FOR a country that fails to meet its most basic challenges—feeding the hungry, piping clean water, fixing roads—it seems incredible that India is rapidly building the world's biggest, most advanced, ...

To lock a UID, the person must have a 16-digit VID number. If he/she does not already have a VID, they can obtain one using SMS or the UIDAI website (www.myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in). If a person wishes to ...

India has launched an ambitious program to fit each of its 1.2 billion residents with an Unique identification number (UID). Each number will be tied into three pieces of biometric data: fingerprints ...