[Reader-list] MNIC: Parliament Questions - 33

[Taha Mehmood]

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  	HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
STARRED 	 QUESTION NO  	227
ANSWERED ON   	19.03.2002
ISSUE OF IDENTITY CARDS
227 .	Shri NEDURUMALLI JANARDHANA REDDY
	
SHYAMA SINGH


(a) whether the Government propose to issue identity cards/citizen
cards to all the citizens of the country to check the illegal
migration;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Union Government have taken a decision to issue tamper
proof Identity Cards to all the villagers living in the 10 k.m. border
belt to check infiltrators from the various borders;

(d) if so, the details in this regard;

(e) whether any criteria has been fixed for issuance of such Identity Cards;

(f) if so, the details thereof;

(g) whether any time schedule has been fixed to complete the task; and

(h) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ( SHRI CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO )


(a)to(h): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.


STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.227
DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19TH MARCH, 2002


(a)to(h): A proposal to issue Multipurpose National Identity Cards
(MNICs) to Indian citizens, including the people residing in the
border areas of the country, is receiving the Government`s attention.
These cards apart from providing a credible identification system, may
have multifarious uses.


The issue of MNICs would involve creation of an identification system
for more than one billion citizens, streamlining the existing
machinery for the registration of births and deaths at the grass root
levels and choices of institutional as well as technological options
for the creation of an integrated data base of personal identities
capable of being continuously updated. The Government would finalize
its decision only after an in-depth examination of all relevant issues
and after making necessary preparations, including the legal backing
to the scheme.