AMPLIFI
2.0 - GOVERNANCE
News:
Urban Affairs Ministry
aims to provide data on Indian cities via dedicated portal
What's
in the news?
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The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs is making raw data from Indian cities available on a single platform
for academics, researchers and stakeholders to help data-driven policy making.
AMPLIFI
2.0 PORTAL:
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Amplifi (Assessment and Monitoring
Platform for Liveable, Inclusive and Future-Ready Urban India) portal aims to provide data on Indian cities.
Launched
by - Ministry
of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Features:
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It is making raw data from Indian cities
available on a single platform for academics, researchers and stakeholders to
help data-driven policymaking.
Coverage:
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Currently, 258 urban local bodies (ULB) have been on-boarded and data for 150
cities is available on the portal.
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It provides data on a range of information
for several cities, including, for example the total diesel consumption and the
number of samples tested for water quality.
Urban
Outcomes Framework 2022:
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It has been developed for the Ministry by the National Institute of Urban Affairs
and PwC India.
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It shifts the focus from the indices to
the data with a comprehensive list of indicators.
Sectors:
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With this, data across 14 sectors is
streamlined to increase focus on data collection, and disaggregated data can be
analysed by domain experts.
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The initiative also provides the
opportunity to create new frameworks on open data.
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The
14 sectors are — demography, economy, education, energy, environment,
finance, governance, health, housing, mobility, planning, safety and security,
solid waste management, and water and sanitation.