 | None of these technologies are being substantially tested for trial in India by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The UIDAI, very inexplicably, does not even comment on such doubts, which have surfaced in the technologically advanced countries; neither does it tell us how it intends to counter such errors? It has not started the testing of its software for a real run on any of the unique IDs. This expensive government mission, for which Rs 45,000 crore have been earmarked by Finance Ministry, now claims that the Aadhaar project of the UIDAI will just provide unique ID numbers, and not unique ID cards, as was its original mandate. The UIDAI is an attached office under the Planning Commission, which says that the job of the UIDAI is to develop and implement the necessary institutional, technical and legal infrastructure to issue unique identity numbers to Indian residents (read it as "the UIDAI will issue only unique numbers not smart cards"). The UIDAI has been buying time, when hundreds of crores of rupees are going down the drain every week.  | Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News MagazineThe concept of "a ubiquitous magic plastic" that bring out the unique in a living person has caught the fascination of most of us. An unpopular government sees in it the ability of cutting a long red tape short to correctly identify the genuine citizens in need. The agonised cops of India see in it |
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