GoI to use AI, data analytics to improve e-services in rural sector

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has been trying to develop the common service centre (CSC) scheme to help connect people in remote parts of India. Indian government plans to use AI & data analytics to improve services across sectors such as education, finance, and healthcare, among others. CSCs are facilities created under the Digital India programme.

According to 3rd party reports, the vision is to develop CSCs into a reliable and far-reaching IT-enabled network of citizen service points connecting the local population with various government departments, business establishments, insurance companies, banks and educational institutions.

A representative at CSC SPV said that the collaboration will help utilise technologies for the delivery of various services to citizens. Education, financial inclusion, and telemedicine are the areas where innovative technologies can be utilised to improve the quality of life for Indian citizens.

Also, the Statistics Ministry and CSC SPV have decided to use a mobile phone application to conduct the country’s 7th economic census, beginning in June. It will speed up the process of data collection and analysis.

The census will provide insights into economic activities and ownership patterns of businesses across the country. According to a statement, the ministry has introduced geo-tagging which will help find out the distribution of economic activity in a certain place.

The ministry said that more than 6,000 training workshops will take place within a month for CSC enumerators. It will kick-start with a state level workshop in Madhya Pradesh & gradually spread across all the states with the district level workshops. There will be two rounds of supervision to ensure the census is accurate.

This initiative is expected to set a precedent for the entire country for carrying out a large-scale survey work similar to this.

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  • Praveena P. Reply

    June 20, 2019 at 11:38 am

    Interesting article on AI planning to be used to connect people!

     

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