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INTODUCTION:
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is an agency of the Government of India responsible for implementing the envisioned Multipurpose National Identity Card or Unique Identification card (UID Card) project in India. It was established in February 2009, and will own and operate the Unique Identification 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, who 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 first Chairman of the authority in June 2009.
Name and logo
UID project is known as AADHAAR meaning 'support' or 'foundation',
and its logo is a yellow sun with a fingerprint embedded in its centre. The logo was designed by Atul Sudhakar Rao Pande.
Launch
UIDAI launched AADHAAR program in the tribal village, Tembhli, in Nandurbar, Maharashtra on 29th September,2010. The program was inaugurated by Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh along with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The first resident to receive an AADHAAR was Rajana Sonawane of Tembhli village.
Coverage, goals and logistics
• It is believed that Unique National IDs will help address the rigged state elections, widespread embezzlement that affects subsidies and poverty alleviation programs such as NREGA.
• Addressing illegal immigration into India and terrorist threats is another goal of the program
• Most reports suggest that the plan is for each Indian citizen to have a unique identification number with associated identifying 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 find it very inconvenient: they will not have access to facilities that require you to cite your ID number.
• The UID will link a person's Passport Number, Driving License, PAN card, Bank Accounts, Address, Voter ID, etc and all this information will be checked through a database. So, for example, if someone has different addresses on
Projected costs and business opportunities
• One estimate of the cost to completely roll-out National IDs to all Indian residents above the age of 18 has been placed at 150,000 crore (US$33.3 billion).
• UID has received a huge boost with Dr Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance, allocating Rs 1900 crore to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for 2010-11.
• Initial estimates project that the initiative will create 1000 new jobs in the country, and business opportunities worth 6500 crore (US$1.44 billion) in the first phase of implementation.
Risks
• According to the UIDAI Model Aadhaar is dependent on biometrics being reliable enough to guarantee that there is a one-for-one correspondence between real people and electronic identities on the CIDR (central ID repository). UIDAI face a risk. Suppose the biometrics let them down?
• In December 2010, UIDAI published the report on their proof of concept trial designed to test, among other things, whether biometrics are reliable enough to guarantee that every entry on the CIDR is unique. UIDAI's figures published in the report suggest that no, the biometrics are not reliable enough, Aadhaar will drown in a sea of false positives
Criticism
• There are many potential privacy fallouts of this project, not the least of which is triggered by the Government's official plan to link the databases together.
• Although there is sometimes a tension between individual privacy rights and national security, international law and India’s domestic law expressly set a standard in tort law and through constitutional law to protect an individual’s privacy from unlawful invasion. Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ratified by India, an individual’s right to privacy is protected from arbitrary or unlawful interference by the state.
• Risks that arise from this centralization include possible errors in the collection of information, recording of inaccurate data, corruption of data from anonymous sources, and unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information.
1.What is UDIAI (Aadhaar)?
• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number which the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will issue for all residents. The number will be stored in a centralised database and linked to the basic demographics and biometric information – photograph, ten fingerprints and iris – of each individual. The details of the data fields and verification procedures are available here.
Aadhaar will be:
• Easily verifiable in an online, cost-effective way
• Unique and robust enough to eliminate the large number of duplicate and fake identities in government and private databases
• A random number generated, devoid of any classification based on caste, creed, religion and geography
Raghvendra Singh
UIDAI Seminar Project Report.doc (Size: 976.5 KB / Downloads: 76)
INTODUCTION:
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is an agency of the Government of India responsible for implementing the envisioned Multipurpose National Identity Card or Unique Identification card (UID Card) project in India. It was established in February 2009, and will own and operate the Unique Identification 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, who 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 first Chairman of the authority in June 2009.
Name and logo
UID project is known as AADHAAR meaning 'support' or 'foundation',
and its logo is a yellow sun with a fingerprint embedded in its centre. The logo was designed by Atul Sudhakar Rao Pande.
Launch
UIDAI launched AADHAAR program in the tribal village, Tembhli, in Nandurbar, Maharashtra on 29th September,2010. The program was inaugurated by Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh along with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The first resident to receive an AADHAAR was Rajana Sonawane of Tembhli village.
Coverage, goals and logistics
• It is believed that Unique National IDs will help address the rigged state elections, widespread embezzlement that affects subsidies and poverty alleviation programs such as NREGA.
• Addressing illegal immigration into India and terrorist threats is another goal of the program
• Most reports suggest that the plan is for each Indian citizen to have a unique identification number with associated identifying 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 find it very inconvenient: they will not have access to facilities that require you to cite your ID number.
• The UID will link a person's Passport Number, Driving License, PAN card, Bank Accounts, Address, Voter ID, etc and all this information will be checked through a database. So, for example, if someone has different addresses on
Projected costs and business opportunities
• One estimate of the cost to completely roll-out National IDs to all Indian residents above the age of 18 has been placed at 150,000 crore (US$33.3 billion).
• UID has received a huge boost with Dr Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance, allocating Rs 1900 crore to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for 2010-11.
• Initial estimates project that the initiative will create 1000 new jobs in the country, and business opportunities worth 6500 crore (US$1.44 billion) in the first phase of implementation.
Risks
• According to the UIDAI Model Aadhaar is dependent on biometrics being reliable enough to guarantee that there is a one-for-one correspondence between real people and electronic identities on the CIDR (central ID repository). UIDAI face a risk. Suppose the biometrics let them down?
• In December 2010, UIDAI published the report on their proof of concept trial designed to test, among other things, whether biometrics are reliable enough to guarantee that every entry on the CIDR is unique. UIDAI's figures published in the report suggest that no, the biometrics are not reliable enough, Aadhaar will drown in a sea of false positives
Criticism
• There are many potential privacy fallouts of this project, not the least of which is triggered by the Government's official plan to link the databases together.
• Although there is sometimes a tension between individual privacy rights and national security, international law and India’s domestic law expressly set a standard in tort law and through constitutional law to protect an individual’s privacy from unlawful invasion. Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ratified by India, an individual’s right to privacy is protected from arbitrary or unlawful interference by the state.
• Risks that arise from this centralization include possible errors in the collection of information, recording of inaccurate data, corruption of data from anonymous sources, and unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information.
1.What is UDIAI (Aadhaar)?
• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number which the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will issue for all residents. The number will be stored in a centralised database and linked to the basic demographics and biometric information – photograph, ten fingerprints and iris – of each individual. The details of the data fields and verification procedures are available here.
Aadhaar will be:
• Easily verifiable in an online, cost-effective way
• Unique and robust enough to eliminate the large number of duplicate and fake identities in government and private databases
• A random number generated, devoid of any classification based on caste, creed, religion and geography