Nepal, Jan. 9 -- Nearly 20 million Nepali citizens have registered their personal details for the National Identity Card, but fewer than half have received the physical card, exposing a widening gap between registration and delivery.Nepal travel guides

According to the Department of National ID and Civil Registration (DoNIDCR), the data were collected between July 2018 and January 6, 2026.

Tulsi Prasad Dahal, Director of the DoNIDCR's Card Management Division, said 19,568,837 people have registered for the National ID card so far. Of these, 7,495,711 cards have been printed, while only 3,778,875 citizens have actually received their cards.

The National Identity Card initiative is rooted in Article 11 of Part 2 of the Constitution of Ne...