Friday 03 September 2010 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
India plans multi-purpose national ID card for citizens

The Government of India proposed to issue multi-purpose national identity (smart) card (MNIC) to the citizens in the country.

New Delhi: The Government of India proposed to issue Multi-purpose National Identity (smart) Card (MNIC) to the citizens in the country.<!--more-->

In a communication sent to the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Manikrao H Gavit said that the project envisages providing unique national identity number (NIN) to each person in the National Population Register.

However, keeping in view the complexities involved both in the processes and technology, a pilot project has been under implementation covering a population of 30.95 lakh in the selected areas in 12 states and one Union Territory.

"Under the pilot project, identity smart cards are being issued to the citizens of age 18 years and above," the Minister said.

Gavit informed that the production and distribution of identity cards to be completed by March this year has been undertaken through central public sector undertakings (PSUs).

He further added it has been decided that the implementation of the scheme in the entire country would be based in the light of the experiences gained and lessons learnt from the pilot project.
—iGovernment Bureau

SIR,

How can I get this card? I am residing in Bhayander (E), THANA, MAHARASTRA and I am not able to trace any movement around me regarding this ID Card . Can somebody post the answer to my address?

Thanking You

PRAVEEN JOSHI

B/102, RAJA RAM DEV PARK
S.V. ROAD, NAVGHAR X ROAD,
BHAYANDER (E), THANA,
MAHARASTRA - 401105
Cell: 9892877139

want to have senior citizen card for my father & father inlaw.pls guide me to can i grab it?

in the urban area the citizens are holding driving license, passport or some other i card but in rural area citizens dont have such facilities and they pay a cost for getting identified whenever required. so better this project to be prepared keeping in view the rural poor people.

sir,
will you tell me about all the things like how i can apply for national id card where i have to go for this card i m living in delhi please tell me as soon as posible and i m not able to find out this on internet

this is an exellent project we are expecting from long back, we are waiting to proceed and get the card

how to apply for the national identity card,please someone reply how to get one if my residence is in Tamil Nadu and working place is in mumbai

Privacy Implications
There are many potential privacy fallouts of this project, not the least of which is triggered by the Government's official plan to link the databases together. The MNIC is also unconstitutional as it violates fundamental right to privacy. [3].
• The right to privacy of citizens will be greatly compromised if MNICs are made compulsory. Although there is sometimes a tension between individual privacy rights and national security, international law and India’s domestic law expressly set a standard in tort law and through constitutional law to protect an individual’s privacy from unlawful invasion. Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ratified by India, an individual’s right to privacy is protected from arbitrary or unlawful interference by the state. The Supreme Court also held the right to privacy to be implicit under article 21 of the
Indian Constitution in Rajgopal v. State of Tamil Nadu. Moreover, India has enacted a number of laws that provide some protection for privacy. For example the Hindu Marriage Act, the Copyright Act, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Code of Criminal Procedure all place restrictions on the release of personal information.
Privacy is a key concern with respect to the MNIC scheme as all of an individual’s personal information will be stored in one database where the possibility of corruption and exploitation of data is far greater than when having the information disbursed. Risks that arise from this centralisation include possible errors in the collection of information, recording of inaccurate data, corruption of data from anonymous sources, and unauthorised access to or disclosure of personal information. Other countries with national identification systems have confronted numerous problems with similar risks such as trading and selling of information, and India, which has no generally established data protection laws such as the U.S. Federal Privacy Statute or the European Directive on Data Protection, is ill-equipped to deal with such problems. The centralised nature of data collection inherent in the MNIC proposal only heightens the risk of misuse of personal information and therefore potentially violates privacy rights.
In consideration of the risks involved in the creation of a centralised database of personal information, it is imperative that such a programme not be established without the proper mechanisms to ensure the security of each individual’s privacy rights. Unfortunately, India’s proposed MNIC programme lacks any provision for judicial review at the present time. Without credible and independent oversight, there is a risk of ‘mission creep’ for MNICs; the government may add features and additional data to the MNIC database bureaucratically and reflexively, without re-evaluating the effects on privacy in each instance.

Hello,

How can I get this card? I am residing in Hyderabad and I am not able to trace any movement around me regarding this ID Card . Can somebody post the answer to my address?

Thanking You
G.Narsimulu
H.NO:29-1322, Vinakaya Nagar,
Neredmet, Hyderabad 500 056, A.P.
Cell: 9885723987, 9700492824-25.

9886733435

what is the procedure to make this card.

This is an excellent scheme and has been existing in many countries for years now, in countries like Hong Kong and Singapore, the biometric cards have been reissued to the citizens and Permanent Residents and non residents. On this I have a question on how would the government issue the ID card to non-residents.

Hello,

Any response to the query posted on "How to Get this card ?". I am residing in Bangalore and I am not able to trace any movement around me regarding this. Can somebody post the answer to the list ?

Thanks
Ganga Prasad
9886733435

I don't know how they are planning but I think it's better this project can also get hold from internet. People can easily put their details based on their existing PAN, Passport, DL or Voter ID card on a simple submission page and the records will automatically been created based on this information and informatino provided by the citizen now the required official can get hold of this useful information in any way as required.

As we already have a great national portal and it can be a link at homepage with a time limit, let's say 3 years for all.

Anyway that's my idea of implementation.

I have some ideas regarding this for more than 9 years ...

I interested to work in this project without pay also ...

I have some work out / home work... with that I can issue the ID card to all people over the country within one year.

It is assured and there is no change in it.....

Goverment please accept my proposal....

thanks for reading i am waiting for your favourable reply.

please give a chance to prove me. It is a dream for me for more than 9 year.... i really dont know whom to contact regarding this for further process.

thanks for your reading...

how to apply to NIC, this is very use full to me, other pvt sector and to multi propose.

There should be a national identity no.which will be rquired for all other identity cards.It should shave finger print,photo,Photos of eyes etc.All details of a person should be there,including Land transactions,bank details etc.
Everything should be done n the basis of this number.
Morover at time of investingation all details can be checked only by a rank of Supdt of Police.in Other case ex:A bank should be able to get only bank details.Revenue dept should be able to get only their requirements.It should be like a autography from birth to death.
There should be a provision to add more or it should be accomodating more changes in future say after 10 or 15 years.

My Name is Amit Bhowmik, from Tripura. I thing that's a good idea for India.

I want to My National Identy Card. Any Body Help Me? Plz tell me how can I find National Identy Card?

i read a details about national id card, any 1 can tell me how can i make this card, wheres the office or contact number plz. My number 9773191580

Indian govt sucks !!! .. I know so many officials working there don't know how to do their job still .. they will make spelling mistakes or address mistakes in this card too ..like ration card and voters id ... so whats the use ???

Hello Sir,

I was just wondering if private entreprenuers will be given license to issuing id cards (either fresh one or duplicate one) since duplicates are bound to be issued in case of lost or so. Whats it gonna be then???

How can i apply for the National Id Card in India?

Can any one plese help me out if there is some online option.

Thanx

sabhi id card achhe hote hai lekin problem unke banne ke procecess par hoti hai govermant pehle form fill up karayegi uske bad id card milte milte kai saal beet jayegi ye tarika hai sarkar ka .
mere view se sabhi mohalo me centre banaye jaye aur turant document verify karke use turant de diya jaye tabhi sab ko id card mil sakta hai varna iska hal bhi votar card jaisa hopga

greatful identity card so hows can i take this card??
Thanks.....hemant

what will be the great achivements by this card ?

Indian govt sucks !!! .. I know so many officials working there don't know how to do their job still .. they will make spelling mistakes or address mistakes in this card too ..like ration card and voters id ... so whats the use ???

Hi
dear sir
multi purpose nation card kai tarah se khubi vala he aur isaka bahetarin upyog kiya to iske bahetarin feature he.
1> 70% crime kam ho dakate he.
2> har indian me samanta aayegi
3> har ek aadmi delhi se direct communet kiya ja sakata he.
4> sabhi state aur unki pranli par centre goverment ka direct cantrol hoga.

ye bate me moka milane par prove kar sakata hu. mere pass pura peoject he.
yours resprcted
Patel vrajpal Y.
vrajpal_patel@yahoo.co.in

Multipurpose National Identity Card

The Multipurpose National Identity Card (MNIC) project is an initiative of the Indian Government to create a national ID for every Indian citizen with the objective of,
• Increasing national security,
• Managing citizen identity, and
• Facilitating e-Governance.

Idea of the project
• This project was initiated by NDA government in the year of 2002;
• The project’s importance was underscored by the then President of India -Abdul Kalam in his 2006 Independence Day eve address to the nation.
• 26th November, 2008 Mumbai events of terrorist attack gave a shock to the government and they realized its importance of national identity for every citizen of India.
• Finally in the year 2009 UPA government has officially declared about this world biggest IT project and established “Unique Identification Authority of India” (UIDAI). The chairperson of this authority is Mr. Nandan Nilekani co-founder of Infosys. His position, rank and status is also equivalent to cabinet minister of India.
• In the Interim budget of January 2009, UPA government has allocated 100 Cr. for this project.

Unique Identity Card includes,
• Name, Address and Education,
• Biometrics card includes individual’s different identity like signature, thumb etc.
• Blood group and health related information,
• Financial and investment related information,
• 16 digit identity number will be given,
• Its memory is up to 16 MB,
• Up to 10 years information will be stored.

The initial phase of the project is expected to cover nine states and four union territories. The UID will be issued to people living in the coastal villages of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. The Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Lakshadweep, Punducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Island. Shall also be covered in this first phase expected to deliver the identity cards by early 2010.

5th Angle of the Square!!!!!!!
• This project gives 1 lack employment opportunity in all over India,
• IT industry will get 10,000 Cr business
• It helps to reduce recession effect
• Wipro is Authorized Advisory member for facilitating this project.

Where it will be useful???
• Tax Payment
• Phone Connection
• To open Bank Account
• To get benefit from the Government Scheme
• Driving Licenses
• Election Card
• Pan Card
Mr. Nandan Nilekani says, It is our “National Passport”.

How to useful for government?
• To introduced any new schemes and policies for the betterment of the people.
• There is a Unity in Diversity in our country. So, it will helpful to understand what is requirement of the people at different state or places etc.
• Government can also focus on implementation of schemes and policies and also evaluate its effectiveness.
• Every citizen can get benefit of the scheme and directly connected with government. There are no any intermediaries.

World Status
There are different countries in the world using this type of card for different proposes.
• China – To use for introduce social scheme for the people.
• Pakistan – To use for distribution of the quota system.
• UK – Administrative effectiveness of the nation and to control on crime.
• Newzeland – To use for the beneficiaries of the different social schemes.
• Netherland - Administrative effectiveness of the nation
• Spain, Portugal, Thailand, Singapore – As a part of national register of the nation.
Most of the countries are using this card for controlling on illegal immigration.

Challenges
• At the initial stage of this project only those people will get this card that possessed ration card means ration card holder will get 1st priority.
• Now question is whether all ration card holder is an Indian Citizen really?
• As per the government record in all over India more than 2 Cr. Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Nepalis are getting benefit of different government schemes by ration card only.
• Even government also estimates that there are 65.2 million people below the poverty line (BPL), but there are actually more than 80 million rations cards issued to BPL families.
• The government has issued a total of 223 million ration cards against a total estimated 180 million households.
• In other words, there are at least 43 million ghost cards.
• To make this unique card UIDAI will take information from the
• Election Commission and Department of Population Calculation and both the departments are well known for doing the mistakes.

We r hearing about multi-purpose national ID card since 2008, but when it is implementing.

We r hearing about multi-purpose national ID card since 2008, but when it is implementing.

Yes this is a great initiative by the illuminati of India. With this implementation we should also completely be done away with CASH. There should only be digital money and every one should be given one national bank account and they should be given a NATIONAL Cash card only with which a person can make purchases, cash should be abolished because Bangladeshi's, communists and the Pakistanis are diluting our cash and there is a lot of inflation because of that.. everything should be monitored so that all sheep be in line. will definitely bring a reform in our country. It will validate the real identity of an individual. It might also act as an helpful tool for the security of our country.
But what is important here is that--it will reach to our rural masses! In our day to day life we face lot of difficulties. It is also not easy to get a VOTER ID CARD so will it be possible for our government to issue it to every single citizen of India. What I think is that before implementing this we need to think about its approachibility. Government of India has to make sure that whoever is an Indian National must get it & than only it will give the real fruit.
Jai Hind

Great idea belatedly took shape.
Like USA We must have some kind of social security identity number which
will be accounted for. Ca u believe
me I was Born In Raichur Brought up At Tamilnadu Town served IN BSF for 30 years My name never listed any Voter's list either Raichur, Nor Arkonam and My present Home at Hyderabad I ran pillar to post to get my name along with my wife/children name included. Now it is turn of our daughter in law to be included in the list. I willing to be a part of this issue multi-purpose national identity (smart) card (MNIC) to the citizens in the country. we must take into consideration the illeterate who do not have access to so many modern gadgets how to preserve his card and memorise his number etc If possible a small chip be embedd in his self to avoid any mis use etc that is log way to dream Our Great Nandani Neilkani will come with a solution Let us motivate retired people can use theor sparing time to assist this movement to curb corrupt government officials

This is good step. It will help citizen in many wayes.most impartant it is related to our national security.

Multipurpose national identity card scheme is a great & unique idea.

Yes this is a great initiative by the illuminati of India. With this implementation we should also completely be done away with CASH. There should only be digital money and every one should be given one national bank account and they should be given a NATIONAL Cash card only with which a person can make purchases, cash should be abolished because Bangladeshi's, communists and the Pakistanis are diluting our cash and there is a lot of inflation because of that.. everything should be monitored so that all sheep be in line.

So we are on track... do the great challenging job Nandan Nilkani..
Regards

The proposed Multipurpose ID Card is a very good solution, it may be started with government servant, as it is mandatory for government servant to have i.c, as per requirement of office servants has to visit many office and estt, like in customs one has to obtained to deppt i.card and when they are posted in port/airports, seperate i.c is issued which causes loss to exchequer in form of time and issuing i.c,which workouts atleast a day salary to government and the works which suffers

The good news is that the project has again been reconfirmed by the President of India but for sake of project success, I think it should be handled by some autonomous body instead of the existing govt. depts.
Take the case of Delhi Metro Rail, it has been well led and implemented by Mr. E. Sreedharan, similar sort of body and person should be identified for this proejct to make it a huge success.

i have developed a simple individual ientification system. lot better than the present mnic. pl communicate in this regard. i calim to be the world's best e-governance system. unbelievably simple and useful to complete many goverment applications like pan card, ration card, passport, caste certificate, banking, income tax department etc.

So far, there have been no tests/pilots conducted on the multipurpose nature of this valuable card. This should be done early to plan for future implementation, as learnings will take time.

One good step taken in this regard is to increase the memory of smart card to 64K so that it can store more data and hence be used for more applications.

Another good step, without putting much further thought would to be make it a contactless smart card, which is more durable in nature, and proven worldwide.

I am sure there has been enough learning now. We can start at least by immediately standardizing the Unique ID structure and minimum information requirement of an individual, so that it can be followed by various other eGovernance initiatives and would lead to consolidation of various people databases across the country.

This will save time and tax-payers money.

Hi
my suggestion to the government
is inspite of the signature i suggest to put the thumb scan mark on the identification card so that the duplications of the card can be avoided
also suggest to take the document of the icard holder i.e. birth cerificate and the ration card
also put the systems in the government locations so that the entry to the holder can be used thru thumb mark

The proposed Multipurpose ID Card is really a great idea. However, fingerprint should be incorporated compulsorily for identification purpose and the central server system should have finger print for all the citizens of the country. All future issuance of any form of card to any section in the society should have thumb impression registered so that with time we will have a sound database of all citizens (details may be seen in my following posting to iGovernment newsletter: http://www.igovernment.in/site/India-may-set-up-federal-agency-to-battle...
and in Times of India: http://o3.indiatimes.com/mytimes/archive/2008/07/29/4932459.aspx#4932780).
Signature is a good indicator of literacy but thumb impression is better for verification purpose.

Hi,
I am a senior citizen, living in Coimbatore/Tamilnadu. Can any one tell me, where I can get the ID Card for a senior citizen? I got a card from Indian Postal Dept. by paying INR 250.00 But I find it is difficult to convince the cops/officials that card and they say that there is a card issued exclusively for Senior Citizens in Mumbai! Can anyone guide me, please!!!
Thanks and Regards, R.BALA.

A great idea thats getting implemented. Like to know the outcome of the pilot project. Also please inform the states where the pilot projects were undertaken.

How can I apply for this card. Please tell me about the process. Please call me or send full information about this card on my mail.

NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD will definitely bring a reform in our country. It will validate the real identity of an individual. It might also act as an helpful tool for the security of our country. But what is important here is that--it will reach to our rural masses! In our day to day life we face lot of difficulties. It is also not easy to get a VOTER ID CARD so will it be possible for our government to issue it to every single citizen of India. What I think is that before implementing this we need to think about its approachibility. Government of India has to make sure that whoever is an Indian National must get it & than only it will give the real fruit. Jai Hind

From the National Security point of view, this MNIC is not going to serve the purpose. I have a suggestion which could be considered. Instead of issuing a dozen cards to a single citizen, it is better to issue a single card with a unique number to a single citizen for a number of purposes. For eg. If I had the same number as my election ID, PAN no, TIN no, Passport no, Driving License no, ppf no, Bank account no, demat account no, etc, etc. Then corruption and terrorism will cease to exist. What's more. I have just made a successful formulation and my dream project can benefit every citizen of our country.

We should make it compulsory, and to get it we must sign the common man rights and duty. No caste should be displayed please only district and the country. This should be a weapon, to do the daily basic things, and if you want to be part of the society, and get jobs, we must be obliged to sign the common man act. All Indians

Multipurpose national identity card scheme is a great idea and every Indian must apply for it to save the country from any terrorist attack and security breach.

Excellent decision taken on NMI Card ! I would suggest that steps should be taken to strictly avoid data error both in English language & local languages too, if any. Initially the project should be excuated in different parts of the country and then rolled out nation wide.

The Unique Identity Card should have reference of the date of birth of the citizen which will be most useful. I have developed a concept and I am ready to share the same for best use Prakash Dikshit 09819693195 thane Maharashtra

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