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Hopeful of meeting 600 Million UID target by 2014: Nilekani
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 06:54 IST
Mumbai: The Government is hopeful of meeting its target of rolling out 600-million Unique Identity Cards by 2014, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDIA) Chairman Nandan Nilekani said today.
"We will meet the target of rolling out 600-million UIDs by 2014," Nilekani said at the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2011 here.
The pace of enrolment for unique identification numbers is gathering momentum, Nilekani said, adding, in the next few days enrolment processing would reach the two-million mark.
"In the next few days, we will be processing two-million enrolments," Nilekani said.
A 12-digit exclusive number, 'Aadhaar', is being issued by the Authority to act as a unique identification for residents, linking to their demographic and biometric information.
The Government is working out a plan to make UID compulsory for availing benefits under the rural job guarantee scheme.
Source: PTI
Source: PTI
