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Nilekani to have Cabinet rank as ID Project head

New Delhi: The Government on Thursday set in motion the process of providing a Unique Identification Number to India's citizens and appointed Infosys Technologies Co-Chairman Nandan Nilekani as head of an Authority for this purpose. The move to set up the UID Authority of India (UIDAI), under the aegis of ....Read more

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Retired By: Karunambaran A | Tuesday , 7 Jul '09 9:32:50 AM Reply | Forward I imagine a day when every Indian or for that matter everybody on earth is implanted on the body a micro chip UID just like the one now used to Identify Tigers and Elephants.Together with an online Database of citizens and a Microchip Reader it would help the concerned authorities identifying anybody in situations where it could be difficult otherwise. No confusion to determine whether one is Indian or Pakistani. It could simplify the Passport, Visa issuing and verification process.

Whose activities need to be monitored first ?By: CK Raju, Thrissur | Tuesday , 30 Jun '09 10:37:56 AM Reply | Forward To declare greatness of an event without inviting a public debate is indeed extreme callousness on part of the government. The search for greater control over citizens have always been there with all governments, even if it meant going against the spirit of the constitution where "will of the citizens" is held supreme. The constitutional spirit literally translates into a situation where, instead of citizens being issued with UIDs for the purpose of monitoring by the government, it should be the other way around. Every government official and representative should be issued with a universal ID, through which their engagements and actions are transparent enough to be tracked by the citizens. The cost of such a massive electronification should also be borne from the personal expenses of the officials, and not from the public exchequer's coffin. More than that, the cost of individual tracking official by any citizen, also should be borne out of the same expenses. If at a nation's level, its the people running the state who should be tracked, at a global level this translates into tracking all the activities of globally-wired and globally-enabled corporates and people at their helm of affairs. In the contemporary era, where national governments are virtually puppets of global corporates, it is all the more important to have such a tracking facility. Needless to say, the cost of such a global tracking mechanism should be borne out of corporate funds. Lastly, since its the corporates and the government machinery that is wanted most for tracking and monitoring purpose, the authority for deciding the design of the mechanism and its implementation cannot be with any of beneficiaries of either corporates or government machinery - it should be vested with public bodies of citizens who have nothing to do with these institutions.

Unique ID is not enoughBy: uday yadav | Sunday , 28 Jun '09 13:04:56 PM Reply | Forward Unique ID card is foolish idea. How we are going to prevent the poor person from mortgaging it? At tehsil level of every district, thousands of these Unique IDs will be mortgaged in the hands of goons and govt. employees.Unique identity is not enough.Identity must be Permanent, Inseparable and Unchanging also. Today’s biometric can’t give such identity to 1 billion Indians. Does the chairman of UIDAI Nilekani know this?

As PMBy: Indi | Friday , 26 Jun '09 10:13:50 AM Reply | Forward Hope Nilekani becomes PM of India one day and replaces prospective PM's like fake gandhis and there servants.

CEO MRUTYUNJAI KENYABy: DURGA RAMESH PONIO | Friday , 26 Jun '09 7:16:19 AM Reply | Forward NILAKENI IS LOVED ENORMOUSLY FOR TRUE LOVE,DEDICATION IN ANY ROLE PLAYED.ALL THE BEST LUCK FOR TRUE TEACHER IN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY.I WISH I WAS NILAKENI.

Whoaa!By: Kaushik | Friday , 26 Jun '09 6:14:15 AM Reply | Forward Took 60 years to ID the citizens.. not too late! but a great foundation.

Nandan Nilkeni is a man of integrity and non political in outlook. He is a technocrat who wants India to succeed. This is an appointment that India can be proud ofBy: S.Balakrishnan | Friday , 26 Jun '09 0:05:54 AM Reply | Forward To bring someone as unique and capable ad Nandan Nilkeni is long over due. Nandan Nilkeni's Imagining India which I am reading now is an excellent treatise and is very unbiased. His praise of Rajagopalachari and Minoo Masani who started the Swatantra Party, and his admiration for Sardar Patel whose unfortunate early demise set India's private sector much harm is worth noting. Also his admiration for Rajiv Gandhi for the technocrats that were brought to decision making is laudatory. Nandan Nilkeni is a patriot and not a politician who likes to toe the line for personal gains. Much like the appointment of Dr Kalam as President of India by the NDA this appointment is a broadminded offer by the UPA and everyone in India should be proud of this offer and the acceptance by Nandan of this offer. Hope Nandan's foray is not restricted to only this project and his foresight and intelligence is put to good use for the betterment of all the people of India.

Great DecisionBy: Narsing | Thursday , 25 Jun '09 21:58:24 PM Reply | Forward Great Decision. It will have extraordinary effects on the life of common people in Indian by making it more simpler. All the govts reforms will reach the right population. Nandan nilekani is the correct person to do the job and kudos to congress govt for taking this decision. Thanks to the 'indecisive but still better' verdict given by Indian in recent elections. Congress looks very determined to save its face for next elections terms...aahahahaaFYI: Nandan Nilekhani is among those who suggested UID for Indians, esp. in his book "Imagining India".

Let us see the effectiveness of this Authority also.By: SC Aggarwal | Thursday , 25 Jun '09 21:24:50 PM Reply | Forward The Government has appointed Mr. Nilekani as head of an Authority. He will enjoy the benefits of a central Minister. O.K. This is O.K. There is no harm in experimenting. Instead of launching the project for whole of India he should launch this project first in the village where he was born and see the pros and cons or effectiveness and productivity of this project. There are said to be about 1000 schemes for the welfare of the downtrodden and he should first see what and how many schemes are being implemented in his ancestral village?

Hart Warming!!!By: Adv.Jacob Mudanthangili, Boston | Thursday , 25 Jun '09 19:33:11 PM Reply | Forward It is hart warming to see educated, committed and decent people are stepping in to the arena of Indian politics once reserved only for carrier politicians. Late Rajiv Ghandhi government attracted so many brilliant people to politics and we are enjoying the result of it now. Nile is the next one in that category. He is not only a talented businessman but a true patriot. I read his latest book and admire him for his world view. Let us wish him well.

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