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Post
offices to distribute unique ID number
Friday February 04, 2011 05:55:29 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Indians will
get their unique identification number from post offices.
An agreement to this effect was signed here Friday by the
department of post and the Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI), which is in charge of the mammoth project.
"This is not a tactical but a strategic partnership where UIDAI
will leverage the existing infrastructure of (post offices) to
reach out to the masses," said Nandan Nilekani, chairman of UIDAI.
The department will also open a request for quotation in the next
few days to finalise the agency to manage the infrastructure for
registration and distribution of the UID numbers across post
offices.
The UIDAI was established in February 2009 to operate the unique
identification number database.
It will provide a unique number with associated identifying
biometric data and photographs to all Indians. The ID aims to
prevent rigging in elections and check widespread embezzlement of
government subsidies and poverty alleviation programmes.
Post offices are spread across India and is the only organisation
that can provide a comprehensive solution to the requirements of
the UIDAI, an official statement said.
The postal deparment signed its first agreement with the UIDAI
April 30, 2010 to cover printing of communication carrying the UID
number addressed to resident.
This facility is expected to print and dispatch about one crore
UID letters upto March 31, 2011. In 2011-12, the postal department
is expected to print and deliver about 12 crore UID letters.
More than 3,700 post offices in the country have been identified
to become enrolment stations.
Communications Minister Kapil Sibal, who was present on the
occasion, said that this partnership will empower people.
"The empowerment will take place through post offices, we want to
move in step with the authority," said Sibal.
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