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Home Minister Amit Shah moots idea of multipurpose card

Home Minister Amit Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday mooted the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and bank accounts.

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Shah also said the Census 2021 data will be collected through mobile app.

The Home Minister said there should also be a system that when a person dies, the information is updated in the population data automatically.

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"We can have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card. This is a potential," he said. (PTI)

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