Category Governance and Law

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Digital Development Compass 2026: Reading India’s Digital Governance 

1. Background: What Is the Digital Development Compass? 

Governments across the world routinely describe themselves as pursuing 'digital transformation,' yet few possess a comparative, evidence-based way of establishing where they actually stand. The Digital Development Compass (DDC), developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was built to close this gap. Rather than functioning as one more competitive ranking, the Compass is designed as a diagnostic: a visualisation of a country's digital indicators, drawn entirely from publicly available datasets, that allows a government to identify its own strengths and weaknesses and locate itself within a five-stage digital maturity scale.

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Uttar Pradesh Department-Wise Schemes Update 2026-27

Uttar Pradesh, with a geographical area of 2,40,928 sq km and a projected population of around 23.8 crore, is India’s most populous state and one of its most densely populated. The state is characterised by the fertile Gangetic plains, the densely populated and urbanising belt along the Ganga-Yamuna basin, the relatively water-stressed and economically disadvantaged Bundelkhand region, and significant rural populations dependent on agriculture and allied activities.

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Zero Accountability, the New Normal: How Systemic Governance Failures Continue Without Consequences

This is becoming normal in India: No accountability. From the pothole that killed a schoolgirl in UP and the tap water that poisoned infants in Indore to the exam paper leak for the third consecutive year, a new normal is emerging. And is there a chance of anyone being punished or these occurrences? The answer is: No.

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eCourts Mission Mode Project – Phase III (2023): Assessing India’s Digital Courts Rollout

The eCourts Project has its genesis in the National Policy and Action Plan for Implementation of Information and Communication Technology in the Indian Judiciary, framed in 2005, and has been implemented since 2007 under the National e-Governance Plan. E-governance entails the use of Information and Communication Technology by governmental institutions in providing public services and sharing of information for better participation of citizens, while the eCourts Project utilizes e-governance concept for the courts.

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