-The Hindu Business Line
Hyderabad: The Union Government has announced Rs 1,900 crore for e-governance project Panch Deep to automate all transactions between the organisations and employees with regard to ESIC (employees state insurance corporation).
The government will deploy a massive ERP (Enterprise wide Resource Planning) across the country connecting all the ESIC and other organisations in the ecosystem)
Announcing this at a press conference here on Sunday, Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattareya said the employees will get unique biometric cards.
The IT backbone will also develop a huge repository of medical records, making it easier for doctors and patients.
The e-gov project will also take care of payments of third party bills.