Data Integrity and Reliability in Public Policy
Social Justice & Development
- PYQs3
- Articles1
Background
Critical for understanding challenges in governance, the ethical dimensions of public administration, and the practical implementation issues affecting welfare schemes and developmental programs.
Data integrity and reliability are fundamental pillars of good governance, ensuring that public policies and welfare schemes are formulated on accurate, unbiased information, thereby maximizing their effectiveness, transparency, and equitable reach.
Facts & tables
- Importance
- Essential for evidence-based policymaking and effective governance.
- Impact of Poor Data
- Leads to flawed policies, misallocation of resources, and failure to address target populations effectively.
- Ethical Dimension
- Requires probity, transparency, and accountability from data collectors and policymakers.
- Public Trust
- Erodes public trust in government and its initiatives if data is perceived as manipulated.
| Type | Reference |
|---|---|
| Conceptual area | Indian Polity & Governance |
| Body | Role |
|---|---|
| All government bodies involved in data collection and policy formulation | Responsible for ensuring data integrity |
Prelims angle
Prelims angle: Terminology-based question
Prelims angle: Policy measures
- Crucial for evidence-based policymaking.
- Prevents misallocation of resources.
- Upholds transparency and accountability.
- Essential for public trust in governance.
- Ethical imperative for public servants.
| Year | Framing tags |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Multi-statement analysis, Policy measures |
| 2017 | Terminology-based question, Policy measures |
| 2017 | Purpose or function of a policy tool, Factual recall |
Timeline
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Indian Polity & Governance
Conceptual area
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Prelims 2017
Terminology-based question, Policy measures
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Prelims 2017
Purpose or function of a policy tool, Factual recall
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Prelims 2018
Multi-statement analysis, Policy measures
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Data hygiene: On the Census and enumerators
Data integrity and reliability are paramount for effective public policy, ensuring that government decisions are based on accurate information, preventing misallocation of resources, and maintaining public trust in governance.
See also
Past papers
In the news
Data hygiene: On the Census and enumerators
Data integrity and reliability are paramount for effective public policy, ensuring that government decisions are based on accurate information, preventing misallocation of resources, and maintaining public trust in governance.
Try these PYQs
What is the purpose of ‘Vidyanjali Yojana’?
1. To enable the famous foreign educational institutions to open their campuses in India.
2. To increase the quality of education provided in government schools by taking help from the private sector and the community.
3. To encourage voluntary monetary contributions from private individuals and organizations so as to improve the infrastructure facilities for primary and secondary schools.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Statement 1 is incorrect. Vidyanjali Yojana is not focused on attracting foreign universities to set up campuses in India. Statement 2 is correct. Vidyanjali Yojana aims to improve government schools by leveraging resources and expertise from the private sector (retired professionals, NGOs) and the community (volunteers). Statement 3 is incorrect. While the initiative might indirectly lead to improved infrastructure due to volunteer efforts, its primary focus is not on monetary contributions for infrastructure development.
Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of "Digital India" Plan of the Government of India?
1. Formation of India's own Internet companies like China did.
2. Establish a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big Data to build their large data centres within our national geographical boundaries.
3. Connect many of our villages to the Internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our school, public places and major tourist centres
Select the correct answer using the code given below
* Statement 1 is not correct: The formation of India’s own internet companies, similar to China’s approach, is not an aim of the Digital India programme. The initiative focuses on creating digital infrastructure, providing digital services, and promoting digital literacy — not establishing government-backed internet firms. * Statement 2 is not correct: The Digital India plan does not include any policy framework to attract foreign multinational corporations to build data centres in India. While data localisation and data centre policies have emerged later under different frameworks, they are not part of the original Digital India objectives. * Statement 3 is correct: One of the key aims of Digital India is to connect villages through broadband and to provide Wi-Fi access in schools, public places, and tourist centres. This is part of its core pillars like Broadband Highways, Public Internet Access Programme, and Early Harvest Programmes.
What is the aim of the programme ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’?
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India . The Mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth. It also aims to create a virtuous cycle between society and an inclusive academic system by providing knowledge and practices for emerging professions and to upgrade the capabilities of both the public and the private sectors in responding to the development needs of rural India.