- Sri Lankan Tamil refugees will receive biometric cards from the state government to rule out any type of cash disbursal irregularities
- Revenue inspectors sometimes may not be able to pay cash to all the refugees at a time and there are chances of impersonation and sometimes cash may not reach the intended beneficiaries
- By this new system every adult will have a biometric card and will also have a no-frills account in Indian Overseas Bank for fool proof cash delivery and transaction
- The money will be deposited to the bank directly and he/she will be given a biometric card by capturing the fingerprints, IOB representatives will take fingerprints using hand-held machines and post verification the cash will be disbursed
- For children below 18 years the account will be linked to those of their mothers, this order was issued by the Public Department
- This kind of working system was first implement in Namakkal district two years ago and they have been getting payment through this system, government wanted to adapt this initiative
- IOB has been serving around 70% of the camps; the accounts will be opened in the nearby branches of IOB
- Remaining places leading bank of the district will be in-charge for making payments
- 10 refugee camps will avail this service as an experiment and will start operating in all the camps post October
- First and third week on every month the roll call will be conducted and if the refugee fails to answer at both the occasions then the dole will not be given for that month
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/biometric-cards-for-tamil-refugees-soon/article6259320.ece