A biometric 'Iris identification system' for distribution of pension will be soon launched in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.This is perhaps the first time I've seen one biometric modality displace another one in an existing ID management application.
At present, the pensions are being paid by taking a thumb impression of the pensioners, Krishna District Collector A Babu said in an official release. However, sometimes the illegible thumb impressions create problems, he said.
The performance expectations for iris must be substantially higher than what the existing fingerprint system is producing because it looks like there will have to be a new enrollment process for pensioners in the 100 political villages and municipal wards undertaking the change.
