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Unique Identification Authority advisory council meets in New Delhi

August 12th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI

New Delhi, Aug.12 (ANI): Eleven members of a council constituted by
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIAI) met here on Wednesday.

The council is expected to advise the UIDAI on the program,
methodology and implementation to ensure coordination between
ministries, departments, stakeholders and partners.

The council, headed by the Prime Minister has on its board finance
minister Pranab Mukherjee, Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies
Minister Sharad Pawar, Home (Interior) Minister P. Chidambaram,
Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna, Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa
Moily, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, Rural
Development & Panchayati Raj Minister C.P. Joshi, Labour and
Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, Communications and Information
Technology Minister A. Raja, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani.

Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys Technologies, who took charge as the
chairman of the UIDAI last month had said the first set of Unique
Identification Numbers, would be issued to the citizens within 12 to
18 months. (ANI)