Unique ID not mandatory: Nilekani

The implementation of unique identification (UID) will not be mandatory but voluntary, Nandan Nilekani, head of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said. It is mainly done to enable financial inclusion in the country and bring uniformity, he added. The UID project will create a mass database with demographic and biometric information that can be used by banks, insurance, issuance of passport and ration cards and similar other players. These players would be the partners of the UID project, Nilekani said while talking about his project for the first time in public at Ficci-IBA Banking conference in Mumbai. The ...

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