It seems there is a debate going on to implement open standards for e-Governance projects expecially the multi-crore Unique Identity Card (UIC) headed by Nandan N. Read more about it here.
In fact recently EVMs bugs were disclosed. The Indian opposition raised an outcry to revert back to paper voting. If it followed open standards, I am sure people would have provided a patch/ solution within a short time.
I have a belief that in view of transparency of government operations all transactions & data should adopt open standards. This will also ensure government cannot be held hostage to a vendor to use only their services.
This needs to encompass long term storage solutions, documentation, system integration, inter institutional transactions, EVMs - voting machines.
Due to their past experiences, many cities have adopted open standards and Linux operating system. A famous example of this is the city of Munich, Germany. India should learn from these.
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