NaMo app launches ‘Jan Man Survey’, a unique effort to compile a report card on MPs’ performance

Ahead of the 2024 normal elections in India, the ‘NaMo’ app (named after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi) has launched the ‘Jan Man Survey’. This is a unique initiative — ‘Jan Man’ interprets to ‘Mind of the People’ — to verify individuals’s ideas about their native Member of Parliament.

Launched yesterday on the NaMo app, this survey would compile a report card on the performance of the MPs. Feedback of the Jan Man Survey respondents would additionally assist the federal government gauge the general public temper.

The Jan Man Survey seeks individuals’s response on varied elements of governance and management; its questions embrace each central-level growth and specifics associated to the person’s constituency.

Sources within the ruling BJP mentioned that this was an revolutionary survey that aimed to faucet into ‘jan man’ (the frequent man’s thoughts) via an “fascinating and gamified” interface.

Prime Minister Modi at all times championed using know-how to attain out to individuals, added the celebration sources.

Each citizen issues in democratic course of

The new survey additionally permits residents to establish different well-liked leaders — in addition to the incumbent Member of Parliament — of their respective constituencies. The ruling celebration feels that this participatory course of would empower people to specific their opinions, underscoring the significance of every citizen’s perspective within the democratic course of.

“One of the important thing highlights of the survey is its user-friendly interface and concise questions that delve into essential areas, such because the affect of presidency schemes and initiatives that excite respondents probably the most,” mentioned a BJP chief.