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Kerala Assembly passes Nativity Card Bill (2026)
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Kerala’s Assembly passed the Nativity Card Bill, 2026, enabling issuance of a nativity card allowing state residents to declare themselves “Keralites.”
Why it matters
Passage of the Nativity Card Bill, 2026 authorizes a nativity card that lets people from Kerala formally declare themselves Keralites. The change introduces a new government-issued document that can become a reference point for administrative verification where nativity status is relevant. The bill was passed in a session where the Assembly also cleared multiple other bills and approved the full budget for the next financial year without opposition participation. Timing for rollout, rules, and acceptance criteria are not specified in the excerpt, but the legislative approval itself changes the legal basis for creating and issuing the card.
Implications
- • New legal basis for a nativity-card issuance and verification process in Kerala
- • Administrative workflows may shift to accept/require nativity cards for nativity claims
- • Potential documentation and eligibility disputes may pivot to nativity-card issuance criteria
Who is affected
- • Kerala state government departments handling identity/eligibility verification
- • Kerala residents seeking official recognition of nativity status
- • Minority communities referenced as beneficiaries by the finance minister
- • Public-service administrators and local bodies processing nativity-linked claims
Source
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