Now considering that one of the aims of this is to provide citizens access to services like Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (for people below poverty line), I wonder whether this is a move towards the social security structure of USA. My understanding of social security in US, and I might be technically wrong, is that the government promises to give employment, medical care, housing to all its citizens; and in this way, UID sounds similar.
One good thing about the implementations in India: Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has been made head of the agency for implementing UID.
PS: Junta in US, did you know that SSN is not mandatory. People can opt out if they want to. Read more about this at the Wikipedia entry on SSN.
3 comments:
so u rilli take interest in knowing so much...hardly ppl are rilli intrested bout ol dez..
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for this comment and others in previous posts, i am glad that you liked my blog...
abt this post, well i can't say i am absolutely hooked about all this stuff but found this news-piece interesting...
ya but i rilli want to know bout tat mathmatical biologist part.....
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