NIDMC, established under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has selected four international consultants and sent the decision to Asian Development Bank for its approval as ADB is funding the project together with the Nepal government. According to officials at the centre, among the four consultants, one will be selected in a couple of days.
The consultant will be hired for 20 months and will be responsible for preparing the report to determine and provide suggestions on different technological aspects.
“We have little know-how of the technology and the information system to be used, so the consultant will provide us with suggestions and assist us in determining the security features and other technological dimensions,” NIDMC Executive Director Narendra Dahal told THT.
After the Cabinet gave a go-ahead on January 19 for the national IDs, NIDMC is working to finalise the National Identity Card Act. “We will take the task in parts, technological and legal, simultaneously,” added Dahal. The biometric smart card, that is expected to replace traditional handwritten citizenship certificates will contain biometric data of individual’s personal information including name, date of birth, gender, place of birth, permanent address, current address, and names of parents, name of spouse, fingerprint, signature and photograph, stored digitally.
The national IDs will be distributed to individuals above 16 years of age and the information in the card will be stored in the Government Information Centre.
As the IDs will be machine readable, it is expected to relieve the government of the need to check the forgery of citizenship certificates. However, some regional parties are objecting to this idea.
Minister for Commerce and Supplies Rajendra Mahato had also objected to NIDMC’s idea digital IDs.
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Quelle/Source: The Himalayan Times, 23.01.2011
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