SMART CARDS PART III Rakesh Prakash & Bishnu Dash / Bangalore/bhubaneswar September 03, 2008, 1:16 IST Farm workers swiping biometric cards to receive their daily wages is all set to become a reality in Orissa and Karnataka villages. Both states are ready to distribute smart cards to ensure transparency in the disbursal of social security pension and payment of wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme. In Karnataka, about 600,000 beneficiaries will receive payments by swiping their cards in a project driven by the finance department, which is headed by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa. It will be taken up through a pilot project in the Bellary, Chitradurga and Gulbarga districts of the state.