The Election Commission has imposed a fee system for the re-issuance and renewal of National Identification Card (NID), which will be effective from September 1.
The commission published a gazette notification in this regard yesterday. At present, people are receiving the NID services free of cost.
According to the gazette notification signed by EC Secretary Sirazul Islam, Tk100 has been fixed as service fee for renewing an NID card, while Tk150 for renewing it on urgent basis.
In case of losing or damaging the NID card for the first time, Tk200 has been fixed as service fee to collect it again normally and Tk 300 on urgent basis, it says. For losing or damaging NID card for the second time, Tk300 and Tk500 will be charged as service fees for collecting it through normal process and emergency process respectively.
However, in case of losing or damaging the NID card for more than two times, the service receivers will have to count Tk500 for getting the card through normal process and Tk1,000 for getting it on urgent basis.
Besides, Tk100 has been fixed as fee to make data of NID card corrected for the first time, Tk200 for the second time and Tk300 for more than two times.
According to the EC, about 96 million voters are supposed to receive the “Smart Cards” replacing the current NIDs from August. The EC will update the voter list next year.
Every citizen will get the NID card for free the first time, which will be valid for 15 years.
