Issuance of Barcoaded plastic Voters ID cards likely from January 25

Gandhinagar

Election Commission of India is likely to launch bar-coded plastic election identity cards from 25 January, a day which is marked as Matadar divas. Issuance of new cards could be chargeable. Voters who want such cards will need to pay for it. The new cards will not be mandatory. New photo shoot will not be needed to get new cards for those who already have a photo election identity card. New cards will be water proof and in size of driving license or credit card. Gandhinagar and Patan are two districts chosen for the pilot project of new card. Technical errors found during pilot project are corrected.

© Copyright DeshGujarat. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of any DeshGujarat content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without their prior written consent.