The Cabinet today approved the draft of National Identity Registration Act, 2022 aiming to bring the national identity registration operation under the Security Services Division from the Election Commission and introduce a unique identity number against every national of the country.
The approval was taken at the regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair held at her office here.
"The decision was taken to bring it under the Security Services Division, which handles the passport (operation). There would ultimately be a unique identity (against each national)," said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam while briefing reporters after the meeting.
He said the birth registration number of a person will be used in his/her passport, NID and other documents.
The Election Commission currently conducts the national identity registration operation and issues the national identity cards against the nationals aged 18 or above since 2007 as per the National Identity Registration Act, 2010.
