 bill no xxxvii of  2006 the citizens' smart card bill, 2006 a billto provide for issue of multi-purpose smart cards to every citizen in the country and matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the citizens smart card act, 2006(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force at once52 in this act unless the context otherwise requires, —definitions57 of 1955(a) ''citizen'' means a citizen of india as defined under the citizenship act, 1955who is above eighteen years of age;(b) ''competent authorities'' means authorities declared by the central government competent to issue and change particulars of a smart card under this act;(c) "prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under this act;5(d) ''smart card'' means a plastic or fibre glass card containing such details on amicrochip or magnetic strip as may be prescribed under this act for the purpose of multi usage;issuance ofsmart cards3 (1) the central government shall, within a period of six months from the date ofcommencement of this act, issue a smart card to every citizen living in a city having a total population of thirty lakhs and above as per the 2001 census:10provided that by 2008, the central government shall issue smart card to each andevery citizen in the coutnry;(2) the smart card issued under sub-section (1) shall contain the following information, namely:—(a) full name in capital letters with photograph of the citizen;(b) date of birth;15(c) permanent address; (d) temporary address, if any; (e) occupation; (f) educational qualification;(g) blood group;20(h) pan number, if any; (i) driving licence details, if any; (j) bank accounts details, if any; and (k) passport details, if any25(3) the smart card shall be prepared displaying only a few particulars and encodingthe rest mentioned in sub-section (2) in such manner as may be prescribed(4) the central government shall by notification in the official gazette declare theauthorities competent to issue and change the particulars in a smart card4  it shall be the duty of every citizen to bring to the notice of competent authorities setup for the purpose every detail required for the purposes of the smart card30duty of citizen to inform the details to competent authorities5 (1) in case of any change in the particulars of the smart card, every citizen shall, in writing, bring it to the notice of the competent authority within a period of sixty daysrecording of change in particulars on smart card(2) on receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the competent authority shallenter the new particulars in the smart card in such manner as may be prescribed:35provided that the central government shall ensure that the changes in the smart cardare made online by the year 20076 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, thesmart card issued under sub-section (1) of section 3 shall be the conclusive proof for thepurposes of determining the age, residence and other details of the citizen and shall be used for such other purposes as may be prescribed40smart card to be proof for determine details of citizenssurrender of smart card7 if a citizen is leaving the country for a period exceeding one year or intends to settle abroad permanently, he shall surrender the smart card with the competent authorities failing which he shall not be allowed to leave the country58 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, acitizen who does not hold a smart card shall not be entitled to the benefits of any of the schemes of the central government, the state governments or their undertakingsdenial of benefits of government schemes to citizen not having smart cardpower to make rules9 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act(2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the rules may provide for all or any of the following matter, namely:—10(a) the size and shape of  the smart card, the photograph to be affixed to the same and the letter to be used therein;(b) the competent authorities empowered to issue the smart card and make changesin it;(c) the manner and purposes in which smart cards can be used;15(d) the manner in which publicity shall be given to the provisions of the act so asto enable the people to get their smart cards prepared; statement of objects and reasonsissue of smart card to each and every citizen in the country is one of the most essential requirements of the day keeping inview the security threat to the nation our nation is prone to infiltration from all sides, and a lot of infiltrations do take place from neighbouring countries therefore, the citizens do need some sort of document to prove their indentity whenever confronted during security checkswith the commitment of the nation towards e-governance, issuing of smart card to a citizen would be a step in that direction many countries have adopted this method of providing identity to their citizens the smart card will be containing all the necessary details about a person it can be used in banks, smart card readers, etc for financial and other transactions in an efficient manner in the long run, it will save a lot of time and energyhence this bill kalraj mishra financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for issuing of smart card to every citizen of the country and for setting up of authorities for issue of smart cards for issuing and changing its particular the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involved expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty crore per annum on account of appointment of staff who will issue the indentity cardsa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill and the rules relate to matters of details only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character rajya  sabha———— a billto provide for issue of multi-purpose smart cards to every citizen in the country and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(shri kalraj mishra, mp)mgipmrnd—504rs(s5)—12-05-2006