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> The plan is to roll it out by the end of the year – ahead of elections expected early in 2019. Wow that seems to be a highly ambitious timeline. I hope India
by mataug 8y ago
> The plan is to roll it out by the end of the year – ahead of elections expected early in 2019.
Wow that seems to be a highly ambitious timeline. I hope India manages to setup the program enroll people onto it, but I'm also doubtful whether it can be achieved before the elections.
- abhiyerra 8y agoHaving just gone to India everything is tied to the Aadhaar Identification: banks, schools, welfare, etc. It has overall completely replaces a bunch of different identifications into a single centrally located entity. However weird I feel about it being Orwellian I can't say it hasn't been good in terms of simplifying access and providing services since you just need a single identification. So it wouldn't be that hard to just add additional information like how much healthcare was used where and can easily be implemented by end of the year. But the problem is will all the private sector be able to handle the added load of nearly a billion people accessing the resources...
- sbmthakur 8y agoAnd it's probably saving government some money: https://www.livemint.com/Politics/6NgxeSDqmL6BgrL0FS6RRI/Aadhaar-helped-Indian-government-save-9-billion-says-Nanda.html https://www.livemint.com/Politics/6NgxeSDqmL6BgrL0FS6RRI/Aad...