Measuring Life the Digital Way
Measuring Life the Digital Way

[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The former complex technology is fast becoming the most used for identity management; the main reason for this new trend is its promised accuracy

The line of debate
The line of debate

[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

While government aims to assign unique numbers to a billion plus population for providing a portable identity and eliminating of ghosts from databases, it has spurred a public debate on the potential misuse of UID leading to infringement of individual privacy and liberty and data security

Laying Aadhaar for a billion plus  population
Laying Aadhaar for a billion plus population

[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Government of India has taken up a mammoth task of creating a national citizen database and assigning unique identification number- Aadhaar- to a billion plus population, with the help of information systems and biometrics identity management system

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