[Reader-list] MS wants to partner UID project- 164

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear All,

Is UID = Gross Transfer of money to the IT sector?

 If yes, then why IT only, at the cost of health, sanitation,
education, rural roads, agriculture, hand loom etc?

Regards

Taha

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/MS-wants-to-partner-UID-project/493846

MS wants to partner UID project

Lauding the unique identity (UID) project as a great initiative,
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates today said the software giant wanted
to partner with India in the ambitious project that will give a unique
identity number to each of its 1.17 billion people.

“Microsoft wants to be a part of the unique identification project,”
Gates told a conference organised by the IT industry lobby, Nasscom,
here saying he was excited about the project. He said he would meet
the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
Nandan Nilekani to discuss the details of the project.

Gates, who is here to receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development on behalf of the Gates Foundation,
however, said the applications in banking and healthcare were yet to
come up in a big way.

UID will be a nationwide system of authentication and the UIDAI is
aiming to roll out the first set of numbers in 12 to 18 months. “The
finance minister in his Budget speech has said that ID numbers would
be issued in 12-18 months. We take that as very strong direction and
commitment. So we intend to abide by that,” Nilekani had told
reporters yesterday after assuming the charge of his office. UID would
be an enabling infrastructure for other identification schemes and
will conform to different applications.


UIDAI would provide a database of residents containing very simple
database in biometrics. The authority will not issue biometric cards
itself but the database it will create would help government agencies
undertake that task. The UID number would help government identify
targeted beneficiaries for the PDS, extending subsidy on kerosene or
for providing new LPG connection.