Question asked by MP Shri P. Rajeev
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PLANNING
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1788
ANSWERED ON 25.11.2010
CLIENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM OF AADHAAR .
1788 SHRI P. RAJEEVE
Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Government is aware of the adoption of proprietary operating system owned by Microsoft alone for client enrollment system of Aadhaar;
(b) whether Government would intervene to ensure the use of vendor neutral systems and open technological standards for client enrollment system of Aadhaar as the proprietary formats and standards will end up in vendor dependency,
increased coast and finally preventing the mass of the people from using the facilities due to prohibitive cost; and
(c) whether Government would consider adopting cheaper technology and network architecture alternatives of distributed data bases and citizen identification methodology based on Local Self Government Institution data centres and data for Aadhaar?
ANSWER:
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PLANNING
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1788
ANSWERED ON 25.11.2010
CLIENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM OF AADHAAR .
1788 SHRI P. RAJEEVE
Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Government is aware of the adoption of proprietary operating system owned by Microsoft alone for client enrollment system of Aadhaar;
(b) whether Government would intervene to ensure the use of vendor neutral systems and open technological standards for client enrollment system of Aadhaar as the proprietary formats and standards will end up in vendor dependency,
increased coast and finally preventing the mass of the people from using the facilities due to prohibitive cost; and
(c) whether Government would consider adopting cheaper technology and network architecture alternatives of distributed data bases and citizen identification methodology based on Local Self Government Institution data centres and data for Aadhaar?
ANSWER:
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING, PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, PERSONNEL PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES & PENSION
(SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)
(a): Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has not adopted a ‘Microsoft only’ client enrollment system. UIDAI is developing a multi platform client enrollment system that will work on Linux, Microsoft and Mac.
(b): UIDAI has, through standards, encouraged several device manufacturers to integrate to the client enrollment platform.
(c): The mandate of UIDAI is to issue unique identification numbers to all the residents in the country. The UID number is not a proof of citizenship. UIDAI enrolment database is centralized for de-duplication and ensuring uniqueness
across the country. UIDAI programme architecture, however, allows use of distributed databases for authentication at different locations.