India Post to deliver unique identity numbers

NEW DELHI, INDIA: India Post, the official carrier of Unique Identity Numbers, will deliver the UID communication to the citizens of India. Department of Posts has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on April 30, 2010 to this effect, said a press release. The MoU is for a period of two years.

The Department would use its flagship product, the Speed Post, for this purpose. The Department got advantage for this project due to its vast network of 155,015 post offices of which nearly 90 per cent numbering 139,144 are in the rural area, the release said.

India Post is also providing the comprehensive business solution of printing and pre-mailing activities and last mile delivery of UID letters to the recipients of UID number. Whenever/ wherever required by UIDAI, the Department will also do biometric authentication of each UID letter delivered, the release added.

The Department is also implementing the work of distribution of nearly 10,000 tonnes of Census material from 15 printing presses to nearly 12,000 taluk/ municipal level locations across the length and breadth of the country through its Logistics Post in connection with Census 2011 as its official carrier.