Wednesday, February 25, 2009

“Multipurpose ID cards” to check illegal migration - National News Updates

The government has said that multipurpose identity cards will be issued to all citizens to check illegal migration into India.
Replying supplementaries in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram said that the process for preparing a register of National Population is on and it is likely to be completed by 2010-11.
The Minister asserted that strict vigil is being maintained on the India - Bangladesh border to check illegal migration.
Mr. Chidambaram said, enough forces are posted on the border and more are being sent but due to difficult terrain and some other reasons, it is sometimes impossible to stop the illegal migration.
The Minister said, government is aware of the cross border infiltration from Bangladesh and has adopted to a multi-pronged approach to curb this.

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