{"id":227059,"date":"2023-02-17T20:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=227059"},"modified":"2023-02-20T12:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:14:02","slug":"how-data-can-empower-mps-to-serve-people-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-data-can-empower-mps-to-serve-people-better\/","title":{"rendered":"How data can empower MPs to serve people better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cHow data can empower MPs to serve people better\u201d <\/strong>published in The Indian Express <\/strong>on 17th February 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Government policies and interventions<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– Data availability for governance<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– At present, timely and readily available data on critical issues related to population health and socioeconomic well-being is lacking at the Parliamentary Constituency (PC) level.<\/p>\n

What are the various efforts for availability of data for governance?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Government of India made a concerted effort to make a variety of data from current GOI schemes more accessible by launching National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDAP) <\/strong>in 2012.<\/p>\n

In recent years, district-level data from GOI administrative data or independent surveys such as the National Family Health Surveys<\/strong> has emerged as a key input for policy deliberations.<\/p>\n

A new interactive PC data tracker <\/strong>developed by the Geographic Insights Lab at Harvard University<\/strong>. For the first time, it has provided data on crucial population, health, and well-being estimates for each of the 543 PCs.<\/p>\n

It includes a factsheet for each PC. The data underlying the PC dashboard comes from the NFHS-4 and NFHS-5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Why does the availability of district-level data not help MPs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

District boundaries of India are not aligned in a straightforward<\/strong> manner with the 543 Parliamentary Constituencies of India. The districts and PC boundaries crisscross<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Even though there is substantial overlap in the names of districts and PCs, it doesn\u2019t mean they have the same size and composition of population<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The lack of congruence of distinct and PCs populations makes it difficult for MPs to have access to accurate data related to important developmental indicators.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Rural Development issued an order in 2016 to all states and Union Territories to constitute a District Coordination and Monitoring Committee<\/strong>, chaired by district MPs.<\/p>\n

It was charged with making the implementation and monitoring of central schemes<\/strong> more efficient. But the data still pertains to districts and not PCs.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward for data accessibility for PCs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Data-based monitoring and governance<\/strong> of populations is central to identifying priorities.<\/p>\n

It is critical that MPs are empowered with appropriate data related to the populations they have to function effectively, efficiently, and independently<\/strong> without having to solely rely on the district administration.<\/p>\n

A more durable solution would entail that all datasets be consistently geo-tagged for PC.<\/p>\n

What is the importance of data accessibility at the level of PC?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Timely and accessible data<\/strong> at the PC-level can transform the work of MPs by highlighting the most critical issues and at-risk populations<\/strong> in need of targeted interventions.<\/p>\n

It can also empower MPs to raise policy questions at multiple levels of governments<\/strong>, from the floor of Parliament to their frequent interactions with the district administrations.<\/p>\n

It facilitates the MPs to independently initiate and sustain meaningful dialogue<\/strong> with civil society NGOs and other stakeholders to collaboratively address the issues most important to their constituents.<\/p>\n

In a democratic set-up, the PCs offer a natural unit for policy deliberation and governance<\/strong>. Bringing timely and frequent data on issues related to population health and well-being to PCs can bring much symmetry and synergy between districts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cHow data can empower MPs to serve people better\u201d published in The Indian Express on 17th February 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Government policies and interventions Relevance– Data availability for governance News– At present, timely and readily available data on critical issues related to population health and socioeconomic well-being… Continue reading How data can empower MPs to serve people better<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-227059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704908805},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}