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Smart Cities mission always the more peaceful of the two deliver the components," TCIL's CMD
borders between India and Pakistan, Vimal Wakhlu said.
Modi has launched a "Smart Cities partly also because it was always seen
Mission" along with two other urban as a settled border unlike the Line of The devices will have a biometric mod-
schemes. The five year mission will se- Control. ule to authenticate an individual's iden-
lect cities which will receive funds tity using the Aadhaar number, solar-
based on their performance on param- Network-linked handhelds powered panel for charging terminals
eters like sanitation online administra- for postal delivery soon and a thermal printer to instantly print
tion, quick government delivery and receipts. "This is completely an indig-
Wi-Fi select neighbourhoods. The Department of Posts (DoP) is likely enous project, including devices and
to soon start a Rs 1,370-crore mega components, and strengthens the con-
India's newest religion to project that will allow India's 1.3 lakh cept of 'Make in India'," said Wakhlu.
convert the faithless at postmen in rural regions to use net-
border work-connected handheld terminals The initiative is aimed at preventing
for postal delivery. postal losses and minimising procedural
The Army is about to deploy a new delays. The service will require a digi-
weapon to battle a surprising spike in The project, awarded last year to a tal signature of the addressee that can
violence along the International Bor- consortium that includes state-run be automatically transferred to a cen-
der in Jammu & Kashmir: Twenty20 Telecom Consultants of India Ltd. tral server and an acknowledgement
cricket. (TCIL), system integrator Ricoh India sent to the person. TCIL is roping in
and Hyderabad based VisionTek, which state-owned telecom operator Bharat
Expanding a successful model from the provides handheld devices, was delayed Sanchar Nigam Ltd for providing net-
Kashmir valley, the Army is planning a due to unavailability of components. work connectivity.
new Border Cricket League tourna-
ment for residents along the 197-km Big IT companies such as HP and Wipro Kerala NRI remittances
boundary, a step it hopes will help it were also in the running for the con- cross Rs. 1L cr
earn goodwill of communities that live tract rolled out by the Ministry of
along the border and, as a collateral Communications & Information tech- NRI deposits in Kerala have now
benefit, also some ground intelligence nology. "Based on terminal devices on crossed the magic mark of Rs 1 lakh
from time to time. network, the DoP initiative is likely to crore, soaring by more than 17% from
happen later. The project was delayed Rs 93,884 crore to Rs 1.1 crore (at the
The International Border, or IB, which as the private company took time to end of 2014-15) in just one year, ac-
crosses three districts of the state, was cording to data collected by the state
You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
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