UID Row: Chidambram, Nilekani Reach Compromise
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Published Date:    January 27, 2012
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New Delhi, January 27 (ANI): The Home Ministry and UIDAI has reached a compromise. Addressing a press conference with UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia today, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the mandate of UIDAI has been extended and now it has been asked to issue 40 crore more UID cards. Chidambaram added Home Ministry s NPR will continue to capture biometric data, but if a person says he/she has taken an Aadhar number, no biometric data will then be collected by it, which would prevent the duplication of data.

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