Estonia ready to assist India in development of single multipurpose identity card: Ambassador

Estonia Ambassador to New Delhi Katrin Kivi said, his country is willing to assist India in the development of a single multipurpose identity card in view of the country's experience in the domain of e-governance. 

The Ambassador's comments came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, where the two discussed ways to deepen cooperation in the domain of e-governance, cybersecurity, and innovation. Mr. Modi's meeting with Kaljulaid



had come on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session in New York. 

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday had pitched for the idea of a single, multipurpose identity card for citizens covering "all utilities" from Aadhaar to banking and voting. The Home Minister at an event of the Registrar General of India had said that we can have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card.