The Department of National ID and Civil Registration has been touting the card as a digital solution to prevent duplication of voter registration and identity theft, and to maintain proper records of internal voters' migration.
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The Deputy Chief District Officer of Mahottari district, Upendra Neupane, said that the National biometric ID aims to stop “leakage” in the provision of government services, it will help the government know that “you are really who you say you are,” and it will make the process of buying and selling of property easier.
Why are fingerprints hard to read in Nepal?
Storage of multiple biometric data of the citizen, as large parts of the Nepalese population are manual laborers resulting in fingerprints that are hard to read at a higher age Data in the card had to be readable offline due to the limited network coverage in some of the remote areas of the country .
Biometrics nepal
Nepalese federal level identity card
National Identity Card of Nepal is a federal level Identity card with unique identity number for each person that can be obtained by citizens of Nepal, based on their biometric and demographic data. The data is collected by the National ID Card Management Centre (NIDMC), a statutory authority established in July 2011 by the government of Nepal, under the jurisdiction of Home ministry. The contract to process and deliver the cards was signed in 2018 with IDEMIA.
A Nepali passport is issued from the Ministry of Foreign
Passport of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal issued to Nepali citizens
A Nepali passport is issued from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nepal to Nepali citizens for the purpose of international travel. The Department of Passport (DoP), a Department under Ministry of Foreign Affairs functions as the issuing authority and is responsible for issuing Nepali passports on application to all eligible Nepali citizens. It enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as proof of Nepali citizenship.
