'U'nique-ID 'S'olution 'P'roposed
Of all the things I look forward to before the end of the current decade, India’s Unique ID (UID) project led by former co-chairman of Infosys, Nandan Nilekani, stands out (and stands tall). The task at hand is enormous and who better than Nandan Nilekani to lead the way.
We’ve always known about social security numbers in the US and I used to think how cool it would be to have something like that in India. The natural extension to this is to wonder how the government will be able to reach out to all parts of India and in what manner. Well, now I think my questions will be answered within the next one year! Considering the redundancies and huge amounts of paperwork that the UID will help to do away with, one also considers the amount of data that would be required to execute the herculean project.
We would definitely be saving our time filling out the KYC forms in banks or any lengthy registration forms, for that matter. We would see various government agencies coming ahead to help the government to incorporate data points within the ID which would eventually help streamline processes across the country.
