More than a million people will enrol for unique Aadhaar identity number per day by October which has so far been provided to 37 million people across the country, chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani said today.
"The goal is to give 1.2 billion people unique number and that is well on its way. We have already given unique numbers to 37 million people, another 50 million people enroled and are waiting to get numbers," Nilekani said at a function here.
He said while "new people are getting enrolled across the country at the rate of 6,00,000 a day in about 20,000 locations, by October the figure will be 1 million people per day".
Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number, which will serve as a proof of identity and address anywhere in India.
Nilekani said there was little possibility of duplicates arising out of the system because only one ID was issued to a person taking his biometric signature.
"One ID means that if you are coming with a false name, that is going to remain for the rest of your life... Something which no one would like," he said.
Nilekani said every person who gets an ID from the Aadhaar system also gets an online ID. The online ID can be used to verify the identity of a person anywhere.
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