UIDAI in discussions with World Bank, U.N. to develop global identity system, says CEO Saurabh Garg
The Hindu
‘Some countries have already adopted the kind of architecture that we have used and others are keen to do that,’ he said at the Digital Money Conference.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is working with global organisations such as the World Bank and the United Nations to develop an international identity system, building on the experience of Aadhaar, UIDAI’s Chief Executive Officer Saurabh Garg said on December 2.
He was speaking at the Digital Money Conference, organised by the Payments Council of India.
“This [Universal Global Identity System] is something we are very actively working upon, we have got a number of queries from a large number of countries, both in our neighbourhood — Asia — and across the world. We had a number of discussions with them, some countries have already adopted the kind of architecture that we have used and others are keen to do that,” Mr. Garg added.