CoAST India launched to monitor the movements of migrants
Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-II – E-Governance
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India Observatory has come up with a Geographic Information System (GIS)-enabled dashboard called Collaboration/Covid Action Support Group (CoAST India) to monitor the movements of migrants.
Key takeaways
The CoAST India dashboard includes an India map, which will show the movement of migrants in real time, often on foot.
Facilities and relief organisations on their routes will also be shown.
Such data can be used by governments and small local civil society groups for planning and providing assistance to migrants.
The dashboard has been made in collaboration with Foundation for Ecological Security (FES).
Important value additions
India Observatory
It was set up in December 2019, with FES.
It focuses mainly on ecological issues about forests, water bodies, conservation, etc.
It is freely available for civil society organizations, students, government departments and citizens.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
A GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface.
GIS can help individuals and organizations better understand spatial patterns and relationships.
GIS can use any information that includes location.
GIS can include data about people, information about the sites of factories, farms, and schools, or storm drains, roads, and electric power lines etc.
Foundation for Ecological Security
The Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) is a registered non-profit organisation based in Anand, Gujarat.
It works towards the ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources in ecologically fragile, degraded and marginalised regions of the country.
