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UID marks beginning of Rs 40,000-cr e-gov plans

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BANGALORE/NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UID), to be headed by Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani, is the first in a series of such transformation projects being evaluated by India, as the government plans to spend up to Rs 40,000 crore over next few years on Information Technology (IT).

A national database for maintaining health records for patients, IT-led modernisation of India Post, a massive telemedicine project and a sophisticated technology platform for automating and integrating municipal councils across the country are among some areas where the government has already started pilot projects.

“The government has completed a number of pilots and the focus is now on scaling these up,” Nasscom vice-president Raju Bhatnagar said.

With healthcare being an important area, the government is looking at automation of hospitals to maintain health records of citizens , for distribution of medicines to crack down on spurious drugs and to monitor an epidemic situation. “UK spent billions on rolling out its National Health Services (NHS) project, which is still not a perfect example because of inefficiencies. India will need to develop its own model in a very transparent fashion and link it with a telemedicine application ,” said an independent consultant currently advising some government departments on these projects. He requested anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to media about these projects.

The telemedicine project, which will help offer medical services and advise to thousands of patients in remote parts of the country could cost almost Rs 5,000 crore depending upon the scope, a senior government official familiar with the project told ET on conditions of anonymity. Some pilot telemedicine projects have already been successful in the North East.

The government is also working on automating the public distribution system that provides food items at reasonable prices to poor households. .....

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