INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, August 27
The House of Representatives today endorsed the National Identity Card and Civil Registration Bill.
The parliamentary
State Affairs and Good Governance Committee hadendorsed the bill on August 15.
The bill contains the provision for national identity cards
that include dozens of information, including biometric data, of citizens.
The bill will now be forwarded to the National Assembly for
After endorsement from both thehouses, the bill will be sent to the President Office for certification.
&There will be different ID cards
for foreigners residing in Nepal and Non-Resident Nepalis,& Minister of Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa today told lawmakers in the HoR
As per the provisions in the bill, the government will now have to collect general and biometric information of foreigners and NRNs as
prescribed by the regulation.
National ID cards will have two sets of information for Nepali citizens — information on the card (outside)
and information inside the card
Information on the card will include name of the concerned person, his/her surname, date of birth, gender, nationality, ID card number,
photo, issued date, name and signature of the issuing authority, permanent address, type of citizenship card and citizenship card number (if
obtained).
Information stored in the electronic chip installed inside the card include name of the concerned person, his/her surname, date
of birth, gender, nationality, ID card number, photo, issued date and name and signature of the issuing authority, permanent address, type
of citizenship and citizenship card number, biometric information, names of parents, names of grand parents and name of spouse.
Those who
have obtained citizenship cards and those who are eligible to obtain citizenship cards can apply for the National ID card
The government will also issue National ID cards to children.
The government will also collect general and biometric information of
Information of those who are working in diplomatic missions, tourists and NRNs will be obtained by the government.
The government had
already started distributing National ID cards in the country a month ago
It stopped distributing ID cards following criticism from the main opposition Nepali Congress in the House
This prompted the government and the panel to initiate clause-wise discussion of the bill.
The government will draft a procedure under the
bill for obtaining general and digital information, including bio-metrics
Although, the national ID card has more than dozen bits of information, it will not replace the citizenship card or other public
documents.
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