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Unique ID spinoffs for banks, IT

The immediate opportunity here is for the IT companies, most of whom have already started gearing up to the huge demand in the country itself. With a population nearing 1.2 billion, the country would need a massive infrastructure to support CSMS. Not only the banking industry but also the post offices (which in rural India are a substitute for banks) need to gear up to meet operation requirement. This is good news for hardware and software companies. There are a few Indian companies like Vakrangee Software who are actually the feet-on-the-ground, best positioned to take advantage of this mapping opportunity. Among the bigger companies, TCS has taken bold steps in penetrating the Indian market. Source: Unique ID spinoffs for banks, IT

Basic Aadhar Authentication API To Be Available For Free

Aashar API's represents one of most potential resource for Indian developer. These APi's are offered free. Here is some details.  India’s ambitious UID project named   Aadhar  intends to create an ecosystem of applications and services that center around the idea of  authenticating users through their UID . Nandan Nilakeni, Chairman,   UIDAI  plans   to do this by opening up the  Aadhar API  to third party developers. An  API  or  application programming interface  is a set of rules that software programs follow to communicate with each other. So the opening up of the Aadhar API means is that  based on your UID number the software will be able to verify your identity . Through the API  an individual’s Aadhar number is sent to the authentication server  and it returns a yes or no depending on whether the identity is true or not. In addition to this, services like banks and payment gateways that require a higher level of security can also pass in  biometric information along with