PUTRAJAYA – The government’s central database system (Padu) has reached 60% completion and will be ready for use in January, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.
He described the short time frame (which began only in June 2023) for developing the Padu system, which provides a combination of socioeconomic information for every household in the country, as a significant challenge for his ministry but one that could be implemented (targeted subsidy programme) thanks to the cooperation of more than 270 government agencies and statutory bodies.
“I can say it is challenging, but we will be able to pull it off in three months,” he said at a press conference after attending a session involving the Economy Ministry’s Padu development with the secretary-general and director-general of the ministry and agency here 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 is re-examining the policy paper’s priorities before presenting it at the NEAC meeting.
“We have to go over the details again because this is about the entire economic diagnosis, so the list of agenda items to bring to NEAC is getting longer,” he said. – September 21, 2023