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People-centric digital services likely to be affected for 24 hours from June 25

People-centric digital services likely to be affected for 24 hours from June 25

A number of people-centric online services of the Karnataka government are likely to be hit in a 24-hour window starting from Thursday, as major upgrades are being taken up in the State Data Centre that hosts many government sites. The services will be hit from 9 p.m. and the shutdown is expected to last 24 hours. The centre hosts about 69 departments/corporations of the State government, many of which offers public-oriented online services. Among those likely to be affected include Aadhaar appointment, Bhoomi, Mojini, Mobile One, BangaloreOne, KarnatakaOne, challaning of traffic violations by Bangalore Traffic police, Sakala, e-Janaspandana, RTO services and Kaveri, among many others. The survey being conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes is also hosted by the SDC, according to SDC website. Government offices are also closed on Friday on account of Muharram. According to Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge, the government is taking up important technical maintenance, infrastructure upgradation and security upgrades at the centre for which its services will be temporarily unavailable. The Minister said that …

How to build a people-centric Viksit Bharat

Our Prime Minister has given us a dream — a Viksit Bharat by 2047. Let us assume that this is not only about the GDP but also about the provision of basic amenities and decent jobs for people. The GDP part has seen a lot of attention, the people part not so much. So, how do we prepare on that front? One way is to construct a coherent model, perhaps even a caricature, of the political reality and through it, funnel some basic material questions (BMQs) faced by common people. This will tell us how well we currently fare and what difficulties lie ahead. Let us begin with some BMQs. A citizen may ask: Why is my bus late? Or a farmer may ask: Where is my groundwater? The small businessman’s lament would be: Where are my customers? These are questions faced by a majority of India’s people. There are, of course, basic social or cultural questions too: Why is my road unsafe? But the BMQs will suffice to illustrate the point. Our political structure …