Beltron ties up with Blicare to create security solutions

PUNE: Beltron, a Bihar state PSU, will invest Rs. 20 crore to deploy technology to ensure that people get genuine school leaving certificates, genuine medicines and ensure that there is no diversion of benefits from intended beneficiaries of government schemes. To achieve this tall target, Beltron has signed a Letter of Intent with the Pune based Bilcare Ltd for its nonClonableID solution, Ramesh Kumar, managing director, Beltron, said.

"The collaboration will address the diverse needs of various sectors and we will provide these services in Bihar, Jharkhand and the North Eastern states. Our initiative began with the rampant misuse of the Class X certificates. It is very easy to use or misuse this certificate and remember, over 1 million certificates are issued annually, and nearly 25% of these are not genuine. Nearly 40% of Class X students apply for jobs where the eligibility criterion is this Class X certificate. That makes it an important document hence the potential for misuse is vast.Then, there are government schemes which are ill managed because the scheme does not reach the intended targets. We have therefore chosen to start with this project in schools first, beginning from the next time Class X exams are held, in 2012" Ramesh Kumar said.

The state PSU expects to generate revenues of Rs. 300 crore in two years through deployment of this technology. Bilcare will provide the scanners manufactured in its Singapore plant and Praful Naik, executive director, Bilcare Ltd, added that a major chunk of this revenue would be theirs.