Category Center for ICT for Development

Visualizing Growth Digitally: The Case of Gram Manchitra in Panchayati Raj Development

Visualizing Growth Digitally: The Case of Gram Manchitra in Panchayati Raj Development

The Gram Manchitra portal is a Geographic Information System (GIS) based web platform developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. Launched in 2023, it aims to empower rural governance and planning by providing a platform to visualize, plan, and monitor developmental works at the Gram Panchayat level using spatial data and advanced analytical tools.

SOAR

SOAR: Skilling for AI Readiness

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly increasing in the everyday life of humans. As the global demand for AI-related skills is rising, SOAR aims to create a future-ready generation equipped with technical knowledge and ethical and societal understanding required to navigate AI-driven transformation. This programme is part of a larger mission under Skill India, celebrating its 10th anniversary alongside the launch. The world is witnessing the revolution led by technological advancement, machine learning, AI, data analytics and automation. Unfortunately, Access to AI education in India has remained limited to higher education and elite institutions. The SOAR Programme breaks the barrier by introducing these subjects to classes of  6 to 12, including less resourceful schools, and by ensuring teachers are trained to deliver the subject. It aspires to build the largest AI-ready school population in the world, as declared by the Union Minister, Jayant Chaudhary.

e-Shram Portal 2021

Digitizing Informality: A Policy Update on the e-Shram Portal, 2021

According to the ILO (2020), around 90 percent of India’s workforce is engaged in the unorganized sector, which absorbs most of the internal migrants.
The 2011 Census enumerated 450 million internal migrants, and this is estimated to increase to 600 million by 2021. Therefore, creating a comprehensive, accurate, and accessible database was the need of the hour. In May 2021, the Supreme Court directed the Union government to build a national database of unorganized workers.

Fostering Inclusivity in Communication Technology: Knowledge and Resource Centre for Accessibility in ICT (KAI), 2022

Fostering Inclusivity in Communication Technology: Knowledge and Resource Centre for Accessibility in ICT (KAI), 2022

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched the KAI project, led by C-DAC Pune, to develop national ICT accessibility standards and make digital technology more inclusive for persons with disabilities in India.

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