News:The Indian Army has begun to digitize its official records under its new programme called OASIS-Officers Automated Structures Information System.
Facts:
About the programme:
- The programme aims to digitise the official records of the Indian army officers.
- Earlier,the records were manually preserved by Manpower Planning Directorate.
- Oasis will also carry the photographs of the dependents of the army officers.This is essential to prevent frauds where people create fake dependent cards.
- When the officer retires,the whole data will also be migrated from Oasis to Retired Officers Digital Records Archive (RODRA).RODRA holds the pension details of the officers.