Aadhaar as global ID?
This may sound a bit far-fetched and hence interesting to think about. Aadhaar, is the unique ID about 1 billion Indians have (970,327,158 to be precise, on Jan 31, 2016 – about 1/7 or 14% of the global population!). How about making Aadhaar a global ID solution for the whole or part of the world? If majority of the world can use Facebook for social sharing and Gmail for email, why not a global Indian solution for unique ID? Why reinvent the wheel when there is something already working successfully for 1B people!? If Europe has a common currency and monitory system, why not a common ID system for a few countries? Technically, it is not a proof of citizenship anyway. It is only an ID. To start with, it could be a unique ID solution for the neighboring south Asian countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Shri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, followed by Southeast Asian region and then countries in Africa. It may easily cover about half the global population in next decade before