Human life cycle management: UIDAI plans linking Aadhaar with birth, death

From assigning temporary Aadhaar numbers to newborns to tracking deaths in hospitals, UIDAI is looking to expand the programme to cover a person's entire lifecycle

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which has enrolled nearly all of India's adult population since 2010, is now looking to expand Aadhaar to cover a person's entire lifecycle with two ambitious pilot programmes, a media report said on Wednesday.

According to an Economic Times report, newborn infants will receive a temporary Aadhaar number to be renewed with biometric data on attainment of majority, as the UIDAI prepares to launch the programmes to deepen its reach countrywide.

"The allocation of a UIDAI number at birth will ensure that children and families benefit from government programmes and no one is