"We will generate about a million numbers per day and our plan is to have nearly half the population in our system (unique identity number) by 2014," Nandan Nilekani, chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said.We've written extensively about India's UID project, calling it the identity management "moon shot" and expounding on the connection between a unique individual identity and socio-economic development.
According to Nilekani, the uniue number will provide its holder access to better government services, while greatly reducing the hassels of paperwork.
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