Question: Who has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
(a) Saurabh Garg
(b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
(c) Rajeev Bhusan
(d) Anil Soni
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Saurabh Garg has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
- He is a 1991 batch IAS officer.
- Prior to the appointment, Saurabh Garg was serving in his cadre state Odisha.
About UIDAI:
- The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established under the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 on 12 July 2016 by the Government of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- UIDAI was created with the objective to issue Unique Identification numbers (UID), named as “Aadhaar”, to all residents of India.
- The UID had to be (a) robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities, and (b) verifiable and authenticable in an easy, cost-effective way.
- The first UID number was issued on 29 September 2010 to a resident of Nandurbar, Maharashtra.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay