The bill “On organisation of activity on issue and servicing of Universal Electronic Cards in Tatarstan” accepted in first reading at Tatarstan State Council

On November 21 Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov presented the bill “On organisation of activity on issue and servicing of Universal Electronic Cards in Tatarstan” at 46th session of Tatarstan State Council.

The bill sets up the order of holding the contest on selecting banks providing services within the electronic bank enclosure, and the order of card replacement if new federal, regional and municipal electronic applications become available.

From January 1, 2013 to November 18, 2013 3 086 applications for Universal Electronic Cards were submitted in Tatarstan.

To the point, at a session of the Government commission on using information technologies for improvement of life quality it was decided to postpone compulsory issue Universal Electronic Cards for one year, till January 1, 2015, because regional infrastructure and systems are not ready yet.