The move is aimed at making the database easier to handle and better linked to the Crime and Criminals Tracking System
Submitted on 08/22/2012 - 11:28:25 AM
New Delhi: The government has decided to link crime records with the Aadhaar Unique Identity (UID) project. Union Home Ministry has made a provision for linking up the UID or Aadhaar number with crime and criminal tracking system.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jitendra Singh said that project will cost Rs 2,000 crore.
He said that linking crime records with the UID will make the data base easier to handle and more acceptable.
The Minister informed that the creation of the National Population Register (NPR) is progressing as envisaged.
In the course of enrolment, if a person indicates that he or she has already been enrolled for Aadhaar, then the biometrics data is not captured by the (NPR).
He said the government is also considering issuing Resident Identity Cards to all residents of age 18 years and above.
—iGovernment Bureau