{"id":7821,"date":"2023-06-12T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/?p=7821"},"modified":"2023-06-12T13:02:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:02:20","slug":"nid-services-under-home-ministry-cabinet-okays-draft-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/2023\/06\/12\/nid-services-under-home-ministry-cabinet-okays-draft-act\/","title":{"rendered":"NID services under Home Ministry, Cabinet okays draft act"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cabinet on Monday (June 12) granted final approval to the draft of the \u201cNational Identity Card Registration Act, 2023\u201d.<\/p>\n

The act introduces the provision of issuing a unique national identity number immediately after birth.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, under this new legislation, responsibility for NID services will be transferred from the Election Commission (EC) to the Security Services Division within the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n

The approval was granted in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office, confirmed Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the enactment of this new law, newborns will receive a unique ID shortly after birth. This will later become the individual\u2019s NID card number,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\n

Mahbub Hossain also detailed that a register office would oversee operations related to the unique NID card, and this office would determine the necessary manpower and organizational structure for the task.<\/p>\n

The government has taken this initiative to make the NID services more efficient, he added.<\/p>\n

Responding to a question, the Cabinet secretary clarified that the act will come into effect on a date declared by the government, and will not become immediately applicable after parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n

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For some time now, the Ministry of Home Affairs has sought authorization for the NID card management system.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

As per the new law, all services related to NID will fall under the remit of the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n

Currently, the Election Commission holds authority over NID-related operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cabinet on Monday (June 12) granted final approval to the draft of the \u201cNational Identity Card Registration Act, 2023\u201d. The act introduces the provision of issuing a unique national identity number immediately after birth. Simultaneously, under this new legislation, responsibility for NID services will be transferred from the Election Commission (EC) to the Security […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7823,"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7821\/revisions\/7823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonotarsomoy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}