In Civil Society, we have been tracking Aadhaar much before it became Aadhaar. Our interview with Nandan Nilekani in May 2010 was all about choice and inclusion.
An identification number, as it was envisaged then, was specifically meant to help the poor and disenfranchised. It was one of many IDs. Most important it was optional and not mandatory.
Nilekani said to us in that interview: “The purpose of this programme is very clear. It is about inclusion. It is about the fact that there are a few hundred million people in this country who don’t have any form of identity, who don’t have a birth certificate, who don’t have a school certificate, 75 million homeless people…they are the ones who are suffering due to lack of identity.”
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