Shillong MoU on identity project
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Shillong, July 27: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Meghalaya government, detailing the implementation of the unique identification project in the state, at its office in New Delhi this morning.
According to the scheme, each resident of the country will get a number which can be used as a multi-purpose unique ID.
These numbers can be used as an alternative to ration cards, credit cards and job cards under the Nation Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Another feature of the unique identification is that the illegal migrants can be easily detected once the scheme is fully implemented.
An official statement said the MoU was signed between the deputy director-general of the scheme, Davinder Kumar, and Meghalaya resident commissioner Pankaj Jain in the presence of director-general of the Unique Identification Authority of India, R.S. Sharma.
The state government has set up a cabinet committee on unique identification under the chairmanship of the chief minister and another committee under the chairmanship of the chief secretary to oversee the implementation of the project.
After signing the MoU, Sharma said the Unique Identification Authority of India cannot realise its objective of providing every Indian resident with an Aadhaar (UID number) without working in tandem with the state governments.
Former Infosys head Nandan Nilekani was appointed the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India to speed up implementation of the scheme after it was launched in June last year.