The Indian government’s Digital India initiative is one of the factors that is helping demand for biometric technology in the country, according to Safran Identity and Security. In a recent interview with a&s Asia, Ravishankar Mysore, Senior Program Manager at the company gave his perspective on this as he explaine
The Indian government's Digital India initiative is one of the factors that is helping demand for biometric technology in the country, according to Safran Identity and Security.
In a recent interview with a&s Asia, Ravishankar Mysore, Senior Program Manager at the company gave his perspective on this as he explained that the Digital India project is helping the government's national ID project known as Aadhaar program.
"[The initiative has achieved] one billion+ Aadhaar digital identities," said Mysore. "The program has reached a critical mass with 93 percent of adult population enrolled and this is driving wide spread usage and adoption of biometrics among Indian household."
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