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Budget 2016: Key technology related announcements in the budget speech

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The FM made the following proposals that entails using technology to speed up governance decisions, plans. 

1 Digital Literacy:
For Digital literacy, 6 Cr. households to be covered under the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) and Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan (DSA) in the next three years.

2 Land Records Modernisation:
The Government has taken the Integrated Land Transformation System (ILTS), as a central sector scheme. Funds of 150 cr will be allocated in this financial year

3 Aadhar
Aadhar framework to be used to ensure targeted subsidies. A new bill to be introduced to that effect.

4 Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
Propose to launch a pilot in few districts to introduce Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for fertiliser subsidy.

– Plan to automate 3 lakh fair price shops out of 5.35 lakh shops

– To launch a technology enabaled platform for procurement of Govt goods and services by various ministries

5 Technology usage in tax reforms
Use of technology to ensure accountability is one of the thrust areas of tax reforms in budget 2016-17

– To propose to expand e-assessment to seven mega-cities, where unless the assessee himself wants to be assessed or the assessee officer want to judge the party, there will be no direct meeting between the IT department and the assessee. The assessment will be carried on the e-assessment platform

– e- Sahyog platform to reduce compliance costs for poor tax payers. Govt to pay 9% as against the normal 6% in case the ruling is delayed by more than 90 days

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