The government plans to charge fees on the corrections and re-issuance of National Identification Cards (NIC) from next year.
The National Identity Registration Wing last month submitted a proposal, signed by its Director General Sultanuzzaman Md Salehuddin, in this regard to the Election Commission, sources at the commission said yesterday.
According to the proposal, a person will have to pay Tk200 for correcting his or her personal information on his card while the charge will be Tk300 for the second time. Accordingly, the fee would remain the same in case of the first and second re-issuance in case of loss of an NIC.
For the third time, it will be Tk400 and this fee will be same for as many times as a person applies for a correction, but in case of loss the charge will be Tk500.
The Election Commission discussed the proposal at a meeting on November 5 but have not yet reached a decision.
When Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz was asked about the plan, he told the Dhaka Tribune that he was not aware of this.
The Election Commission has so far issued identity cards to 9.2crore people across the country while 46 lakh people will receive the cards on completion of the ongoing voter identity card update.