UID-Uniqui Identification

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will start issuing the 16-digit number to each resident of the country in February 2011. These numbers would be allotted on the basis of 11 biometrics including 10 fingerprints and iris, UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said here after a meeting with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.