Pune district to collect fingerprints after census for UID project

The drive is expected to be carried out in September. “Under the census,we have listed the house and have data of each family member of the household. This drive will entail getting the fingerprints of all the family members registered,” said Anil Pawar,resident deputy collector of Pune.

Tenders for hiring the private agency has already been floated,Pawar said,adding that the agency will collate the data and the district administration will help in providing the data collected during the census. He said almost 100 per cent work of house listing has been completed and nearly 60-70 per cent of data collection is done.

However,the Centre is yet to appoint the private agency,Pawar said. A private agency that had bid for the UID scheme said it is yet to hear of any finalisation of the project. “Many companies in the field of biometric system have applied,” said the company officer.

Under the Centre’s project,all citizens will receive a special 16 digit number.

With public partnership as the key to the project,the project will look at industries,mobile companies and banks for help. The district is expected to record a 25 per cent increase of population since the last census conducted 10 years ago when the district recorded a population of 72.67 lakh. The projected population for the district is 91.42 lakh.