India goes from village to village to compile world’s biggest ID database
by Vidhi Doshi from Technology | The Guardian on (#1JK4D)
Government on course to biometrically register country's 1.25 billion population as part of plan to modernise administration
The digital revolution arrives in remote Indian villages such as Akbarpur by communication methods old and new: a WhatsApp message buzzes through to the village chief; he notifies his fellows via megaphone.
The world's biggest biometric ID programme is coming to town.
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