An INDIAN entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician, Nandan Nilekani was the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). H had a fairly successful career at Infosys, as the company's topline grew six-fold under his stewardship when he was CEO between 2002 to 2007.
After leaving Infosys, Nilekani accepted former Prime Minister Manmohan singh's invitation to steer the implementation of UID card project across the country. This was aimed at providing a unique identification number for every Indian, and will be used primarily for efficient delivery of welfare services.
Nandan Nilekani is known as the brain behind aadhar more than his contribution to the Indian IT industry.
The biggest misunderstanding of aadhar most Indian have had is the fact it is an ID Proof (like PAN, License, etc.). Nilekani has been quite articulate and clear in busting that myth, clarifying that purpose for aadhar is just for authentication and that it will not serve for any purpose the other ID will serve.
In his book Rebooting India, he has written about how technology can transform governance, and how aadhar can be used for delivering an entire range of services to the common man. Right from plugging leakages in PDS system to banking services; smart grid electricity to free and smooth conduction of election, Nilekani has a crystal clear idea of how aadhar can fit into all models.
In the aftermath of the demonetization exercise announced in november last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi roped in Nandan NIlekani as the government's digital advisor. The focus has since then shifted to making India a cashless economy, through faster implementation of digital mode of payment systems across the country
Identification
An aadhaar card document can be used for KYC, verification and identification purposes. Your biometric data is ued for verfication, which means that when you submit and aadhaar card as a proof of identity you can use your fingerprint to allow access to your identity information. By doing this, it can quickly authenticate the ID, speeding up processes like KYC verification.
Passports can now be availed by applicants within 10 days, aadhaar card number can be linked to voter ID's to eliminate bogus voters. Goverment sponsored scholarships for student, pension for elderly and health benefits can directly transferred to the bank accounts of the people through aadhaar thus reducing corruption.
The Jan Dhan Yojna scheme is to offer help to people living in remote areas to avail the bank services which accepts aadhaar card number as only document for opening a bank account.
The aadhar-based Direct Benefits Transfer is followed by the LPG subsidy wherin the distributor for your particular area enable the LPG customers to get subsidy directly to their respective bank accounts.Focussing on national security and ways by which to deter illegal immigration, the project had proposed different coloured illegal immigration, the project had proposed different coloured cards for citizens and non-citizens.
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