Id Cards
Prez Murmu to get new voter ID; address update process started: Delhi CEO
President Droupadi Murmu is set to receive a new voter identification card as the process to change her address to Delhi has begun, officials said on Friday. The address in her current voter ID card is of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, a senior official of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) Office said. CEO P Krishnamurthy on Friday visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan to facilitate her in "changing her voter ID address" to Delhi, the officials said. "In an exemplary display of democratic participation, the Hon'ble president filled out Form-8 to initiate the address update process," the CEO Office said in a statement. The president is "set to receive a new voter ID card, reflecting her updated residential address in Delhi," the statement said. The Delhi CEO apprised the president about the ongoing Special Summary Revision-2024. She will be eligible to cast her vote in the forthcoming election from New Delhi district, the statement said. "The CEO expressed gratitude to the president for he
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Over 8.8 mn UDID cards for people with disabilities issued: Official data
Over 88 lakh UDID cards for people with disabilities have been issued in the country so far, official data has showed. Unique ID for Persons with Disabilities project is being implemented with a view of creating a National Database for PwDs, and to issue a Unique Disability Identity Card to each person with disabilities. According to the latest data, 88,18,452 UDID cards have been generated till now. Elaborating further during an event, Social Justice and Empowerment minister Virendra Kumar said that the scheme has been implemented in all the states across the country. "Persons with Disabilities do not need to make multiple copies of documents as the card will capture all the necessary details and is valid throughout the country," he said. According to census 2011, there are 26.8 million people with disabilities in India, making up 2.21 per cent of the total population.
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Ancient trees at China's famous Mountain get digital ID cards
The digital ID cards hold basic information on the trees collected by a new monitoring and management system for ancient trees on the mountain
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