The Aadhaar card which has been introduced to collect the biometric and demographic data of the residents of India is one of the Worlds largest National Identification number project.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a central government agency of India which is responsible for issuing and collecting info of aadhaar.
The UIDAI was established on 28 January 2009 after the Planning Commission of India issued a notification and Nandan Nilekani, the co-founder of Infosys, was appointed by the government to head the project. He was given the newly created position of the Chairman of UIDAI.
On 11 March 2016, the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016, was passed by the Lok Sabha which entitled the Government of India(GOI) to use it, to disburse money directly to the bank accounts of the users who are availing subsidies under various schemes of GOI.

In the month of February 2012, the UIDAI launched an online verification system for Aadhaar numbers. Using the system banks, telecom companies and government departments could enter an Aadhaar number and verify if the person was a resident of India or not.
APPLICATION OF AADHAAR:-
Direct Benefit transfer
Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance systems
Linking of passports to the Aadhaar database for getting biometric dataUsing Aadhaar by telecom companies to fill Customer application formLinking of Aadhaar with the Ration card
CONCERNS: -
Feasibility concernsLack of legislation and privacy concerns
Legality of sharing data with law enforcement
Overlaps with National Population Register
References: - Wikipedia, Times of India.


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