Aadhaar will unfold in 4 stages: report
Posted: Tue, Mar 6 2012. 10:36 PM IST
The report, Aadhaar, An Indian Megatrend:
Posted: Tue, Mar 6 2012. 10:36 PM IST
The report released on Tuesday, said that after the first
phase of enrolment and infrastructure creation, the ecosystem would move
to the initial application phase covering social welfare programmes
Mumbai: The
application of Aadhaar, the unique identification number (UID)
initiative by the Indian government, will evolve in four waves over the
next few years, says a report by management consulting firm Boston
Consulting Group (BCG).
Leveraging the Potential, released on Tuesday, said that after the first
phase of enrolment and infrastructure creation, the ecosystem would
move to the initial application phase covering social welfare programmes
such as the Public Distribution System and the Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
The report, Aadhaar, An Indian Megatrend:
The third wave, according to
the report, would be mainstream applications to improve national
development infrastructure in healthcare, education, energy, financial
services and telecom. This would be followed by a fourth and final wave
of next generation applications to improve factor productivity and
efficiency in supply chain and electronic/mobile commerce.
The project was initially
conceived by the Planning Commission as an initiative that would provide
identification for each resident across the country and would be used
primarily as the basis for efficient delivery of welfare services. It
was also envisioned as a tool for effective monitoring of various
government programmes.
Initially conceived by the Planning Commission in 2006, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was constituted and notified by the commission on 28 January 2009. The first UIDs were issued in the tribal village of Tembhli in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra on 29 September 2010. The agency intends to issue 600 million UIDs in five years.
It was set up in the backdrop of a significantly high number of unregistered births in the country. According to the last Unicef estimates, out of an estimated 26 million children born every year in India, about 10 million go unregistered.
Aadhaar caters to each individual by providing a unique number that meets three criteria—it ensures universality, avoids duplication and provides biometric authentication.
“The applications that Aadhaar spur have the potential to influence every facet in a consumer’s life,” said Neeraj Aggarwal, partner and director at BCG India and author of the report.
“It is the convergence of Aadhaar as a megatrend with other trends that sets the platform for business innovation, provides the ability to revolutionize social welfare delivery, and enables the transformation of business models and market space for organizations.”
According to the report, opportunities in the post-Aadhaar world will see applications ranging from those that can facilitate social welfare schemes, to mainstream applications that can have a significant impact on the development infrastructure of the country, cross–sectoral applications that can fundamentally improve productivity and reduce costs.
john.k@livemint.com
Initially conceived by the Planning Commission in 2006, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was constituted and notified by the commission on 28 January 2009. The first UIDs were issued in the tribal village of Tembhli in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra on 29 September 2010. The agency intends to issue 600 million UIDs in five years.
It was set up in the backdrop of a significantly high number of unregistered births in the country. According to the last Unicef estimates, out of an estimated 26 million children born every year in India, about 10 million go unregistered.
Aadhaar caters to each individual by providing a unique number that meets three criteria—it ensures universality, avoids duplication and provides biometric authentication.
“The applications that Aadhaar spur have the potential to influence every facet in a consumer’s life,” said Neeraj Aggarwal, partner and director at BCG India and author of the report.
“It is the convergence of Aadhaar as a megatrend with other trends that sets the platform for business innovation, provides the ability to revolutionize social welfare delivery, and enables the transformation of business models and market space for organizations.”
According to the report, opportunities in the post-Aadhaar world will see applications ranging from those that can facilitate social welfare schemes, to mainstream applications that can have a significant impact on the development infrastructure of the country, cross–sectoral applications that can fundamentally improve productivity and reduce costs.
john.k@livemint.com
