TOI:
NEW DELHI: Government's ambitious UID project was on renamed 'Aadhaar' and its
new logo unveiled with chairman Nandan Nilekani underscoring that the scheme
would lay the foundation for effectively delivering services especially to the
poor.
Nilekani, chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India, said Aadhaar
translates into a 'foundation' or 'support' and the project, aiming to give a
16-digit number to all citizens of the country starting from February next
year, will now be known by the new name.
"We wanted a name that could effectively communicate its transformational
potential and its promise to residents. Something that had a national appeal,
that could be recognised across the country, could resonate in different
languages and easy to remember and speak," he told reporters, adding the
acronym UID was confusing.
Nilekani, who was addressing a seminar organised by the UIDAI here, said the
same standard was also set for making of the logo, which shows a sun in yellow
and a fingerprint in the centre, and has been created by a Mumbai resident.
The logo, selected after a nationwide competition, was unveiled by Dhaneshwar
Ram, a farmer from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh who was invited by the UIDAI to
speak on the hardships faced by the common man in getting an identity proof.
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