(ACN) Accenture to Aid Government of Punjab

More government projects are coming in the way of Accenture Plc. (ACN). This time it is a project from the state government of India. The company has secured a 12-month contract for technology and management-consulting services for the Aadhaar biometric identification program including the re-engineering and implementation of beneficiary programs in the state of Punjab in India. This particular model will ensure accurate information of the recipients and reduce the cost of service delivery by using government-to-citizens payments. Therefore, the win suggests that ACN is slowly gaining a stronger foothold in the Indian consultancy market. As per the latest finding of an Indian English daily “Livemint”, Accenture and IBM (IBM) are ahead of TCS on revenue productivity. Accenture’s higher productivity may be traced to its high-end consulting services, while IBM’s