CONTENTS
- NITI For States’ Platform
- Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme (UNNATI)
NITI For States’ Platform
Context:
The Minister of Communications, Railways, and Electronics & Information Technology will launch NITI Aayog’s NITI For States platform and Viksit Bharat Strategy Room’ at Rang Bhawan auditorium, New Delhi.
Relevance:
GS II: Government Policies and Interventions
Dimensions of the Article:
- About NITI For States’ Platform
- About ‘Viksit Bharat Strategy Room’
About NITI For States’ Platform
Objective: The platform serves as a cross-sectoral knowledge repository, aiming to establish itself as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Policy and Good Governance.
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Repository: Hosts a live repository featuring 7,500 Best Practices, 5,000 Policy documents, 900+ datasets, 1,400 data profiles, and 350 NITI publications.
- Sectoral Coverage: Encompasses knowledge products across 10 sectors, including Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health, Livelihoods and Skilling, Manufacturing, MSME, Tourism, Urban, and Water resources & WASH. Two cross-cutting themes are Gender and Climate Change.
- User-Friendly Interface: Offers an intuitive and user-friendly interface for easy navigation, accessible through various devices, including mobile phones.
- Digital Transformation: Aims to facilitate the digital transformation of governance by providing government officials with robust, contextually relevant, and actionable knowledge and insights.
- Support for Functionaries: Supports functionaries at various levels, including district collectors and block-level functionaries, by granting access to innovative best practices from different States and Union Territories.
About ‘Viksit Bharat Strategy Room’
Interactive Data Visualization:
- A space designed for interactive visualization of data, trends, best practices, and policies.
- Enables users to make a holistic assessment of problem statements.
Features:
- Immersive Interaction: Allows users to interact through voice-enabled AI.
- Video Conferencing: Facilitates connection to multiple stakeholders through video conferencing.
- Plug-and-Play Model: Designed as a plug-and-play model for easy replication by states, districts, and blocks.
Collaborative Initiative:
- Various government organizations, including iGOT Karmayogi, NITI Aayog’s National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP), National E-Governance Division (NeGD), Bhashini for multi-lingual support, and PM Gatishakti BISAG-N team with DPIIT support, have collaborated in this initiative.
Integration:
- Integrates iGOT Karmayogi’s online training modules called “SAMARTH.”
- Incorporates NITI Aayog’s NDAP for access to government datasets.
- Leverages support from NeGD for developing the unique Viksit Bharat Strategy Room.
- Utilizes geospatial tools for Area-Based Planning with support from PM Gatishakti BISAG-N team and DPIIT.
Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme (UNNATI)
Context:
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister of India approved the proposal of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade for Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme, 2024 (UNNATI – 2024).
Relevance:
GS II: Government Policies and Interventions
About Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme (UNNATI)
Objective:
- Develop industries and generate employment in the North East Region.
- Create productive economic activity in manufacturing and services.
Duration and Financial Outlay:
- Effective from the date of notification until March 31, 2034 (inclusive of 8 years of committed liabilities).
- Financial outlay of Rs. 10,037 crore for the 10-year scheme period.
- Central Sector Scheme with Rs. 9,737 crore for incentives (Part A) and Rs. 300 crore for implementation and institutional arrangements (Part B).
Salient Features:
- Application period for registration: From the date of notification to March 31, 2026.
- Production Commencement: Eligible units to start production or operation within 4 years from registration.
- District Categorization: Zones A (Industrially Advanced Districts) and B (Industrially Backward Districts).
- Earmarking of Funds: 60% of Part A outlay allocated to 8 NE states, and 40% on First-In-First-Out (FIFO) basis.
- Eligibility: New and expanding industrial units.
Implementation:
- Overseen by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in collaboration with states.
- National and state-level committees, including the Steering Committee and State Level Committee, will monitor implementation, ensure transparency, and recommend registrations and incentives claims.
