The Division of Registration of Individuals will situation Digital ID playing cards to all Sri Lankan residents underneath 15 years within the close to future.
Round 1.7 million youngsters would qualify for this digital ID card which might comprise fingerprints and the kind of blood of the ID holder along with the traditional bio information, Commissioner Basic of Division of Registration of Individuals, Viyani Gunathilake advised the Sunday Observer.
He mentioned that the brand new program to situation digital ID playing cards might be carried out underneath an Indian assist scheme and issuing these ID playing cards countrywide can be finalised inside one and a half years.