Issues concerning National Identificatio Authority of India 2010

• The UIDAI was set up under Planning Commission by an executive order on january 28, 2009. The scheme involves the collection of demographic and biometric information to issue ID numbers to individuals.
• The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance finds the UID project to "conceptualised with no clarity" and "directionless".

 Issues -

• Initially , the scheme was meant for individuals who come under below poverty line but later it included all the indian citizens , which shows lack of vision.
• the scheme is in violation with the Citizenship Act 1955  and the Citizenship Act 2003 since neither of the acts authorizes collection of biometric data.
• the ministry of finance (department of expenditure) has been concerned about the duplication of effort and expenditure among atleast six agencies that collect information- the National Population Register, the MNREGS, the BPL  Census, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and bank smart cards.
• the ministry of home affairs , has raised security concerns about the involvement of private agencies and also that the fee could be imposed due the involvement of private agencies.
• concerns are raised about the future of the highly ambitious project if the parliament rejects the bill.