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Topics for Governance 2024-25
Syllabus for Governance
- Important Aspects of Governance, Transparency and Accountability, E-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; Citizens Charters, Transparency & Accountability and institutional and other measures
- Processes and the Development Industry — the Role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
Geoportals
- Two new Geoportals developed by ISRO: ‘Bhuvan Panchayat (Ver. 4.0)’ for rural land records and ‘National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM Ver. 5.0)’ were launched.
- These portals provide high-resolution satellite imagery for visualization and planning.
- Bhuvan Panchayat Portal
- To Support decentralized planning and Empower grassroots citizens
- It Digitizes land records, Reduces dependency on local administration, and Minimizes corruption
- NDEM
- Provide space-based inputs on natural disasters Aid in disaster risk reduction
- It includes Effective early warning systems, Continuous monitoring
Supports for India and neighboring countries
- Learn more with Practice
Sampoornata Abhiyan
- The NITI Aayog has launched the ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan,’
- It is a nationwide campaign to achieve 100% saturation in 12 key social sector indicators.
- Learn more with Practice
e-office
- The Indian government is set to implement the e-office system in 133 attached and subordinate offices, as well as autonomous bodies.
• The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) will lead this initiative
with the National Informatics Centre (NIC) serving as the knowledge partner. - Learn more with Practice
International Centre for Audit of Local Governance (iCAL)
- The International Centre for Audit of Local Governance (iCAL) was inaugurated by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
• iCAL, the first of its kind in India, aims to set global standards for auditing local governance bodies. - Learn more with Practice
U-WIN
Overview of U-WIN Portal
- Purpose: Online vaccine management platform for childhood immunization.
- Inspiration: Similar to the CoWIN platform used during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Target Groups:
- Children up to six years old.
- Pregnant mothers.
National Mission on Cultural Mapping
- The International Centre for Audit of Local Governance (iCAL) was inaugurated by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
• iCAL, the first of its kind in India, aims to set global standards for auditing local governance bodies. - Learn more with Practice
DIGIPIN
- The Department of Post has released a beta version of the National Addressing Grid, DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number).
- Developed with IIT Hyderabad
- It aims to provide a permanent digital infrastructure for addressing
- The system divides the country into 4m x 4m units,
- Each unit is assigned a unique 10-digit alphanumeric code based on geographical coordinates.
- This code serves as an offline addressing reference that is useful for locating addresses.
- No private address data is stored, ensuring privacy.
eSankhyiki portal
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has launched the eSankhyiki portal
- To enhance user experience and facilitate easier access to official statistics
- It was launched on the eve of Statistics Day (29th June).
- Learn more with Practice