Multi-purpose I-cards to be launched
The multi-purpose national identity cards carrying 16 personal details of an individual will be launched in the national capital on Saturday.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The multi-purpose national identity cards carrying 16 personal details of an individual will be launched in the national capital on Saturday.
The micro-chip based cards, each carrying a unique national identity number, will be distributed in a north Delhi locality, as a pilot project, and subsequently 30 lakh people residing in 20 pilot locations spread across a dozen states will be covered, official sources on Friday said.
The sophisticated identity cards, to be issued to citizens above 18 years of age under the pilot project, are secured electronic devices to be used for providing a credible individual identification system for improving the citizen-Government interface.
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