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Govt downloads Infosys Nilekani, he says first unique ID card within 2 years

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    • P Vaidyanathan Iyer Tags : Nandan Nilekani, Infosys, National Unique Identification Authority Posted: Friday , Jun 26, 2009 at 0725 hrs
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    'I expect the first set of cards to be issued by one of the partners in 12-18 months.'

    The Authority will identify targeted groups that are the intended beneficiaries of the various flagship programmes of the government. These include the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, National Rural Health Mission and Bharat Nirman. The unique identification number would ensure that any lacuna in these schemes is removed so that the benefits reach directly to those they are intended for.

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    Bush BelieverBy: 'Merka the Broke-n | 22-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward The United States can't do it! They have to find 20 million illegal Mexican immigrants first ha ha ha ha There are many leafblowers on the streets to begin with...
    HeadBy: Amit Nandeshwar | 26-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward I don't understand why this duplication... why can't we just make passport compulsory for all... or this is even better... I have a dream...1 (one) smartcard with my digital finger print, which can be my UID, SSN, PAN card, Ration card, Passport, Voter ID
    Will work only Government bodies work with passionBy: Suresh Kumar | 26-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward These kind of initiatives like calling a expertise to work for government is suitable only in Developed Countries like US .These kind of things will never happen in the third world countries like India.Even without bringing Mr.Nilekani to this project ,they can make very successful by choosing a good company for development and deployment.The Chairperson will be thrown away within seconds when next party take the government. In Infy they work with passion and schedules will government bodies will work like that.They say what is the gain for us to work in this,that is the mind setup of third world country like India.
    how long will he last?By: mahesh | 26-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward It remains to be seen how long Nilekani will last, govt. bureaucracy might exhaust his patience and his skills in a govt. setting might prove to be worthless. But I hope he will be successful encouraging more people to take up govt. projects making the govt. more efficient.The article states that ids will be issued to 120 billion citizens, which will probably be indias population is in what another thousand years(I know it must have been a million, but what a mistake).
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