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National electronic identity-card programme

In operation Status as of November 2018, as reported in the company case study · Funding type: Not published

IDEMIA describes Nepal's national electronic identity programme as starting in September 2016 and becoming operational in November 2018 1. Its case study reports 117,000 initial cards and expansion toward twenty million national identities. That larger figure is a programme target, not completed issuance. The work covers enrolment, biometric deduplication and identity cards for public-service access. All rollout phases are kept in this entry, separate from the passport contract with another department. The company account does not publish price, tender method, term or detailed data-control provisions.

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Buyer
Department of National ID and Civil Registration (DoNIDCR) 1
Vendor
IDEMIA
Vendor based in
Not confirmed in the cited case study
Signed
Not published, project start reported as September 2016 1
Duration
Not published
Value
Not published
Funding
Not published
Procurement route
Not published
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
Initial enrolment captured photographs, personal information and ten fingerprints. Expanded scope adds iris capture. Contractual retention and access terms are not published 1

Timeline

  1. November 2018, as reported in the company case study: Recorded status is In operation.
  2. The supplier case study contains the department director general's support for deployment, not an independent official assessment 1.
  3. Later policy and court outcomes remain a primary-source verification gap. This historical record does not assess current mandatory-use rules or establish the outcome of later proceedings.

Sources

  1. IDEMIA company statement, case study: A Multi-Purpose Biometric eID for Nepal (undated, accessed 19 October 2026)

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