Unique Identification Authority of India

Submitted by:Harsh Singh(10810026)

Rajneesh Kumar(10810049)Varun Sharma(10810069)

Launched in in the tribal village, Tembhli, in Nandurbar, Maharashtra on 29th September, 2010

Developing an Identity number for every Indian

Similar to SSN of US

Project Aadhar

To provide accessible identification that can be used for entitlement(unique and universal)

Prevent duplication of effort and leakages existent in the current system

Enable service and applications that require a verifiable unique ID (continuity and mobility)

Need for a Unique ID

To provide a unique number to the residents of India

Collect basic demographic information and biometric information

Guarantee non duplication through biometrics Offer online authentication services that can be

used across India

UIDAI Mandate

Cost and Timelines

Issues a 12 digit number Establishes identity and is for every resident

in India Basic demographic and biometric

information Voluntary Irrespective of existing documentation Prevents duplicate IDs and ghosts in the

system

UID Features

Information Collected◦ KYR Fields – Name, Address, Gender, DOB◦ Photo & Address Verification◦ Photo◦ 10-fingerprints on Slap scanner◦ Iris Scan

Scale◦ Target- 600 million by 2014◦ the Authority will photograph a staggering 600 million Indians,

scan 1.2 billion irises, collect six billion fingerprints and record 600 million addresses

◦ When the 600 millionth person is assigned a unique 12-digit UID, the system that generates it will have to compare it against 599,999,999 photographs, 1,199,999,998 irises and 12,999,999,990 fingerprints to ensure the number is indeed unique

UID

Reduces leakages◦ No Fakes◦ No Duplicates

Provides Identities◦ To marginalized and Excluded

Breaks Silos◦ Enable connectivity and consolidation between Databases

Enables applications◦ Financial inclusion◦ Electronic benefits transfer

Enhances ◦ Authentication & Security◦ Access to services

Benefits

ID: A common challenge

Architecture

Authentication

Identity, Financial Inclusion, Direct Cash Transfer for subsidy,

fight leakages from the system

Aadhaar (UID Project) :Challenges

Operational Issues:• Scalability – US population is 30 crore,

for India it is 121 crore. • Processing time of data• Biometric Scanners issues• Information update issues

Aadhaar (UID Project) :Challenges

Political Issues:• Change of power• Co-ordination : Government

Departments• Digitalization of Land records• Funding issues

Aadhaar (UID Project) :Challenges

Social Issues:• Privacy of Individual’s

data• Reliability of Information

provided by individuals

• Lack of awareness

Conclusion

UID Project proposes to:• Bring Identity• Transparency• Technological Base for the social

welfare programmes• And much more…

Conclusion (cont..)

“Direct Cash transfers as a substitute of subsidy and other such e-governance initiatives will succeed only when governance is good enough. The ‘e’ in e-governance is useless unless proper policies are followed”

- T.Vijay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, GOI

THANK YOU