There were so many ideas which came into my head and well..I think I wrote some of it down on the last pages of the books I could locate at that time. But well, nothing concrete.
So I shall write down here...whatever is there on the last pages of various books now.
Nandan Nilekani talks about the UID process...
I think this is a very huge step for India and the country is going to benefit from this big time. The feasibility of this thing though has to be thought about properly. In the interview which I was watching, he conveniently avoided all the implementation and utilization questions. Well...lets hope for the best. I donno the number of countries in the world which use biometrics to keep a tab on the people. And a country like India is no easy deal. Its gonna take a lot of money, manpower( of course we dont have a problem with that), technology, strategy and what not to keep this running. A very ambitious project undertaken and if India is able to pull this off, I dont think there is much anyone can do to stop her.
In a way, if you think about it, this is a kinda socialist policy. The biggest capital that we have today is in Humans...Human resource..And this is the best way they can completely own it. All decisions will be taken by the government eventually. But, I do think India needs this one force to direct it someplace proper. We need a dictator. Don't think we can get that. So this is the best we can do for now. And it should work.
Also, another sector this is going to affect deeply is the Biometric equipment manufacturers. Once the entire country is organised, this information can be sold to so many people, organisations , etc..and even if this data is not for sale, it can be used in much more easier manner than it is now. Cos the moment people get accustomed to being barometrically identified, it will become an easy thing to replicate and use as per the necessity.
So that sector is definitely going to see a huge boom in the years to come.
Next thought...in next blog
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