{"id":3774,"date":"2017-05-03T00:05:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/2017\/05\/03\/in-india-biometric-eye-technological-innovation-for-social-progress-creation-of-the-countrys-first-identity-card\/"},"modified":"2017-05-03T00:05:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:05:32","slug":"in-india-biometric-eye-technological-innovation-for-social-progress-creation-of-the-countrys-first-identity-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/en\/2017\/05\/03\/in-india-biometric-eye-technological-innovation-for-social-progress-creation-of-the-countrys-first-identity-card\/","title":{"rendered":"In India biometric (eye), technological innovation for social progress: creation of the country&#8217;s first identity card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As much in the West the Digital is often perceived as a threat, as much in the developing countries the technological advances constitute immediate opportunities. This is the case for biometrics, irises and fingerprints in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Initiated in 2010, the <strong>Aadhaar (&#8220;foundation&#8221; in Hindi)<\/strong> is now the largest database of fingerprints and irises in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Identity card of 1.13 billion people registered out of 1, 25 of Indian it is now adopted by either 99% of the Indian population and it also serves as a means of payment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since March 32 Indian banks have been providing this innovative method of payment by fingerprint payment. Called <strong>Aadhaar Pay<\/strong>, he uses the biometric information of the ten fingerprints and iris collected by the government since September 2010 to create the country&#8217;s first identity card.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The immediate objective was twofold: to identify the population (10% of Indians had no paper and therefore no access to rights) and to use biometric data to secure the allocation of numerous food or energy subsidies by avoiding the Diversion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/inde-biometrique.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/inde-biometrique.jpeg\" alt=\"inde-biometrique\" width=\"460\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/inde-biometrique.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/inde-biometrique-300x187.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beginning in 2014, the uses of the Aadhaar were extended to the point of becoming the <strong>&#8220;passepartout&#8221; of the daily life of Indians<\/strong>: opening telephone line, taxes, creating a bank account&#8230;\u00a0 This last use will also allow the regulation of the traditional mode of payment in cash corresponding to 90% of transactions today in India. Narendra Modi the Prime Minister launched a huge program &#8220;financial inclusion&#8221; which resulted in the creation of 123 million bank accounts in 2 years! Today, almost all households have at least one &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even if all aspects of security remain to be finalized, for the moment the balance of the introduction of this technology of the biometric in a massive way is more than positive since it made a possible\u00a0<strong>stage of disruptive progress in the Indian society<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As much in the West the Digital is often perceived as a threat, as much in the developing countries the technological advances constitute immediate opportunities. This is the case for biometrics, irises and fingerprints in India. 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