India has handed over INR 450 million upfront to Sri Lanka to fund its distinctive digital id mission, essentially the most essential step within the island nation’s digitalisation programme being carried out by means of the Indian grant help.
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s workplace right here mentioned that the fund from the federal government of India was given on Friday.
Throughout a gathering on the Presidential Secretariat, key stakeholders, together with Presidential Senior Adviser on Nationwide Safety and Chief of Presidential Workers, Sagala Ratnayaka, State Minister of Know-how, Kanaka Herath, Indian Excessive Commissioner, Gopal Bagley, and First Secretary of the Indian Excessive Fee, Eldos Mathew and others engaged in in depth discussions on the mission’s execution.
Signifying the Indian authorities’s dedication to the initiative, the Indian Excessive Commissioner handed over a major contribution of Indian Rs 450 million to Minister Kanaka Herath (State Minister of Know-how), constituting 15 per cent of the overall funds required for the profitable implementation of the mission as an advance fee,” an announcement from the President’s Workplace mentioned.
Ratnayaka emphasised the paramount significance of adhering to a well-defined timeline to make sure the mission’s seamless execution.
Acknowledging the mission’s profound significance in Sri Lanka’s financial restoration course of, Ratnayaka expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Indian authorities for its unwavering help on this endeavour.
“Excessive Commissioner handed over a cheque of INR 450 million to State Minister Hon @kanakadh, within the gracious presence of Hon @SagalaRatnayaka right now for SLUDI (Sri Lanka Distinctive Digital Id Undertaking) mission, which is being carried out by means of grant help by Govt of #India,” the Indian Excessive Fee in Colombo posted on platform X, previously generally known as Twitter.
The mission goals to gather biographic and biometric data, together with facial, iris, and fingerprint information, which shall be saved in a centralised system to problem identification playing cards as per the requirements set by the Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
The implementation of the mission would result in simpler and environment friendly supply of presidency companies, poverty discount and welfare applications; monetary inclusion by means of higher entry to banking and different merchandise/companies.
The mission commenced with the signing of a MoU between Sri Lanka and India in March 2022 and an Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Undertaking Monitoring Committee (JPMC) for the Sri Lanka Distinctive Digital Id Undertaking (SL-UDI) was launched.
The Authorities of India is overseeing the software program growth for the SL-UDI.
