The Advisory Group on Information Technology for Financial Inclusion, set up by Reserve Bank of India, for evolving common/comparable standards for enabling IT based solutions for banking services, had suggested that a separate working group be constituted to deliberate and suggest suitable standards for raw images (finger prints). The Working Group constituted in April 2007 under the convenorship of Dr. A.M. Pedgaonkar, Chief General Manager, Department of Information Technology, Reserve Bank of India submitted the report which has been placed on the Reserve Bank of India`s website (www.rbi.org.in) for comments from public.

Views on the recommendations made in the report may please be sent to Dr. A.M. Pedgaonkar, Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Department of  Information Technology by email  or may be faxed to 022-22691557, within a month.

G. Raghuraj
Deputy General Manager

Press Release: 2007-2008/171