Haryana chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda has assured all help of his government to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) and said that the State level unit would function under financial commissioner and principal secretary, Tourism, Keshni Anand Arora to allot unique identification numbers to the residents of Haryana.
The chief minister was discussing the issue of allotment of unique identification number with the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India, Nandan Nilekani. Nilekani, who has been visiting various States to discuss the issue of unique identification number, expected Haryana to lead in this venture. He said that the UIAI would not allot any card, but unique identification numbers of 16 digits would be allotted to each resident of India. He said that the UIAI would start issuing numbers in February 2011. He said that these numbers would be allotted on the basis of 11 biometrics including 10 finger prints and the iris. There would be eight regional offices of the UIAI and each such office would cover two-three states.
