For every organisation,
Innovation is essential to ascertain cost-effective & efficient
solutions for complex problems. And, for a country like India, innovations
are critical in delivering high-quality services in every sector because of
the complexity of the issues.
In a study published
in EPW, the state of Innovation in Indian Public
administration was analysed. The results showcased most of the inventions
are management innovations, followed by technological innovations. The
Government of India's Mission E-governance, coupled with Digital India, has
experienced a paradigm shift amid unpredictable business environments.
There is new thinking on how it engrosses its citizens and inter-state
& inter-governmental functions. Many examples were ascertained in healthcare services,
agricultural productivity, clean water, sanitation & hygiene, FinTech,
and waste management, such as:
Digital India is a government program aiming to
“transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.”
During the pandemic, India employed the timely use of local government and
community-based platforms such as “Ashas” in an attempt to mitigate
COVID-19 at the grass-root levels. This included innovative governance
mechanisms, which have provided multiple benefits ranging from crisis
communication to ensuring entitlements and relief are provided to those who
need it the most. Digital India schemes include Aadhaar (a tool for
financial inclusion), Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), eTAAL (organises
e-Transactions statistics National & State level e-Governance), Paygov
India, Public Financial Management System, and Single Window Interface for
Trade (SWIFT).
Education- The government's National Policy on
Education 2020 charts India on the course for an innovative,
modern, and visionary learning system. Also, it is technology-based and
inculcates a scientific temper.
Security- Mobile-based emergency services and disaster
management are the critical areas of focus in eGovernance, which involves
police modernisation and are protected by intellectual property rights.
Also, the establishment of iDEX, which aims to
achieve self-reliance and foster Innovation and technology development in
Defence & Aerospace, is one of the significant innovations under
homeland security.
Farmland- In 2016, the government launched a pan-India
trading portal National Agriculture Market (eNAM), that links
the existing Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis to create
a unified national market for agricultural commodities. It helps farmers
sell products without the interference of any broker or mediators. Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT) Central Agri Portal is another
scheme launched in 2013. It is a unified central portal for agricultural
schemes across the country. It helps farmers adopt modern farm machinery
through government subsidies. Moreover, some significant innovations that
farms commonly utilise include harvest automation, autonomous tractors,
seeding & weeding, and drones.
Healthcare Services- Innovations include services providing
information on different health areas; online registration for patients and
clinics; patient tracking and monitoring; disease surveillance and patient
messaging such as National Health Portal, Swasth Bharat, Vaccine
Tracker, TB missed called initiative, etc.
Water Sanitation and Hygiene- Several IT-based innovations in the
Sustainability of Water Resources cover pest/disease management,
groundwater level improvement, urban flood management, and water quality
monitoring via wireless sensor network systems. NextDrop enables
data gathering for water distribution networks to identify problems in
urban areas. SWATCH BHARAT app is another initiative to
clean up India.
FinTech- Jan Dhan Yojana, a scheme
launched by the Government of India that focuses on improving access to
financial services for those without a bank account. The account holders
also get insurance and loan benefits.
Waste Management- The Swatch Bharat Mission (SBM), which was
set up under the Prime Minister of India, is an initiative that was
launched with two components, namely, SBM (Gramin) & SBM (Urban) that
addresses door-to-door garbage collection and proper disposal of municipal
solid waste in all the 83,000 wards in urban areas by 2019.
e-Governance in India has progressively evolved from
the computerization of government departments to initiatives that
encapsulate the finer points of Governance. India has put its delivery of
healthcare, education, agricultural support, financial services, and other economic
and social obligations. These innovations build a robust, efficient, and
effective e-Governance atmosphere that permits all stakeholders, primarily
citizens. It is a leap crucial to the nation's emergence as global
production and economic powerhouse. An organisation which has been
described as the government's own startup is Invest India, and very briefly
we describe what it does in the box below.
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