Indore: Taking a step over counting attendance, MP prosecution department’s application e-prosecution is finally in full swing and analysing everyday work of prosecuting officers all across the state. The app not only makes prosecuting officer pen down their work, it also scores their everyday tasks.
The application was initially developed in trial phase in 2017. Eventually after debugging and fixing of errors, the app is finally working properly and ensuring that every officer not only remains present, but also works through the day.
Talking about how the idea of developing the app came into picture, e-training state head of prosecution department Mosami Tiwari said, “It is common in both government and private sector for people to complain that their immediate superior is biased or not considering their work properly.”
Practically, it is not even possible for one person to analyse and track working of 50 officers under him. “We needed some organised way to track performance of every officer, which removes the space for personal bias,” Mosami said.
Considering the need for an organised system, Director General of Prosecution Department of Madhya Pradesh (DG) Rajendra Kumar shared the idea behind application with National Informatics Centre (NIC). “Considering various activities like filing memo, presenting witness, giving final argument, etc, we developed a framework with NIC that was used to create a database,” Kumar said.
Creating different parameters, scores were allotted to every task that can be undertaken by a prosecutor during the day. “These parameters were logically feasible, but we had to tackle technical errors for a year,” Kumar said. Further, receipts and images proving the completion of tasks have to be uploaded in whats app group of officers.
Talking about the effect of application to their work, district prosecution officer Akram Sheikh said, “Though it might seem like a lot of work to sign in scorecard of all our activities in the day, it has been beneficial for us.” He explained that the application motivates officers to work harder. “The idea of getting a reward for being among top three performers of the month is definitely a plus point,” he added.
Senior prosecution officer Jyoti Gupta said, “It is important that we use technology to have transparent working environment.” She does not worry about being turned down from a promotion due to personal bias as the app has proof of her work.
Additional district prosecution officer Aarti Bhadouria said, “Rewards are definitely motivating and I have always been motivated by competition.” She felt happy that people who are working harder, their work can be seen by all the superiors and not just their immediate boss.