Monday, January 23, 2012

India UID Round-up

Since Nandan Nilekani began mounting a serious defense of the UID project, India has been pretty much dominating the biometrics news.

Here's a roundup:

Biometric for Aadhar Rs10 more than NPR (Hindustan Times)

UIDAI dismisses doubts over accuracy of unique ID system (IBN Live India) - with a rare mention of the mathematics involved in deduplication.

Excellent Video: Truth vs Hype: Who is afraid of Unique ID? (NDTV.com)

Full transcript of a longer Interview of Nandan Nilekani on UID project, Aadhaar (NDTV.com)  This interview is conducted by Sreenivasan Jain, the journalist in the video above.

Short News Piece: Nandan Nilekani and the biometrics battle (video) (NDTV.com) 

War on UID: Who will win? (MSN - India)

India faces identity crisis (Asia Times)