothmanual and computerized modes ofservice delivery gives functionaries theopportunity to continue functioning asthey have always been. For instance, itwas observed that offi cials and agentstend to promote the manual system byciting power failure, poor connectivity,etc. as reasons for not using the comput-erized mode of service delivery.
Tighter monitoring of service levels isrequired so that standard proceduresare followed by those involved in theservice delivery process. Otherwise mal-practices such as tehsildars using others(o en agents) to affi x digital signatureson their behalf will continue.It is necessary to review the quality ofhardware and so ware that is to be sup-plied for further roll out of the e-District
project. For instance, the private opera-tors of Jan Suvidha Kendras (JSKs) com-plained of poor Internet connectivity,slow servers, and the poor quality VGAcameras provided at the JSKs to photo-graph applicants. Poor quality of cameraenables agents to process large numberof applications in bulk, substituting aprinted photo for personal presence asthe VGA camera photo on the certicateis barely recognizable.
Steps must be taken to ensure that agentsdo not operate within the precinct of the JSK, either for selling application formsor for facilitating services on behalf oftheir clients i.e. the rural citizens.
In some districts the computerized counterswere not allowed to function by vestedinterests. Many of the CSCs have not beencreated or have not functioned a er theywere set up. Computerized systems are notfunctioning as per the rule book. These are
all manifestations of strong vested interest inthe status quo. An effective implementationstrategy would be needed to handle changemanagement.
The results of the assessment study wereshared with the District Magistrates (DMs)of 10 districts in which the study wascarried out. A semi structured interviewwas conducted with the DMs to solicit theirviews on how the service delivery could befurther improved to respond to some of theproblems reported by the citizens duringthe assessment. A summary of responsesprovided by the DMs to substantive questionsis a ached in Annexure XIV. Concerns andsuggestions made by a majority of the tenrespondents are documented below.
The DMs were reasonably well engagedwith the e-district project. Most districts
hold monthly meetings to discuss thee-district project. In response to the mainrecommendation of this report that deliveryof services be made through CSCs at an earlydate, the DMs indicated a major concernabout the nancial viability of the CSCs. Theyfelt that services should be delivered onlythrough the CSCs and no other channels toensure nancial sustainability of the CSCs.Involvement of the local NGOs or localpeople in managing the operations of CSCs
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would help in increasing the popularity
of CSCs among the local people and theywould feel encouraged to use servicesthrough CSCs rather than the intermediary.Many DMs emphasized the need for greateremphasis on awareness generation amongsmall entrepreneurs to set up CSCs at villagelevel.
To cut down on the time elapsed to delivercerticates, it was suggested that a commondatabase needs to be created to facilitate the
availability of the information across thedistrict and villages. Some procedures areredundant and should be removed to makethe process simple and the frequent changesin the process should be avoided.
There should be strong Feedback andComplaint handling mechanism to increasethe accountability of the offi cers and systemof award and punishment. The applicationsshould be designed to provide information
on a web site on the current status ofprocessing of a service request, so thattransparency in the system can be furtherenhanced and citizens can avoid multipletrips to enquire about the status. Greaterclarity is needed on identifying functionariesthat can sign different types of certicates.
Intermediaries should be removed from thesurroundings of the offi ces with the help ofthe police.
District collector should be the accountable
and owner of the computerized system andIT department or NIC should coordinatethe overall effort of the computerization.Concerns were expressed about the usercentricity of staff and the need for extensivetraining. Some DMs wanted additionalstaff that could be dedicated to delivery ofdifferent computerized services.
7. Limitations of the Study
The survey gathered data from more than2,000 respondents spread over nearly 82villages in 17 districts from ve states fromthe north, south, east and west of India.Though the sample size of 400 was adequatefor estimating values for different indicatorsof performance for the entire pool of sampledistricts in a state, when the sample was
broken down by services, for some servicesthe numbers of sampled respondents were
less than adequate. In the case of UP wheree-district had already been implemented,nding adequate number of users ofmanually delivered services had posed aproblem.
Because of the sensitivity of certainquestions, it was diffi cult to elicit data on
bribery from all the respondents in somestates, particularly if agents were used.
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Annexure-I
Survey Instrument (Template)
PART 1: IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
Name of Respondent ___________________________________ Address of Respondent _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 1. Family ID ______________________________________________________
2. Village Code 3. Tehsil Code
4. District Code 5. State Code
6. Date of Interview ___ ___ - ___ ___ - ___ ___ (DD-MM-YY)
Name of Interviewer __________________________________ Signature of Interviewer ___________________________________
PART 2: COST OF AVAILING SERVICES RELATED TO DELIVERY OR MODIFICATION OF A DOCUMENT
Please indicate which of the following services you have availed in the LAST ONE YEAR. MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Issue, re-issue, modication of birth/ death/ residence/ domicile/ caste/handicap/ income/ employment/ character certicate
2. Issue, re-issue, renewal, modication and surrender of ration card
3. Issue, re-issue, renewal, modication of weapon, restaurant, stampvendor and FPS licence
INSTRUCTIONS: If more than one document was applied for or modied in the LAST ONE YEAR, select the ONE document for whichthe respondent can provide full details of the experience with the service.
4. Specify the service code with respect to which questions in this sectionwould be answered. NOTE THE SERIAL NUMBER FROM 1 to 3 ABOVE
5. Please specify the name of the document that you had applied for or 1 - Birth certicaterequested for changes in. 2 - Death certicate
3 - Residence certicate 4 - Domicile certicate 5 - Caste certicate 6 - Handicap certicate 7 - Income certicate 8 - Employment certicate 9 - Character certicate 10 - Ration card 11 - Weapon license 12 - Restaurant license 13 - Stamp vendor license 14 - FPS licence 15 - Others (SPECIFY)
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6. Did you apply for a new document, for renewal of the document, 1 - For a new document
for copies of the document, or for changes in the document? 2 - For renewal of document 3 - For copies of document 4 - For changes in the document 7. When did you apply for the service? ___ ___ - ___ ___ (MM-YY)
8. Did you receive the service applied for? - Yes - No
9. How long did it take for the task to be completed, right from the date ofapplying to actually receiving the service applied for?SPECIFY TIME IN DAYS
10. For what purpose did you require the document? MULTIPLE RESPONSE 1 - Inclusion in electoral register 2 - Admission to educational institution 3 - Application for fee waiver 4 - Application for government employment 5 - Establishing legally permissible age for
marriage6 - Se lement of inheritance and property
rights 7 - To avail bank loan 8 - Obtaining identity documents such as driv-
ing licence or passport 9 - Others (SPECIFY)
11. How did you nd out about the procedure for availing the service? 1 - Newspaper MULTIPLE RESPONSE 2 - Television
3 - Neighbors/friends/relatives 4 - Departments/other website 5 - Citizen charter at offi ce 6 - Functionaries at offi ce 7 - Other government staff 8 - Agent/intermediary 9 - Others (SPECIFY)
12. Which offi ce did you avail the service from? 1 - District Collectorate offi ce 2 - Concerned departments offi ce 3 - Panchayat offi ce 4 - Post offi ce
13. Where was the offi ce located? 1 - Village 2 - Tehsil 3 - District
14. Please specify the distance that you had to travel to reach the offi ce.SPECIFY DISTANCE IN KILOMETERS
15. Please specify the travel time typically spent by you in making each trip.SPECIFY TIME IN MINUTES
16. Please specify the travel cost typically incurred by you in making each trip.SPECIFY AMOUNT IN RUPEES
17. How many visits did you have to make to the offi ce for availing this service?
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Please provide the following details with respect to each trip to the offi ce.
TRIP # 1 2 3 > 3
18. What was the PRIMARY purpose of the trip? MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1 - To obtain information about requirements and procedures
2 - To submit application and required documents/fee
3 - To fulll requirement for physical presence
4 - To check status of application
5 - To collect certicate/document
6 - Others (SPECIFY)
19. Were you successful in completing the task?1 - Yes 21 2 - No
20. If not, please indicate the MOST IMPORTANT reason for not being able to complete the task.
1 - Very long queue(s) at service center/offi ce2 - Concerned functionary was not available3 - Counter was not operational4 - Application form was not available5 - Documents/application submi ed by me were incomplete6 - Others (SPECIFY)
21. How long did you wait at the offi ce during this visit?SPECIFY TIME IN MINUTES
22. If waiting time was more than what is typically required,please indicate the MAIN reason that you a ribute the long wait to.1 - Too many applicants at offi ce
2 - Long queues 3 - Badly managed queue 4 - Lack of counters for single window delivery 5 - Concerned functionary was not available 6 - Some windows/counters were not operational 7 - Slow processing by staff 8 - Power breakdown 9 - Computer/network connectivity failure 10 - Had diffi culty in lling up the forms 11 - Others (SPECIFY)
23. Did you pay a bribe directly or indirectly to department staff/functionaries? - Yes - No 25
24. For what purpose did you pay the bribe? MULTIPLE RESPONSE 1 - To expedite the process 2 - To enable service to be provided to you out
of turn 3 - To receive preferential treatment from func-
tionaries 4 - For additional convenience in obtaining
service 5 - To inuence functionaries to act in your
favour 6 - To be able to pay less than the stipulated fee
and still obtain service
7 - Others (SPECIFY)
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PART 3: EXPERIENCE OF MAKING AN APPLICATION FOR PENSION, FILING GRIEVANCE OR RTI APPLICATION, APPLING FOR ELECTORAL OR REVENUE SERVIES
Please indicate which of the following services you have availed in the LAST ONE YEAR. MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Application for social welfare pension for the aged, widows,handicapped or destitute
2. Filing and tracking of RTI application
3. Filing and tracking of grievance4. Electoral service such as application for inclusion of name in the electoral
register (ER), change in entry or address in the ER, and appointment ofproxy voter
5. Revenue court related service such as obtaining listing of cases, and
ling application for case adjournment, stay order, nal order andexecution of order
INSTRUCTIONS: If more than one service was availed in the LAST ONE YEAR, select the ONE service for which the respondent canprovide details of the experience with the service.
6. Specify the service code with respect to which questions inthis section would be answered. NOTE THE SERIAL NUMBERFROM 1 to 5 ABOVE
7. When did you apply for the service? ___ ___ - ___ ___ (MM-YY)
8. Were you successful in receiving the service applied for(for example, complaint was resolved, pension order was issued)? - Yes 10 - No
9. If not, please indicate the reasons as informed by functionaries or as 1 - Did not meet criteria required for approvalyou perceive them. 2 - Did not submit required document(s) MULTIPLE RESPONSE 3 - Missed date for submission/verication due SKIP TO 11 to personal reasons 4 - Missed date for submission/verication
since it was not clearly intimated 5 - Did not pay the bribe demanded/expected 6 - Had applied directly instead of taking help
of intermediary 7 - Others (SPECIFY)
10. How long did it take for the task to be completed, right from thedate of applying to actually receiving the service applied for?SPECIFY TIME IN DAYS
11. How many visits did you have to make to the offi ce for availing this service?
12. Please rate your overall experience of availing this service. 1 - Very dissatisfactory 2 - Dissatisfactory 3 - Average 4 - Satisfactory 5 - Very satisfactory
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PART 4: EXPERIENCE OF USING PAYMENT RELATED SERVICES
Please indicate which of the following services you have availed in the LAST ONE YEAR. MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Payment of land revenue dues
2. Payment of utility bills (water tax, house tax, property tax, electricity bill, telephone bill)
INSTRUCTIONS: If more than one service was availed in the LAST ONE YEAR, select the ONE service for which the respondent canprovide details of the experience with the service.
3. Specify the service code with respect to which questions in this section would be answered. NOTE THE SERIAL NUMBER FROM1 to 2 ABOVE
4. What is the frequency of payment of utility bills/revenue dues? 1 - Once a month
2 - Once in 3 to 6 months 3 - Once a year 4 - Once in 2 to 5 years 5 - Others (SPECIFY)5. Do you receive a notice/bill from the department/utility company for
payment of dues? - Yes - No
6. Were the details mentioned in the notice/bill correct? - Yes - No
7. Please rate your overall experience of making payments at the offi ce. 1 - Very Dissatisfactory 2 - Dissatisfactory 3 - Average 4 - Satisfactory 5 - Very Satisfactory
PART 5: OVERALL QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE
1. Please indicate your perception about the overall quality of governance with 1 - Very Poor respect to the service(s) that you have availed. 2 - Poor GOVERNANCE IS UNDERSTOOD AS TRANSPARENCY, 3 - Average ACCOUNTABILITY AND CORRUPTION-FREE WORKING 4 - Good 5 - Very Good
2. Please indicate your perception about the overall quality of service with 1 - Very Poor respect to the service(s) that you have availed. 2 - Poor QUALITY OF SERVICE IS UNDERSTOOD AS FAIRNESS, SPEED OF 3 - Average PROCESSING, ACCURACY OF TRANSACTIONS, LEGIBILITY AND 4 - Good DURABILITY OF CERTIFICATES AND PRINTOUTS, CONVENIENCE 5 - Very Good OF OBTAINING SERVICE.
PART 6: OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE SERVICE
On the basis of your experience of availing the service mentioned in PART 2, please rate the current system on the following a ributeson a scale of 1 to 5 or 0 as indicated.
RATING 1 2 3 4 5 0 Very Bad Average Good Very DK/CS Bad Good1. Adherence of the time frame for service delivery (elapsed time) to
that specied in citizens charter
2. Clarity and simplicity of rules and procedures
3. Communication by department about the progress and next stepsin service delivery
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4. Mechanism to le complaints and provide feedback to the concerned
department
5. Accountability of offi cers
6. Location of offi ce (in terms of accessibility and convenience)
7. Service area facilities (in terms of seating arrangement, queues fordifferently abled, ramp for wheel chairs, etc.)
8. Convenience of working hours of offi ce
9. Management of queuing
10. Responsiveness of functionaries (in terms of time and politeness)to your queries and complaints
11. Accuracy of issued documents
12. Clarity and simplicity of application forms
13. Durability of certicates/printouts
14. Legibility of printouts/certicates/receipts
15. Security of data (the fact that nobody can tamper with your records)
16. Condentiality and privacy of data and transactions (the fact that noother person can access your records)
RATING Very HighHighAverage Low Very Low DK/CS
17. Costs of availing service
18. Time and effort in availing service
19. Effort in document preparation
20. Corruption in the working of the system
21. Dependence on agents
22. From the a ributes listed above, please select the three that youconsider the most important for the service.
NOTE THE ATTRIBUTE CODE (1 TO 21) FROM ABOVE
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PART 7: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PLEASE ASK THE RESPONDENT IF HE/SHE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS ON SER-VICE DELIVERY, ETC. RECORD VERBATIM.
PART 8: RESPONDENT PROFILE
1. What is your age in completed years? 1 - Less than 14 2 - 15-59 3 - 60 or More
2. Record the gender of the respondent. 1 - Male 2 - Female
3. What is the level of education that you have a ained? 1 - Illiterate 2 - Literate without Education 3 - Below Primary 4 - Primary 5 - Middle 6 - Matric/ Higher Secondary/ Diploma 7 - Graduate & Above 8 - Others (SPECIFY)
4. What is your main occupation? 1 - Cultivator 2 - Agricultural Labourer 3 - Household Industry Worker 4 - Self-employed/ Professional/ Trader 5 - Student 6 - Pensioner 7 - Others (SPECIFY)
5. Record (BY OBSERVATION) the type of house the respondent 1 - Permanent currently resides in. 2 - Semi-permanent 3 - Temporary
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Annexure-II
Factors to be Considered for Determining the Sample Size
Effect Size: Effect size is used to measure the magnitude of impact (of computerization, inthis case) and can be computed as the standardized difference between two means. Effectsizes can be dened as small (between 0 and 0.2), medium (> 0.2 and =0.8). Sample size is determined by the desired effect size that we would like to be able tostatistically detect with the desired precision (power) needed for the study.The primary criterion for determining sample size in an impact analysis is the ability todetect an impact of a desired magnitude with a high degree of condence the MinimumDetectable Effect (MDE). In other words if we believe an impact of a certain magnitudehas policy relevance, then we should have the statistical power to test whether or not it isstatistically different from zero. The smaller the MDE, the more likely we will be able todetect smaller impacts. The MDE depends on
The expected variance of the impact estimateThe assumed signicance level (selected to reduce Type 1 error), typically assumed to
be 95%)The assumed power level (selected to reduce Type 2 error). The typical level chosen is80%. At this level we would have an 80 percent chance of detecting an effect as big as theMDE.
These three factors determine the minimum detectable effect size i.e. the smallest programeffect that we have a reasonable chance of detecting. The MDE can be expressed asMDE = Factor (, , df) * (Var (Impact) / whereVar (Impact): Variance of Impact Estimate: Standard Deviation of the Outcome Measuredf: Degrees of Freedom for test, which depends on the total sample size and sample design.Generally this is equal to: Total Number of Individuals- Number of Strata -1
Factor: Is a constant that is a function of the signicance level (), statistical power () and
the number of degrees of freedom. For two-tailed tests with greater than 100 degrees of free-dom, a 5 percent signicance level and 80 percent power, factor is equal to 2.80.The impacts found in the IIMA studies conducted so far average around 0.22 and 4.60 withan average of 0.83. Since many of the projects are being evaluated for the rst time, targetingan MDE of 0.5 would be a conservative benchmark i.e. given our sample size we shouldhave a reasonable chance of detecting an impact of half a standard deviation. Cohen (1998)labels this as a medium effect size.
Taking Account of Clustering
The sample size of the number of respondents depends not only on the desired statisticalpower and accuracy but also on how the sample is distributed between different clusters
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e.g. service delivery centers and locations (cities/towns /villages) within the catchment area
of a center. An important parameter here will be the intra-class correlation (ICC) whichmeasures the extent to which user experiences differ between clusters. For instance, if theclusters are very dissimilar to each other (large ICC), then we would want more clusters andsmaller number of respondents within a cluster. However if the clusters are alike each other,then it might be more cost effective to pick a few clusters and sample a higher percentage ofrespondents within each cluster.In the IIMA study, an analysis of ICCs on each of the dimensions (Governance, ServiceQuality, Trips Saved, Wait Time, and Travel Cost) suggests that the ICCs range from 0.005to 0.65 and the average ICC is 0.22. In coming up with sample designs, agencies should becognizant of
The level of clustering: ICCs are likely to be higher for higher levels of clustering. Forinstance, ICCs were lowest when the clusters were civic centers in Ahmedabad.The nature of the service being provided and service users: For services like e-Procure-ment where users are likely to be more homogenous, the ICC was relatively low. But theICC was high for Khajane Payee since pensioners could come from a broad spectrum ofthe society.A ributes like governance and service quality are likely to vary most across clusters
Table below provides illustrative sample sizes and corresponding MDEs. Level 1 refers tothe rst level of clustering (e.g. service delivery centers) and Level 2 refers to the secondlevel of clustering (e.g. locations in the catchment area of each delivery center). For purposesof illustration, we made the following assumptions for power calculations:There are 200 service centers in the entire state.ICC at rst level of clustering: 0.25ICC at second level of clustering: 0.15Variance of outcome: 0.25
Illustrative Power Calculations to Determine Sample Size and Design
Cluster 1(No. of
Centers)
Cluster 2(No. of Locations
per Center)
No. of Interviewsin each City
Total Sample Variance of ImpactEstimate
MDE
40 2 10 800 0.004 0.44825 2 16 800 0.007 0.56520 4 10 800 0.008 0.58420 2 20 800 0.009 0.63118 2 20 720 0.010 0.66716 3 16 768 0.010 0.67216 2 25 800 0.011 0.70510 5 16 800 0.015 0.81110 4 20 800 0.015 0.82510 2 40 800 0.018 0.8918 4 25 800 0.019 0.9228 2 50 800 0.022 0.995
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Annexure III
Prole of Pilot Districts in the Five States 10
State Pilot District Population RuralPopulation (%)
SC Populationof 25% or
more 11
Madhya Pradesh Guna 1,666,767 78.7 XGwalior 1,632,109 39.8 XIndore 2,465,827 29.8 XSagar 2,021,987 70.8 XShivpuri 1,441,950 83.4 X
Maharashtra Latur 2,080,285 76.4 XNagpur 4,067,637 35.7 XPune 7,232,555 41.9 X
Tamil Nadu Ariyalur 695,524 88.6 XCoimbatore 4,271,856 34.0 XKrishnagiri12 1,546,700 83.6 XPerambalur 493,646 84.0Thiruvarur 1,169,474 79.7
U ar Pradesh Gautam Buddha Nagar 1,202,030 62.6 XGhaziabad 3,290,586 44.8 XGorakhpur 3,769,456 80.4 XRae Barelli 2,872,335 90.5Sitapur 3,619,661 88.0Sultanpur 3,214,832 95.3 X
West Bengal Bankura 3,192,695 92.6 Jalpaiguri 3,401,173 82.2
Source: Census of India 2001. (2001). District Prole. Retrieved January 13, 20 11, from h p://www.censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/Basic_Data_Sheet.aspx
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10Shaded rows indicate districts that were selected for the study.11 indicates that as per the Census of India 2001 records, the district has an SC Population of 25% or more whereas X indicates other-wise.12Since Krishnagiri district was carved out of Dharmapuri district in February 2004, data reported for this district is based on informa-tion obtained from the website of Krishnagiri district (h p://www.krishnagiri.tn.nic.in/prole.html) instead of the Census of India 2001data.
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Services MP MH TN UP WB TotalNo. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Birth certicate 30 7.4 12 2.7 123 30.8 43 10.5 144 36.0 352 17.05
Castecerticate 74 18.2 232 51.6 1 0.3 73 17.9 23 5.8 403 1952
Charactercerticate 0 0.0 5 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 6 0.29
Deathcerticate 10 2.5 7 1.6 15 3.8 17 4.2 19 4.8 68 0.29
Domicilecerticate 0 0.0 18 4.0 0 0.0 1 0.2 6 1.5 25 1.21
Employmentcerticate 0 0.0 8 1.8 77 19.3 0 0.0 9 2.3 94 4.55
FPS licence 1 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.05Handicapcerticate 1 0.2 4 0.9 44 11.0 8 2.0 7 1.8 64 3.10
Incomecerticate 42 10.3 99 22.0 2 0.5 135 33.1 6 1.5 284 13.75
Ration card169 41.5 19 4.2 137 34.3 89 21.8 134 33.5 548 26.54
Residencecerticate 70 17.2 32 7.1 1 0.3 41 10.0 41 10.3 185 8.96
Restaurantlicense 1 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.05
Stamp vendorlicense 7 1.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.5 9 0.44
Weaponlicense 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.2 0 0.0 3 0.15
Others 0 0.0 14 3.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 2.0 22 1.07Total 407 100.0 450 100.0 400 100.0 408 100.0 400 100.0 2,065 100
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13The total column represents the aggregate number of users of the service across all states and percentage of all respondents using the service for all
states.
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Type of Service Availed (by % of Respondents) 14
Services For a newdocument
For renewal ofdocument
For copies ofdocument
For changes indocument
Total
Madhya Pradesh
Birth certicate 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0Caste certicate 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0Income certicate 97.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 100.0Ration card 88.8 10.1 0.6 0.6 100.0
Residence certicate 98.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 100.0Overall 94.6 4.9 0.2 0.2 100.0Maharashtra
Caste certicate 99.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 100.0Income certicate 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0Ration card 47.4 36.8 0.0 15.8 100.0Residence certicate 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0Overall 97.3 2.0 0.0 0.7 100.0Tamil Nadu
Birth certicate 99.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 100.0
Employment certicate 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0Ration card 17.5 13.1 0.0 69.3 100.0Overall 71.0 4.5 0.0 24.5 100.0U ar Pradesh
Birth certicate 93.0 0.0 4.7 2.3 100.0Caste certicate 98.6 0.0 1.4 0.0 100.0Income certicate 97.8 0.7 0.0 1.5 100.0Ration card 42.7 28.1 13.5 15.7 100.0Residence certicate 97.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 100.0Overall 85.0 6.9 3.7 4.4 100.0West Bengal
Birth certicate 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0Caste certicate 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0Ration card 81.3 11.2 0.7 6.7 100.0Residence certicate 97.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 100.0Overall 93.3 4.0 0.3 2.5 100.0
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16N.A. indicates that either the sample did not include any respondent who had used the service or was too small to be considered statisti-cally relevant.N refers to the sample size. Mean refers to the expected value (average over all responses for the service) of the cost element for the givensample (N).
SE or Standard Error refers to the standard deviation of the means of all possible samples (of size N) drawn from a population. In Propor-tion paying bribes, the percentage column (%) measures the percentage of respondents who paid a bribe, from a sample of N for a particularservice.
Services Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Tamil Nadu U ar Pradesh West Bengal
Mean N SE Mean N SE Mean N SE Mean N SE Mean N SENUMBER OF TRIPS
Birth 2.50 30 0.34 N.A. N.A. N.A. 2.50 123 0.16 2.14 43 0.08 2.16 144 0.06Caste 5.32 74 0.57 3.23 232 0.16 N.A. N.A. N.A. 2.75 73 0.15 3.65 23 0.43Employment N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 2.95 77 0.08 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.Income 3.07 42 0.38 1.94 99 0.12 N.A. N.A. N.A. 2.56 135 0.09 N.A. N.A. N.A.Ration card 4.51 169 0.37 3.58 19 0.59 2.56 137 0.15 3.10 89 0.27 3.01 134 0.13Residence 3.94 69 0.46 1.81 32 0.15 N.A. N.A. N.A. 2.85 41 0.18 1.63 41 0.16Overall 4.25 384 0.22 2.79 382 0.11 2.63 337 0.09 2.71 381 0.08 2.53 342 0.07
TOTAL WAITING TIME (MINUTES)Birth 47.23 30 10.59 N.A. N.A. N.A. 100.69 123 6.21 43.65 43 10.50 106.63 144 10.17Caste 170.76 74 15.71 309.27 232 12.65 N.A. N.A. N.A. 96.49 73 13.87 147.61 23 21.46Employment N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 109.16 77 6.31 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.Income 190.17 42 25.47 201.46 99 14.84 N.A. N.A. N.A. 107.90 135 10.87 N.A. N.A. N.A.Ration card 82.79 169 5.39 323.16 19 40.40 85.26 137 4.67 45.61 89 8.02 181.93 134 16.98Residence 122.32 69 16.76 139.88 32 18.24 N.A. N.A. N.A. 87.00 41 16.32 74.39 41 22.26Overall 115.81 384 6.10 267.83 382 9.46 96.35 337 3.32 81.66 381 5.62 135.02 342 8.73AVERAGE WAITING TIME (MINUTES)
Birth 20.56 30 4.72 N.A. N.A. N.A. 42.67 123 2.71 19.32 43 4.56 47.20 144 3.46Caste 56.83 74 5.78 112.25 232 3.62 N.A. N.A. N.A. 33.92 73 4.35 44.26 23 4.72Employment N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 37.27 77 2.10 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
Income 71.81 42 8.00 109.12 99 6.61 N.A. N.A. N.A. 39.59 135 3.43 N.A. N.A. N.A.Ration card 30.22 169 1.64 115.57 19 10.55 35.04 137 1.90 16.61 89 2.81 61.04 134 4.39Residence 43.85 69 5.40 77.26 32 10.17 N.A. N.A. N.A. 30.06 41 5.62 42.87 41 7.69Overall 41.59 384 2.04 108.67 382 2.99 38.34 337 1.35 29.82 381 1.85 51.90 342 2.48ELAPSED TIME (DAYS)
Birth 9.63 30 3.45 N.A. N.A. N.A. 13.80 123 0.91 7.12 43 1.53 123.42 144 12.16Caste 20.23 74 2.63 19.01 232 1.36 N.A. N.A. N.A. 10.38 73 1.22 187.17 23 39.65Employment N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 15.31 77 2.02 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.Income 8.29 42 1.75 6.34 99 1.14 N.A. N.A. N.A. 7.77 135 0.60 N.A. N.A. N.A.Ration card 71.20 169 8.61 26.00 19 5.36 22.27 137 2.84 34.00 89 5.49 178.11 134 12.64Residence 19.09 69 3.93 5.47 32 1.26 N.A. N.A. N.A. 13.00 41 2.18 25.61 41 9.95Overall 40.32 384 4.14 14.94 382 0.98 17.59 337 1.30 14.89 381 1.45 137.41 342 8.11PROPORTION PAYING BRIBES (%)
% N % N % N % N % NBirth 10 30 0 12 0 123 25.6 43 9.0 144Caste 45.9 74 13.8 232 N.A. N.A 23.3 73 0 23Employment N.A N.A 0 8 3.9 77 N.A. N.A. 0 9Income 64.3 42 7.1 99 N.A. N.A. 24.4 135 0 6Ration card 20.1 169 10.5 19 2.2 137 29.2 89 17.2 134Residence 40.6 69 15.6 32 N.A. N.A. 31.7 41 0 41
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Reasons Birth cer-ticate
Castecerti-
cate
In-come
certi-cate
Rationcard
Resi-dence
certicate
Employmentcerticate
Total
Madhya Pradesh
Concerned functionary was not avail-able
0.0 23.9 37.5 38.1 14.3 N.A. 28.0
Documents/application submi ed byme were incomplete
50.0 26.1 8.3 24.7 22.4 N.A. 23.9
Counter was not operational 16.7 12.5 8.3 12.4 24.5 N.A. 14.4Document was not ready 16.7 13.6 0.0 10.3 20.4 N.A. 12.5Very long queue(s) at service center/offi ce
0.0 14.8 45.8 3.1 10.2 N.A. 12.1
Application form was not available 16.7 5.7 0.0 11.3 8.2 N.A. 8.0Others 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 N.A. 1.1Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 N.A. 100.0Maharashtra
Very long queue(s) at service center/offi ce
N.A. 47.1 55.4 52.9 60.0 N.A. 49.4
Concerned functionary was not avail-able N.A. 30.8 24.1 29.4 20.0 N.A. 29.2Application form was not available N.A. 9.5 14.5 5.9 8.0 N.A. 10.0Counter was not operational N.A. 10.5 3.6 8.8 8.0 N.A. 9.2Documents/application submi ed byme were incomplete
N.A. 1.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 N.A. 0.9
Others N.A. 1.0 2.4 2.9 0.0 N.A. 1.3Total N.A. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 N.A. 100.0U ar Pradesh
Concerned functionary was not avail-able
62.5 62.1 66.0 48.6 73.3 N.A. 61.0
Document was not ready 25.0 20.7 21.3 48.6 6.7 N.A. 27.2Documents/application submi ed byme were incomplete
0.0 3.4 6.4 2.7 13.3 N.A. 5.1
Very long queue(s) at service center/offi ce
12.5 6.9 6.4 0.0 0.0 N.A. 4.4
Counter was not operational 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 6.7 N.A. 2.2Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 N.A. 100.0
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17Respondents were asked to select the most important reason from a given list for not being able to complete a task ( e.g. submi ing anapplication, checking the status of the application, receiving the nal document etc.) in a trip (i.e. 1st , 2nd , 3rd trip and > 3 trips ), for which atrip was made. Annexure VIII which is generated on the basis of question no: 20 (part 2) , presents the percentage of respondents whichidentify each of the listed reason as being the most important . N.A. indicates that either the sample did not include any respondentwho had used the service or was too small to be considered statistically relevant. The total column represents the importance of a reasonaggregated over all services. One of the reasons termed as others may include a number of reasons from the giv