Technology Advisory Group for Unique Projects (TAGUP) is a
Government of India
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advisory group to look into technology part of 5 large financial sector projects. It is headed by former
UIDAI chairman,
Nandan Nilekani.
Areas
The committee will make recommendations on the roadmap to roll out the five financial projects are
* Tax Information Network (TIN)
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National Pension Scheme
National Pension System Trust (NPS Trust) is a
specialised division of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority which is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance of the Government of India. The National Pension System (NPS) is ...
(NPS)
* National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
* Expenditure Information Network (EIN)
*
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Report
TAGUP submitted its report in early February 2011 and had the following key recommendations.
*Setting up National Information Utilities (NIUs) as private companies with public purpose.
*Having a dedicated Mission Leader with a Mission Execution Team.
The report also identified common challenges faced by large complex IT projects in the government and provided specific solutions of the evaluation of GST, TIN, EIN, NTMA and NPS at hand. The project reported can be accessed on the
Ministry of Finance website.
Members
The members of the committee include
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C. B. Bhave
Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave is an Indian financial regulator. He was appointed as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in February 2008 for a period of three years. He was succeeded by Upendra Kumar Sinha as the chairma ...
- Former SEBI chairman
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R. Chandrasekhar - IT Secretary
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Nachiket Mor - Board Member at RBI, CRISL, CARE, Sughavazhvu Healthcare, Institute for Financial Management and Research and IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health
* Dhirendra Swarup - former chairman PFRDA
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S. S. Khan - former Member (CBDT)
* P. R. V. Ramanan - former Member (CBEC)
References
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