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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.
Last on
Sun 21 Apr 2013
21:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Contributors to this programme include:
Nandan Nilekani
Head of the UID programme and former head of Infosys
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Praveen Chakravarty
Investment banker
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Shoma Chaudhury
Managing Editor, Tehelka magazine
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JT D’Souza
.. runs IT company, security/technologyexpert
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Ram Ramakumar
Professor Tata Institute Social Sciences (anti UID)
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Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Deputy Chairman Planning Commission
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Broadcasts
- Thu 18 Apr 2013 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 21 Apr 2013 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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