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Tamil Nadu plans Vettri Super App for 500 government services
The Tamil Nadu government will launch the Vettri Tamil Nadu Super App to let citizens access 500 government services including birth certificates, ration cards and driving licence renewals on their phones, Artificial…
The Tamil Nadu government will launch the Vettri Tamil Nadu Super App to let citizens access 500 government services including birth certificates, ration cards and driving licence renewals on their phones, Artificial Intelligence and IT Minister R. Kumar told the Assembly on Tuesday. The app will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 5 crore.
A companion portal called Vetri Tamil Nadu Web Portal will allow the public to submit suggestions, views on schemes and feedback on public services. The minister also announced an AI Advisory Council with academics and industry leaders to guide the Tamil Nadu Artificial Intelligence Mission. For researchers, the second phase of the Tamil Nadu Cultural Digital Repository will document 500 cultural sites across six southern districts at an estimated cost of Rs 60 lakh.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Vettri Tamil Nadu Super App follows a growing trend among Indian states to digitise public services through unified platforms, though the real measure of success will be how many of the 500 listed services are fully online and reliably functional at launch. The ₹5 crore development cost is modest for a statewide digital project, and the accompanying web portal for citizen feedback echoes similar grievance-redressal mechanisms in other states. The AI Advisory Council, whose composition is yet to be named, will likely shape how Tamil Nadu deploys artificial intelligence in governance, a space where the central government has issued advisory frameworks but no binding national law exists. The second phase of the Tamil Nadu Cultural Digital Repository, covering six southern districts for ₹60 lakh, is a small-scale project, and the quality of documentation and public access to it will determine its utility for researchers.
Source: thehindu.com
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