I-Card for Residents of Border Areas

I-Card for Residents of Border Areas

The Government has approved a Scheme to create National Population Register (NPR) and issue Resident Identity Cards to all usual residents of age 18 years and above in 3331 coastal villages in 13 maritime States/ Union Territories namely, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Puducherry as one of the measures for strengthening coastal security. All the towns in Andaman and Nicobar Islands have also been covered. An amount of Rs. 216.31 crore has been approved by the government for creation of NPR in these coastal villages and issue of resident identity cards. The data collection has already been completed in these areas. The demographic data has been collected for 1.2 crore people and biometrics (photograph and ten finger-prints) for 67.3 lakh people. The work of personalization and production of Identity Cards have been undertaken by a consortium of Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), namely, Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL), Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) and ITI Ltd. (ITIL). As on date, more than 62.04 lakh cards have been personalized and produced. The Resident Identity Cards have been dispatched directly to the residents by Department of Post through a secure Speed Post. As on date, more than 48.06 lakh cards have been dispatched. This was stated by Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Mullapally Ramachandran in Lok Sabha today. **** KSD/SAMIR /ASY/PKM (Release ID :92545)