PAF to form ad hoc committee for national ID distribution

Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) has decided to from an ad hoc coordination committee comprising representatives from public and private sector under the leadership of PAF vice chairperson Janak Raj Joshi to distribute the proposed the national identity cards to poor households until an over-sight agency is formed.
According to a press release issued on Friday, PAF board meeting decided to form an ad hoc committee and also proposed to develop an over-sight agency to ensure the effective implementation of national identity cards distribution program.
The meeting decided to distribute the national identity card in three phases. “It will distribute the cards in 25 districts in the first phase,” said the press releasing without identifying the districts.
The committee will start work on distribution of national identity card formally from from Sept 17.
The PAF, which is entrusted to carry out the national identity cards distribution program, will also review the report prepared by the technical committee on poor households. “The report will be submitted to the government after the review,” read the release.
The government launched the program to distribute the national identity cards to the poor households within this fiscal year 2012/13.