The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) tested its mechanism in April-May across Mysore and Tumkur districts.Now that the Mysore district administration has an action plan in place,the UIDAI and Karnatakas e-governance department will allot Aadhaar,the 12-digit UID numbers,in October.UIDAI deputy directorgeneral Ashok Dalwai on Wednesday said: The mechanism to allot the numbers has been fine-tuned here and the system is ready to allot the numbers,the first in India.
Pilot projects were launched elsewhere in the nation.Andhra Pradesh is also ready to issue the numbers but it could take some more time.
The enrolment agencies are ready and the ground work to set up enrolment centres is on,he explained.The allotment will start in mid-October and completed by the year-end.Simultaneously,Tumkur district will also be covered by the year-end.The remaining 28 districts will get the numbers by December 2011,e-governance principal secretary M N Vidyashankar said.
How Foolproof is UID?
The system is foolproof since three biometric identifications impression of ten fingers of the hand,iris scan and photograph of the person are taken.
Simultaneously,Tumkur district will also be covered by the year-end.The remaining 28 districts of the state will get the numbers by December 2011 ,The protocol devised by Karnataka will be replicated across India.
Andhra Pradesh is also ready to issue the numbers but it could take some more time
