PM, not Sonia, to kick off prestigious UID project

After Rahul Gandhi's focus on tribals, Manmohan Singh's spin doctors have decided that the prime minister should lend considerable weight behind the country's tribal population. According to......

Why we need a nationwide debate on UID project

Social activists, legal researchers and academicians have demanded a nationwide public debate and discussion on the Centre's plan to issue an Unique Identification Number for Indians and its......

Why Indians should fear the UID

The Aadhaar or UID project has grave implications for every Indian. It will enable the government to profile every citizen and track their movements and transactions. There is no guarantee that......

Data Breach: 'Government is always in denial'

'Why does a State that sees a national security issue at every turn not recognise the seriousness of the data from sensitive databases being breached?' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Yahoo offers help in UID project

Internet giant Yahoo on Wednesday offered to be part of India's plan to provide citizens with unique identity numbers, a project headed by IT czar Nandan Nilekani, but said it was not looking for......

MindTree pips IBM to bag first UID project

MindTree, the Bangalore-based information technology services provider, has bagged the application development services segment of the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification (UID) project,......

I&B ministry to promote UID project

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been given the responsibility of promoting the Unique Identification Number project, officials said here on Friday. In a recent meeting between the......

After Microsoft, Yahoo, Google eyes UID project

Internet search giant Google on Thursday said it will be "happy to help" India in implementing a project to provide unique identity numbers to citizens, if asked. "It would be very arrogant for......