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Uniqueee to suggest processes for updation, modification, addition and deletion of data fields from the core database to be created under the Unique ID for below BPL project was set up on 03 July 2006.

This led to the need of having a unique identification number for all the citizens.

THE PROBLEM:

For Indian citizens, mobility for one state to another is a problem.

When one moves from one state to another, he has to obtain:

* A new driver’s license

* A new bank account

* A new permit for cooking gas cylinders

* A new electricity connection

* A new ration card

There are no legal provisions for these documents to be transferred easily from one state to another. Also, there is a waste of time in applying & waiting to get these documents.

Birth of UIDAI as a Solution:

* It was partially to address this problem of transfer of documents that the Government of India initiated the Unique Identification Number (UID) scheme.

* Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was thus created for the planning, designing and implementation of this scheme.

UIDAI has headquarters in Delhi and a technology centre in Bangalore.

It also has 8 regional offices with IAS, IRS officers heading them, at:

* Chandigarh

* Delhi

* Lucknow

* Ranchi

* Guwahati

* Mumbai

* Hyderabad

* Bangalore

NOTE:

There are a few existing countries which have UID concept:

* USA

* Spain

* France

UIDAI:

Background:

The Unique Identification Authority' of India (UIDAI) was established in 2009 and has been mandated to issue Unique Identification (UTD) numbers to the residents of India.

UIDAI was constituted by the Government of India in January, 2009 as an attached office of the Planning Commission.

Prime Minister's Council of UID Authority was constituted on 30th July, 2009 and its first meeting was held on 12th August, 2009.

Subsequently, the Government constituted a Cabinet...