{"id":833,"date":"2025-01-14T17:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T11:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thulirvu.com\/?p=833"},"modified":"2025-01-14T17:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T11:54:34","slug":"sri-lanka-to-roll-out-digital-national-identity-cards-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka to Roll Out Digital National Identity Cards This Month..!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited transition to digital national identity cards will begin this month, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne announced today (14) during a media briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll new National Identity Cards will be issued in a digital format,\u201d stated Weeraratne, emphasizing that this move is aimed at eliminating the delays that citizens currently face when obtaining identity cards.<\/p>\n<p>The project, estimated to cost Rs. 20 billion, has received significant financial support from India. \u201cHalf of the project cost is being covered through assistance from the Indian government, which eases the financial burden on us,\u201d the Deputy Minister noted.<\/p>\n<p>The new digital NICs are expected to streamline identity verification processes, enhance security, and modernize the country\u2019s identification system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a pivotal step in embracing the digital era and ensuring efficiency in public services,\u201d Weeraratne added, expressing optimism about the positive impact of this initiative on citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited transition to digital national identity cards will begin this month, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Eranga Weeraratne announced today (14) during a media briefing. \u201cAll new National Identity Cards will be issued in a digital format,\u201d stated Weeraratne, emphasizing that this move is aimed at eliminating the delays that citizens currently face when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"category-breaking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835,"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions\/835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanninet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}