Do not sell more than two sim card for each person: NTA

As multiutilisation of mobile number has been suspected of increasing criminal activities, the telecom regulator has made it stricter for the telecom service providers not to sell more than 2 sim cards in a bid to check the supposedly misuse.
Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has directed telecommunication service providers to stop selling more than two SIM/RIM cards to each person in a bid to stop the misuse especially in criminal cases. The NTA had directed cellular companies to enforce the new provision from July 8, according to the telecom regulator that also claimed that multiple uses of SIM/RIM cards pose a potential risk on digital payment and banking systems.
However, customers can take two sim cards from each service provider.
The increasing use of digital payment systems has made transactions more efficient in several ways but the untraceability of digital cash may encourage criminal activities such as money laundering, according to the regulator. “It could also pose a potential risk for criminal activities, with the utilisation of multiple cards on other digital services and social media which stores customer information in the phone,” it said, adding that the limited distribution of cards for each individual will, however, make it easier to trace the activities. “As the government is also planning to introduce a Citizens Apps, where mobile phones will be the primary way to access it, the limited distribution of SIM cards will minimise potential criminal activities.”
In line with the regulator’s directive, Nepal Telecom (NT) has also directed service providers to issue a limit of three SIM/RIM cards per person using CDMA service. “The parents should provide a proof of relationship document as well as other documents when getting a SIM card for minors,” the directives reads, adding that telecom service providers can only issue one SIM or RIM card per minor. “In case of customers, who already have registered more than one SIM card from telecommunication service providers, the cards need to be registered under the names of people who have been using it.”
The regulator has also warned the telecommunication service providers that they will face action as per the Telecommunication Act, 2053, if they do not follow the directives by the authority.
There are four licenced telecommunication service providers, but Nepal Telecom (NT), Ncell and Smart Cell have been providing the service.

Nepal is 81st safest nation

Nepal is the 81st safest country among 118 countries in the world, according to the annual report of the crime index 2019 issued by 'Numbeo', the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. Numbeo provides current and timely information on world living conditions including cost of living, housing indicators, health care, traffic, crime and pollution.
According to the classification rules of the report, countries are ranked in reverse order that, the country that occupies 118th place is the lowest country in the crime rate and ranks first in terms of security and security. Nepal scored a total of 36.44 points in crime index, and 63.56 points in safety index being the lowest scorer of the points starting from zero to hundred points. According to this classification, Nepal came in the safest countries with a score of (63.56) points in safety index in the current year.
The Numbeo database publishes its annual reports since 2009, based on the measurement of the crime rate in the countries of the world. The index of crimes in countries is measured according to the laws of those countries as it considers that there are acts that constitute crimes in some countries dissimilar to other countries, which gives a real measure of the rate of crime in countries in accordance with applicable laws.
The report also takes into account the different types of crimes and their classification according to the laws on crimes, offenses and violations. The indicators also depend on a set of standards related to the rates of crime and violence such as murder, terrorism, the cost of crime and other standards. The report takes several considerations in reaching its results in terms of collecting information and analyses the information to rank countries according to those measurements. The rates of countries range between 0-100.