[Reader-list] Nandan Nilekeni says YES to MNIC

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear all,

In an interview given to CNN-IBN's Rajdeep Sardesai to promote his book
Imagining India, Mr. Nandan Nilekeni of the Infosys suggests that a
Multiple-purpose National Identity card can help solve socio-economic
problems of India. Mr. Nilekeni claims that technology is the key through
which what he calls the 'horizontal problems' of India like health,
education, housing etc could be solved.

The argument was that the government should create mechanism to release the
funds to the corporate sector which would in turn produce and deliver the
technology to the Government for the benefit of one billion Indians.

Please follow the link to watch the interview-
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/78938/11_2008/imagining_india2/technology-can-fix-indias-problems-nilekani.html

Regards

Taha