Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), an independent state institute, has won the Sri Lankan government’s bid to produce national ID cards for its citizens. The Sri Lankan government has decided to issue new electronic National Identity Cards (NICs) incorporating fingerprints and biometric data for all citizens. The project will involve collection and digitization of all eligible citizens’ biometric and biographic data and transforming the data into a National Persons Registry. The data obtained from citizens will be scanned and converted into a digital format to be uploaded to the National Persons Registry. The bid is based on three components segregating scanning/digitization of new ID forms, ID card backend system and data Center and personalization of ID Cards.
