QUESTION 8
GS2
10 marks
E-governance is not only about utilization of the power of new technology, but also much about critical importance of the ‘use value’ of information. Explain.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain why e-governance is about useful information as much as technology.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Use value: relevant, timely, accurate, actionable information for citizens and decision-makers≈30 words
- 2Examples: land records, crop prices on eNAM, weather advisories, dashboards for monitoring≈30 words
- 3Failures: portals with outdated data, no local language≈30 words
- 4Measures: open data, data quality, user-centred design≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
MeaningExamplesFailuresMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only technology
- No use-value example like eNAM prices, Bhoomi land records or weather advisories
Draw this
- Flow: data → information → decision → outcome
Value addition
- PolicyNational Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (2012) and data.gov.in for open data.MeitY
- ExampleKisan SMS and Meghdoot app give farmers weather advisories, a case of high use value.IMD / Ministry of Agriculture
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 32 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
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