Monday, August 8, 2011

Indian State of Panaji Launches UID Project

Unique identification number project to be launched today (Times of India)
"We will inform the citizens about the entire programme, with details of the enrolment centres through the media," Anand Sherkhane, director, department of planning, statistics and evaluation told TOI. Each centre will have three to five work stations, and will be equipped with machinery required for citizens' enrolment. Biometric scanning of fingerprints and the iris will be taken up for obtaining a 12-digit number.