The UID Project

The Indian Government had decided earlier last year to appoint Nandan Nilekani , former co-chairman of Infosys Technologies, as the in charge for the Unique Identification Card Project. The project combined with the census is a considered to remove the need to show hell number of documents for official transactions and avail a citizen easy access to national facilities and schemes. The project is being carried out by some of the most experienced and innovative minds of the Software Industry with the grit to do their best and create a foolproof system. The project aims to initially get the details of individuals through door to door data collection by government officials in the first phase. This will be followed by gathering biometrics of citizens at centres across the country. The best part of the UID project is the efficiently designed kit ,it consists of a laptop, fingerprint scanner ,iris scanner and a printer in a easy to open case divided into slots for each of these. The citizen will get to view his details on the lap followed by scanning his fingers (both left and right) and iris. The data after verification is saved and you can print a copy of the ID on paper with the printer attached to the laptop. The uneducated citizens can seek help of a trusted fellow citizen to view the correctness of the details .So, this is a bird’s eye view of what awaits you at the booth when you get the opportunity to flaunt your citizenship in this country with a portable ID ! 