Residents in Kashmir get multi-purpose identity cards

Locals living in border areas of Indian Kashmir are being provided with special cards by authorities to help identify them as Indian nationals and to check infiltration in the state. The Home ministry of the country is providing the Multipurpose National Identity Cards or MNIC to all citizens at the age of 15 years and above. The cards will help the police and the Army distinguishes the Indian nationals from the militants living in the guise of the locals.