'Information Technology Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Tuesday called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Parliament House to thank her for enabling Tamil Nadu to become the first state to get Application Programming Interface (API) connectivity to Income Tax data.

“Following the GST Council model of data sharing across states, this step will increase efficiency and accuracy of government schemes and subsidies,” said Thiagarajan.

During his tenure as Finance Minister, Thiagarajan has urged Sitharaman for a data sharing protocol that allows the states to access data of Income Tax, Aadhaar, Covid-19 among others, which would supplement efforts of states towards a data-driven administration.

Thiagarajan also thanked the Union Minister for the support throughout his time as Finance Minister and Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council member.

“I also used the opportunity of being in Delhi (for a University Commencement Lecture and IT-related meetings) to call on and thank Union Finance Secretary T. V. Somanathan and CBDT Chairman Nitin Gupta for their unstinting support during my term in my previous role,” Thiagarajan tweeted.

Media: The Hindu