Khera, Reetika - In: economic sociology_the european electronic newsletter 21 (2019) 1, pp. 4-12
On 28 January 2009, the Government of India constituted the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) through a Gazette notification. The main aim was to "generate and assign UID to residents", where UID refers to "Unique Identity". The brand name "Aadhaar" (meaning "foundation" in some...