Central database system ready to roll in January - Rafizi

The government’s Central Database System (Padu) has reached 60 percent in its development and will be up and running to be used in January, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

He described the short period (started only in June 2023) to develop the Padu system, which provides a combination of socio-economic information for every household in the country, as a meaningful challenge for his ministry.

However, he said it could be implemented (targeted subsidy programme), thanks to the cooperation of more than 270 government agencies and statutory bodies.

“I can say it is actually challenging, but in another three months, we will be able to pull it off,” he said at a press conference after attending a session involving the Padu development with the secretary-general and director-general of the ministry and agency in Putrajaya today.

In other developments, Rafizi said the policy paper for reducing approved permits and import permits is ready and will be brought to the National Economic Action Council (NEAC) in early October.

So far, he said the ministry was re-examining the priorities in the policy paper before it could be presented at the NEAC meeting.

“We have to go through the details again because this is regarding the whole economic diagnosis, so the agenda to bring to NEAC is getting longer,” he said.

- Bernama

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