Modi inaugurates TCS facility, taunts PM over corruption

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to IT technocrats to work for technological interventions that can change the life of the poor and lead every sector of society towards progress.
"Information technology should be used to its maximum potential and common man should be empowered by using technological interventions," Modi said after inaugurating the country's largest software firm's state-of-the-art 10,000-seat TCS'Garmia Park campus here.
"There is a myth that IT is for rich people only. Technological intervention can change the life of poor and more and more technology can be used to upgrade the life of poor people," Modi said.

Modi, also the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, cited the example of his home state, saying computerisation of the PDS system is yielding better service to the poor people.
He also mentioned about his 'Swagat' online programme in which any person from anywhere in Gujarat can complain to the chief minister regarding the grievances faced by them.
"Prime Minister may be able to remove corruption or not, but you can do it," Modi told the young IT experts of TCS.

He said the Gujarat check-post at the border with Maharashtra is earning Rs 400 crore more per year than the one in the neighbouring state despite the fact that same number of vehicles pass through both the check posts.

"We have technological supervision of our check-posts and they do not have it. Government sitting in Gandhiangar, can monitor flow of vehicles and tax collected so the collection on our side is high. This is not done by any chief minister but has been made possible by young IT professionals,' Modi said.
Developed in over 25.5 acres of land with a built-up area of 1.6 million square feet, the Garmia park is the latest addition to the company's global network of software development and delivery centres, he said.