WB to help make new national ID cards
The World Bank is willing to assist in making new national ID card for the people apart from the existing voter ID card.
Planning Minister AK Khandker informed this after a 3-member delegation of the World Bank, headed by Junghun (Jung) Cho, senior governance specialist of South Asia Governance and Public Sector, called on him at his office yesterday.
The Planning Minister said the new national ID card would be prepared based on the information of the voter ID card and on the upcoming Housing and Population Census to be held in March next. The World Bank would provide both financial and technical assistance.
“The voter ID card prepared under the supervision of the Election Commission (EC) is not a complete national ID card. The new card will have more details, which would not be easy to duplicate,” he added.
He said the World Bank, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the EC would coordinate the making process of the new ID card to avert any duplication.
Asked whether the proposed national ID card could replace the existing voter ID card, he said decision would be taken in this regard in future.
He informed there would be further discussion over the issue with the World Bank. After assessing the proposal, it would be forwarded to the cabinet.
Senior governance specialist of South Asia Governance and Public Sector of World Bank Charles Undeland and Operations Adviser Tahseen Sayed were on the delegation.
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