MyGov has helped citizens engage with the government: IT minister

The usage of technology and platforms resembling MyGov has enabled residents to profit from varied authorities companies and schemes, the minister of electronics and information technology (IT), Ashwini Vaishnaw mentioned on Saturday throughout an occasion in New Delhi.

Whereas talking about MyGov 2.0, he mentioned the platform has helped residents interact with the federal government and inspired extra residents to share their ideas.

Vaishnaw additionally launched the Accountable AI for Youth 2022 initiative, which was created by the ministry’s Nationwide E-Governance Division, Intel India and the ministry of schooling.

This system shall be open to all faculty college students finding out in lessons 8-12 to foster a deeper understanding of AI-tech and encourage kids to turn out to be human-centric designers, the ministry mentioned in an announcement.

“Extraordinarily pleased with group MyGov for placing their greatest in guaranteeing we meet the expectations of residents by way of participatory governance,” Abhishek Singh, chief government officer of MyGov mentioned.

MyGov is the Indian authorities’s citizen engagement platform launched in 2014. It’s a one-stop vacation spot for residents to contribute their distinctive expertise in direction of nation-building whereas additionally bridging the communication hole by way of the dissemination of data in varied codecs and mediums.

It has over 2.5 crore registered residents on the platform.

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