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| Source: CIA World Factbook - Nepal |
Ordinance must for national ID project - Official says other preparations on track (The Himalayan Times)
The report recommends polycarbonated cards for the NID and suggests improving the quality of finger prints that the Election Commission has collected, noting that the prints are of low quality and do not meet the standard for biometric ID cards. An NID card is estimated to cost six to eight dollars.
“After the detailed project report, the consultant is preparing bid documents for the project,” Dahal said.
He anticipated that this process will take a long time to complete.
