The Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj have jointly developed JALDOOT Mobile App to capture the water level of selected 2-3 open wells in villages across the country. Gram Rojgar Sahayak (GRS) will measure the Water level and document the same at Central server using the Jaldoot mobile app. Implementation The Gram Rojgar Sahayak (GRS) employed in Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in a Gram Panchayat (GP) are provided with the additional responsibility as ‘Jaldoots’ who will be entrusted with the responsibility of measuring the ground water levels at the selected locations in the villages. In case of absence of regular GRS for a GP, the Panchayat Secretary or Panchayat Secretary in -charge of that GP will be ‘Jaldoot’ for such GP. In every village, adequate number of measurement locations (2-3 open wells) are selected as samples of the ground water level in that village. Sample has to be taken up from open well rather than tube or bore well. Manual monitoring of water levels in open wells will be measured twice in a year, from 1st May to 31st May as pre-monsoon water level and from 1st October to 31st October for post-monsoon level for the same well. The Jaldoots upload the geo-tagged photographs through the app on every occasion of measurement. The ground water data would be utilised as part of the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) and Mahatma Gandhi NREGA planning exercises. Further, the utilisation of this data will be by research, planning and other purposes can also be envisaged. This Mobile app will work in both online and offline mode. So water level can be captured even without internet connectivity and captured date will be stored in mobile and when mobile comes in the connectivity area, data will synchronize with the central server. The regular data to be input by the Jaldoots would be integrated with the database of National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC), which can be utilised for analysis and display of various useful reports for the benefit of various stakeholders. This app will facilitate in observing water tables across the country and the resulting data can be utilised for Gram Panchayat Development Plan and Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Plans. Source : PIB