Part of: GS Prelims –Policy and GS-II- Policy & Schemes
In news:
The government launched a central accident database management system that will help in analysing causes of road crashes and in devising safety interventions to reduce such accidents in the country.
The IT tool, known as the Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) developed by the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M)
Implemented by the National Informatics Centre.
Project supported by the World Bank
National Informatics Centre (NIC):
National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an attached office under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
NIC provides infrastructure to help support delivery of Government IT services and delivery of some of the initiatives of Digital India
