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[Taha Mehmood]

http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?content_id=84350

Columns  	
Indian Express	
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
	 	
India connected, India Empowered
A billion people and perhaps as many problems. But we have the
technology and the talent
APJ ABDUL KALAM 				
	

E-Governance grid

I visualise an election scenario, where a candidate files his
nomination from a particular constituency. Immediately the election
officer verifies his/her authenticity from the national citizen ID
database through multifactor authentication, through a multipurpose
citizen ID card. His education credentials come from the university
records. His track record of employment comes from various employers
with whom he had worked. His income and wealth resources come from the
income-tax department, and other sources. His property record comes
from the registration of land authority across the country. His credit
history comes from various credit institutions like banks. His/her
civic consciousness and citizenship behaviour comes from the police
crime record. His legal track records come from the judicial system.
All the details arrive at the computer terminal of the election
officer within a few seconds automatically by the act of e-governance
software agents which crawls across the various state and central
government web services directories through the network grid and
collects the information automatically and presents the facts in
real-time without any bias. Artificial intelligence software analyses
his credentials and gives a rating on how successful he will be as a
politician. The election officer sitting at the remote block of the
country decides on the spot and the election process starts. The
voters vote from home through virtual polling booths.