TAGUP explained

Agency Name:	TAGUP
Jurisdiction:	Government of India
Headquarters:	New Delhi
Chief1 Name:	Nandan Nilekani
Chief1 Position:	Chairman
Parent Department:	Ministry of Finance

Technology Advisory Group for Unique Projects (TAGUP) is a Government of India advisory group to look into technology part of 5 large financial sector projects.^[1] It is headed by former UIDAI chairman, Nandan Nilekani.^[2]

Areas

The committee will make recommendations on the roadmap to roll out the five financial projects are

• Tax Information Network (TIN)
• National Pension Scheme (NPS)
• National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
• Expenditure Information Network (EIN)
• Goods and Services Tax (GST)^[3]

Report

TAGUP submitted its report in early February 2011 and had the following key recommendations.^[4]

• 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.^[5]

Members

The members of the committee include

• C. B. Bhave – Former SEBI chairman
• R. Chandrasekhar – IT Secretary
• Nachiket Mor – Board Member at RBI, CRISL, CARE, Sughavazhvu Healthcare, Institute for Financial Management and Research and IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health^[6]
• Dhirendra Swarup – former chairman PFRDA
• S. S. Khan – former Member (CBDT)
• P. R. V. Ramanan – former Member (CBEC)

Notes and References

1. Web site: UID isn't just a number, it is an identity: Nandan Nilekani . The Economic Times . 2010-09-12 . 2013-04-10.
2. Web site: Finance Ministry sets up technology advisory group . The Hindu . 2010-06-07 . 2013-04-10.
3. Web site: Nilekani to code public projects . The Economic Times . 2010-06-08 . 2013-04-10.
4. Web site: Nilekani submits TAGUP report to Pranab . The Hindu . 2011-02-05 . 2013-04-10.
5. Web site: Report of the Technology Advisory Group for Unique Projects . https://web.archive.org/web/20211221132934/https://www.finmin.nic.in/sites/default/files/TAGUP_Report.pdf . 2021-12-21.
6. Web site: LinkedIn . Nachiket Mor LinkedIn Profile . LinkedIn . 2014-01-15.