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).

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Tuesday - site of the week - India Image

We all talk about e-governance, transparency, right for information. But how many of us know the different types of websites provided by Government of India. Do we know that there exists something called as "India Image".

As it is commonly said that we are converting from memory based culture to intelligence based culture. This is because now a days getting information is not a big deal. But interpreting it intelligently is really big deal. On the same lines our very own government has started an initiative called as India Image.

India Image is a program to establishment Government of India's presence on the web. India Image Project, initiated in the year 1996. India Image is a popular programme of NIC with an objective to facilitate the establishment of a firm presence of Indian Government entities on the World Wide Web. India Image entails provision of an entire spectrum of web services to the Government sector as well as running specialized Portals for the benefit of citizens and other stakeholders.


The website : India Image


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Tuesday - Site of the Week : India.Gov.In

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