Chandigarh: The Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI) today said it would start issuing
the 16-digit number to each resident of the country in
February 2011.
We would start issuing the unique identification numbers
(UIN) in February 2011. These numbers would be allotted on the
basis of 11 biometrics including 10 fingerprints and iris,
UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said here after a meeting with
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
The UIDAI would not allot any card, but 16-digit numbers,
said Nilekani, who is on a visit to the state to discuss the
UIN issue.
There would be eight regional offices of UIDAI and each
such office would cover two-three states, he said.
Meanwhile, Hooda assured all help of the state government
to the UIDAI and said the state level unit would function
under financial commissioner and principal secretary (tourism)
Keshni Anand Arora to allot UIN to Haryana residents.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 23:45