Tag Archives: uid project

01 Feb

Cheating UID Project’s Biometric System [With Wax and Fevicol]

By Team PI 11 Comments

Indian government’s UID (aka Aadhar project) is under a constant scrutiny, especially when it comes to security issues (after all, UID is being pitched to be used as KYC for banks and the project even plans to introduce micro-payment platform … Read More »

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12 Jan

UID Project plans to introduce micro-payment platform for Rural India

By sinha 6 Comments

UID Project plans to introduce micro-payment platform in order to facilitate banking in rural India.

The platform will enable Business Correspondents (who could be a local kirana shop owner and will act as ‘micro atm’) to conduct instant transactions. Read More »

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21 Dec

News Roundup: UIDs for schoolchildren, Telcos fined for Fake Identity [and more]

By Team PI 5 Comments
News Roundup: UIDs for schoolchildren, Telcos fined for Fake Identity [and more]

Call it BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal), UID authorities have proposed to make it mandatory for children to have the UID at the time of admission to school once the process of issuing the UID gets under way.The rationale behind the proposal is that children can be tracked for academic progress besides being targeted for direct benefits. Read More »

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18 Nov

UID Project Details Leaked

By manish 40 Comments

Indian Government’s ambitious Unique ID project that will impart unique identity number to each and every resident is all set to change the way social welfare systems are delivered to the mass. Read More »