Image Shows the AADHAR Act Giving Legal Shape to UIDAI
Key details:
Chairperson of the UDAI Will be selected on the recommendation of a top-level committee.
This committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary.
Secretaries of Department members include Personnel and Training, Finance and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) and two experts.
Union Communications and IT Minister nominated two experts.
Chairperson will retract salary of the level of a Secretary.
Above 102 crore persons in the country have unique identity numbers and Aadhaar card.
The Aadhaar has been related to:
Background detail:
Aadhaar Act will be notified in two phases for operationalisation of the Act.
The chairperson and members are appointed after they will pass the regulations for notifying rest of the Act.
Only Sections 11 to 20,22 to 23 and sections 48 to 59 of the 2016 Aadhaar Act have been notified for operationalisation.
About UDAI:
Unique identification authority of India was regarded by the Planning Commission as an enterprise that would provide identification for each resident across the country.
It will be used primarily as the basis for efficient delivery of welfare.
It will act as a tool for effective monitoring of various programs and schemes of the Government.