Database project on track for completion

Rafizi said that upon completion, Padu will become the most comprehensive database introduced by the government as it ensures a fairer distribution of targeted subsides as well as minimising exclusion errors. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: The government’s central database hub (Padu), which integrates socio-economic information from every household in Malaysia, is now 60% complete and is set for operations in January 2024.

The timeline for the project, according to Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli, is extremely constrained because it entails gathering data on 32 million Malaysians and ensuring the security of every single piece of data.However, with the help of the Statistics Department, the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) and support from other government departments and agencies, Padu is on schedule to launch next year.