Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog has unveiled the road map to operationalise Frontier Technologies in a strategic shift from digital governance to intelligent AI-enabled governance in public policy across 50 aspirational blocks as real-world impact sandboxes, according to an official statement issued on March 1.
The deliberations were held at the Frontier 50 Workshop on Friday, under the Aspirational Districts and Blocks Programme. The newsletter Aspirational Times was released during the workshop attended by Nidhi Chhibber, CEO NITI Aayog, Prof Abhay Karandikar, Secretary Department of Science and Technology and senior officers from the Central Government, State Governments and District Magistrates.
Eight ministries had the platform to showcase the avenues of digital integration in decision-making at the district level. The National Quality Assurance Standards framework has certified public health facilities through the SaQsham platform across 29 States and UTs.
Under POSHAN 2.0, the POSHAN Tracker monitors over 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres in near real time, transforming nutrition delivery into a measurable governance system. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, rural tap water coverage has expanded with geo-tagged assets and pipeline mapping on PM Gati Shakti, with emphasis on District Collectors, VWSC-led ownership and water quality testing.
Digital livestock governance through Pashu Aadhaar enables real-time vaccination tracking and AI-ready datasets for disease surveillance.
The Digital Agriculture Mission is building interoperable digital public infrastructure through AgriStack and Bharat Vistaar integrating farmer registries, geo-referenced maps and multilingual advisories.
