UID programme progressing well, says Nilekani

BANGALORE: The Unique Identification Number (UID) programme was progressing well and the speed of enrollment was expected to go higher with the software and hardware upgrades, UID Chairman Nandan Nilekani said here today.

"I am happy with the progress of the programme," he said on the sidelines of a function here today.

Nearly one crore people have been enrolled under the programme, he said.

The programme has adopted standard hardware, open source and standard APIs as a result of which it was not dependant on any single vendor or firms, a team member said.