Nilekani to head Unique Identification Authority

Nandan M.Nilekani:Quits Infosys; UID numbers planned for citizens to access government services. He moved to cabinet to tab the terrorists.

Nandan M. Nilekani, co-chairman of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies, is all set to join the Central government, as chairperson of the Unique Identification (UID) Authority of India. It is a new agency set up to provide unique identification numbers or UID numbers to all citizens for accessing various government services.

According to reports from Bangalore, following the Cabinet decision, Mr. Nilekani has resigned from the membership of the Infosys’ Board of Directors as also as its co-chairman.

He will also relinquish his post of co-chairman to be inducted in the rank of a Cabinet Minister in the Indian Government. The resignation will be effective from July 9, 2009. A National Population Register will be created by 2011, under which the MNIC cards will be issued.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the creation of the new post, which will have the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. The authority will have the mandate to own and operate a database of the UID numbers and be responsible for its updating and maintenance regularly.
The cards will serve as a means to access a variety of government-related activities. For instance, the UID numbers and the database will be linked to agencies such as the Election Commission of India and the Income Tax Department, which deal with the general public and issue special number cards such as voters photo identity cards in the case of ECI and PAN Cards in the case of IT Departments.
In addition, it will be used for providing services under government schemes such as the public distribution system, and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for families living below the poverty line. It will also be used for delivering financial and other assistance to the needy.
Mr. Nilekani has been chosen to head the authority considering that the project will be based on various tools and techniques of Information Technology and there will be need to keep updating the system.

Thanks to government of India for choosing an eminent person like Nandan Nilekani as Chairman of National Authority for Unique Identity. Even though its a great loss for Infosys, our nation gets the best out of it. Sir we all are proud of you. All the best and always with you.

Source:The Hindu,SiliconIndia

Smart cards replace driving licenses in Karnataka

Bangalore:The Karnataka Government newly launched a new system in the Transport System which is replacing smart cards instead of driving licenses.

Karnataka's transport department turned tech savvy Thursday by launching 16-kb microchip embedded 'smart cards' to replace driving licenses and vehicle registration booklets.

Driving license holders and vehicle owners will have to change over to the smart cards within two years.
The smart card, costs Rs.200, which will prevent forgery in licenses and registration booklets, Transport Minister R. Ashok said at a function at which Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa launched the microchip embedded plastic card.

The chip can store large amount of information about the details of the driver/owner and can keep record of traffic violations, conviction and details of road accidents involving the driver and the vehicle.

Five regional transport offices in Bangalore began issuing the smart cards Thursday. By September, the remaining 50 regional transport offices in other parts of Karnataka will also start issuing these cards.

Smart cards are better when compared to driving licenses.Please encourage this new system.

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The interested candidates should write two exams i.e, Prelims and Mains.There are optional subjects for both prelims and main.
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Subject:
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
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Assamese
Bengali
Chinese
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
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Konkani
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
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Russian
Sanskrit
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Tamil
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Mains:

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