Sathyabhama portal

IN NEWS:

• The mines ministry announced the launch of a portal "SATYABHAMA" with an aim to promote research and development in the mining and minerals sector.

About the portal:

• This portal will allow online submission of project proposals along with monitoring of the same and utilization of funds.
• The portal has been designed, developed and implemented by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Mines Informatics Division.
• In contrast to present system where research proposals are submitted physically by the scientists/researchers, the portal allows online submission of project proposals along with monitoring of the projects and utilisation of funds/grants.
• The researchers can also submit progress reports and final technical reports of the projects in the electronic format in the portal.
• The portal is integrated with NGO Darpan Portal of NITI Aayog.
• The portal will increase efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of the scheme.
• The major institutes where research projects have been funded include Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. ‘Sathyabhama portal’, recently in news, is associated with which of the following sectors?

1. Medical research
2. Mining
3. Education
4. Rail Transport

Answer to Prelims question