HCL Infosystems to Implement Smart Card Based Solutions for PDS in Chandigarh

By Anil Sharma

TMCnet Contributor

 

HCL Infosystems, India's hardware, services and ICT system Integration company, has bagged an order to implement India's first smart card based solutions for Public Distribution System (PDS) in the union territory of Chandigarh.

In a release, officials with HCL Infosystems said that the project will see distribution of smart card based ration cards to the families living below poverty line in the region.

Company officials said that these smart cards will capture all biometric, tax, demographic and personal information details, enabling authorities to ensure proper distribution of food rationing and other benefits.

This first of its kind deployment resonates well with the Government's national initiative 'Aadhar' (UID project) and reinforces the company's expertise in the space.

"It gives me immense pleasure to see HCL Infosystems leading the way with India's first deployment for a technology led PDS solution", said J.V. Ramamurthy, president & COO, HCL Infosystems Ltd, in the release.

Ramamurthy said that technology today is changing the way local authorities across the globe reach out to their citizens.

He said that as Public Distribution System is vital for sustained living of the people living below the poverty line, this project is a step in right direction to make the Public Distribution System more robust and effective by deploying path-breaking technology.

"The project will ensure that the benefits of the public distribution system will reach the grass root levels and we at HCL Infosystems are proud to be a part of such nation building project," said Ramamurthy.

HCL Infosystems earlier this year bagged a host of projects including implementing a citizen centric project for Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra.


Under Maharashtra e-governance project for Municipal Corporation, HCL Infosystems would provide technical infrastructure including all hardware, software and requisite technical skill set along with non-technical manpower.

The company will also computerize all the 32 departments of corporation and will make them online.

In another project, HCL Infosystems has partnered with Motorola (News - Alert) to roll-out India's first government radio network for Commonwealth Games.