RegardingID Archive | Indian government steps closer to using PAN cards

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Indian Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, recently spoke of the Indian government’s intent to issue biometric permanent account numbers (PAN) to new tax payers, according to a Business Standard article. This would be the first step towards full implementation of the cards after the Income Tax department rejected the idea two-years ago when it discovered that many non-biometric PAN cardholders had duplicate cards with different information on them.

While the move to biometric cards is slow going due to concerns over cost and implementation of the technology, Chidambaram said that bids would be invited by the Central Board of Direct Taxes in the near future.

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Smart cards replace paper coupons in Indian prison

Prisoners at Tihar prisons, located near New Delhi, India, will now be using smart cards instead of paper coupons for their food purchases.

As reported by The Economic Times, the former system of paper food coupons led to misuse and illegal activity within the jail. Some prisoners would use it for currency in order to get banned substances or buy favors from others.

Indian government deems unique ID more practical than smart cards

The government of India’s Planning Commission has announced that for electronic transfer of benefits to the rural poor, a unique identification number scheme is a more practical option than issuing smart cards, reports The Telegraph.

India transportation system creates huge demand for smart cards

Findings from an IMARC Group study reveal that the demand of smart cards in the automatic fare collection system in India is expected to grow exponentially in the next five years.

New player enters Indian two-factor authentication market

The Indian start-up ArrayShield Technologies has entered the two-factor authentication market in India and is looking for value-added resellers, managed service providers and system integrators to help it become a player in this field, which it estimates to be nearly Rs 2 billion.

OAuth 2.0 one step closer to IETF standardization

The Web Authorization Protocol (OAuth) has submitted OAuth 2.0, a framework for using security identity access tokens for native mobile application and API security, to the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), reports ZDNet.

Indian government compromises on biometrics and identity

India’s government has called a truce in the ongoing argument between the Ministry of Home Affairs’s National Population Register (NPR) project and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), reports the Indian Express.

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