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HCL to digitise census data

Company bags Rs 40 cr order from Census of India

PTI | July 28, 2010

IT firm HCL Infosystems today said it has bagged an order worth Rs 40 crore from the Ministry of Home Affairs for digitising the data generated from Census of India project for the year 2010-11.

Under the project, HCL Infosystems will collaborate with the Indian government for digitising the data collected across the country, including maintenance, indexing, scanning and storage at a central repository, HCL Infosystems said in a statement.

"HCL Infosystems has bagged the Rs 40 crore order from the Census of India, which will run across the country indexing right from state-level to the taluk and village levels, deploying specialised devices and software services," HCL Infosystems spokesperson said.

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