Use of Information Technology to improve Governance services

Use of Information Technology to improve Governance services
Start Date :
Jun 14, 2015
Last Date :
Jun 21, 2015
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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How can the latest advances in digital technologies, including use of mobile phones, big data analytics and other information technology solutions be deployed in Smart Cities. The ...

How can the latest advances in digital technologies, including use of mobile phones, big data analytics and other information technology solutions be deployed in Smart Cities. The entries may be in descriptive answer types and may use pictures or videos to explain the answers better.
All questions in this category must be answered to be considered as a complete submission and to be eligible for short-listing.
Questions
1. List three municipal services that can be improved with the use of a mobile phone.
2. Describe 3 aspects of your daily life that have improved with the use of the mobile phone.
3. Suggest 5 ways in which the use of big data can make Indian cities into smart cities.
4. Mention 3 new ways that information technology can improve Governance.
5. How can access to information and data make our public spaces safe and secure?
Entry Deadline
• Entries may be submitted online on the mygov.in portal latest by 23.59 hours (11.59 pm) on Saturday, 20th June 2015.
Evaluation
The submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria:
• Do-ability (50%)
• Innovation (50%)
Award
Two winners in each category will be awarded a citation from the Prime Minister at the Smart City Mission Launch on June 25th, 2015 at VigyanBhavan, New Delhi, along witha cash prize of the following amounts:
Rs. 40,000 - First Prize
Rs. 25,000 - Second Prize

The winning ideas would be shared with the 100 SmartCities as potentiallyimplementablesolutions and will be considered for pilot

• All questions in a particular category must be answered to be considered as a complete submission and to be eligible for short-listing.
• The participants(s) entries will be judged for each category independently and on merit. In case of short listing in more than one category, a participant will receive prize money for one category only.
• The length of each answer is limited to 250 words or less.
Click here for Terms & Conditions and details of Prize amount

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JayeshJoshi
Jayesh Joshi 9 years 4 months ago

No provision for file attachment. How one can submit serious entries? Word limit in this box doesnt allow to submit all suggestions at once.

atul182k@gmail.com
Jack Smith 9 years 4 months ago

point 3

a. big data collection and analyses to see trends and provide suggestions

b. usage pattern analysis and optimisation of services

c. offering discounts for citizens for e.g. railway services users

d. optimization of traffic patterns

e. optimization of billing options

piyush.sonthalia@gmail.com
Piyush Sonthalia 9 years 4 months ago

1. Sanitation, Complaints, Education
2. Travel (GPS), Communication, Real-Time Information
3. Real-Time data on traffic, hospitals, jobs, disaster-management, population
4. Online-Complaints, Tax-Compliance, Referendum
5. Safety-Alarm (like GPS based Himmat app for women)

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Jack Smith 9 years 4 months ago

point 5

the websites or apps should be tested very rigorously for all kind of threats and hacking attempts

Sanjay Narendra Badlani
Sanjay Narendra Badlani 9 years 4 months ago

1.feedback about projects,SMS based filing complaints ,community project
2.it gives schedule of trains and megablocks,access to cab services even at odd hours,
access to internet increasing productivity while travelling.
3.bigdata can predict about - infectious diseases ,traffic ,parking ,mobile radiation, pollution.
4.grievance redressal , petition filing and information about policies.
5.identification of potential crime spots at various time of the day and real time emergency service.

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Jack Smith 9 years 4 months ago

Point 2

a. immediate information available

b. ever connected to get latest information and share with others

c. option to pay bills for services

gahirmukesh@gmail.com
Mukesh kumar Gahir 9 years 4 months ago

4.a)Online complain centre for people in every district.b)Computer centre in every village.c)Anytypes of alert for individual must be send through Govt.SMS.

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Jack Smith 9 years 4 months ago

Point 1

a. Waste collection should be done on weekly basis and days for waste collection should be available on mobile app

b. Water and electricity reading

c. option to pay bills via app

Gautam Tewari
Gautam Tewari 9 years 4 months ago

3 municipal ser
A Garbage bins-cleaned by public pvt partn.
B waste of electricity & water.
C roads and civic sense

3 changes
A Paradigm shift-'sarkar' to people
B Transparency & accountability
C response time

big data helps in
A Better quality of life
B Differently abled.
C Accountable Civic agencies.
D Smart city
E Reaches poorest.

IT help
A Transparency
B Zeroing corruption
C Sarkari to corporate

Access to info mean accountability & improved life to all