Procurement begins for Sri Lanka’s national digital ID

The procurement process for Sri Lanka’s national digital identity project has begun in partnership with the Indian government.

Only Indian suppliers are able to bid on the project, which will include collecting face, iris and fingerprint biometrics. The Information and Communication Technology Agency will oversee the biometric system’s implementation.

The Indian government will oversee software development in the Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Project for the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity Project. Indian officials earlier this year signed agreed to support the …

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