Effective policy formulation and implementation are contingent upon availability of reliable data. Highlighting the importance of Civil Registration System (CRS), examine the need for revamping Indian CRS.
Introduction
Honourable Prime Minister highlighted the importance of data-driven governance at the recently concluded Good Governance Week.
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Main Body
Honourable Prime Minister highlighted the importance of data-driven governance at the recently concluded Good Governance Week. Big Data along with mathematical models help predict outcomes. Help reduce inclusion and exclusion errors, help identify detailed needs of beneficiaries. Accurate, comprehensive and reliable monitoring and feedback. 'What can be measured, can be managed'. Importance of Reliable Data in Policy Formulation and Implementation: data-driven governance; helps predict outcomes; helps reduce inclusion and exclusion errors; helps identify detailed needs of beneficiaries; accurate, comprehensive and reliable monitoring and feedback.
Importance of Civil Registration System: • Maintain an account of important demographic, population-related parameters: 1. Birth 2. Death 3. Migration • Helps gauge population change at the local level (Eg. excess deaths during COVID-19 Second Wave) Need for Revamp of CRS: 1. Archaic methods of data collection and updation. Needs to be upgraded. 2. Use of big data and machine learning
Conclusion
In this age of massive digitisation of Indian welfare state – in lens of PMJDY, Aadhar, Eutasy, it is time CRS too form the train of DIGITAL INDIA.
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Flow chart showing 'Importance of Reliable Data in Policy Formulation and Implementation' with branches to various benefits including data-driven governance, predictive outcomes, error reduction, and monitoring.
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Government Policies and Interventions - Design, Implementation and Issues
Government Schemes and Policies
Role of Data in Policy Implementation
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