The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Amplifi 2.0 (Assessment and Monitoring Platform for Liveable, Inclusive and Future-ready urban India) portal.
This portal will facilitate raw data from Indian cities on a single platform for academics, researchers, and stakeholders to help data-driven policymaking.
225 urban local bodies (ULB) have been on-boarded on this portal and data from 150 cities is available on the portal.
Data from the more than 4,000 Urban Local Bodies will eventually be made available on the portal.
The data related to total diesel consumption; the number of samples tested for water quality; the average annual expenditure on healthcare; and the total number of people residing in slums will be available on the portal.
Earlier, data provided by Urban Local Bodies was used by the government to rank cities based on the four indices — the Ease of Living Index, Municipal Performance Index, Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework, and Data Maturity Assessment Framework.
By 2030, about 60 crore (40% of the population) will live in urban areas of India.
According to the 2011 Census, urban India contribute 63% to the country’s GDP.
