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UID Can't Duplicate Population Data: Govt Panel: New Delhi, September 21, 2011

A government panel refused to fund UIDAI's proposal to independently collect biometrics of 1.1 billion Indians a second time. The panel asked UIDAI to stick to collecting biometrics of 200 million residents as originally planned. UIDAI's proposal would have duplicated efforts of the census commissioner, who already collected identity details of all residents and is collecting biometrics. The panel approved Rs. 3,082 crore for UIDAI's Phase 3 project covering 200 million people, rather than the original 100 million target. UIDAI has so far issued Aadhaar numbers to 11 million people.

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UID Can't Duplicate Population Data: Govt Panel: New Delhi, September 21, 2011

A government panel refused to fund UIDAI's proposal to independently collect biometrics of 1.1 billion Indians a second time. The panel asked UIDAI to stick to collecting biometrics of 200 million residents as originally planned. UIDAI's proposal would have duplicated efforts of the census commissioner, who already collected identity details of all residents and is collecting biometrics. The panel approved Rs. 3,082 crore for UIDAI's Phase 3 project covering 200 million people, rather than the original 100 million target. UIDAI has so far issued Aadhaar numbers to 11 million people.

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UID can't duplicate population data: Govt panel

Chetan Chauhan and Aloke Tikku, Hindustan Times

New Delhi, September 21, 2011


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First Published: 00:19 IST(21/9/2011) Last Updated: 02:00 IST(21/9/2011)

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A government panel has refused to fund the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to independently collect biometric details of 1.1 billion Indians a second time, and asked the authority to stick to 200 million residents as decided earlier. The Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI had asked for Rs 14,840 crore to enable the authority to collect biometrics scan Iris and ten fingerprints of residents by 2017, independent of the National Population Register (NPR). The UIDAI proposal would have duplicated the efforts of the census commissioner, who has already collected identity details of all residents and is in the process of collecting their biometrics. The census commissioner has the mandate, by law, to create a register of all residents and issue them cards. Government sources said the Expenditure Finance Commit-tee (EFC) headed by expenditure secretary Sumit Bose, which vets all proposals before they reach the Union cabinet, discussed Nilekanis ambitious proposal on September 5 and 15. Home secretary RK Singh and Planning Commission member secretary Sudha Pillai expressed serious reservations about the proposal, right from duplication of database to the quality of data security by private entities contracted to collect and process data. UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. The panel is understood to have approved only about R3,082 crore for Phase 3 of Aadhaar project, beginning March 2011, which will be put up for approval of the Cabinet Committee on UIDAI. This will cover the expenditure for issuing unique numbers to 200 million people, rather than 100 million that the UIDAI had to issue by March this year. The UIDAI has issued the Aadhaar number to 11 million people so far. A government source said UIDAI has agreed to clear duplications in NPR database.

Two news items are attached. I want each one of you to analyse from business perspective and communicate to me through e-mail the response to two critical questions

What has made Bisleri so successful? What management actions / principles, if implemented, could have made UID program more successful?

Hope to get your response by 10th October morning

What has made Bisleri so successful? 1. Geographic diverse manufacturing model to reduce logistic cost 2. Direct distribution model 3. Timely service reason of success for direct distribution model. Fine tuning and blending the efficiency of field force and back end team 4. Right SKU of the product

What management actions / principles, if implemented, could have made UID program more successful? UID program would have been more successful with

1. Clarity of role of different agencies (Census Commissioner, National Population Registrar, Home Ministry and UIDAI) associated with the project. Census Commissioner has the mandate by law to create register of all residents and issue them cards, whereas UIDAI is not a statutory authority. 2. Methodology for doing the job defined. Convergence of thinking by various agencies is vital and needed to be placed in black & white to avoid discrepancies like (a)process of collecting data by UIDAI not acceptable to other government agencies (b) UID not enough to open bank account as per RBI and that an address proof will still be needed 3. UIDAI not overstepping the area it was allotted to work for. (It has been permitted to independently collect biometric details of 200 million residents to develop and implement the necessary institutional, technical and legal infrastructure to issue unique identity numbers to Indian residents. The Census Commissioner has already collected identity details of all residents and is in the process of collecting biometrics )

1. the census commissioner, who has already collected identity details of all residents and is in the process of collecting their biometrics. The census commissioner has the mandate, by law, to create a register of all residents and issue them cards.

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