PM4K NEWS 076: WIPRO, HCL OFFER LOWEST BIDS FOR UNIQUE ID PROJECT

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NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has reportedly issued request for quotation (RFQ) for its first application development services contract. The authority is likely to issue two more RFQs by next month. The UID project headed by the former Infosys co-chairman Nandan Nilekani received bids from 42 vendors. While Wipro and HCL are reported to be the lowest bidders; Infosys, CapGemini, Polaris and IBM are among the highest bidders. The bids received ranged between Rs 500 crore to Rs 725 crore.
Interestingly, Wipro Consulting Service (WCS), the consulting arm of Wipro Technologies, has claimed to a tech website that it was asked to prepare the UID report and it recommended to establish a separate division as UIDAI.

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PM4K NEWS 073: UNIQUE ID TO AUTHENTICATE IDENTITIES ACROSS MULTIPLE SERVICES

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While the Indian government spends an increasing amount of money towards public welfare, the actual benefits of such schemes seldom reach the intended population. Consider the popular National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). With fund allocation close to Rs 39,000 crore, NREGA has been affected by leakage of funds due to fake attendance. As more public welfare schemes are launched by the government,  India needs a way to identify individuals who are genuinely poor and deserve benefits.In this context, the Unique Identification project—where every Indian will be given a unique number—is of supreme importance.

To make sure that the system is foolproof, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will capture three key biometric characteristics of citizens. This includes the face, ten finger prints and iris scans of both eyes.

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PM4K NEWS 071: UNIQUE ID’s 1ST ENROLMENT BY AUG 2010

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The Unique ID (UID) project, the world’s largest biometric project that aims to provide every Indian citizen with a unique identification number, has hit the ground running. On Thursday, former Infosys executive Nandan Nilekani, who was appointed to head the ambitious projects, met chiefs of the IT/BPO industry. “The UID model will help the government implement better public expenditure,” Nilekani said, but cautioned India needed to develop its hardware base for implementation of the project. The first enrolment of the unique ID may take place between August 2010 and February 2011, Nilekani said.

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PM4K NEWS 061: UNIQUE ID PROJECT TO TAKE OFF IN 2011

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NEW DELHI: The issue of Unique Identification Number to the people of Orissa will start from February 2011. All the citizens of the state are expected to get this unique ID in next 3-4 years, said Nandan Nilekani, chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) here today.

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PM4K NEWS 053: UNIQUE ID WILL IMPROVE NATIONAL SECURITY

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The Unique Identification (UID) number would be useful in improving security in the country, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman, Nandan Nilekani said in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. "When we have the full coverage, that is once everybody has the number, which may take number of years, it will help in identification of a person," Nilekani said when quizzed about implications of the UID project on national security.

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PM4K NEWS 051: HOW NILEKANI WILL MAKE UNIQUE ID PROJECT PROFITABLE

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The ambitious unique ID project, headed by Nandan Nilekani, wants to ensure that every citizen of the country is provided with a unique id number. But how does it plan to make profits? CNBC-TV18 has managed to get a copy of the draft Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) document. The 41-page document largely has no surprises, reports CNBC-TV18's Sunanda Jayaseelan. That is because Nandan Nilekani had already detailed them in his various presentations over different periods of time. But the most interesting aspect is how does this project expect to make back the revenue, which has been outlined for this project.

It’s a two-fold step that this plant proposes. The first is it will generate revenues through charging for the services, which other beneficiaries will use and second is through enrolment fees.

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PM4K NEWS 049: SECRECY FEARS OVER INDIA’S EPIC UNIQUE ID PROJECT

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MUMBAI: As India embarks on the largest citizen identity project in history, the high-profile agency implementing it was left red-faced after its confidential working paper was leaked onto the Internet. Titled "Creating a Unique Identity Number for Every Resident in India", the leaked document reveals in-depth details about the government project to reach 1.03 billion citizens - an undertaking on a scale never tried before in the world. The unique identity document (UID) number, stored and verifiable online from a central database, can be used for a lifetime - for passports, bank accounts, social welfare programs, phone services to airport check-ins. The ID number would be verified with individual biometrics such as fingerprints and iris scans.

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PM4K NEWS 047: UNISYS TO PARTNER LOCAL IT COMPANIES TO BID FOR UNIQUE ID PROJECT

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NEW DELHI: UNISYS, one of the biggest government solution providers in the US, plans to bid for India’s national Unique identity (UID) project by partnering with country’s top tech firms including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro and Tech Mahindra. The company has already deployed identity, biometric and immigration control solutions in countries such as Australia, Malaysia, the US, Panama, Canada and Angola. “We are in advance talks with TCS, Wipro and Tech Mahindra for a local partnership to bid for the national UID project of India. Interestingly, identity and biometric solutions currently used in Australia and Angola were developed in our biometric centre of excellence in Bangalore. We want to leverage the same now for the India market,” said John Kendall, national security program director, Unisys Global Public Sector.

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PM4K NEWS 045: YAHOO SHOWS INTEREST IN INDIA’S UNIQUE ID PROJECT

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On her first visit to India after becoming the CEO of Internet company Yahoo, Carol Bartz said she showed interest in India's Unique Identity (UID) project, reported MSN India. Headed by former Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, the project will assign every Indian citizen with a unique identification number that will identify him or her.

Bartz met India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Nilekani in New Delhi and is reported to have discussed the matter with him. "It was primarily a courtesy meeting where we also did inquire if Yahoo could be of any help in the area of cloud technologies. We are in the business of managing data. We process around 500 billion e-mails every month, so we wondered if we could assist in the area of managing the databases as India tries to implement the Unique Identity (UID) project," Bartz told the media in Delhi.

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PM4K NEWS 035: UNIQUE ID WILL CONFIRM WHO YOU ARE

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Nandan Nilekani quit a highly successful career at the Indian software company Infosys, which he helped set up in 1981, to join the government in July. He is working on an ambitious project which aims to give every Indian a unique identification number. Excerpts from an interview with Jyoti Malhotra and Amol Sharma for the Wall Street Journal.

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PM4K NEWS 034: 1ST UNIQUE ID TO BE ISSUED WITHIN A YEAR

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SHIMLA: Unique Identity Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani Friday said it would take about a year to issue the first unique identity (UID) number in the country. ‘According to the present status of the project, the first UID issuance will take 12 to 18 months from the date of sanction of the project in August (2009). It is likely to cover about 600 million people within five years,’ Nilekani told reporters here. He was here to attend a two-day workshop organised by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), a premier advanced research institution in the field of humanities and social sciences.

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PM4K NEWS 030: HOW WILL WE GAIN FROM UNIQUE ID

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NEW DELHI: The 16-digit Unique Identification number that the Government proposes to give you could become mandatory for opening a bank account, getting your passport or even your driving licence, among others. The Unique Identification Number (UID) scheme, which is expected to roll out the first number in 12-18 months, however, will not confer on anyone any rights, including citizenship, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman Nandan Nilekani said.

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PM4K NEWS 29: BUSINESSES WILL GAIN FROM UNIQUE ID PROJECT

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CHENNAI: Businesses will benefit from using the Unique Identification Number that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) hopes to issue to all residents of India, the Chairman of the Authority, Mr Nandan Nilekani, said on Wednesday. For example, a telecom company could save costs of verification of the identity of each new mobile subscriber, Mr Nilekani said. Another example: the State governments typically spend between Rs 20 and Rs 50 to issue a ration card. They could use the UIN and save substantially.

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PM4K NEWS 028: NILEKANI THINKS UP WAY TO MAKE UNIQUE IDs PAY

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In charge of one of India's most ambitious projects – providing a unique identification number to every citizen - Nandan Nilekani, chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, is thinking innovatively as usual. The former Infosys boss on Tuesday suggested a way in which the project could earn revenue for the government. ''Let's say there is a bank or a mobile company which is opening a new account. Normally they use a KYC (know your customer) process and spend about Rs. 100-200 crore. If we are able to reduce this cost (through the UID) then it's reasonable they pay us something for that. So we will monetise this for agencies that use it for commercial purpose,'' said Nilekani.

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PM4K NEWS 025: ESTABLISHING IDENTITY A MOBILE CALL AWAY

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NEW DELHI: Establishing the identity of any person would be a cell phone call away once the ambitious Unique Identity Project (UIP) becomes operational, perhaps making it the first such initiative across the world. The UIP, which aims to build a database on details of every Indian resident, will provide authorities to cross-check identities of persons they are dealing with using a cell phone, Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman Nandan Nilekani said in New Delhi on Saturday. "If anybody wants to confirm the identity of a person, all he has to do is to take the thumbprint or fingerprint of the person on a cell phone and send it across to the central database and receive authentication within seconds," he said delivering the CSIR Foundation Day Lecture.

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PM4K NEWS 023: ALL CITIZENS TO GET UNIQUE IDs BY 2010-11

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CHENNAI: The proposed unique multi-purpose national identity cards would be issued to all citizens by 2010-2011, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said in Chennai on Monday. In the first phase this year, 1.2 crore people in about 3,331 coastal villages and cities would receive the cards, he told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Chennai. The card will be given to 110 crore people by 2010-2011.

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PM4K NEWS 021: UNIQUE ID FOR COASTAL RESIDENTS

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MANGALORE: The 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai has expedited the Union government's move to create a National Population Register (NPR) for residents in coastal areas. The attack clearly exposed India's vulnerability along the coast. NPR entails issuing identity (smart) cards to citizens as one of the measures to strengthen security in coastal areas. This NPR project will be implemented in 208 coastal villages in three coastal districts of the state by January 2010.

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PM4K NEWS 019: NANDAN NILEKANI’S INTERVIEW WITH KARAN THAPAR

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We need one single, non-duplicate way of identifying a person and we need a mechanism by which we can authenticate that online anywhere because that can have huge benefits and impact on public services, says Nandan Nilekani in an interview to Karan Thapar, on CNN-IBN’s Devil's Advocate.

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PM4K NEWS 017: 12 PARAMETERS FOR INDIA’S UNIQUE ID

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Responding to a question on issues with India's Voter ID project, Ramamurthy said that many things were not done in the right way, and though 83% of the Indian population has been covered by Voters ID cards, excluding North East states.

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PM4K NEWS 016: UNIQUE ID NOT MANDATORY

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NEW DELHI: The UID project will create a mass database with demographic and biometric information that can be used by banks, insurance, issuance of passport and ration. These players will be partners of the Unique ID Project.

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