The Chamber questioned the costs of universal electronic maps

Efficiency Project "universal electronic card, promoted personally by President of Sberbank, German Gref, questioned the auditor of the Accounting Chamber Michael Beshmelnitsyn. Wrote on Thursday, May 12, the newspaper Vedomosti. Rostelecom may introduce universal electronic card in Russia at a lower cost than offered participants' universal electronic card (UEK). About this referring to the auditor of the Accounting Chamber (SP) Mihail Beshmelnitsyna Interfax: "Of course, this system is needed. But whether our economy will withstand these costs and who will pay? Eventually these costs will pay consumers. " Tuesday, May 10, Rostelecom and VTB 24 "announced that they will issue cards to work with a single portal of public services. Functional maps similar to the one that's going to do a project UEK, the founders of the same company - Sberbank, Uralsib and "Ak Bars". No one project planned volume of investments has not been declared. How Beshmelnitsyn estimated a project is cheaper for citizens unable to clarify, say "Vedomosti". "VTB 24" is going to issue the cards in a standard plastic of international payment systems with standard chips in the regular issue. A Sberbank plans to make maps of their own technology in conjunction with SITRONICS. Investment in joint venture with "VTB 24" Rostelecom "will determine the course of its development, said spokesman Oleg Rumyantsev. Gref estimated the cost of production of "their" universal cards and infrastructure of their admission to 450 billion rubles. over five years. According to the report Economic Development expenses for the creation in Russia of universal cards can make a 150-170 billion rubles. The Ministry did not consider spending on infrastructure, says one of the top managers of the Savings Bank. "We want to see in the future, the application has become commonplace for all categories of international maps, starting from the level of Visa Classic and Mastercard Standard», - says a board member of VTB 24 "Georgy Gorshkov. The financial plans of the project, he promised to reveal later. Vedomosti noted that prior to the analysis of the effectiveness of electronic charts Beshmelnitsyn take to check the Bank of Moscow, whose shares are purchased VTB in city government we have now equally UEK owned Sberbank, the bank Uralsib "and" Ak Bars ". The Company intends to issue additional shares, in which a UEK will be new shareholders. It is assumed that the universal card will be issued to the Russians since 2012. They can get all Russian citizens over 14 years, according to a statement. And in 2014, cards will be issued to all Russian citizens in general. Pilot region for the implementation of the universal electronic maps of citizens will be in Moscow, where they will appear before the end of this year. Issuing the cards will be free. First, they will be inserted into a chip of a foreign proceeding, and after this kind of master Russian industry - domestic. E-map will be a single document containing passport, pension, tax and banking records of Russians. It is assumed that using such a social card, citizens will be able to receive pensions, pay taxes and pay for it in stores as a normal credit card. Evaluation of the Savings Bank, the creation of maps will free up 60-70% of officials of the social sphere.