Port
Blair, Mar.6: The Chief Secretary, A & N Administration, Shri Chetan B
Sanghi have launched Smart Card based Islander Identity Card for Islanders in
the presence of Shri Udit Prakash Rai, Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman in
the conference hall of Secretariat on Mar 05, 2019. With this, the long pending
demand of Islanders has been fulfilled.
The
enrollment drive for the unenrolled spouse and children of the bonafide
Islanders was carried out during 2016. A total of 36752 applications were
received and 64803 members were added to the Islander Database. Out of 64803
members, there are 19922 new enrolled members are of age above 15 years for
whom Smart Card based Islander Card shall be issued in first phase.
After
completion of the first phase, facility for replacement of Paper Card with
Smart Card based Islander Card shall also be extended. It is pertinent to
mention that 369848 members were enrolled in the Islander database during the
survey conduct in the year 2002.
Further,
it has also been decided to issue "Smart Card" instead of existing
Paper Card. All the newly enrolled members shall be issued "Smart Islander
Identity Card". The bonafide Islanders having Paper Islander Identity Card
can also get their card replaced with new Smart Card.
A
camp shall be setup at ITF ground, Port Blair w.e.f. 11.03.2019 for the
issuance of Smart Islander Identity Card to the newly enrolled family members.
The "Smart Islander Identity Card" shall be issued on a payment of
Rs. 100/-.
It
is once again mentioned that the Islanders enrolled in the list published
during 2002 and their spouse/ children shall only be issued with the Smart card
based Islander Card.
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