GoI launched SURAKHSYA, National Portal of Project Elephant

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10 August 2020 Current Affairs:Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), India has launched National Portal on human-elephant conflict called “Surakhsya”. The beta version of the portal on Human-Elephants Conflict is for the collection of real-time information. The portal was launched on the ocassion of World Elephant Day, which is observed on 12th August.

SURAKHSYA:
SURAKHSYA will manage the conflicts on a real-time basis.
It will help to set the data collection protocols, data transmission pipelines, and data visualization tools to enable policy-makers to leverage HEC data for policy formulation and for preparation of Action Plans for mitigation of conflicts.  
The beta version of the SURAKHSYA portal was launched for data testing before the pan India roll out for adoption by the states, which is likely to be done before the year-end.
The move by the Government of India is aimed to save Elephants and other animals. GoI is currently taking measures towards robust, practical, and cost-effective solutions to end the Human-Animal Conflict.

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