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India To Issue Over a Billion Biometric ID Cards

Posted by timothy on from the might-be-a-few-hitches dept.

angrytuna writes "The Unique Identification Authority is a new state department in India charged with assigning every living Indian an exclusive number and biometric ID card. The program is designed to alleviate problems with the 20 current types of proof of identity currently available. These problems range from difficulties for the very poor in obtaining state handouts, corruption, illegal immigration, and terrorism issues. Issuing the cards may be difficult, however, as less than 7% of the population is registered for income tax, and voter lists are thought to be inaccurate, partly due to corruption. The government has said the first cards will be issued in 18 months."

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  1. Billionth Indian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope they don't have to stand in a queue!

  2. Re:Awesome! by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    also for all those people who are 1 in a million there are a thousand identical biometric cards.

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  3. Re:Awesome! by oodaloop · · Score: 2, Funny

    Absolutely. After getting hit with the billy club, you would have a new face. The old mold would be useless!

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  4. Hmmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wonder how many Bob Maharajapurams there are. I seem to get him every time I call tech support.

  5. Beep! by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unique Identification Authority

    Huh. Did they have a contest to come up with the most Orwellian sounding name? Are they a section of the Department Of Bureaus? :)

    1. Re:Beep! by mcgrew · · Score: 2, Funny


      Unique Identification Authority

      Huh. Did they have a contest to come up with the most Orwellian sounding name? Are they a section of the Department Of Bureaus? :)

      I think they're part of the Department of Redundancy Department.

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    2. Re:Beep! by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did they have a contest to come up with the most Orwellian sounding name?

      Well, they had to find a name that wasn't taken.

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  6. Re:Illegal Immigration? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes I always call Bangladeshis, India's Mexicans