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National ID cards soon

By Anjali Mody

New Delhi Jan. 7. Hours after the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, spoke of a ``serious threat'' to internal security from illegal Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals staying in the country and the need to ``throw them out'', the Centre and the States today decided to introduce National Identity Cards to combat the problem.

A pilot project for issuance of ID cards would be launched in 13 States from April one at a cost of Rs. 14 crores, the Union Home Secretary, N. Gopalaswami, told reporters after a day-long Conference of Chief Secretaries and Directors-General of Police on Internal Security here.

The States where the project would be started are Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Pondicherry and Delhi. — PTI

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