The Ministry of Finance has announced the results of the "Budget Execution Survey," and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will prioritize support for local governments with significantly low penetration rates, given that the penetration rate of My Number Cards was approximately 45% as of the end of June. He pointed out that a mechanism to do so should be introduced.
The Ministry of Finance conducts a "budget execution survey" every year to verify whether the national budget is being used properly, and on the 26th, announced the results of 34 projects out of this year's survey.
About My Number Card The government is aiming to spread it to almost all people by the end of this year, but the penetration rate is only 45.3% as of the end of June.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is conducting a business to subsidize the expenses required for card issuance work to local governments, but in this survey, it was found that local governments with a high penetration rate are promoting their own administrative services using cards.
In addition, he pointed out that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications should cooperate with prefectures to grasp and verify the status and issues of dissemination promotion efforts for local governments with extremely low penetration rates, and introduce a mechanism to provide priority support.
In addition, as a result of a survey of 60 local governments by the Ministry of Finance, more than half of the local governments requested improvement of card convenience. Instead, we should work on improving the convenience of the card as soon as possible. "