KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — The Pangkalan Data Utama (Padu) system is able to streamline the implementation of government assistance more widely and comprehensively, said Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.
He said the system which provides a combination of socioeconomic information of every household in the country, can find out in detail about the assistance received by the people in the country.
“We can know all the government assistance received by each citizen as a whole via the Padu database such as assistance from the Social Welfare Department and Rahmah Cash Contribution.
“Sometimes the aid overlaps, so we want to prevent it, if we have received a certain help, maybe we can give it to others,” he said on the Jendela Fikir programme produced by Bernama Radio today.
Padu is a system that combines more than 200 databases to coordinate the collection of national information in a centralised and integrated manner.
Last month, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said the development of the Padu system was 60 per cent complete and it would be ready for use in January next year.
— Bernama
