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domly selected by the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Iden ca on Authority of India. Aadhaar will help the unemployed poor. UID is a historical step to help the poor and Tembhli is the rst Aadhaar village. Unique Iden ca on Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani said that UID would help all the ci zens of India who don't have any iden ty card. Many people in our country don't have their iden ty cards. UID will help them. UID will be recognised everywhere. One UID will be issued to one person. About 1400 villagers have been enrolled in the inaugural programme. The Unique Iden ca on Number is a unique 12 digit number that will store informa on like an individual's name, face and biometric scans.

rime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi handed out the rst set of Unique Iden ca on Number to tribals in Tembhli village of Maharashtra's Nandurbar district on Sep 29, 2010. Ten tribals from Tembhli village got their Unique Iden caon Numbers (Aadhaar) from Singh and Sonia. They were ran-

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The Unique Iden ca on Authority of India (UIDAI) is an agency of the Government of India responsible for implemen ng the envisioned Mul purpose Na onal Iden ty Card or Unique Iden ca on card (UID Card) project in India. It was established in February 2009, and will own and operate the Unique Iden ca on Number database. The authority will aim at providing a unique number to all Indians, but not smart cards. The authority would provide a database of residents containing very simple data in biometrics. The agency is headed by a chairman, holds a cabinet rank. The UIDAI is part of the Planning Commission of India. Nandan Nilekani, a former co-chairman of Infosys Technologies, was appointed as the rst Chairman of the authority in June 2009. Ram Sewak Sharma, an IAS Ocer of Jharkhand Government cadre has been appointed as the Director General and Mission Director of the Authority. He is known for his best eort in e-Governance project for Jharkhand State and working as an IT secretary he received a number of awards for best Informa on Technology Trends State in India.

ceive an AADHAAR was Rajana Sonawane of Tembhli village.

Coverage, goals and logistics

It is believed that Unique Naonal IDs will help address the rigged state elec ons, widespread embezzlement that affects subsidies and poverty allevia on programs such as NREGA. Addressing illegal immigra on into India and terrorist threats is another goal of the program. Most reports suggest that the plan is for each Indian ci zen to have a unique iden ca on number with associated iden fying biometric data and photographs by 2011. However, other reports claim that obtaining a unique number would be voluntary, but those that opt to stay out of the system "will nd it very inconvenient: they will not have access to facili es that require you to cite your ID number." Government issued IDs are fragmented by purpose and region in India, which results in widespread bribery, denial of public services and loss of income, espe-

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UIDAI launched AADHAAR program in the tribal village, Tembhli, in Nandurbar, Maharashtra on 29th September, 2010. The program was inaguated by Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh along with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The rst resident to reVol. . - 19

cially aic ng poor ci zens. As the unique iden ty database comes into existence, the various iden ty databases (voter ID, passports, ra on cards, licenses, shing permits, border area id cards) that already exist in India are planned to be linked to it. The Authority is liaising with various naonal, state and local government en es to begin this process. The Union Labor Ministry has oered its veried Employment Provident Fund (EPFO) database of 42 million ci zens as the rst database to be integrated into the unique ID system. Other UID projects implemented on a smaller scale in India can also facilitate in the development of the na onal project. An example is a project developed by Wolf Frameworks Cloud Compu ng vendor and Social Educa on and Development Society (SEDS) for proling and genera ng Unique Iden ca on for more than 40,000 members in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The UID will link a person's Passport Number, Driving License, PAN card, Bank Accounts, Address, Voter ID etc and all this informa on will be checked through a database. So, if someWWW.UPSCPORTAL.COM . . 5

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