MPPSC 2025 Prelims Paper-I · Question 41 of 100

Correct — C, Saaransh. 'Saaransh' is the compendium published by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY, now MeitY) that gives a bird's-eye view of every Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the National e-Governance Plan — project by project, with its objective, the nodal ministry/department and its status. It is a reference document about NeGP, not an online service or an agency.

• (a)E-Pramaan — e-Pramaan is the government's national e-authentication service — a framework that lets citizens log in to government online services with a verified identity. It is a service platform, not a compilation of projects.
• (b)DigiLocker — DigiLocker is the cloud-based document wallet under the Digital India programme, used to issue, store and verify certificates (driving licence, marksheets, etc.). Again a citizen-facing service, not a compendium.
• (d)MeitY — MeitY is the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology — the nodal ministry that publishes such documents. A ministry cannot itself be a 'compendium of projects'.

The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), approved by the Union Cabinet on 18 May 2006, delivers e-governance through 'Mission Mode Projects' — clearly defined projects, each with a nodal ministry, defined objectives and timelines. MMPs are grouped as Central, State and Integrated, and ride on a common core infrastructure (State Wide Area Networks, State Data Centres, Common Service Centres and the e-governance service delivery gateway). Saaransh is the official compendium that documents this whole portfolio in one place.

The four options are deliberately from four different categories — a document, an authentication service, a document wallet and a ministry. Once you recognise DigiLocker and MeitY, only e-Pramaan and Saaransh remain; e-Pramaan is an authentication service, so the compendium must be Saaransh.

• NeGP was approved on 18 May 2006; its delivery unit is the Mission Mode Project (MMP)
• It began with 27 MMPs — grouped as Central, State and Integrated — later expanded to 31
• 'Saaransh' (published by DeitY, 2011) is the compendium giving a bird's-eye view of the MMPs
• Common core infrastructure under NeGP: SWAN, State Data Centres, Common Service Centres, service delivery gateway
• NeGP was recast as e-Kranti (NeGP 2.0) under the Digital India programme in 2015

• Treating Saaransh (a document) as if it were an online portal or service
• Confusing NeGP (2006) with Digital India (2015) and its e-Kranti component
• Picking MeitY — a ministry cannot be the name of a compendium

MPPSC asks flat identification — 'X is known as', 'the full form of Y' — inside its e-governance/computer block; UPSC prefers statement-based questions on what a platform does and which programme it belongs to.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was approved by the Union Cabinet in which year?

  • (a)2002
  • (b)2006
  • (c)2010
  • (d)2015

  Answer(b) 2006 — approved on 18 May 2006; it was later recast as e-Kranti under Digital India in 2015.

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  Under the National e-Governance Plan, Mission Mode Projects are grouped into which three categories?

  • (a)Central, State and Integrated
  • (b)National, Regional and Local
  • (c)Urban, Rural and Tribal
  • (d)Primary, Secondary and Tertiary

  Answer(a) Central, State and Integrated — the standard NeGP classification of MMPs.