The Unique Identification Authority of India was established in 2009 to collect biometrics of 20,000 people. The authority was meant to collect the data for the first time. But it has now been decided that the data will be collected by both the government and the public will not be collected in the same way. The decision was made after a meeting was held in New Delhi, India’s capital, to avoid duplication of data collected by the public. The public will be able to use the data to identify and identify individuals.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130765/the-battle-for-biometrics-in-india.html