Special Campaign 6.0: Department of Posts Achieves Significant Progress in Grievance Redressal, Cleanliness, E-Waste Disposal, and Space Management
Distilled Policy Brief
- The department launched 'Digipost', a phygital mail service in collaboration with Gujarat Police for delivering traffic e-challans, embodying citizen-centric governance.
🎯 Prelims High-Yield Examination Points
Special Campaign 6.0 is implemented by the Department of Posts (Ministry of Communications) to institutionalize cleanliness, reduce pending public grievances, and promote scientific e-waste management and revenue generation from scrap disposal.
⚖️ Mains Analytical & Syllabus Linkages
Examine how initiatives like Special Campaign 6.0 and 'Waste to Wealth' models enhance administrative efficiency, promote sustainable office management, and foster citizen-centric governance in public sector departments.
🎯 UPSC Prelims Practice Drill
With reference to the recent initiatives by the Department of Posts under 'Special Campaign 6.0', what is the primary objective of the newly launched 'Digipost' service?
- [A] A digital-only archiving system for eliminating paper records across all rural post offices in India.
- [B] A 'phygital' mail service launched in collaboration with Gujarat Police for delivering traffic e-challans.
- [C] A specialized portal dedicated exclusively to the scientific recycling and auctioning of electronic waste generated by postal circles.
- [D] An AI-enabled grievance redressal mechanism aimed at automatic disposal of public complaints without manual intervention.
▶ Reveal Official Answer & Analytical Explanation
Under 'Special Campaign 6.0', the Department of Posts launched 'Digipost', which is a 'phygital' (physical-digital) mail service in collaboration with Gujarat Police for delivering traffic e-challans digitally and physically to citizens. This highlights the utilization of the postal network's extensive reach for citizen-centric governance. Hence, option (b) is correct while other options do not accurately describe the Digipost initiative.
🏛️ Historical Twin PYQ Anchor (2021)
Consider the following statements regarding the "National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)": 1. It is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2. Central Pollution Control Board acts as the sole regulatory executive body.