Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has taken a decision to move from current 32kb smart cards to 64kb smart cards in a phased way. From April 2012 identified set of districts will start issuing 64kb smart cards. All the other districts will migrate to 64kb over next 12 months.
Specifications of new Enrollment software have been released by MoLE and new enrollment software will be ready from April 2012.
MoLE has decided that now the Transaction Software will be prepared at the central level and will be provided free of cost to all the Insurance Companies. This Transaction Software is being prepared at present and will be released by April 2012.
It has also been decided that all the Smart Card Service Providers will need to be accredited by Quality Council of India and they need to apply by end of February 2012 and get the accreditation by 15th March 2012.
