"Our target is to provide E-ID cards to 300 people per day, so the E-ID Card program in 197 districts/cities can be completed in 2011," the ministry`s Population and Civil Record Director General Irman said here on Wednesday when checking the equipment and E-ID card system at Menteng.
Around 67 million people are expected to get E-ID cards in August 2011.
In the process of obtaining an E-ID card, one resident spend for only around two minutes for signature, retina photo record, picture taking and finger print record.
The two minute process is faster than the earlier calculated four minutes. He estimated around 300 people could be served daily to obtain the E-ID cards.
Irman said the E-ID cards could prevent one resident from having more than one ID cards or trying to fake his or her identities.
The E-ID card program is implemented in two stages - the first stage is in 197 districts/cities in 2011, and the second state in 300 districts/cities in 2012.
According to him, the devices for the program have been ready and and distributed to 267 urban villages in Jakarta.
The home affairs ministry has allocated a total budget amounting to Rp6.3 trillion from the state budget for the application of the e-ID cards, including for the logistics such as cards, card readers, finger print scanners, cameras, signature pads, servers, and trainings for 40,000 operators in every district/city.
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