AI help for state welfare schemes, property valuation by year end
The new mechanism is expected to be in place by the end of the year, an official of the finance department said.
One of the most ambitious projects is leveraging AI to develop a unified social registry for efficient beneficiary identification, direct benefit transfer (DBT), and management of social welfare schemes. The govt has already started the Duare Sarkar camps. Amader Para Amader Samadhan will start on Saturday and continue until Nov 3.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said services of Duare Sarkar camps could be availed of simultaneously so all citizens can access all benefits of state schemes by submitting applications at the booth-level camps from Saturday.
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"Once these camps are over, the data collected will be used for a unified social registry for enhanced delivery of public welfare services. AI and ML tools will be used to dynamically identify and update eligible beneficiaries for welfare schemes in near real-time.
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Through AI, beneficiary segmentation can also be done," an official said.
For the doorstep service, the state govt is targeting to integrate GIS and AI models to identify underserved areas and deliver hyper-localised service interventions, especially in tribal belts or ecologically vulnerable areas, the official said. For database management, there will be virtual aggregation of sensitive data while maintaining departmental control and reducing DBT verification delays.
A dynamic, data-driven AI model will be developed for the valuation of immovable properties, integrating diverse datasets and even digitising legacy handwritten Bengali registration records. Another project aims to develop an AI-based system to streamline the finance department's file examination and enhance decision-making. An official said a pre-bid meeting has been scheduled for Aug 11, 2025.
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