UIDAI hits a million

19/01/11

India’s Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) has registered its one millionth resident into the biometric-based AADHAAR programme.

“It took us nearly six weeks to reach 100,000 enrolments,” says Nandan Nilekani, chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India. “However, it has taken us almost the same time to ramp up from 100,000 to 1 million Aadhaar enrolments. This success is an auspicious milestone, en-route to our goal of issuing 600 million Aadhaar numbers in the next four years.”

The speed of UIDAI’s registrars in deploying enrolment stations across the country, and in
training large numbers of operators, has ensured this milestone in such a short period. The
youngest person to receive their Aadhaar number was just 13 days old; the oldest person
to receive their Aadhaar number was 103 years old.

The UIDAI’s systems are claimed to have held up to the large numbers of people enrolling across the country. In addition, the training and quality controls the Authority has put in
place have been critical in minimizing problems in data collection, which will ensure that the
Aadhaar number will be a secure, reliable form of identification.

"Enrolment for the Aadhaar number will accelerate further in the coming weeks, as more
registrars begin enrolling residents," R.S. Sharma, UIDAI’s Director General & Mission
Director said. So far, over 60 registrars have signed MoUs with the UIDAI, and more than
fifteen of these registrars have begun enrolments.

The Union Finance Ministry recently recognized the Aadhaar number as sufficient proof of
identity and proof of address, for individuals to get a bank account. This move will be an
impetus for registrars in the financial sector to begin enrolling people for the number. It will
also be pivotal in bringing financial services to the millions of unbanked people in the
country, who have been excluded so far because of their lack of identification.

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UIDAI hits a million

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