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India has launched a huge national identity scheme aimed at cutting fraud and improving access to state benefits. Cheap Gucci Continue reading the main story Boy with UID card in Tembhli Using biometric methods, including an iris scan, the system will log details of India's population of more than one billion people on a central database. It was launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi in western India. The data will be stored online in what India says will be the biggest such national database in the world. The unique identification (UID) programme will help those in poor, marginalised communities who find it difficult to access public services and benefits because they do not have official records, officials say. ...

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