Unique identification number uid project india
Download as DOCX, PDF0 likes776 views
The document discusses the Unique Identification (UID) project in India which aims to provide each resident a 12-digit unique identification number (Aadhaar) for identification and authentication purposes. It outlines the objectives of the UIDAI authority which is to issue unique IDs to eliminate duplicate identities. The timeline for issuing the first UID numbers is 12-18 months from 2009. Over 5 years the goal is to issue 600 million IDs through various registrar agencies.
Unique identification number uid project india
- 1. <br />Unique identification Number UID project India<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />In modern times, bureaucratic administration demands that each person be identified to ensure that they are entitled to call themselves citizens. Without identification one can neither take on responsibilities, such as voting, nor enjoy the benefits, such as protection from external or internal threats to well-being. For good governance, a proper and efficient tab on the residents of a country, a government should know who the residents of that country are. An identity of a<br />citizen is important, and more important is that identity of the citizen should be easily and conveniently available to the government as well. The UID is supposed to eliminate this problem of identifying a person within a country.<br />OBJECTIVE :<br />The purpose of the UIDAI is to “issue a unique identification number (UID) to all Indian residents that is (a) robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities, and (b) can be verified and authenticated in an easy, cost effective way.”<br />The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been created as an attached office under the Planning Commission. Its role is to develop and implement the necessary institutional, technical and legal infrastructure to issue unique identity numbers to Indian residents.<br />Year of Estblishment :<br />The Unique Identity (UID) project undertaken by the Government of India under the leadership of Mr. Nandan Nilekani as the first Chairperson of the Unique Identity Authority of India (UDAI) with the rank of the Cabinet Minister was established on June 25th 2009. Minister. Mr. Ram Sewak Sharma has been appointed the Director General<br />Annual BudgetThis gives a broad picture of the annual budget outlays vis-a-vis the expenditure incurred.Annual Budget 2010-11Budget Estimated(BE) of UIDAI for the year 2010-2011Head of Account Rupees in thousands01Unique Identification Authority of India 01.01Establishment17,41,20001.99Information Technology24,53,8001.02Assistance to Registrars for Enrolling Residents 01.02.50Other Charges1,30,00,00001Total-Unique Identification Authority of India1,71,95,000 Head of Account Rupees in thousands38.99Information Technology 38.99.52Machinery and Equipment8,05,00038.0053Major Works (Acquisition of Land)5,00,00038Total-Unique Identification Authority of India13,05,000 Head of Account Rupees in thousands07Unique Identification authority of India UIDAI Building and CIDR 07.00.53Major Works – Buildings5,00,000Total Budget1,90,00,000Outcome BudgetThe extracts of the Outcome Budget 2010-11 of Government of India, Planning Commission pertaining to Unique Identification Authority of India.The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was created during 2009-10 and a modest start with an expenditure of Rs 30.92 crore was made. The draft approach to creating Unique Identification Numbers to every resident in India, concept papers describing the linkages of various welfare schemes steered by different Ministries/departments of Government of India and reports of the Demographic Data Standards and Field Verification Committee and Biometrics Committee were completed. The preparatory work for the Proof of Concept Studies and the Pilots were commenced. In the current year the Proof of Concept Studies and the pilots will be completed and the UID numbers will begin to be issued. Full scale enrolment of the resident and authentication services will be commenced towards the end of the year. The Managed Service Provider will be selected and the Central Data Identity Depository will be handed over on a long term contract basis. For this budget of Rs 1900.00 crores allocated during Annual Plan 2010-11. A major part of it is to be used for reimbursement of enrolment costs to the registrars as also to the residents.<br />Mission and Timeline<br />The Mission<br />The role that the Authority envisions is to issue a unique identification number (UIDAI) that can be verified and authenticated in an online, cost-effective manner, which is robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities.<br />The Timelines<br />The first UIDAI numbers will be issued over the next 12-18 months counted from August 2009. The first number would be issued between August 2010 to February 2011. Over five years, the Authority plans to issue 600 million UIDs. The numbers will be issued through various 'registrar' agencies across the country.<br />Prime Minister's CouncilPrime Minister's Council on UIDAI Authority - Subsequently, on 02 July 2009, the Government appointed Shri. Nandan M. Nilekani as Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister for an initial tenure of five years. Mr. Nilekani has joined the UIDAI as its Chairman on 23 July 2009. The Prime Minister's Council of UIDAI Authority of India was set up on 30 July 2009. The Council is to advise the UIDAI on Programme, methodology and implementation to ensure co-ordination between Ministries/Departments, stakeholders and partners. The Council would meet once every quarter. The First Meeting of the Prime Minister's Council of UIDAI Authority took place on 12 August 2009.The salient decisions in the PMs council were as follows :Need for legislative frameworkBroad Endorsement of the StrategyBudgetary Support to partnersSetting Biometric and Demographic StandardsUIDAI Structure Contours ApprovedFlexibility in Personnel and other issuesChoose, Deploy and Repatriate OfficersGovernment Accommodation EligibilityBroad-banding of postsHiring of professionals from MarketSetting up of Global Advisory Councils of PIOsInterns and Sabbatical Global ProcurementCabinet CommitteeThe Government of India issued orders constituting the Cabinet Committee on UIDAI Authority on 22 October 2009. It is headed by the Honourable Prime Minister and consists of the Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Law and Justice, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Minister of Labour and Employment, Minister of Human Resource Development, Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism. The Deputy Chairman Planning Commission and Chairman UIDAI are special invitees. The functions of the Committee, which is headed by the Honourable PM would be as under :All issues relating to the Unique identification Authority of India including its organisation, plans, policies, programmes, schemes, funding and methodology to be adopted for achieving the objectives of that Authority.<br />What is Aadhaar?<br />Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number which the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will issue for all residents. The number will be stored in a centralised database and linked to the basic demographics and biometric information – photograph, ten fingerprints and iris – of each individual. The details of the data fields and verification procedures are available Aadhaar will be Unique and robust enough to eliminate the large number of duplicate and fake identities in government and private databases A random number generated, devoid of any classification based on caste, creed, religion and geography .<br /> Benifits and Effects on indian Socities :<br />In India, an inability to prove identity is one of the biggest barriers preventing the poor from accessing benefits and subsidies. Public as well as private sector agencies across the country typically require proof of identity before providing individuals with services. Further, the UID card is supposed to eliminate duplicate and fake identities and quick and authentic verification of<br />the identity of a person. Thus, enabling good governance in terms of reaching out to the people and identifying the persons who are in need of beneficial schemes of the government.<br />Some of the essential benefit of UID includes de-duplication of identity and prevention of identity theft, transparency in the governance process; efficient, fast and effective method of working of the governance process. Other benefits of UID include cost- reduction in terms of eliminating repetitive process of verifying the identity of a person. UID provides an effect<br />method of identifying a huge number of people who are migrates from one part of the country to another, and are basically without a proper identification in that new place.<br />UID is an effective tool in deter and control the illegal migrants from other countries.3 Though, UID in India is an inclusive one and provides identity not only to its citizen but non-citizens as well. India is facing a though problem of illegal immigrants, mostly from Bangladesh, who are residing in India often permanently.4 Tracking of foreign nationals is essential in interest ofnational security. The UID could be used by employers to verify the identity of a prospective employee through his/her UID.5 The UID register would, by verifying entitlements to public services, make it more difficult for those here illegally to gain access to them, and thus would reduce the “pull factor” the perception that once in the country people can work and obtain benefits and public services with impunity. Further, the bonafide non-citizens will find it easier to establish their own identity quite easily and keep a check on the companies using illegal migrants as workers.<br />