Welcome SLBC Members Presentation on SMART CARD Department of Rural Development Date:

Objectives  To begin with payment of wages under NREGS and Social Security pensions through Smart Cards.  Other schemes including SHG transactions subsequently.  Upscale to two districts – Karimnagar and Warangal by December,  To be takenup Chittoor and Medak districts also.  Upscale to entire state by August, 2008.

Time frame For upscaling to two districts:  Selection of banks  Starting of enrolment  Delivery of cards by  Commencing service delivery

Terms  Government will take up thirty party evaluation of pilot and come up with  Standardised technology solutions.  Set of guidelines for the targeted processes  Security standards in consonance with the IT Act.  Investment on smart card and terminals to be made by banks.  2% service charges to be borne by Government.

Progress in the pilot. WarangalKarimnagar Social Security Pensions. Total No. of pensions Enrolled Yet to be enrolled Cards issued Payments No. paid through smart card No. paid manually Total paid No Amount paid through smart card (Rs.) lakhs 0.48 lakhs Amount paid manually. (Rs.) 2.26 lakhs 0.11 lakhs Total amount disbursed lakhs 0.59 lakhs Amount not disbursed 3.41 lakhs 0.03 lakhs

Progress in the pilot. WarangalKarimnagar NREGS Total No. of wage seekers Enrolled Yet to be enrolled Cards issued Payments No. paid through smart card No. paid manually Total paid No Amount paid through smart card (Rs.) lakhs Amount paid manually. (Rs.) lakhs Total amount disbursed lakhs Amount not disbursed 00

Present status – Warangal. MandalBank TotalEnroll cards issued Disb, throug h card Manually disb. Total disb. No. Amount disb. (lakhs) Paying since DharmasagarSBI SSP May EGS RaghunathapallyAxis SSP May EGS HanumakondaUBI SSP May EGS Station GhanapurAPGVB SSP June EGS GheeskondaAB SSP June EGS RaiparthySBH SSP June EGS Total SSP EGS

Present status – Karimnagar by M/s FINO, Ltd., in 2 mandals Mandal TotalEnrolled cards issued Disb. through card through manually Total disb. No. Amount disb. (in lakhs) Paying since ThimmapurPensions July in 5 GPs NREGS Sept, 1 st Total SirsillaPensions NREGS Total