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Indian Identity

The government of India has embarked on a huge programme to give the whole population, 1.2 billion people, a unique identity number backed by fingerprint and eyeball scans. Peter Day
asks whether the ID scheme will cut poverty as it is intended to or, as critics allege, create a
Big Brother state.

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30 minutes

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Sun 21 Apr 201321:30
BBC Radio 4

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Contributors to this programme include:

Nandan Nilekani

Head of the UID programme and former head of Infosys

Praveen Chakravarty

Investment banker

Shoma Chaudhury

Managing Editor, Tehelka magazine

JT D’Souza

.. runs IT company, security/technologyexpert

Ram Ramakumar

Professor Tata Institute Social Sciences (anti UID)

Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Deputy Chairman Planning Commission

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  • Thu 18 Apr 201320:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 21 Apr 201321:30
    BBC Radio 4

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