The number of the people who would get the numbers would be over 600 million, Nilekani told reporters in Patna.
To a question, the co-founder of INFOSYS said the authority would begin providing the 16-digit number to the people of Bihar in the next 18 months.
Expressing satisfaction over Bihar's progress in information techonolgy and lauding schemes like E-shakti, he said "it is a good sign that the state government is giving due importance to biometric projects."
Image: Nandan Nilekani
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