BEST
PRACTICES IN SOCIAL SECTOR – POLITY
News:
Centre’s UMANG, Delhi’s
EV policy in NITI Aayog list of ‘best practices’
What's
in the news?
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From fighting malnutrition to promoting
black rice to integration of students’ skills and experiences into a
credit-based system: these are among 75
initiatives of the Centre and the states/ UTs in the social sector to be
commended by the NITI Aayog as “best practices”.
Key
takeaways:
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According to the NITI Aayog, the
government’s apex public policy think-tank tasked with catalysing economic
development and fostering cooperative federalism, these 75 initiatives have
benefitted a large segment of the society and are replicable.
Compendium
on Best Practices in Social Sector 2023:
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NITI Aayog has released the book ‘Best
practices in social sector: A compendium 2023’ which documents 75 initiatives
that have benefitted a large segment of the society and are replicable.
Collaboration:
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NITI Aayog released the book in
collaboration with the United Nations
Development Programme.
Aim:
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The aim of this exercise has been to
synthesise lessons for the future to expand, enhance and improve life at the grassroots level.
Findings:
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The seventy-five best practices highlight
models which are innovative,
sustainable, replicable and impactful.
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These best practices have been carefully
chosen from amongst these collated from the Central Ministries/Departments and
the States/UTs.
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The cases identified cover diverse themes
such as education, health and nutrition,
e-governance and digitization, agriculture, women’s empowerment, sports, and
financial inclusion, among others.
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Of these “best practices”,
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14 are those that have been launched by
Central ministries.
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Two are joint initiatives by the Centre
and the state governments.
○ The rest are from 26 states and UTs.
Union
Government's Initiatives:
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Digi Locker
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UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for
New-age Governance)
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Direct and full benefit of Minimum Support
Price (MSP) to farmers
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Department of Food and Public Distribution
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Academic Bank of Credits
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National Academic Depository A life, less
ordinary: Ganga Prahari - Guardians of the Ganga
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National Artificial Intelligence Portal-A
critical hub for everything Al in India
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Innovations for Defence excellence
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Combating drug addiction - Nasha Mukt
Bharat Abhiyaan
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Prayatna: Special Project for Transgenders
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Financial inclusion for street vendors
under PM SVANidhi
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Ethanol - A success story
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Portability of Ration Cards: One Nation
One Ration Card
Further
Reference: Compendium on Best
Practices in Social Sector 2023