Nandan is now the CEO of the National Unique ID card project. This blog is not to discuss the suitability of Nandan for this role. What do you want out of this project? Let us discuss
(a) Features we desire on this ID
(b) What factors to consider for card design
(c) Functionality of the card
(d) Urban vs. rural use and acceptability
(e) Security issues, hardware and software for checking the authenticity of the cards
(f) Possible obstacles / hurdles / concerns
As it stands, we have a number of cards - Voter ID, PAN card, Driving License, Ration card, Senior Citizens Card, etc. Would it have been prudent to make the PAN card as unique instead of going for an entirely new one?
