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Tamil Nadu’s all-in-one database for e-governance: State Family Database

SFDB is a data integration and exchange platform that is envisioned to be an all-in-one database used across different departments of the state government to maintain records of various kinds. For ...
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Tamil Nadu’s Makkal Number exposed in massive data breach, bringing into question its privacy implications and legality

The data breach casts serious doubts on the unique ID’s crucial role in Tamil Nadu’s State Family Database. Tamil Nadu’s Makkal Number, a unique ID that’s being used to tie together all the digital ...
The New Indian Express

Tamil Nadu government plans massive database to link every citizen to state departments

CHENNAI: Citizens of the state will soon not have to depend on paper trail to avail welfare schemes of the state government. The state is working on creating the State Family Database (SFDB) where ...