> The whole purpose of the project was to provide means of identification of people that didn't have any kind of document – passport, driving license, etc. Tha

> The whole purpose of the project was to provide means of identification of people that didn't have any kind of document – passport, driving license, etc. That was just the guise under which it was launched. Aadhaar has been a poorly thought out and poorly implemented solution that's still looking for problems. Responses to RTI (Right to Information) queries have shown that 99.7% of people who enrolled for Aadhaar did so using existing identification documents. Only 0.3% enrolled without identity documents using the "introducer" system. [1] [1]: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/very-few-indians-didn-t-have-id-proof-before-aadhaar/story-0v4U95UH57i0O0snYE1EeN.html http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/very-few-indians-didn-t-...