Open Data Kit (ODK) Platform

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is using Open Data Kit (ODK) platform, a new digital tool to improve transparency and accountability in public spending.

Open Data Kit (ODK) Platform

About Open Data Kit (ODK) Platform: 

  • It is a digital platform which allows the CAG to collect and manage data securely.
  • It is used for designing, collecting, and managing data to enhance transparency in public spending and accountability in government schemes.
  • Features
    • It is integrated with CAG’s own operating system called OIOS.
    • It is an end-to-end encrypted online portal.
    • It is used to collect information for identifying problem areas warranting additional review.
    • It also helps CAG in launching surveys in multiple languages at the same time
  • Benefits
    • Beneficiary Survey is one of the sources for information for audit planning as well as for collection of audit evidence.
    • ODK toolkit was deployed to ascertain patient satisfaction while gathering evidence in auditing the performance of the AIIMS at Mangalagiri in Guntur district and the AIIMS at Bibinagar in Hyderabad.

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It is the process of protecting information or data by using mathematical models to scramble it in such a way that only the parties who have the key to unscramble it can access it.

Source: ET

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