Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: TH
Context: The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Amplifi 2.0 portal to provide raw data from Indian cities on a single platform for academics, researchers, and stakeholders, aiming to support data-driven policymaking.
- The portal covers diverse information such as diesel consumption, water quality testing, healthcare expenditure, slum population, and road accident fatalities.
- The initiative, part of the Urban Outcomes Framework 2022, aims to streamline data across 14 sectors and shift the focus from indices to comprehensive indicators for effective analysis.
- The initiative aims to harness data for informed urban policy decisions and planning.
