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The Kerala Cabinet connected Wednesday (February 18) gave its motion for the Kerala Nativity Card Bill that empowers the State authorities to contented Nativity Cards, which, according to the government, would service arsenic an authoritative papers for services provided by it and different “social requirements.”
The Nativity Card is modelled connected the existing Nativity Certificate issued by the State authorities to certify that a idiosyncratic is simply a Keralite. The paper volition beryllium accepted arsenic an authoritative papers for services provided by the State authorities and different societal requirements, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s bureau said connected Wednesday.
The Kerala government’s connection to present the Nativity Card, which received the Cabinet’s in-principle motion connected December 24 past year, had drawn wide attraction arsenic it came amid the controversies implicit the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rotation and the consequent concerns implicit citizenship.
The December 24 Cabinet gathering had, successful principle, agreed to replacing the existing Nativity Certificate with the photo-affixed imperishable Nativity Card.
The Bill is apt to beryllium introduced erstwhile the existent league of the State Assembly reconvenes connected February 23.
For the intent of the card, the Bill defines ‘native’ arsenic idiosyncratic who was calved successful Kerala and has not accepted overseas citizenship oregon idiosyncratic who has a Kerala-born ancestor who had not relinquished Indian citizenship.
Individuals who person relinquished citizenship volition not beryllium eligible for the card. If a holder relinquishes citizenship aft receiving the card, the paper volition beryllium null and void. People calved extracurricular Kerala to Keralites who were extracurricular the State connected livelihood-related oregon different reasons besides would autumn the ambit of the explanation of ‘native.’
Individuals who necessitate the paper should use to the tahsildar concerned, says the Bill. Although the Tahsildar is the authoritative designated for sanctioning the Nativity Card, registers connected the cards volition beryllium maintained successful colony offices, according to the Bill.
It besides suggests that the State authorities whitethorn contented a notification connected the circumstances successful which authorities departments tin marque usage of the card, alongside different documents, arsenic an authoritative document.
Any idiosyncratic who necessitate the paper should use earlier the authoritative acrophobic successful the prescribed format and by remitting a fee.
Announcing the December 24 Cabinet determination regarding the card, Mr. Vijayan had astatine the clip described it arsenic an “authoritative and legally-backed” papers that enables individuals to easy beryllium that they were calved successful Kerala and are residents oregon imperishable residents of the State.
