On 11/02/2011 at 1130 hrs in COMMITTEE ROOM D, PARLIAMENT HOUSE ANNEXE, NEW DELHI Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Finance will meet on the Preliminary briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Planning / Unique Identification Authority of India on the ‘National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010’
For inquiries speak to Ramkumar Suryanarayanan Deputy Secretary, Phone 23034083, 23034498 Please note the backdrop of the announcement by Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee seeking evaluation of India's financial sector by IMF and the World Bank. He claimed that the the ministry has voluntarily sought a full-fledged Financial Sector Assessment Programmee. Earlier, on 23rd April, 2010 L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between L-1 and the World Bank was signed as part of the launch of the initiative at a World Bank Spring Meeting event attended by many developing country Ministers of Finance and Communications. It claimed that this collaborative relationship with the World Bank is meant to improve the way governments in developing countries deliver services to citizens as part of the launch of the World Bank eTransform Initiative (ETI). The World Bank's ETI seeks to leverage Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to build a knowledge sharing network that helps governments of developing nations to leverage the best practices of practitioners like L-1 and others to improve the delivery of social and economic services. The knowledge sharing network will focus on areas such as electronic Identification (eID), e-Procurement, e-Health and e-Education; areas vital to promoting the participation of citizens in democratic processes, such as voting, and helping undocumented citizens get access to health and welfare programs. The World Bank has a long history of promoting similar initiatives and is currently funding 14 projects related to e-government and e-ID around the world. "The speed and precision with which developing countries administer services is dependent upon many factors, not the least of which is the ability to verify the identities of those receiving services," said Mohsen Khalil, Director of the World Bank's Global Information and Communication Technologies Department. "L-1 brings valuable expertise in identity management to the initiative's knowledge network. Together with L-1 and other vendors, we look forward to building systems that better administer critical government services and reduce identity-related fraud that can dramatically increase costs of social and economic programs and prevent aid from getting to those who need it most." Robert V. LaPenta, Chairman, President and CEO of L-1 Identity Solutions added, "We recognized early on that this program aligned with the goals and objectives of our Company and that there was tremendous value in our participation. We believe that identity management solutions and services can make a significant contribution to society and undocumented citizens in developing countries, bringing them out of anonymity and helping establish their place and participation in society and affirming their rights to benefits they are entitled to receive as citizens." Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank Chief met Chairman of the UID Number project on December 4, 2009. Prior to this CEO of Yahoo! Inc, Ms Carol Bartz, offered to help India with the UID programme in November 2009 and Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-founder met Nilekani in July, 2009. L-1 Identity Solutions works with US intelligence agencies and has signed a MOU with Unique Identification Number Authority of India (UIDAI). Gopal Krishna Member, Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties New Delhi Mb: 07739308480, 09818089660 Skype id: witnesskrishna E-mail: [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
