Infosys co-founder shares old report on PDS that could’ve benefitted India during Covid-19

Nandan Nilekani, India’s tech giant Infosys’ co-founder, took to Twitter to share his detailed strategic plan given to Public Distribution System (PDS) 9 years ago that would have benefitted the country in times like these.

He wrote, “9 years ago, I had headed a committee which prepared a detailed strategy for a next generation national Public Distribution System.”

He added on another tweet, “It would have given, among other things, full nationwide portability of benefits (anytime, anywhere), option for food or cash etc. It could have been a hugely positive strategic platform in this crisis!”

The report entails a detailed description of the state of the Public Distribution System in 20111 and how can it be computerised in a country as big as India.