Presentation given by Ashank Desai, Chairman, Mastek on August 2nd, 2011 at eWorld Forum (www.eworldforum.net) in the session Unique Identification Number (UID)
2. Key challenge facing UID Core benefits of UID Envisaged benefits of UID KYR + Biometrics 1:N De-Duplication N = 1.2 Billion Tracking Benefits, Single source of beneficiary view Establish Identity Establish Uniqueness Manage Benefits provided to Beneficiaries Key Challenge Quality of Data
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4. Population of more than 1 Billion & other entities (approximately 5 million)
14. In the global context, a de-duplication accuracy of 99% has been achieved so far, using good quality fingerprints against a database of up to fifty million
15. Retaining efficacy while scaling the database size from fifty million to a billion has not been adequately analyzed.
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17. Slow paced progress of automation in social welfare domains such as PDS, Social Justice, Women and Child, Tribal – mismatches with the pace of UID enrollment.
19. Some schemes confer benefits since birth, for e.g. a child up to six years is allowed 1 unit of kerosene under a ration card scheme. UID is captured at the age of 14.
20. Biometric consistency across the life stages – scholarship for student, loan for entrepreneur and pension for the old – UID to track it all.
