🇱🇰 One-Day NIC Service Decentralized to North Western Province

• The Department for Registration of Persons officially launched the One-Day National Identity Card (NIC) Issuance Service at its new North Western Provincial Office in Kurunegala on November 3rd. • This marks a significant step in the decentralization of services, empowering North Western Province residents to receive their NIC within just a few hours without traveling to the Colombo Head Office. • The initiative is part of organizational and technological reforms funded and supported by the Cabinet-approved Electronic National Identity Card (eNIC) Project. • Provincial offices are now operational in Galle, Nuwara Eliya, Batticaloa, and Vavuniya. The One-Day service is already successfully functioning at the Galle and Nuwara Eliya offices. • Similar offices are planned for future opening in other provinces to further strengthen fast and reliable public services.