The government and its various departments have been using data mining and
analysis to arrive at intelligent and informed decisions. It is very important
to make use of data for decision making, which impacts the citizens of the
country.
"Requirement of data driven decision making is a prerequisite for good
governance. India has been talking of the digital divide between rural and urban
areas but this divide exists within the offices and institutions of the
government too", said Lt Gen Davinder Kumar, Signal Officer in Chief, Army
Headquarters, while speaking at the inaugural session of a seminar on 'Data
Drive Decision Making-The Power to Know', organised by CII.
MR Ramakrishnan, MD, Center for Railway Information Systems, said,
"Business requirements are changing and today we need to transfer data into
knowledge. We are not looking at transactions but at processing. It is important
to use data available for decision making in an effective manner".
Prakash Kumar, Secretary-IT, Government of Delhi, explained the various
initiatives of the Revenue Department of the state in curbing evasion of tax.
An exercise to integrate databases of various departments has recently been
launched to create one view for the state government, less paper work and less
attested copies etc. Data warehousing and business intelligence project is being
worked out towards this end. For such a system to be successful it is important
to establish clear bilateral treaty in the department.
(CyberMedia News)