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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal for making the e-Shakti cards for adults above 18 years old in rural and urban areas.
Following the decision e-Shakti cards will be made available to 5.19 crore adults in the next four years. A sum of Rs 632 crore would be spent on it. |
According to the state Cabinet coordination department principal secretary Ravi Kant cards would be made for 4.67 crore adults in rural and 52 lakh people in urban areas in the state. The cards would have account numbers, photographs and finger prints.
He said e-Shakti was started in the state in 2007 for MNREGS and other schemes. These biometric details will help beneficiaries avail state and centrally sponsored schemes without any hitch. Under the Pilot project 13.5 lakh e-Shakti cards were ready in Patna district.
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