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176Vikas Sharmato why she should not be considered a suspect. So, the UIDAI will haveto ensure that resident data is not shared or compromised by thirdparty agencies.8. The UID Number is a lifetime number, but the biometric informationcontained in the central database will have to be regularly updated.Children may have to update their biometric information every five years,while adults update their information every ten years. The demographicinformation that the CIDR holds on the resident may also becomeoutdated. Data which are likely to change may be the ‘present address’,etc. after migration from one place to another and even after transfer[8].9. A challenge of full enrollment is very hard to achieve because everyday approximately 60,000 babies are born in the country. First, theirbiometrics is not stable, they have to be re-scanned at a later age.Second, names are often not given in India at the time of birthregistration.10. It is also necessary to record deaths in UID system. The UID systemwill not remove a record upon the person’s death; it will simply mark itas ‘deceased’ and hence will render it inactive for the purposes ofauthentication [8]. But here is the problem about the length of the UIDNumber that is of only 12 digits in which one digit is a checksum andrest 11 digits are number for authentication [5]. The present populationof India is nearly 1.21 billion and will increase further. Since actual lengthis only 11 digits and after some years this limit will exhaust like IPv4network IP addresses.6. ConclusionIndia is the first country in the world which has initiated a challengingproject to implement a biometric-based unique ID system for its residentson such a large scale. The UID system will empower the resident with single,nationally accepted and verified identity and elimination of unnecessarilycosts of identification and inconvenience. It will also facilitate the governmentto have a clear view of India’s actual population, socially deprived sections,real beneficiaries of social welfare schemes, formulate new social© 2011 Journal Anu Books