ThirdFactor | 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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Indian government looks to install biometric logical access control

The Ministry of Home Affairs in India’s government has decided to install biometric logical access controls on all its computers and has invited bids from companies to install 100 devices to accomplish this, according to an Express India article. While the primary purpose of installing the new technology is to stop unauthorized access to the agency’s computer systems, it is expected to record usage data of each authorized user as well.

Private insurance company to register Indian citizens in national ID program

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UIDAI recommend biometric security for sensitive Indian data

Members of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a commission setup by the Indian Government to manage the process of providing the country’s citizens with unique ID numbers that correspond to biometrics, are recommending that biometric systems be put into place to protect the large amounts of sensitive data being collected and stored in the country, according to a Times of India article.

Indian government implementing electronic toll system

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Placing multiple technologies into one credential

Two chips on a card is nothing new, but three plus an optical stripe?

Sometimes the best way to improve on an idea is to incorporate the tried and true.

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