-Live Mint   A cabinet committee had allowed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the nodal agency for the Aadhaar project, to collect biometric data until the National Population Register (NPR) rolls out, Union home minister P. Chidambaram said on Thursday. Chidambaram’s statement follows media reports that Aadhaar and NPR projects are duplicating each other’s work and wasting public money. “UID was authorized to collect the biometric details for a limited period until...

Amid technical and infrastructural constraints, Maharashtra has rolled out 1.2 million Aadhaars, but the beneficiaries have been able to make little use of these numbers Ashok Bhil, a 25-year-old graduate from Navalpur, 7 Km from Tembhli, is disappointed with the way the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is rolling out Aadhaar in Maharashtra. Last September, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government chose Tembhli, a small village in the predominantly tribal Nandurbar...

Urbanization comes with its share of problems. Your new job lands you in a new city and you need necessities such as a mobile connection, a broadband connection or a bank account transfer as soon as possible. Your only hope in such cases till now is maybe a letter from the employer authenticating your address. Enter UID, the unique identity project headed by Nandan Nilekani, which promises to give an acceptable...

The first phase of the much-awaited enrolment of citizens for the unique identification programme, or Aadhaar, begins in Karnataka on Friday in Mysore and Tumkur districts. While Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Governor H.R. Bhardwaj are scheduled to be present at the inaugural function in Mysore, Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje will launch the enrolment campaign in Tumkur district, of which she is in charge. The cost of the enrolment exercise in the...

Mysoreans can take pride in being the first in the country to be assigned Unique ID numbers. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) tested its mechanism in April-May across Mysore and Tumkur districts. Now that the Mysore district administration has an action plan in place, the UIDAI and Karnataka's e-governance department will allot Aadhaar, the 12-digit UID numbers, in October. UIDAI deputy director-general Ashok Dalwai on Wednesday said: ''The...