Hackathon 2.0: Ministry of Tribal Affairs Advances Development of National FRA Digital Platform with All SIH Finalist Teams

• Hackathon 2.0 is a two-day post-SIH National Workshop convened by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) to co-develop a National FRA Digital Platform for implementing the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006.
• MoTA became the first Union Ministry to formally engage all SIH 2025 finalist teams in a structured post-hackathon implementation programme.
• UPSC relevance: intersects GS-II (welfare of STs, governance, e-governance) and GS-III (technology, biodiversity, environment) with constitutional protections under the Fifth & Sixth Schedules and Article 342.