RAS question
What is the name of the Indian Army's digital platform launched to reduce depot paperwork by 70%?
Correct answer: (C) DIME.
DIME, or Depot Integration Management Edition, is the Indian Army digital platform launched to reduce depot paperwork by 70 per cent.
Explanation
The platform is DIME, expanded as Depot Integration Management Edition. It was developed jointly by the Indian Army and BISAG-N to cut paperwork by 70 per cent. The Economic Times describes DIME as a pan-Army digital platform for Army logistics, built with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics. DIME standardises digital workflows across depots and units, gives commanders integrated dashboards and exception alerts, and provides near real-time visibility of logistic items from units to Army Headquarters. The 70 per cent paperwork-reduction target therefore points specifically to DIME, not to a generic defence digitisation initiative.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) BHARAT is not the Army depot platform linked to a 70 per cent paperwork reduction.
- (B) PRAGATI is not Depot Integration Management Edition, or DIME, the platform linked to Army depot and unit workflows.
- (D) SAMVAD is not DIME, the logistics platform for depot and unit workflows.
Concept
Defence technology under Science and Technology includes digital transformation in military logistics. Recent government and armed-forces platforms often appear as factual current-affairs topics in RAS.