Maha govt launches biometric scheme on experimental basis

Beneficiaries to get state government aid through the biometric assisted programme

PTI | September 5, 2011



Maharashtra government has launched a scheme to distribute aid to beneficiaries through biometric system on the lines of Andhra Pradesh Government on an experimental basis, Labour Minister Hasan Mushrif said on Sunday.

The beneficiaries will get state government aid through the scheme, Mushrif said at a function in Beed district of Maharashtra. He said 87 percent registration under the scheme has been completed in the district.

District Guardian Minister Jaidutt Kshirsagar said the biometric technology scheme is being implemented with the help of a private bank in districts of Beed, Kolhapur and Thane on an experimental basis.

Kshirsagar said he was hopeful that under the scheme the benefits of government schemes will reach the poor and transparency would be maintained. MLC Usha Darade, District Collector Sadanand Koche, CEO of Zila Panchayat Rajaram Mane, Former MLA Sayyad Salim and other prominent persons of district were presented at the function.
 

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