Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon (Polity(Governance)) – June 17, 2020

Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India – data.gov.in – is a platform for supporting Open Data initiative of Government of India.

• The portal is intended to be used by Government of India Ministries/ Departments their organizations to publish datasets, documents, services, tools and applications collected by them for public use.
• It intends to increase transparency in the functioning of Government and also open avenues for many more innovative uses of Government Data to give different perspective.
• The Open Government Data Platform India is a joint initiative of Government of India and US Government.
• Open Government Data Platform India is also packaged as a product and made available in open source for implementation by countries globally.

e-Pramaan is a National e-Authentication service offered by DeitY.

• e-Pramaan provides a simple, convenient and secure way for the users to access government services via internet/mobile as well as for the government to assess the authenticity of the users.
• e-Pramaan builds up confidence and trust in online transactions and encourages the use of the e-services as a channel for service delivery.

Meghalaya became the first state in India to operationalise a law that makes social audit of government programmes and schemes a part of government practice. Chief Minister of Meghalaya launched ‘The Meghalaya Community Participation and Public Services Social Audit Act, 2017’, at a national convention in Shillong.

Legal Information Management and Briefing System (LIMBS) is a web based application created by the Department of Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Law and Justice.

• The idea is to make the legal data available at one single point and streamline the procedure of litigation matters conducted on behalf of Union of India.
• It is in line with Digital India to digitalise the details of court cases and bring various stakeholders on a single platform.
• At present it is applicable to civil cases only.

COMMIT (Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training) is developed by DoPT in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

• Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials.
• The objective of this training programme is to improve the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric administration through capacity building of officials who interact with the citizens on day-to-day basis.
• Advantage of COMMIT is that it is cost effective and has the potential to cover about 3.3 lakh officials annually, compared to 10,000 officials under existing 12-Day Induction Training Programme (ITP).

Statement 1 is incorrect: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), India is a quasi-judicial commission in India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. Its head office is in New Delhi.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The commission is headed by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. The commission is presently headed by Justice R K Agrawal, former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government of India from time to time.

• The Commission was originally constituted in 1955 and is re-constituted every three years.
• The tenure of twenty-first Law Commission of India was upto 31st August, 2018.
• The various Law Commissions have been able to make important contribution towards the progressive development and codification of Law of the country.
• The Law Commission has so far submitted 277 reports.

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), established in 1985, is committed to the cause of Self-Regulation in Advertising, ensuring the protection of the interests of consumers.

• ASCI was formed with the support of all four sectors connected with Advertising, viz. Advertisers, Advertising Agencies, Media (including Broadcasters and the Press) and others like PR Agencies, Market Research Companies
• The Consumer Complaints Council is ASCI’s heart and soul. It is the dedicated work put in by this group of highly respected people that has given tremendous impetus to the work of ASCI and the movement of self- regulation in the advertising.
  

The Department of Consumer Affairs has launched a portal (Website) as an integrated Grievance Redress Mechanism (INGRAM) for bringing all Stakeholders such as Consumers, Central and State Government Agencies, Private Companies, Regulators, Ombudsmen and call centres etc. onto a single platform.

The portal will also help in creating awareness among consumers to protect their rights and inform them of their responsibilities. Consumers can register online their grievances through this portal.

A key component of e-governance is to provide governments with a citizen-friendly face. Naturally, G2C (government-to-citizens) is an important element of all e-governance projects.

• FirstGov in the US, e-Envoy of the UK, e-Taiwan, e-Citizen in Singapore, e-Korea, e-Malaysia, Victoria Online in Australia and Government Online in Canada are award-winning G2C services in the world.
• Closer home, e-Seva in Andhra Pradesh, Friends in Kerala, Sukhmani centres in Punjab, the Lok-Mitra project in Rajasthan, Coimbatore-Online in Tamil Nadu and BangaloreOne in Karnataka are some of the pioneering G2C initiatives in India.