Introduction
National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is a federal department of the Government of Pakistan that is responsible for issuing identification cards to the citizens of Pakistan
History
During the tenure of Benazir Bhutto's government, in 1996 the Ministry of Interior finalized a B.O.T. contract with IBM for setting up a complete ICT infrastructure for National Citizen Database and issuance of computerized National ID Card. This contract was concluded after several due-diligence technical and commercial meetings at ministerial and government levels. This project became highly politicized within the Government of Pakistan, immediately after the Benazir Bhutto's government was dissolved. The Muslim League, the main opposition political party who was then very close to the Army, felt that the contract of national citizen database to an American company the security of the country would be compromised. Eventually the IBM contract was cancelled by the Government, and the Muslim League then in collusion with a General of Pakistan Army suggested to set up an organisation, managed by an army general. Since 2004, NADRA has maintained its position among the top 50 companies of the world in the field of secure document solution integration NADRA not only takes pride in producing the Computerized National ID Card of Pakistan but also in producing the World’s first Machine Readable Multi-Biometric Electronic Passport
Aims
NADRA aims to minimize the chances of Fake.
Nadra management Information system
- In order to improve civil registration system, CRMS was introduced by NADRA at Union Council Level.
- Under this system event of Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death are captured, which very vital in nature.
- The pilot projects were launched in 100 UCs of
- NADRA has provided software, certificate paper and also imparting training to UCs Secretaries.
- The project is up-and-running for last 3 years.
- Converting data into meaningful information for better and timely decision
480 computer touch screen kiosks have been installed all over Pakistan
1. Utility bills payment
2. Cell phone scratch cards
3. CNIC verifications
It is probably the largest fully integrated database in the world that is having both an Automatic Finger
Identification System (AFIS) & a Facial Recognition System.
- National Data Warehouse
- Storage Capacity of 60 Terabytes
- Processing Speed of 18 Trillion Instructions/ Sec
- Multilingual Support of English/ Urdu/ Sindhi
- AFIS with a matching speed of 16 million/sec
- World largest Facial Library of 47 million images (ICAO)
- Network Infrastructure
- Highly redundant, scalable and mission critical
- Connected with more than 8000 computers
- Equipped Terrestrial, VSAT, and DVB RCS/2 WAN Links
- Electronic tickets are issued and data is written on the RFID chip directly using handheld.
- Points based ticketing system can be implemented using this technology.
- Payment of fines will be made through Kiosk.
Conclusion
· The mobilization of information system (IS) is deemed crucial in fostering national competitiveness in the context of a rapidly changing global economy.
· Strong IS capacity is perceived to make a difference not only in the marketplace but also in the field of governance.
· It is evident that IS promotes good governance in three basic ways:
1. By increasing transparency information and accountability
2. By facilitating accurate decision-making and public participation
3. By enhancing the efficient delivery of public goods and services
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