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that has gone into building and maintaining the
database, it is highly unlikely that any security
breach would happen. Also the same has been
said by the UIDAI and the minister of IT.
Last but not the least, we would like to highlight
what Aadhaar implementation in India has done
to the world. India’s biometrics-based system
Aadhaar is seeing a global demand with
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governments overseas considering adopting
the model or a part of it in some form or the other.
A Livemint report says that Russia, Morocco,
Algeria and Tunisia have shown interest in
Aadhaar. Also the Prime Minister of India has
been asked by African leaders if India can guide
them to set up similar processes in their nations.
About the author: Hitesh Gulati is a Product Manager in Mobile Financial Solutions at
Mahindra Comviva. He joined Mahindra Comviva post completion of his masters from NMIMS,
Mumbai, India. Prior to his MBA he was a software developer with Accenture. He is deeply
interested in technology management.
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