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Govt. selects TCS to automate the emigration system
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 12 August 2010, 15:31 IST |
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100 crore, will enable the automation of the clearance process by electronically linking the offices of the Protector-General of Emigrants. It is to facilitate the tracking of all Indians on work visas abroad and provide support services to them, reports Surabhi Agarwal and surabhi from The Mint.
A TCS spokesperson refused to comment, saying that the company doesn't comment on specific deals. Once the award is made, TCS will develop and deploy the required technology over a year. The project also involves providing five years of maintenance support.
TCS has been selected for the project. "It will be formally announced in a couple of weeks," said an official of the ministry of overseas affairs.
One of the 27 mission mode projects under the national e-governance plan, which envisages automating delivery of key government-to-citizen services, it proposes the introduction of biometric-based identification of foreign nationals coming to India to keep track of them.
According to the ministry of overseas affairs website, the project is aimed at "achieving greater user convenience and effective protection and welfare of the emigrant."
The subsidiary benefits of the project, the website adds, would include greater levels of efficiency, transparency and accountability in the emigration system, facilitation of legal emigration and prevention of illegal emigration.
The project will involve phased inter-linking with recruiting agents, employers, immigration counters, Indian Missions abroad, insurance companies and state governments, among others.
