Amit Shah proposes multipurpose card, says next census in 2021 will be done digitally

NEW DELHI: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday mooted the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and bank accounts.nnShah also said the Census 2021 data will be collected through mobile app.nnThe Home Minister said there should also be a system that when a person dies, the information is updated in the population data automatically.nn”We can have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card. This is a potential,” he said.nnSource: Press Trust of India