Sri Lanka Digital ID Project Costs
Reports indicate that financial bids for India-backed digital ID project's Master System Integrator have exceeded the Indian government's grant pledge by more than double. The cost overrun raises concerns about the project's financial feasibility.
So India's like "here's 10.5 billion rupees for your digital ID" and the contractors show up with a quote for 21 billion like "yeah but have you considered we need to add *feelings* to the algorithm?"—turns out the real digital transformation was the budget overruns we made along the way.
Financial bids from Indian companies that have qualified as the Master System Integrator (MSI) for #SriLanka's #India-backed digital ID project have been opened. The prices quoted are more than DOUBLE the INR 3bn (Rs. 10.5bn) grant pledged by the Indian government. Now #SriLanka