TAGUP or Technology Advisory Group for Unique Projects is a government of India advisory group to look into technology part of 5 large financial sector projects. It is headed by UIDAI chairman, Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani born is an Indian entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India , after a successful career at Infosys Technologies Ltd...

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Areas

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

• Tax information network (TIN)
• New Pension Scheme (NPS)
• National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
• Expenditure Information Network (EIN)
• Goods and Service 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

• C. B. Bhave - Former SEBI chairman
• R. Chandrasekhar
  R. Chandrasekhar
  R. Chandrasekhar is an Indian bureaucrat and present Department of Information Technology Secretary, Government of India. He is also member of the governments techonology advisory group, TAGUP. He has recently been handed over the additional charge of Secretary, Department of Telecommunications...
  
   - IT Secretary
• Nachiket Mor
  Nachiket Mor
  Nachiket Mor was the Chairman of the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth. Now is working at SughaVazhvu He is considered a a financial services expert, and was a former deputy managing director of ICICI Bank.-Early life:...
  
   - President ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
• Dhirendra Swarup
  Dhirendra Swarup
  A veteran of the Ministry of Finance in India, he was appointed as the first chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority in 2004. PFRDA is intended to be the key player...
  
   - former chairman PFRDA
• S. S. Khan
  S. S. Khan
  S. S. Khan is an Indian bureaucrat and former member of Central Board of Direct Taxes . He is also member of the governments techonology advisory group, TAGUP.-Career:He is an officer of the 1972 batch of the Indian Revenue Service....
  
   - former Member (CBDT)
• P. R. V. Ramanan
  P. R. V. Ramanan
  P. R. V. Ramanan is an Indian bureaucrat and Chief Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore. He is also member of the government's technology advisory group, TAGUP....
  
  - former Member (CBEC)