Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Union government will set up five electronic manufacturing clusters in Andhra Pradesh including Tirupati and Sri in Chittoor district and Anantapur where it is in final stage. The Union Minister held a high-level official meeting with the authorities of NIC, UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), C.DOT and STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in Tirupati on Saturday.<br/><br/>Speaking to media on the occasion, Mr Prasad said that in Tirupati cluster, where 30 electronic companies are operating, in total made a business of 80 crore rupees, while at national level 41,000 crore rupees was exported. Stating that the State of Andhra Pradesh is doing well with regard to IT and ITES, he said that Narendra Modi government has also taken up application of technology to espouse the cause of poor by bringing in transparency.<br/><br/>The IT and ITES were effectively utilised for DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) by remitting the subsidy amount in the bank account of the beneficiary, he said. The promotion of IT and ITES as a mission saw weeding out of 11 lakh bogus beneficiaries of MGNREGS, through usage of Aadhaar, while it also helped save 1,600 crore rupees by eliminating ineligible persons availing PDS rice (Rs 1,100 crore) and sugar and kerosene (Rs 500 crore) in Andhra Pradesh, the Minister said adding that at national level IT and ITES helped Central government to save about 36,500 crore rupees which is a classic example for the benefits of IT and ITeS. <br/><br/>Mr. Prasad also expressed satisfaction over the implementation of Aadhaar and also the functioning of NIC, STPI and C.DOT for cyber security. He said the results are quite encouraging but we have to do more.