G.O.Ms.No.92, Data Analytics Unit Amendment, 2019
The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (PR) Department issued Government Order G.O.Ms.No.92, dated 26 July 2019, to amend Government Order G.O.Ms.No.91 dated 5 November 2015. It adds the Deputy Director General or State Informatics Officer of the National Informatics Centre as the sixth member of the Data Analytics Unit Steering Committee.
Purpose
Government Order G.O.Ms.No.92 concerns the Data Analytics Unit formed through collaboration between the Department of Economics and Statistics and the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency. The unit was proposed to analyse large volumes of government data in real time, with the aim of improving policy making and service delivery.
The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (PR) Department issued the amendment after considering a request reported by the Commissioner of the Department of Economics and Statistics. The document records that an Open Government Data and Draft Tamil Nadu Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy meeting was held on 7 January 2019.
Steering Committee composition
Government Order G.O.Ms.No.91 dated 5 November 2015 had constituted the Data Analytics Unit Steering Committee. Before the amendment, the committee consisted of:
- The Principal Secretary to Government, Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Department, as Chairperson.
- The Principal Secretary to Government, Information Technology Department, as a member.
- The Principal Secretary to Government or Commissioner, Department of Economics and Statistics, as a member.
- Secretaries of the line departments in which projects are undertaken, as members.
- The Director, Tamil Nadu e-Governance, as a member.
Amendment made
Government Order G.O.Ms.No.92 adds one position to the Data Analytics Unit Steering Committee:
- The Deputy Director General or State Informatics Officer, National Informatics Centre, becomes the sixth member.
The source records that the Principal Secretary of the Information Technology Department suggested including the Managing Director of ELCOT and the State Informatics Officer of the National Informatics Centre. The final amendment printed in the document adds only the Deputy Director General or State Informatics Officer of the National Informatics Centre.
Relevance to land and property matters
Government Order G.O.Ms.No.92 changes the membership of a government data analytics committee. It does not contain provisions about land ownership, patta, registration, planning permission, land classification, acquisition, transfer or property charges.
Property buyers, owners and land professionals are therefore not given any new duty or application process by this document. Its direct effect is on the administrative composition of the Data Analytics Unit Steering Committee.
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Common questions
Does G.O.Ms.No.92 change any land ownership or patta rules?
No land ownership or patta rule is addressed in the document. The amendment only adds a member to the Data Analytics Unit Steering Committee.
Who was added to the Data Analytics Unit Steering Committee?
The Deputy Director General or State Informatics Officer of the National Informatics Centre was added as the sixth member.
Which earlier government order was amended?
Government Order G.O.Ms.No.92 amends Government Order G.O.Ms.No.91 of the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Department, dated 5 November 2015.
When was Government Order G.O.Ms.No.92 issued?
The Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (PR) Department dated Government Order G.O.Ms.No.92 on 26 July 2019.
