DEVELOPING AN IDENTITY NUMBER FOR EVERY INDIAN

Mr. B. B. Nanawati Deputy Director General UID Authority of India www.uidai.gov.in September 22, 2010

AADHAAR

Agenda
Context of UIDs in India UIDAIs Mandate Features of Unique IDs The Challenge UID Implementation Approach Road ahead Some Major Applications

THE UNIQUE ID INITIATIVE

Need for unique ID
To provide accessible identification that can be used for entitlement (unique and universal) Prevent duplication of effort and leakages existent in the current system Enable service and applications that require a verifiable unique ID (continuity and mobility)

UIDAI mandate
To provide a unique number to the residents of India Collect basic demographic information and biometric information Guarantee nonduplication through biometrics Offer online authentication services that can be used across India

UID ~ WHAT IT IS
Issues 12 digit number Establishes identity and is for every resident in India Basic demographic and biometric information Voluntary Irrespective of existing documentation UID will be truly unique

Leverage mobile network for universal access Inclusiveness Privacy and personal rights demand driven ID Empowers cross section of society not having any documents Prevents duplicate IDs and ghosts in the system

Benefits of Unique IDs

Reduces Leakages

No Fakes No Duplicates To the marginalized To the excluded Enable connectivity among databases Enable consolidation

Provides Identities

Breaks Silos

Benefits Contd..
Enables Applications

Financial Inclusion Electronic Benefits Transfer Security Access to Services Mobility in various Applications Building up of Applications

Enhances

Enables

INFORMATION COLLECTED

KYR Fields Name, Address, Gender, DOB Photo & Address Verification Photo 10-fingerprints on Slap scanner Iris Scan

UIDAI WILL ISSUE UNIQUE IDS

UID Unique number
Name Parents Gender DoB PoB Address

Random number

Basic demographic data and biometrics stored centrally

UID = 1568 3647 4958 6218

Standardized identity attributes No duplicates(1:N check) Flexibility to partners on Know Your Resident (KYR)+ Profiling attributes Transaction records

Central UID database

9 Property of UIDAI - Highly confidential

 and authenticate IDs online, realreal-time

Authentication - Are you who you claim to be?

UID = 1568 3647 4958 6218

Central UID database

1:1 check, no ID fraud Only YES/NO response, no details no invasion of privacy Person can see self-details, no one else can
Property of UIDAI - Highly confidential 10

I. Challenge

Atariya, Tikamgarh, M.P.

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Rams efforts to collect his NREGA dues

2:30pm deadline 2 hour wait at the bank and a frustrated bank clerk The return journey 14 km bus journey

6 km walk to bus stop

Moneylender dues @ 5% pm

Rams Thursday ordeal

Ration from village kirana with remaining money 12

Rams tradetrade-off for his wages

Rs 10 Transport Rs 25 Interest cost

Rs 91 Opportunity cost of wasted day Rs 546 Rs Zero Processing fee

Rs 546

Rs 126 Total cost

> 20% of income

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Social and system inefficiencies in serving 65 million NREGA beneficiaries

Inconvenience Large transaction size Lack of information Informal financial players filling service vacuum High transaction volume Rs 546 Lack of interoperability Costly cash handling processes Cumbersome non-repudiation processes Rs 546

Much higher hidden cost!!

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III. UIDAI Approach

Size

Style

Speed

Skill

Empowering the common mans rights and convenience Creating business, employment and vibrant hi-tech industry over 5 yrs

Size

Ambitious Targets
UID # 600,000,000

Strong Govt backing

1900 Crore

Budget 2010-2011

Allocation for Registrars

1300 Crore

Infrastructure
600 Crore

BPL Allocation(1) UID # 1

3000 Crore

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Motivated team

(1) Total money allocated by 13th Finance commission over next 4 years for re-imbursements to the BPL residents to enroll

Style
Within Govt IAS IPS IAAS IRS Post BSNL Railways

The UIDAI team

Strong domain expertise Diverse Skill Sets
Entrepreneurs Corporate Executives

Outside Govt

UIDAI
Deputation Sabbatical Volunteer NISG PMU

Investment Bankers Academicians Technocrats Civil Society Attorneys

Speed

Commitment to Deliver
UID Authority Announced 6+ states 11/10 3 states 9/10 Live BSP 8/10 7/10 7/09 Cabinet Minister 1/09

6/10 75,000 Subj. POC+ DATACENTRE 4/10 Apps Dev 3/10 Contract PMC contract

1/10

Critical mass staff in place

Style

Our consultative approach

States
Met all 28 states officials; in detailed consultation with several of them to align efforts Incorporated feedback into UIDAI design

Civil society Central agencies RGI Public participation

Dedicated senior resources to outreach Met various civil society and NGO stakeholders Met with all central regulators such as RBI, IRDA, TRAI, PFRDA FMC etc, and associations like IBA, Telecom operators etc., Other central registrars such as RGI, RSBY, OMCs, LIC, Banks Met with central ministries and aligned operations with them Aligning standards Strategizing on potential collaborations Adopting learning from vast census experience Introducer problem Technical contributions Logo competition

Yet not compromising speed

IV Road ahead: 2012

Atariya, Tikamgarh, M.P.

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NREGA wages: UID enabled direct transfer

Transfer money From PIA a/c To UID 2653 8564 4663 Amount Rs546 PIA bank a/c Central switch at NPCI ID mapper

Block NREGA

GP NREGA
Debit PIA a/c Credit Rams a/c Info IVRS/ SMS Muster roll with Rams UID
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Resident - Ram UID 2563 8564 4663

UID enabled Resident no -frills bank a/c existing or new

Skill

Biometric Procurement Strategy

1. creative collaborations and reducing the TCO 2. Multi vendor reliable and cost effective solutions 3. Collobrate with emerging players 4. Evolving Technology , need for continuous improvement 5. Current solution will be different from that would be running at the size of 1 Billion records
6. De-Duplication as a Service ~ Biometric solution as Black Box

Skill

Biometric Unique

1. Creating Eco-system for end to end chain 2. Standards, open source & cloud 3. Multiple ABIS and performance based allocation 4. Dynamic allocation of de- dup transactions 5. Quality: device and operators certification 6. Ubiquitous real time authentication service

SELECTION OF 3 BIOMETRIC SOLUTION PROVIDERS (BSP)

~ April to July 2010 was selection process ~ July to mid August implementation testing go live

1 Invitation of Expression of Interest (EOI)

2 Pre-qualification of EOI respondents

3 Short-listing of Bidders

Release of Request for RFP with detailed Terms of Reference

5 Paper Based Evaluation

Evaluation of Functional Solution Demonstration

7 Technical Presentation

Commercial Bid Evaluation of Technically Qualified bidders

9 Selection of lowest prices bidder

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Matching of lowest price by other prices in their order of price bids

11 Finalization of 3 bidders as BSPs

How the solution impacts the other stories

Minu, JSY Easy identification Milestone based scheme disbursement Easy bank a/c opening Convenient withdrawal

Mobility Non-repudiation Choice of withdrawal No phantoms/ fakes Old age and widow pension Time reduced More productive Cost reduced Pushpalata, ASHA
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Disability pension Access to information Beneficiary payment record

What do we need from you?

Collaboration , best practices , support, technology

You can help change her future

AADHAR
Bhor hui jeevan mein Shuru nai udaan Mili hame pehchaan Khule naye ab dwaar Hamaaraa Aadhaar Aadhaar, Aadhaar Aadhaar Yeh hai meri pehchaan Gaon, Gaon aur Shehar, Shehar mein Har pradesh ke har kone mein Kahin bhi hoga maanya desh mein Aadhaar hamaari shaan hai

Thank You www.uidia.gov.in