The plan to take over the existing RAMIS system by the Inland Revenue Department from the Singapore company in charge was taken up for discussion by the Parliamentary Committee on Ways and Means.
This was discussed when the Committee on Ways and Means met in Parliament recently under the chairmanship of MP Patali Champika Ranawaka.
The Committee recently visited the Inland Revenue Department and discussed several issues including the RAMIS system. Accordingly, the Committee met to inquire further into the matter. The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) was also called before the Committee for the same.
Thus, according to the agreement by the Singapore company dealing with the RAMIS system, the Inland Revenue Department should take over full responsibility for the RAMIS system from January 2024.
According to a Parliament statement, it was disclosed that the internal capacity including the human resources required for this has not been developed in the department. In such context, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka recommended that the Inland Revenue Department submit a report in this regard. He also stated that the report should include a structured proposal for updating the system to adopt the RAMIS system.
It was also discussed that the RAMIS system, which was introduced 8 years ago, is still not fully operational and the Committee expressed their displeasure in this regard.
Another integrated information system to be built by merging 13 government institutions was also discussed at the Committee meeting. Several rounds of discussions were held with 13 concerned institutions in this regard and it was suggested that all these institutions should use the National Identity Number as a common code in their information systems.
State Ministers Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Anuradha Jayaratne, MPs Vasudeva Nanayakkara, (Dr.) Harsha de Silva, Sanjeeva Edirimanna, Ashok Abeysinghe, W. D. J. Seneviratne, Ishaq Rahman, and Wasantha Yapabandara were present at the Committee meeting. (NewsWire)