Mygov, Intel& DST announce the top 20 ideas for ‘INNOVATE FOR DIGITAL INDIA CHALLANGE’

The journey of innovation and entrepreneurship ushered in by MyGov, Intel & DST – Innovate for Digital India Challenge – is another step closer to finding the best ideas for the Digital India vision. The challenge which was open to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, innovators, academia, designers, engineers and makers drew 1913 entries from all over the country and has now shortlisted the top 20 teams who will receive grants of up to INR 200,000 per team to develop prototypes in

Design a Logo for Dr. Ambedkar Foundation

The Dr. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF) is an autonomous body under the administrative control of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. The Foundation has been entrusted with the responsibility of managing, administering and carrying on the important and long-term schemes and programmes identified during the Centenary Celebration of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. The main objectives of the foundation inter alia include implementation of programmes and activities for furthering the ideology

Disaster Resilient India

Natural hazards are becoming more frequent and intense globally. Though natural phenomena cannot be controlled, we do have capacities to mitigate their impact in terms of human and property losses, by timely preparation, response, preventive measures and capacity development. India has achieved some technological and institutional progress in dealing with natural disasters. More work need to be done in a systematic manner. The objective of this group is to pool together innovative ideas for practical solutions on how to bring in improvements in the whole gamut of activities for disaster management by various stakeholders including citizen.

India faces many natural hazards, including floods, cyclones, drought etc. But every hazard need not turn into a disaster. By careful planning, capacity building, early warning, community participation, procurement and pre-positioning of necessary equipment and resources, participation of civil society, assigning clear role to the private sector, involving panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies, rigorous enforcement of techno-legal regime on land use and building regulations etc., significant reductions of losses can be brought about in such events. We have a national policy on disaster management, at http://ndmindia.nic.in/NPDM-101209.pdf

We have created a number of institutions by way of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, which may be seen athttp://ndmindia.nic.in/acts-rules/DisasterManagementAct2005.pdf

What more can be done to enhance our preparedness to handle natural disasters?

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Project Clean Ganga

The Ganga is our soul, our culture and is our Mother! Since centuries it has defined India’s existence. Sadly, due to neglect the condition of the Ganga has become pitiable. There have been plans and initiatives but they have not been enough to bring a qualitative change to the Ganga.

This Group is a determined effort to seek ideas and opinions on how to clean the Ganga and restore the glory of this pristine river that is India’s pride.

The Group consists of Tasks and Discussions. Tasks are both online and on-ground. Discussions enable participants to share their thoughts and ideas.

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MyGov contributor on MyGov experience and the opportunity to Meet the Prime Minister on 1st July, 2015

Deeksha Katyal, New Delhi

Our country is very diverse and versatile and that practically is the essence and beauty of the country. However, having travelled the world, I came to realise that we are different from other countries in one more way . We all are more aware of the political issues of the country and are politically opinionated. Be it the “Chaupals” or the “ Boardroom discussions”, one will always see people discussing the flaws in the government

Inviting designs templates for personal e-greetings for e-greetings portal

The e-Greetings portal (https://egreetings.india.gov.in/) aims to promote a contemporary and eco-friendly means of sharing greetings by citizens, Government officials and organisations to colleagues and friends for gazetted National Holidays and other occasions. The portal allows users to select and send greetings from multiple occasion-specific templates.

Government Departments can also customize the greetings

Bharat has lost a Ratna: PM Modi writes on A P J Abdul Kalam’s death

PM Modi pays tribute to former President Kalam, calls him his marg darshak who epitomised values of self-restraint, sacrifice and compassion.

President Kalam’s vision for the Nation was anchored in freedom, development and strength: PM Modi

Dr. Kalam uniquely combined the honesty of a child with the energy of a teenager and the maturity of an adult: PM

BHARAT has lost a Ratna, but the light from this jewel

Share your views on Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan on 09.07.2015. Late Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam (former President of India) presided over the function. The thrust of the Abhiyan is to provide support and a platform for schools to make Science, Mathematics and Technology exciting for children and encourage them to develop

Review of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Review Committee has been constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development to conduct a review of the present status of AICTE and suggest restructuring and strengthening of AICTE for attaining even better performance to meet the desired objectives for the purpose of strengthening

Design Concept to represent Brand India

India Brand Equity Foundation is a Trust established by Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. IBEF’s primary objective is to promote and create international awareness of the Made in India label in markets overseas and to facilitate dissemination of knowledge of Indian products and services. Towards this objective

Design Logo for Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems

Ministry of Home Affairs initiated the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) scheme to fully computerize the process of crime registration, investigation, prosecution etc. in all police stations in the country.

CCTNS is a mission mode project to connect more than 20000 police stations and higher police offices around the country and digitize the functioning of the police stations in order to enable seamless sharing of crime related information among Police

Design Logo for Nationwide Emergency Response System

In India, historically, we have had different phone numbers to call police, fire and ambulance services namely 100, 102, 103 and other numbers for different kinds of emergency. It was realised that all emergency services should be converted into single emergency response system. The need was felt to bridge the gap between the police forces and citizens in the hour

Drawing and Tagline Contest for Teacher's Day

On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, National Foundation for Teacher’s Welfare is organizing a Drawing and Tag line contest depicting the importance of Teachers in nation building. The participants may highlight student – teacher relationship, Role of Teachers in nation development, etc.