MUMBAI: All legitimate residents of
Mumbai, including those from outside the state as well as country, would be
eligible to get a number under the central government's Unique Identification
(UID) Scheme, according to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief
Swadheen Kshatriya.
He said the scheme would not discriminate
between "insiders and outsiders".
Kshatriya said on Friday that BMC
would begin collecting information for the database from May
1.
However, while all legal residents — including Bangladeshis
— would be eligible for the UID card, the card would include information
about a person's nationality and even domicile so that the UID cannot be misused
to get benefits the person is not entitled to.
The BMC chief is in
charge of maintaining and upgrading the database for Mumbai on behalf of the
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
