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[Taha Mehmood]

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Smart cards for everyone, says Seshagiri

Email this story to a friend. The home ministry has launched one of
the largest ever information technology projects in the country to
issue identity cards to Indian citizens and work permits to
immigrants, claimed Dr N Seshagiri, member-convenor of the Prime
Minister's Task Force on Information Technology.

Inaugurating an international seminar on smart card technology,
applications and business opportunities at the IT.Com industry
jamboree in Bangalore this week, Dr Seshagiri said the initiative
would not only check largescale influx of illegal immigrants but also
check inter-state migration that has been growing at an alarming rate.

Dr Seshagiri is also the director general of the National Imformatics Centre.

Claiming that about a million people crossed over illegally from
Bangladesh into India, he said such things happen when there is no
proper monitoring mechanism.

He said the Rs 26 billion project would be based on smart card
technology. The state owned Chandigarh based Semiconductor Complex
Limited would be involved in its implementation.

UNI