The Gujarat government is in the process of preparing a comprehensive database of each individual living in the state, complete with the person’s name, photograph, place of residence, date of birth and profession.
The science and technology department has obtained the full photo electoral list from the Election Commission, containing 3.5 crore names of people above 18 years. Other sources are being tapped to complete the list of an estimated 5.5 crore population.
The unique project is being assisted by the National Informatics Centre of the Department of Information Technology of the central government, to prepare a software for the database.
Officials say the data could form the backbone for e-governance projects for providing various services to residents.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Rajiv Shah
Quelle/Source: The Times of India, 08.08.2008
