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India's biometric identity scheme

16/03/2013

India Identity

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Peter Day looks at India’s attempt to give each citizen get an individual identity.

India is attempting to give each citizen get an individual identity. It’s the world’s largest technological project. Peter Day investigates.

India is attempting to give every one of its citizens an individual biometric identity.  It’s the world’s largest technological project. Critics say it is a huge waste of money, and is susceptible to fraud. But its advocates believe it could help transform the nation, cutting fraud in the welfare system, and bringing tens, if not hundreds of millions of poor people, into the banking system. Peter Day travels to India to investigate.

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