nilekani sir you are true sevabhavi person you dont go in politics but doing work from out side and help to poor people i wish you sir u are my guru

I imagine a day when every Indian or for that matter everybody on earth is implanted on the body a micro chip UID just like the one now used to Identify Tigers and Elephants.Together with an online Database of citizens and a Microchip Reader it would help the concerned authorities identifying anybody in situations where it could be difficult otherwise. No confusion to determine whether one is Indian or Pakistani. It could simplify the Passport, Visa issuing and verification process.

To declare greatness of an event without inviting a public debate is indeed extreme callousness on part of the government. The search for greater control over citizens have always been there with all governments, even if it meant going against the spirit of the constitution where "will of the citizens" is held supreme. The constitutional spirit literally translates into a situation where, instead of citizens being issued with UIDs for the purpose of monitoring by the government, it should be the other way around. Every government official and representative should be issued with a universal ID, through which their engagements and actions are transparent enough to be tracked by the citizens. The cost of such a massive electronification should also be borne from the personal expenses of the officials, and not from the public exchequer's coffin. More than that, the cost of individual tracking official by any citizen, also should be borne out of the same expenses. If at a nation's level, its the people running the state who should be tracked, at a global level this translates into tracking all the activities of globally-wired and globally-enabled corporates and people at their helm of affairs. In the contemporary era, where national governments are virtually puppets of global corporates, it is all the more important to have such a tracking facility. Needless to say, the cost of such a global tracking mechanism should be borne out of corporate funds. Lastly, since its the corporates and the government machinery that is wanted most for tracking and monitoring purpose, the authority for deciding the design of the mechanism and its implementation cannot be with any of beneficiaries of either corporates or government machinery - it should be vested with public bodies of citizens who have nothing to do with these institutions.

Unique ID card is foolish idea. How we are going to prevent the poor person from mortgaging it? At tehsil level of every district, thousands of these Unique IDs will be mortgaged in the hands of goons and govt. employees.Unique identity is not enough.Identity must be Permanent, Inseparable and Unchanging also. Today’s biometric can’t give such identity to 1 billion Indians. Does the chairman of UIDAI Nilekani know this?

Hope Nilekani becomes PM of India one day and replaces prospective PM's like fake gandhis and there servants.

NILAKENI IS LOVED ENORMOUSLY FOR TRUE LOVE,DEDICATION IN ANY ROLE PLAYED.ALL THE BEST LUCK FOR TRUE TEACHER IN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY.I WISH I WAS NILAKENI.

Took 60 years to ID the citizens.. not too late! but a great foundation.

To bring someone as unique and capable ad Nandan Nilkeni is long over due. Nandan Nilkeni's Imagining India which I am reading now is an excellent treatise and is very unbiased. His praise of Rajagopalachari and Minoo Masani who started the Swatantra Party, and his admiration for Sardar Patel whose unfortunate early demise set India's private sector much harm is worth noting. Also his admiration for Rajiv Gandhi for the technocrats that were brought to decision making is laudatory. Nandan Nilkeni is a patriot and not a politician who likes to toe the line for personal gains. Much like the appointment of Dr Kalam as President of India by the NDA this appointment is a broadminded offer by the UPA and everyone in India should be proud of this offer and the acceptance by Nandan of this offer. Hope Nandan's foray is not restricted to only this project and his foresight and intelligence is put to good use for the betterment of all the people of India.

Great Decision. It will have extraordinary effects on the life of common people in Indian by making it more simpler. All the govts reforms will reach the right population. Nandan nilekani is the correct person to do the job and kudos to congress govt for taking this decision. Thanks to the 'indecisive but still better' verdict given by Indian in recent elections. Congress looks very determined to save its face for next elections terms...aahahahaaFYI: Nandan Nilekhani is among those who suggested UID for Indians, esp. in his book "Imagining India".

The Government has appointed Mr. Nilekani as head of an Authority. He will enjoy the benefits of a central Minister. O.K. This is O.K. There is no harm in experimenting. Instead of launching the project for whole of India he should launch this project first in the village where he was born and see the pros and cons or effectiveness and productivity of this project. There are said to be about 1000 schemes for the welfare of the downtrodden and he should first see what and how many schemes are being implemented in his ancestral village?

It is hart warming to see educated, committed and decent people are stepping in to the arena of Indian politics once reserved only for carrier politicians. Late Rajiv Ghandhi government attracted so many brilliant people to politics and we are enjoying the result of it now. Nile is the next one in that category. He is not only a talented businessman but a true patriot. I read his latest book and admire him for his world view. Let us wish him well.

This is single solution for all problems in India!

i dont know why government has appointed mr nilekani for this unique ID project..no doubt Mr. Nilekani is one of the best mind we have in India but the point is that why governemnt cant launch this programme under his own cabinet ministers or others who are related to governemnt..the appointment of Mr. Nilekani shows that government dosent have anyone to lead this project..shame

this is great news and hope that the Pakis and the 3 crore illegal Bengali muslim terrorists well be identified and deported.

it will be an important move so that all the indians will get a UID and government has taken a great step in selecting Nilehani as he can use his ease and calibre in planning and executing such a difficult task.All the very best .

Congrats to this man! But he has to be watchful as there is a risk of all the illegal Bangis getting Indian citizenship in border areas.

Deserves to be the P.M. Build huge walls to keep out all the petrol chors and illegal dakus, out of India. India is upto its neck in shite,last thing it needs is more brutal footsolders, coming from outside.

Why do we need so many cards and so many numbers? A PAN card, a UID, an election commision card.. a few years down the line, there will be another card. Why can't we just have 1 card/number and use it for whatever, like in other countries (SSN in US for ex.). See how botched up the election cards are. In my card, they have made 4 mistakes in the 5 lines that are printed on the card. They should really aim at integrating all these stupid cards and numbers.

All the very best nandan.Do you know the geography of India ? India is not exactly Bengaluru

NDA saw UID from a security perspective to keep illigeal immigrants out. UPA sees it from aid delivery perspective to reduce corruption. Both of these are faulty and limited approaches, doomed for failure.However, a great step has been take by appointing Mr.Nilekani at the highest possible level. This should enable him to define the scope of the project sans any interference and estimate the resources and implementation mechanisms for the gargantuan project and better China.

This creates tremendous excitement to everyone reading this. The chief selected is really a wise decision. But still, the chief of all - the chief of state and their responsibilities are not trust worthy for a country like ours.If this is going to be implemented it should also have facilities like bio-metric/retinal scanning; you cannot force the commoner in villages to carry the card every time they walk to any place.Again, the same ID should sync with all other IDs like driving license to voters ID - show their eligibility.Let us keep our hopes on Nilekani and leave the rest to the almighty.

This seems like a great decision, however unless Government has a strong will power to stop illegal immigrants coming into India, all these policies will fall flat on our face. We will also end up loosing huge amount on this project and Poor Nilekani will resign out of frustration. Let us hope government develops a strong will power and stops vote bank politics also with this decision

I never vote for congress! See what MMS can do if he is given a free hand (unlike last time when Thaakoor ke Haath basanti ney bandh rakhe they).I applaud the move and hope Nilekani makes this project succesful.It will have a huge impact on all aspects of Life.CONGRATS MMS.

Wonderful news.. Go India.. Go.. Cograts to Nilekani

Good Project head no doubt but not sure of the good Project