<p>At least two of Karnataka’s technology-based governance initiatives have an all-India potential, Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.</p>.<p>Chandrasekhar was in Bengaluru where he held talks with officials from the state government’s e-Governance department. </p>.<p>“Many of their solutions have all-India potential,” Chandrasekhar told DH, citing FRUITS and Kutumba projects as examples. </p>.<p>The Farmer Registration & Unified Beneficiary Information System (FRUITS) database contains information on 72.48 lakh farmers, including their land details that banks can access. This is being used by banks to disburse loans.</p>.<p>Kutumba is the Family ID project, a comprehensive database that the government wants to use for automatic disbursal of benefits to eligible citizens without them having to even apply.</p>.<p>“There are some very good initiatives that I believe should be used by other governments, including in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY),” Chandrasekhar said. </p>.<p>The minister said he asked the e-Governance department to migrate fully to the cloud and “evolve to provide e-Governance as a service”. “I also gave ideas on how to have Tier-2/3 city-based companies play a bigger role in e-Governance development,” he said. </p>.<p>During the day, Chandrasekhar visited the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) office and launched the Innovation Development Upskilling (INDUS) IoT kit. </p>.<p>The kit is the size of a credit card fitted with six sensors, actuators, connectivity and debugger interfaces. “The compact and easily portable IoT kit shall facilitate development of local and smart solutions in a range of applications including drones. It is modestly priced at Rs 2,500 per unit and shall soon be available over GeM portal. C-DAC is also willing to transfer this technology to startups for commercial production,” a release said. </p>.<p>Chandresekhar also interacted with top industry executives. “The way we launched the PLI scheme, the government is working on a DLI scheme. The government is ready to walk the extra mile. I encourage you to engage with me. I am just a phone call away,” he told them, the release said. </p>
<p>At least two of Karnataka’s technology-based governance initiatives have an all-India potential, Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.</p>.<p>Chandrasekhar was in Bengaluru where he held talks with officials from the state government’s e-Governance department. </p>.<p>“Many of their solutions have all-India potential,” Chandrasekhar told DH, citing FRUITS and Kutumba projects as examples. </p>.<p>The Farmer Registration & Unified Beneficiary Information System (FRUITS) database contains information on 72.48 lakh farmers, including their land details that banks can access. This is being used by banks to disburse loans.</p>.<p>Kutumba is the Family ID project, a comprehensive database that the government wants to use for automatic disbursal of benefits to eligible citizens without them having to even apply.</p>.<p>“There are some very good initiatives that I believe should be used by other governments, including in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY),” Chandrasekhar said. </p>.<p>The minister said he asked the e-Governance department to migrate fully to the cloud and “evolve to provide e-Governance as a service”. “I also gave ideas on how to have Tier-2/3 city-based companies play a bigger role in e-Governance development,” he said. </p>.<p>During the day, Chandrasekhar visited the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) office and launched the Innovation Development Upskilling (INDUS) IoT kit. </p>.<p>The kit is the size of a credit card fitted with six sensors, actuators, connectivity and debugger interfaces. “The compact and easily portable IoT kit shall facilitate development of local and smart solutions in a range of applications including drones. It is modestly priced at Rs 2,500 per unit and shall soon be available over GeM portal. C-DAC is also willing to transfer this technology to startups for commercial production,” a release said. </p>.<p>Chandresekhar also interacted with top industry executives. “The way we launched the PLI scheme, the government is working on a DLI scheme. The government is ready to walk the extra mile. I encourage you to engage with me. I am just a phone call away,” he told them, the release said. </p>
