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100			_aDeshpande, J.V.
245			_aOn a national identity card
260			_c2003
300			_ap.277-78.
362			_a25 Jan
520			_aEven if the government limits the issue of the NICs to adults in the chosen 13 states, it will involve registration of at least 100 million persons and issue of cards to them. Given their known record in the issue of ration cards, passports and permanent account numbers to income tax-payers, which arms of the central and state bureaucracies can be considered equal to the task today? - Reproduced.
650			_aIdentity
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
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