This Blog captures comments made by members in many discussion groups in response to the question " What is your say on "UID" or "UIN" "Aadhaar" that Nandan Nilekani is creating.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
95 - “IMHO I believe this is another White Elephant India could do without. Instead of cleaning up the supply chain and eradicating middle men who abuse govt handouts to the needy, the treasury is being emptied to give every Indian a UIN, numbering 1.2 billion approximately. By the time this project sees completion we Indians would have figured out how individuals can get two or three UINs per person and we will have issued crores of Bangladesis and Pakistanis UIN.”