Question: Which of the following institution has developed the National Migrant Information System (NMIS) to help the seamless movement of migrants?
(a) IIT Delhi
(b) National Disaster Management Authority
(c) Indian Army
(d) ICMR
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has developed an online Dashboard named National Migrant Information System (NMIS) on May 16, 2020.
- It has been developed to capture the information regarding movement of migrants and facilitate the smooth movement of stranded persons across states.
- The online portal would maintain a central repository on migrant workers and help in speedy inter-State communication/co-ordinationto facilitate their smooth movement to native places.
- It has additional advantages like contact tracing, which may be useful in overall COVID-19 response work.
- The key data pertaining to the persons migrating has been standardized for uploading such as name, age, mobile no., originating and destination district, date of travel etc., which States are already collecting.
- The mobile numbers of people can be used for contact tracing and movement monitoring during COVID-19.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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