AMPLIFI 2.0 - GOVERNANCE

News: Urban Affairs Ministry aims to provide data on Indian cities via dedicated portal

 

What's in the news?

       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:

       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:

       It is making raw data from Indian cities available on a single platform for academics, researchers and stakeholders to help data-driven policymaking.

 

Coverage:

       Currently, 258 urban local bodies (ULB) have been on-boarded and data for 150 cities is available on the portal.

       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:

       It has been developed for the Ministry by the National Institute of Urban Affairs and PwC India.

       It shifts the focus from the indices to the data with a comprehensive list of indicators.

 

Sectors:

       With this, data across 14 sectors is streamlined to increase focus on data collection, and disaggregated data can be analysed by domain experts.

       The initiative also provides the opportunity to create new frameworks on open data.

       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.