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09NEWDELHI1999
2009-09-25 13:53:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
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STATE FOR SCA/INS AND EEB
USDOC FOR ITA/MAC/OSA/LDROKER/ASTERN/KRUDD
DEPT OF ENERGY FOR A/S KHARBERT, TCUTLER, CZAMUDA, RLUHAR
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DEPT PASS TO TREASURY FOR OFFICE OF SOUTH ASIA MNUGENT
TREASURY PASS TO FRB SAN FRANCISCO/TERESA CURRAN
USDA PASS FAS/OCRA/RADLER/BEAN/FERUS
EEB/CIP FSAEED, KDUNNE, AGIBBS
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SUBJECT: New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
September 21-24, 2009 (CANCELLED TELEGRAM)
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480 million, which are already authenticated in terms of identity
and address. The first UID is targeted for issuance in the next 18
months and it is expected that the nearly all wireless subscriber
base voluntarily will join the program in the following 18 months.
The biometric data will be collected by telecom outlets, who
primarily sell pre-paid phone cards. There are over one million
telecom outlets; however, only 30-40,000 vendors will provide this
service through what GOI is calling a hub-and-spoke model.
¶15. (SBU) Joint Secretary Deepak noted that despite the inherent
challenges posed by the massive scale of this program, the
introduction of UID will transform the way Indians do business in
the areas of Government-to-Citizen interaction. He said the ID
would be useful for a multitude of purposes, including elections,
taxation, national security, and banking. Deepak, a former USAID
employee responsible for global social programs, was enthusiastic
about the UID's potential to greatly reduce "leakage" in government
subsidies and benefit payments, including the NREGA program, and for
its ability to also transform provision of education and healthcare.
¶16. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov/p/sa/newdelhi.
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