Biometric information to be collected simultaneously in 45 townships of Yangon Region

Biometric information will be collected simultaneously in 45 townships of the Yangon Region, the Yangon Region chief minister said at the opening of the training course on how to use the Biometric Enrollment and UID Management System of the Yangon Region Immigration and Population Department on 20 June.
The collection of biometric information, which is a basic and vital system for the e-Government process to convert the digital system in accordance with international standards, will be done in 45 townships in Yangon Region at the same time. It will be conducted by dividing civil servants and their family members, students aged 10 years and above, prisoners in jails and prisons, private banking and financial services, workers in factories and workshops, nuns, monks, and members of other religious orders into six targeted groups.
The chief minister said that the e-ID system is a system that collects the information of individuals living in the country and maintains it in a database, and it will continue to issue National IDs electronically to all citizens under the law. — TWA/CT