Here is an in-depth overview of how well biometric technology is performing in India's UID project. And, more crucially, it explains why performance is so good?

Governments investing taxpayers’ hard-earned money in automated border control (ABC) systems will experience false economies by cutting corners in enrolment.

Policy considerations when implementing biometric enhanced, chip-based passports.
 

This article is written by Brad Wing, Biometrics Standards Coordinator at NIST, and editor of the ANSI/NIST-ITL standard. The article reviews the history of the standard and gives examples of where it is in use today. This year, the standard will be expanded to meet the increased needs of Governments around the world for the exchange of biometrics and related information.