[Reader-list] MNIC: Parliament Questions - 1

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear All

>From today in addition to the series of posting  gathered under a
generic title called - News Items posted on the Net on Multiple
Purpose National Identity Card-, I wish to start a new thread. This
thread will have questions asked on the identity cards in our
parliament. This thread will have two sections. One for lok sabha and
one for rajya sabha. I propose to cover the thirteenth and the
fourteenth lok sabha sessions and corresponding rajya sabha session
about this issue. The format of the posts will be as follows- a link
followed by the question asked and the answer given. I hope this
thread will be able to bring additional data in the public domain
about how our politicians and policy makers look into the idea of
identity cards. Also help us understand exactly who are the
politicians, interested in asking questions about identity cards? What
is the nature of these questions and what kind of answers does the
government of India provides?

Regards

Taha

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  	HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED 	 QUESTION NO  	367
ANSWERED ON   	25.07.2000
ISSUE OF IDENTITY CARDS TO RESIDENTS OF INDO-PAK BORDER
367 .	Shri CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE
	
RAMESH CHAND TOMAR
SHYAMA SINGH
NARESH KUMAR PUGLIA
RASA SINGH RAWAT


(a) whether the Government have decided to issue identity cards to all
the residents within the five kilometers stretch of the Indo-Pak
border in Jammu and Kashmir;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether such cards would also be issued to other residents in
border areas in other States where infiltration across the border has
been reporting;

(d) if so, the time by which the work of issuing cards is likely to be
started; and

(e) the extent to which the existing measures are sufficient to
prevent infiltration across the border?
ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO )

(a)&(b): As a part of J&K Action Plan the State Govt. of Jammu &
Kashmir has been advised to issue photo identity cards to all male
habitants in the age group of 16 to 60 years living within 25 Kms of
the Line of Control/International Border.

(c)&(d): A proposal for compulsory registration of all citizens in the
country and issuing them Multi-purpose National Identity Cards (MNICs)
under consideration for which a private consultancy firm has been
entrusted to work out the feasibility aspect of this scheme.

(f) : The Government have recently taken a decision for adopting a
multi-modal approach for erecting an obstacle system on the
International Border in Jammu Sector to check infiltration and
smuggling of weapons/explosives etc. Some of the other steps taken to
prevent infiltration include strengthening border management, gearing
up of intelligence machinery, close surveillance of the border by
intensive patrolling, conduct of special operations, Nakas and
ambushes, provision of specialised equipments like night vision
devices etc.