Identity clash: Plan panel rejects PC’s ID card proposal

Within weeks after home ministry protests halted the expansion of the Nandan Nilekani-led UID project, the Planning Commission that administers UID has hit back. The Planning Commission has rejected the home ministry proposal to issue smart identity cards to all residents based on the National Population Register (NPR) — a digital data base currently under construction — saying the chip-based ID cards were a waste of public money. It has invoked its veto power to stall the Rs 6,790-crore project, government sources said.

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