Single digital platform for delivery of govt. services
The Hindu
Aadhaar Data Vault to protect information volunteered by citizens
The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to create a single digital platform for the delivery of various government services. The Rebuild Kerala Initiative (RBDKI) project also seeks to create an online portal to identify and select beneficiaries of social welfare schemes transparently to ensure accurate targetting of pensions, relief, compensations, free housing, and subsidies. The Cabinet also cleared the creation of an Aadhaar Data Vault to protect information volunteered by citizens. It sanctioned ₹34.32 crore for the project.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.