The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Thursday that it would start issuing the 16-digit number to each resident of the country in February 2011.
They are going to start issuing the unique identification numbers (UIN) from February 2011. These numbers would be allotted on the basis of 11 biometrics including 10 fingerprints and iris. The UIDAI would not allot any card, but 16-digit numbers.
There would be eight regional offices of UIDAI and each such office would cover two-three states. So India will become the first country in the world to issue a unique identity number for each of its citizens.
Just Log on to www.uidai.gov.in, the new website of the recently formed Unique Identification Authority of India headed by Infosys founder Nandan Nilekani, and get answers for almost all your queries.
