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November 05, 2009 10:41 AM
Nepal To Introduce New Format Citizenship Cards
KATHMANDU, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- In a move to make Nepali citizenship cards readable globally, the government will be introducing a new format throughout the nation from November 16.
According to China's Xinhua news agency's report on Thursday, the new format will include in its 8 cm by 11 cm space basic information in English bearing card number, full name, date of birth, place of birth, permanent address and gender of the card- holder.
With this card, it will be easier for Nepali citizens visiting India where they often face problems due to confusion created by the details in Nepal.
Besides, after being connected to the central database through a computerized network, the cards will facilitate groundwork for introducing the National Identity card as mentioned in the government's budget statement this year, Xinhua reported.
According to Thursday's Republica daily, the Home Ministry has already dispatched the new cards to all the districts together with the computer software for printing the cards and recording their distribution.
"As staff are yet to be trained in the use of this unicode and handling of the software, the computerized system will take couple of months before it is extended nationwide," said Prahlad Pokhrel, under-secretary at the Management Section.
The Home Ministry plans to computerize the system and link the records to the regional and central database within three years, officials said.
-- BERNAMA
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