Unique identification authority of india uid

UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION
AUTHORITY OF INDIA

UIDAI BACKGROUND
 In India, an inability to prove identity is one of the biggest barriers
preventing the poor from accessing benefits and subsidies.
 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was established in
January 2009.
 The purpose of the UIDAI is to issue a unique identification number (UID) to
all Indian residents that is
 Robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities, and
 Can be verified and authenticated in an easy, cost-effective way.
 It was an initiative that would provide identification for each resident
across the country for efficient delivery of welfare services.
 It would also act as a tool for effective monitoring of various programs and
schemes of the Government.
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FUNCTIONS OF UIDAI
 It assigns Unique Identity Number Aadhaar on voluntary basis.
 The UIDAI is an agency of the Government of India responsible for
implementing the Aadhaar Identities
 It is the Registrar of Identities i.e. it registers, assigns and verifies the unique
identities
Two types of unique identities:
1. Residents of India (called Aadhaar)
2. Corporate entities (Corporate-UID) for company, bank, NGO, trust,
political party etc.

UIDAI IMPLEMENTATION MODEL
The Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR)
 They hold the minimum information required to identify the resident and
ensure no duplicates. This will include:
 The Unique Identity Number: UIDAI also collects following data fields
and biometrics for issuing a UID:
• Name
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Father's/Husband's/ Guardian's name and UID(optional for adult
residents)
• Mother's/ Wife's/ Guardian's name and UID(optional for adult residents)
• Introducer's name and UID( in case of lack of documents)
• Address
• All ten finger prints, photograph and both iris scans

UIDAI IMPLEMENTATION MODEL CONTD
 The Unique ID agencies:
 The UIDAI will partner with a variety of agencies and service
providers to enroll residents for UID numbers and verify their
identity.
 The structure of these UID agencies will be as follows:
 Registrars
 Sub-Registrars
 Enrolling Agencies
 Outreach Groups

UIDAI IMPLEMENTATION MODEL CONTD.
 Setting standards on demographic data and biometrics:
 The UIDAI established two Committees to look into the issue of standards.
 Committee on Demographic Data Standards and Verification
Procedures
 Committee on Biometric Standards

AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION
 Aadhaar Number, along with other attributes, including biometrics, are
submitted online to the CIDR for its verification.
 At a high level, authentication can be ‘Demographic Authentication’
and/or ‘Biometric Authentication’.
 The resident’s record is first selected using the Aadhaar Number.
 Then the demographic/biometric inputs are matched against the stored
data.
 Fingerprints in the input are matched against all stored 10 fingerprints.
 In addition, Aadhaar authentication service only responds with a “yes/no”
and no Personal Identity Information (PII) is returned as part of the response.

AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION

TYPES OF AUTHENTICATION
 Online Authentication is supported by the UID system.
 Compares the scanned fingerprint of the cardholder to the biometric
stored on the Registrar-issued card. The assurance level here is medium.
 Offline Authentication is supported by the Registrar, and does not use the
authenticating service provided by the UIDAI.
 Photo match authentication where the photo on the card is compared
with the cardholder. This is the most basic form of authentication. The
assurance level here is low.

TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE OF THE
UIDAI
 System architecture
 The UID Server
 The Biometric sub-system
 The Enrolment client
 The Network
 The Security design

Technology architecture

UID PROCESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES:
• A national identification number, national identity number, or national
insurance number is used by the governments of many countries as a
means of tracking their citizens, permanent residents, and temporary
residents for the purpose of work, taxation, government benefits and other
purposes
• Different countries implement different methods and formats, but in most
cases, a citizen is issued an identification number at birth or when they
reach a legal age (typically the age of 18)
• Non-Citizens may be issued such numbers for a singular purpose, on a
temporary basis which expires after a limited period

Following discusses about the UID process in some other major countries:
• United Kingdom: A National Insurance Number called an NI number
(NINO), is used to administer state benefits. Each baby born is issued NINO
• People’s Republic of China: In the PRC, an ID card is mandatory for all the
citizens who are above 16 years old. The ID no. has 18 digits and is in the
format RRRRRRYYYYMMDDSSSC, which is the sole and exclusive
identification code for the holder
• United States: A Selective Service Number must be applied for by all male
citizens turning age 18. Also, an optional national identity number is the
social security number (SSN), a nine digit number issued to U.S. citizens,
permanent residents, and temporary residents, its purpose is to identify
individuals for social security

• Germany: In Germany, there was no national identification number till 2007.
In 2008n the government implemented a new Taxpayer Identification
Number for both employees and self-employed citizens
• France: In France, an INSEE code is used as a social insurance number, a
national identification number, for taxation purposes, for employment, etc.
• United Arab Emirates: The UAE issues an identity card to each citizen and
resident. The cardholder's name, nationality, gender and date of birth are
printed on the card. Inside the card is an electronic chip which contains
personal and biometric data about the cardholder. The identification no.
has 784-YYYY-NNNNNNN-C format where 784 is the ISO 3166-1 numeric
code for the UAE

REFERENCES
• http://uidai.gov.in/UID_PDF/Front_Page_Articles/Documents/Strategy_Over
veiw-001.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Identification_Authority_of_India
• http://uidai.gov.in/UID_PDF/Working_Papers/Circulated_Aadhaar_PDS_Not
e.pdf
• http://www.skoch.in/images/Stories/Governance_knowledge/UID%20_%20
Challenges,%20Applicability%20and%20opportunity.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_document
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