The UIDAI, after taking all relevant factors into consideration, decided that biometrics attributes of an individual i.e. face, all ten fingerprints and both iris images will be collected during the enrolment process into the UID system.
I strongly feel that biometrics features are the primary method to check for duplicate identity. In order to ensure that an individual is uniquely identified in an easy and cost-effective manner, it is necessary to capture biometric of every individual.
In fact, as per my understanding three governments in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar have already started the proof of concept (POC) to gather the biometric on about 25,000 individuals in two villages across these states. The project is expected to be complete by May 20, 2010.
The POC is being done using a biometric readers installed at these villagers and all the data collected is being stored in various datacentres located at Mysore and Tumkur in Karnataka. The same pattern is being followed in other states as well. On completion the data collected would then be uploaded to the main data centres in New Delhi.
So the success of the unique ID would be solely based on its ability to detect and eliminate duplicate identities during the enrolment process. The primary method for detecting duplicates will be through the comparison of the biometric feature set, which requires consistent, high quality images. A good biometric implementation design that ensures consistent quality from a variety of biometric capture devices is therefore, essential.
Even though the biometric technology is coming from UDAI itself, in Karnataka, Comat Technologies, a provider of information based services to citizens in rural India has been selected as the nodal agency to drive the POC in Karnataka. I was told that Comat was chosen because of its prior experience in handling the e-governance projects like Nemmadi for Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC) records in rural Karnataka.
The company also provides services like employability training, job creation, financial inclusion and essential government services. I feel Comat has been successfully mapping the needs of rural population and efficiently delivering the same through a network of Rural Business Centers and so capable of driving the UID POC in Karnataka.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Manu Sharma
Quelle/Source: CXOToday, 21.04.2010
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