Monday, November 09, 2009

excerpts from nandan nilekani's latest interview on UID project

This is a project, which is unprecedented anywhere in the world

I have an office in the Planning Commission and thanks to Ahluwalia.

Challenges : 1 - De - duplication : to check duplication for 1 million entries daily.
2 - Quality of finger prints

It is an ultimate form of inclusive growth.

Aggressive deadlines : Issue the first set of numbers in 12-18 months.
600 million numbers in five and a half years from now

2 types of companies needed to implement this : One will provide technology for us
The second is those running applications for us

A biometric committee now under Dr B K Gairola, who is the director general of the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

read the full story on BloombergUTV

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