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Government sanctions funds for unique identity numbers
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 21:57 IST
New Delhi:Government today sanctioned funds for the second phase of the ambitious scheme to allocate unique identity numbers to 10 crore of the country's population.
The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the commencement of Phase II of the scheme at an estimated cost of Rs 3023.01 crore.
"Of this, an amount of 
477.11 crore would be towards recurring establishment expenditure and 2,545.90 crore would be towards non-recurring project related expenditure," an official spokesperson said.
The estimated cost includes project components for issue of 10 crore unique identity (UID numbers by March 2011 and recurring establishment costs for the entire project phase of five years ending March 2014.
The first set of 10 crore UID numbers are expected to be issued between August 2010 and March 2011.
Source: PTI
477.11 crore would be towards recurring establishment expenditure and 2,545.90 crore would be towards non-recurring project related expenditure," an official spokesperson said.
The estimated cost includes project components for issue of 10 crore unique identity (UID numbers by March 2011 and recurring establishment costs for the entire project phase of five years ending March 2014.
The first set of 10 crore UID numbers are expected to be issued between August 2010 and March 2011.
Source: PTI