[Reader-list] News Items posted on the net on Multipurpose National Identity Cards-55

[Taha Mehmood]

http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/11/stories/2007041108610400.htm

The Hindu
Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007

*ECIL records 45 p.c. growth in sales *

Special Correspondent

* It provided security systems to Parliament, key installations *

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*Growth rate between 25 to 50 per cent expected in 2007-08 *
*Exports 8,000 electronic voting machines to Bhutan *
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 HYDERABAD: The Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has achieved
a gross turnover of Rs.1,017 crores and a profit before tax of about Rs.120
crores during 2006-07, registering a 45 per cent growth in sales over the
previous year, Chairman and Managing Director K. S. Rajasekhara Rao said at
a press conference here on Tuesday.

Growth rate ranging from 25 to 50 per cent was expected in 2007-08, as
orders worth Rs.500 crores were on hand and another Rs.800 crores were in
the pipeline. The company had earmarked Rs.60 crores for capital
expenditure.

Outlining some of the recent achievements, he said the company had delivered
a 32-metre diameter antenna deep space network programme to the Space
Department for Chandrayan project. Similarly, it was supplying solid state
cockpit voice recorder (black box) to Air Force and Navy and exported 8,000
electronic voting machines (EVMs) to Bhutan. Orders were also received from
South Africa for EVMs.

He said that ECIL, BEL and ITI were involved in a pilot project for
producing two million multi-purpose national identity cards for citizens. It
would be completed by July-end. ECIL had also provided integrated security
systems to Parliament in the wake of the terrorist attack on December 13,
2001, as also to Prime Minister's residence and key installations.