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Unique Identification Authority of India Chief, Nandan Nilekani, has announced that the UID will be made available for the Delhi citizens within a span of three years.
"Delhi as a state is much ahead in this respect than other states. With utilisation of this database (of Mission Convergence) the authority would be in a position to issue unique ID numbers to the residents of Delhi within three years," Nilekani said.
A presentation on the UID project was given to the Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dixit, by Nilekani.
Nilekani has added that all the Indians, including the children, will be entitled to have the UID. "Unique ID would be able to retrieve information in respect of name, date of birth, address, parents' names and bio-metric details including all fingerprints," he stated.
An official statement said: "Issue of unique ID to most of the persons will overcome problem of duplicate and bogus identity (documents). It would prove to be helpful in implementation of flagship schemes of the central and state governments. It will also be a useful source for online verification and authentication."
He added that he is interested to employ the databases, which has been prepared by 'Mission Convergence' of the Delhi government.
Dikshit said the database, which is equipped with data on 900,000 households and 4.2 million people, is more comprehensive as it is based on additional biometric information and other details.
