July 3rd, 2012
05:11 PM ET

A project to fingerprint 1.2 billion people

Imagine creating a system to track 1.2 billion people, photographing them, fingerprinting them, cataloging them and giving them all IDs.

Nandan Nilekani is not just imagining that system. He is tasked with making it a reality in India.

Nilekani is the chairman of India's Unique Identification Authority. Nilekani's previous claim to fame was as one of the founders of Infosys, India's pioneering technology firm. He recently talked to Fareed Zakaria on Sunday's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" show. Here’s an edited version of their conversation, which can also be viewed by downloading the entire show on iTunes.

ZAKARIA: So explain how does one even think about this. There are so many parts to it, but let's just first start with the technical things. So you are taking India's entire population, which previously had rarely been counted, and you are going to try and give every single person a biometric ID.

NILEKANI: That's right. We have enrolled 200 million people in the last three years since the project began. And we are using the biometrics to give them a unique number so that they don't end up having more than one number. But what's most important is that this is a digital online ID. So we're taking people, many of whom have no ID whatsoever, and taking them to the digital world. So it's like a leapfrogging of identity.

ZAKARIA: So why is this so important for India? What one hears about it is that these people are supposed to get loans, or grants or various things from the government. And most of it never gets to them. And I remember the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi saying that of the one dollar that we spend on poor people, on average the poor person receives 10 cents.

NILEKANI: Fifteen I think. Well it should be fifteen.

ZAKARIA: And the middle men take up all the rest of the money.

NILEKANI: Well actually, there are two primary drivers for this. One is that we still have millions of people who don't have a formal identity or acknowledgement of their existence by the state. And unless you have a formal acknowledgement or existence you can't get a bank account or a loan. You can't get a mobile phone. You can't get your entitlements. You can't get a job. You can't rent a house.

So everything is linked to your basic identity. So this in some sense you can think of as a massive inclusion program to get the poor, and the marginalized and the identity-less into the formal economy. So that's one part of it.

The other part is that the Indian government spends something like $60 billion a year on entitlements and benefits to millions of people. And they need to make sure it reaches the right beneficiaries. So by having this ID system we can make sure that people's scholarships, pensions, employment guarantee schemes all direct to the right person, either into the bank account or whatever account. So it both makes government expenditure more efficient, effective and equitable, and it's a massive inclusion exercise.

ZAKARIA: How difficult is it? You were an entrepreneur in a space in India that is famously free of regulation because the Indian government basically didn't realize it existed: the high-tech space. ... Now you're in the heart of government. How much more difficult is it to deal with the bureaucracies? Or which is worse, the bureaucratic obstacles or political obstacles?

NILEKANI: Well, I think the way I see it simply is in the private sector, the number of people you're to come into is much less. You convince your management team, your board, your investors, your analysts and you go and do something, go in new election, buy a company, whatever.

In the public space, you are answerable to a lot more stakeholders: the government, parliament, bureaucracy, activists, journalists, the judicial system, the investigators. So I think what I learned is the amount of time you are to invest in evangelizing and consensus building is hugely more in the public space. And crafting a strategy which is sort of acceptable to everybody really takes a great deal of time. And that's where the big difference to me between the two worlds.

Related: What happened to 'Incredible India'?

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  1. DOD

    Feed them first !!!! At least half of those people dont have footwear. They all drink from the pools of water where they bath. It is horrible to be there in the summer. People all get sick. Why would they care about their fingerprints?

    July 3, 2012 at 6:42 pm | Reply
    • Ramiro

      se le llama n u e v o o r d e n m u n d i a l
      anti-C
      y esta profetizado por las Sagradas Escrituras en los finales del tiempo, la marca en la mano o la frente del 'enemigo' y el que la acepte no podrá entrar al Reino de Dios. El signo de la bestia sera implementado ya sea con el 'chip' implantado o algo similar, y así el gobierno mundial no tiene que temerle a nadie pues todos estan fiscalizados.

      July 3, 2012 at 7:02 pm | Reply
      • Les Too

        The New World Order that King Butch II championed is on track and well in India today. Welcome to the New Re-i-ch.

        July 3, 2012 at 8:35 pm |
      • Suleiman the Magnificent

        Me parece que necesitas ayuda medica.

        July 4, 2012 at 7:48 am |
      • OJ

        Tiene sentido enumerar antes de suministrar servicios.

        July 4, 2012 at 1:50 pm |
      • Slippin

        China is doing a procedure where they brand the people with a red hot brand and use the burn mark to identify them. They have a belief that people are animals and the wealthy elite are the only real people in China.

        July 5, 2012 at 1:15 am |
      • Slippin

        Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.. I kill myself. Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

        July 5, 2012 at 10:34 am |
      • jackinbox

        Slippin: I should have branded your mom on the right spot so you don't craw out.

        July 9, 2012 at 11:48 am |
      • Greg

        No speaka.

        July 9, 2012 at 4:01 pm |
      • Sagebrush Shorty

        Speak English, I hear enough of your gibberish at Wal-Mart.

        July 10, 2012 at 8:36 pm |
      • lroy

        Que? Wanna try that in English?

        July 10, 2012 at 9:03 pm |
    • Minuteman CA

      Wow! You seem to know a LOT about India! How often have you been there? Or have you been watching too much of Fox News lately...

      July 3, 2012 at 7:11 pm | Reply
      • 666metal

        people who rip on others on a CNN site for watching fox news cracks me up.

        July 3, 2012 at 7:46 pm |
      • Minuteman CA

        @666metal: Yeah well...I'll admit they both suck. But IMHO CNN's the lesser evil of the two. At least they pretend to be neutral.

        July 3, 2012 at 7:54 pm |
      • sfg

        At least Fox reports news, CNN makes up its own "news." Oh, and its reporters are very good at interviewing themselves.

        July 4, 2012 at 3:45 pm |
      • j. von hettlingen

        Indeed an ID is important nowadays. While hundreds of people could have the same names, they just have one number. China conducted its sixth national population census in 2010 and it took months to have it done. India had its parliamentary elections in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. It just shows that it takes time to get things done in mega states.

        July 4, 2012 at 4:02 pm |
      • nOT a chinaman

        He's a Chinaman troll. They have a petty rivalry with India.

        July 5, 2012 at 1:11 am |
      • 666metal

        I dont know why they crack me up, they just do.
        Maybe its the tumour?

        July 5, 2012 at 10:36 am |
      • DDW1946

        To all of you speaking about the various news channels, none of them give you relevant and insightful news. They just report what their handlers tell them. All of them are just political shills. So why watch?

        July 9, 2012 at 12:02 pm |
    • juggernaut

      That is precisely the reason this project is being undertaken, to help the poor people get social benefits using their unique ID assigned to them.

      July 3, 2012 at 7:33 pm | Reply
      • ender

        yes, we are the government and we want to help you.

        July 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm |
      • nopenotbuyingit

        pffft. its more like we are the government and we WILL help you.. even if you don't want us to

        July 4, 2012 at 5:01 pm |
      • 666metal

        nopenotbuyingit
        That is right, poor people do not want help.
        Just leave them be.
        Pfft!

        July 5, 2012 at 10:38 am |
    • Les Too

      It always amazes me how you can spend 19 mins. writing a reply for these blogs, press post and voila!it disappears into no where.

      July 3, 2012 at 8:28 pm | Reply
      • cosmicsnoop

        Tip: don't waste 19 minutes of your life writing here. No one cares that much what anyone else has to say.

        July 3, 2012 at 9:16 pm |
    • xfiler93

      no kidding!! do believe they have their priorities screwed up.

      July 4, 2012 at 2:15 am | Reply
    • c smythe

      this will allow the government to ensure everyone [ays their taxes generating funds for infrastructure, defence, schools and many things N. Americans take for granted. Sadly I suspect the project will fail due to rampant corruption in the very fabric of Indian society. Just imagine what a power to be reckoned with India if all Indians were well fed and educated!

      July 4, 2012 at 4:11 am | Reply
    • adasd

      Put ZAKARIA back in the slums

      July 4, 2012 at 12:33 pm | Reply
      • adasd

        Hey wait a minute, its me that comes from the slums.
        What an idiot I am!

        July 5, 2012 at 4:48 pm |
    • Liz

      This is what the Book of Revelation in the Bible tells us will come to pass. No man will be able to buy nor sell unless they have this mark...which is the Mark of the Beast.

      July 4, 2012 at 1:48 pm | Reply
      • Liz

        I am such a B~ I~ T~ C~ H.

        July 5, 2012 at 10:40 am |
      • Cookie44

        Well, you are right about the scripture, for sure. I'm no sure why you say you are a #$%@ though. Do you not believe the scripture. Or sorry you opened a can of worms for all those who don't believe to pounce on & ridicule as they usually do?

        July 9, 2012 at 1:07 pm |
      • Older Sista

        I have a friend who quit Monsanto because they're making computer id chips for identification...people are having them put into their babies by choice just in case they're ever kidnapped. But I've thought for some time that if there's a Captain Trips flu-virus, being 'marked' may help world health organizations quarantine people en mass who have not been inoculated with some vaccination. That would get almost all of the non-Christians to come in voluntarily. It would take a while but the slower a process, the easier it is to be accepted.

        July 9, 2012 at 5:20 pm |
      • Older Sista

        There will be a GOOD REASON. Probably any number of GOOD REASONS. Only some religious nut will object to these GOOD REASONS. So what's new? How many people got onto Noah's ark? Oh, wait, that's just a story for little kids, right?

        July 9, 2012 at 5:24 pm |
      • Johan S

        What mark is being put on people? They already have the mark, nearly every person is BORN with a fingerprint. Did you really think that fingerprints are tattoed on or something? What's wrong with you?

        July 10, 2012 at 3:35 pm |
    • Hugo

      Didn't you read the entire article? The point is to make sure the poor actually get money intended for the poor.

      Without a system in place, how do you plan to feed the poor and not miss people? Emphasis on not miss people.

      Of course, the system will be imperfect but do you have a better one to offer? (If so, where is your proposal?)

      July 5, 2012 at 8:37 am | Reply
    • If you actually read the article

      It said clearly that the reason they are doing this is so they can actually help people and so the money doesn't get lost in the corruption. Its harder than just spending money to fix a problem; especially when 15% of money spent is all that goes to helping the poor people. By IDing them it is easier for welfare programs to work and for everyone's needs to be met.

      July 6, 2012 at 7:49 am | Reply
    • Rupinder

      This is basically to make sure that the money spent is well spent. India has huge bill for subsidies, but these are grabbed by middlemen. This project is intended to bring food to the needy. Middlemen, grabbers are already out to scuttle this. I appreciate this bold step, which is much overdue. Food for ALL.

      July 8, 2012 at 12:57 pm | Reply
    • gatornuts

      who needs finger prints when you have google.

      July 9, 2012 at 6:12 pm | Reply
    • American

      Hey Zakaria, how about you supporting mandatory photo ID cards for all "Legalized" Americans? Oh. I forgot. you only support illegals in the USA and their ability to skirt the law and vote in elections. Such a hypocrite!

      July 10, 2012 at 5:10 pm | Reply
    • lroy

      This is so Big Brother can keep track of you. It's all part of the One World Order.

      July 10, 2012 at 9:02 pm | Reply
    • ananomys

      It is their goverment is still ruled by the aryan social classes created 4 thousand years ago while millions starve in there country some have luxurious mansions and servants

      July 11, 2012 at 7:04 am | Reply
      • Harry Callahan

        No, in fact, it is a muslim thing.
        They laugh when they see people begging. All of them are fat and stupid. Their allah forgives them for everything including lying, killing, hurting, maiming, cheating. Really, just a bunch of cowards.

        July 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm |
  2. deathstalker187

    If you ask me this is just a bag em and tag em scam but who knows maybe it wont be used for evil.

    July 3, 2012 at 6:43 pm | Reply
    • deathstalker187

      See See how I can raise $hiet with just a few words?
      I am GOOD.

      July 5, 2012 at 10:41 am | Reply
  3. Kaz

    Here we go the Anti-Christ!! One of the mechanisms that the coming one world ruler - the AntiChrist will use is a global ID system, which already is in place in India and other countries..... Watch out!!

    July 3, 2012 at 7:15 pm | Reply
    • cosmicsnoop

      Well it is one world after all. Things would be better if we acted that way.

      July 3, 2012 at 9:18 pm | Reply
    • Liz

      Only fools will choose to believe it's not connected to the Anti-Christ as explained in Revelations. Again, ONLY fools.

      July 4, 2012 at 1:50 pm | Reply
      • JimAz

        "And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:"

        You want to tell us all Liz how this converts to using biometrics to identify people? Getting really tired of hearing this Revelation Voodoo from people who make it fit everything. You are the people who will create a self fulfilling prophecy to destroy the world and be thrilled it was you who did gods work,

        July 4, 2012 at 7:02 pm |
      • JimAz

        And by the way ... it's REVELATION as in "The Revelation Of Saint John" not RevealtionS. It's at the top of every page for gods sake ... have you even read the book?

        July 4, 2012 at 7:05 pm |
      • Liz

        No I no read nothing like the debka.
        I only read Cooorun.

        July 5, 2012 at 10:43 am |
      • Americal 68

        only fools beleive in fairy tales. oooh the boogy man is coming. please

        July 9, 2012 at 12:49 pm |
      • Maya

        Right, because anyone who doesn't believe in your psychotic fairy tales is a "fool."

        July 10, 2012 at 12:48 am |
  4. gita

    Brilliant Nandan! The work done with Infosys will no doubt help this major undertaking. Despite all their faults, The Government in India is working hard to deliver real service to its people. This identification of every invidual in the country will also help improve the self worth of every citizen. Bravo India

    July 3, 2012 at 7:29 pm | Reply
    • jazz

      yeah...while they are at it, just place an RFID in them too.

      July 4, 2012 at 12:07 pm | Reply
    • adasd

      Sorry Gita, some people are just mean.
      Bravo India, show the world!

      July 5, 2012 at 4:50 pm | Reply
  5. 666metal

    anyone who volunteers their fingerprints to the government is a fool.

    July 3, 2012 at 7:45 pm | Reply
    • John

      pretty sure folks that are starving, homeless and disease ridden are not too concerned about their fingertips being in a data base.

      July 3, 2012 at 7:53 pm | Reply
    • DBA

      "anyone who volunteers their fingerprints to the government is a fool"
      can you please share with us why you think so?

      July 10, 2012 at 4:23 pm | Reply
  6. 100 % ETHIO

    How long it will take?
    The People's privacy must be concerned.

    How about the Jewish in India? Will the Government count them as Indian? I heard, some European Countries, mainly Italy refused them as their own, after Two Hundred Years long.

    July 3, 2012 at 7:45 pm | Reply
    • Davey D

      dude, India is mostly a HINDU country. There is no discrimination against Jewish people there. Read a book sometime!

      July 4, 2012 at 7:12 pm | Reply
    • DBA

      Race, Religion and Orientation are not being collected. Only Name, DOB, address (if applicable), parents IDs (If applicable), finger prints and retina scan.

      July 10, 2012 at 4:26 pm | Reply
  7. 100 % ETHIO

    Even here in America, I know people who born here, but refused to be counted, when it comes to Census.

    July 3, 2012 at 7:55 pm | Reply
    • Les Too

      Which is odd because the Census is completely anonymous.

      July 3, 2012 at 8:32 pm | Reply
    • DBA

      there is no valid reason for people to opt out of census especially as the census is completely anonymous.. That is just giving the government a hard time.

      July 10, 2012 at 4:28 pm | Reply
  8. Pinkflam

    "Imagine creating a system to track 1.2 billion people, photographing them, fingerprinting them, cataloging them and giving them all IDs."
    Let's see. The probability of two people showing up with the same fingerprints is about 1-in-5000. So, after cataloging 1.2 billion people, you can reasonably expect that there will be 5,000 sets of fingerprints, each set representing about 240,000 people. What an obscene waste of time and money.

    July 3, 2012 at 9:10 pm | Reply
    • Nik

      Huh?? Every single person on earth has different fingerprints.. Even identical twins. You can NEVER have two people showing up with the same prints.

      July 4, 2012 at 1:23 am | Reply
    • 1985234

      FYI.. they are giving bio-metric ID's by scanning finger prints and eye retina as-well. so combination of both of these are pretty unique.

      July 4, 2012 at 1:40 pm | Reply
    • Kme

      A DNA key is being worked on so that fingerprints and other forms of ID will be obsolete. Each person will have a different DNA key or ID. I'm sure that after enough subjects are using the DNA ID for conveniences such as buying and selling, the government employees will deem it a requirement to be able to survive using legal means and have it inserted as an RFID into the hand, as an option. As President Roosevelt said about the social security number, "This number will never be used for anything except for retirement/pension purposes" On another funny note, Obama has a registered social security number from Connecticut, where he has never had an address......

      July 11, 2012 at 9:47 am | Reply
  9. Jennifer Dagliari

    Billions are frolicking in feces and swiming in sewaged ganges and they want to fingerprint????!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK.

    July 3, 2012 at 9:42 pm | Reply
    • EQ8Rhomes

      @Jennifer Dagliari:" Billions" from 1.2 billion, which is actually a estimate because there is no database. But "billions"? you and I in the developed world also drink and bathe in toxic water and breathe farted air.
      India is enumerating its people to provide services - Read the article. The Count is on Sesame Street and even he counts with a purpose!

      July 3, 2012 at 10:31 pm | Reply
    • Davey D

      why even comment if you don't know how to read the article or click on the "play" button of the video?

      July 4, 2012 at 7:16 pm | Reply
    • DBA

      @Jennifer Dagliari Please go back under your rock.. My head hurts just by reading your no-sense-whatsoever comment.

      July 10, 2012 at 4:34 pm | Reply
  10. Feast of Beast

    How to do it? one by one....

    July 3, 2012 at 10:11 pm | Reply
    • Feast of Beast

      I count= 1 plus 1 = 3

      July 5, 2012 at 10:46 am | Reply
  11. blessedgeek

    It is against the laws and rules of privacy to collect fingerprints of people in the US unless they work for the govt, are in the process of naturalization or are criminals.

    July 3, 2012 at 10:14 pm | Reply
    • EQ8Rhomes

      There are many things against the law in the USA and elsewhere that should not be. All good intentions are ultimately corrupted. India has to count its people eventually. Canada is allowing the USA to share Canadian travel information with third party countries, and I hear little outcry, even from Canadians!

      July 3, 2012 at 10:43 pm | Reply
      • Victim

        The Jew and Muslims will cause war in Canada. No doubt.

        July 4, 2012 at 12:06 pm |
      • Victim

        You got this, only 1 Jew.
        or maybe more.
        I no no.

        July 5, 2012 at 10:47 am |
      • Victim

        Definitly no muslim.
        Only 1 Jew.
        Got to go pray- where is East?

        July 5, 2012 at 10:48 am |
    • Les Too

      This is inaccurate. Public school systems regularly offer fingerprinting services to students and some corporations fingerprint workers. It, like required IDs, serves no useful function. In PA, newborns are "foot printed" on their birth certificates (at least I was). These measures do no good except to wrap people in a "fuzzy warm" feeling that they are doing something to "help". Help for who or what is never explained with any degree of believability.

      July 4, 2012 at 12:07 pm | Reply
    • theelaw

      O really, Every state in the US requires fingerprints for drivers license or ID card. Where have you been living.

      July 9, 2012 at 11:49 am | Reply
      • Americal 68

        Michigan is the exception? New Mexico?. some body lied to you if you beleive this

        July 9, 2012 at 12:53 pm |
      • Older Sista

        I've had a driver's license in N.Y., Oregon and Mass. no fingerprint on any of them.....I DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE ON MY PASSPORT.....you've got a screw loose.

        July 9, 2012 at 5:41 pm |
    • DBA

      @blessedgeek

      Not just people in the process of naturalization everybody who enter the US have to submit fingerprints which will be verified at the port of entry. It is by no means an invasion of privacy.

      July 10, 2012 at 4:37 pm | Reply
  12. JTal72

    Here's hoping they take the prints from the right hand.

    July 4, 2012 at 12:11 am | Reply
    • JTal72

      vs. the left hand. :)

      July 5, 2012 at 4:53 pm | Reply
  13. Keksi

    This is beginning of Illuminati world domination.

    Using poor,starving people as excuse to Mark them with numbers.

    July 4, 2012 at 12:24 am | Reply
    • nina

      Ignoramus
      Stupid ignorance

      July 4, 2012 at 7:36 am | Reply
  14. JC

    Do you idiots really believe that India is alone in this? Do you really believe that you are not marked with a number, even if you can't see it? Every single one of us is marked, one way or another, because somewhere, someone always wants to know what we are up to, where we shop, who we visit, what we buy, what we say, where we go, and what political parties we support. We have radio chips in our passports and driver's licenses; we have tracking devices in our new cars. That isn't paranoia; it's real. Parents who simply want to help monitor kids on field trips must be fingerprinted; I've seen that happen. Your cell phone updates your location constantly; your Microsoft operating system notes the web sites you visit and reports accordingly. What about the armed forces or the colleges that identify members by social security number? What about the fact that you must, by law, pay for a hotel bill or an airline ticket with a credit card. Do you really believe that all the information that is collected by states, private corporations, and the government goes away? Why? To keep us safe? From whom? Terrorists? Terrorists don't threaten my freedoms. Do you really believe that you are not marked with a number, even if you can't see it? Every single one of us is marked, one way or another, because somewhere, someone always wants to know what we are up to, where we shop, who we visit, what we buy, what we say, and where we go. Whether you want to believe it or not, we are never alone. And the worst part? We let it happen. We did nothing, when we should have pinned our leadership to the wall like a bug collection. Tell me something: do you feel safer with all your information in the hands of corporations and the government, or does it make you just a bit nervous?

    July 4, 2012 at 1:04 am | Reply
    • Suleiman the Magnificent

      It is horrible! The number of the Beast is upon us! When you add up the numbers of your social security number and divide it by the social security number belonging to your wife's cousin, do you know what you get? Brothers will turn on brothers, sisters on sisters, cats will lie with dogs and I still have no clue on the resulting social security number thing. Ripley: try to be happy. There are things you can change and things you can't. Use your time on things you can change.

      July 4, 2012 at 7:54 am | Reply
      • nina

        "The beast" is a name given Satan by Muslims

        July 4, 2012 at 8:17 am |
      • Victim

        Hitler installed permanent blood cell Chips on every SWEJ, that will transfer and remains for Million Years to come.

        Is that true?

        July 4, 2012 at 12:16 pm |
      • Mohammed

        We got you. That's why, you got little ball tied Eyes. Deeply speaker. Scanner. Ghetto creator. Fuzzy skin, neither White, nor European. Trouble maker. Feeling high against innocents, but being Chickens infront of Italian, Britain, Iran,...

        July 4, 2012 at 12:25 pm |
      • Rick

        I don't think I've ever seen such a collection of nuts without a bowl.

        July 4, 2012 at 2:02 pm |
    • Americal 68

      all that but you still can't tell me how it is going to hurt me?

      July 9, 2012 at 12:56 pm | Reply
  15. mailliam

    I wonder which politician's family members will benefit from such a contract that never catches up with, or cares about the old and new unregistered births, or unreported deaths of such disparate social classes?

    July 4, 2012 at 1:45 am | Reply
  16. mmi16

    The Black Helicopters are tracking JC

    July 4, 2012 at 5:21 am | Reply
    • Suleiman the Magnificent

      They are white on sunny days

      July 4, 2012 at 7:55 am | Reply
      • nina

        They are red on sunny days and purple on rainy days.

        July 4, 2012 at 8:20 am |
      • Suleiman the Magnificent

        On full moons, they are pink- just like my underwear.

        July 5, 2012 at 10:51 am |
  17. 22X Richer

    Now there's a database hackers and spy agencies will target.

    July 4, 2012 at 6:47 am | Reply
    • DBA

      Yup just like the social security database and the voters list database in the US.

      July 10, 2012 at 4:39 pm | Reply
  18. OregonTom

    Maybe they should start by issuing drivers licenses.

    July 4, 2012 at 7:28 am | Reply
  19. 100 % ETHIO

    Patience is required.

    July 4, 2012 at 1:57 pm | Reply
  20. chazzz

    ...sounds like a good time to take a vacation...

    July 4, 2012 at 2:05 pm | Reply
    • chazzz

      Now that I think about , I made a pretty stupid statement.
      How could poor, starving people go on a holiday.
      I can be very unthinking at time.
      I apologize.

      July 5, 2012 at 4:56 pm | Reply
  21. ender

    as the world turns dark and the age of cheap energy ends there will be no need for any of this socialist mischief. the hammer will fall hardest on india.

    July 4, 2012 at 2:58 pm | Reply
    • ender

      Ooooops forgot to say "inchallah"

      July 5, 2012 at 10:53 am | Reply
  22. magneticink

    I wonder if they place the bar code just right I won't need to get a hair piece.

    July 4, 2012 at 4:01 pm | Reply
  23. Muziki

    Sounds like 666.

    July 4, 2012 at 4:38 pm | Reply
    • Americal 68

      first 666 is bs. the number translates in the original to 616. 666 was a miscalculation by some goober evangelist

      July 9, 2012 at 12:58 pm | Reply
  24. nik green

    Another sign of the rapid descent of humanity into an Orwellian dystopian nightmare.

    July 4, 2012 at 5:33 pm | Reply
  25. JOSE0311USMC

    LOL, AMERICA CAN'T EVEN TRACK DOWN THOSE WITH EXPIRED VISAS.

    July 4, 2012 at 5:47 pm | Reply
  26. JOSE0311USMC

    IF AMERICANS WERE SMART AND CARE ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE ???
    THEY WOULD END ALL LEGAL IMMIGRATION--DEPORT ALL THE ILLEGALS.....AMERICANS ARE LOSING FAITH IN THEIR GOVERNMENT ABILITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR AMERICANS.

    WE HAVE MILLION UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS, WHAT IS THE BEST THING AMERICA CAN DO FOR THEM ????

    END ALL LEGAL IMMIGRATION-MAKE E-VERIFY THE LAW TO GET RID OF THE ILLEGALS....THAT IS THE BEST THING OUR GOVERNMENT COULD DO FOR THEIR UNEMPLOYED AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT THEY WON'T DO IT. WHY ??? THINK ABOUT THAT FOR AWHILE....

    OTHER COUNTRIES ARE ALREADY DOING THAT ...MANY ARE PROTECTING THE JOBS THEY HAVE FOR THEIR PEOPLE, BUT AMERICA KEEP ALLOWING MORE IMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY, WHY ???

    July 4, 2012 at 5:54 pm | Reply
    • Les Too

      That's a whole lot of shouting over nothing. But in a nut shell, all of us are here as descendants of illegal immigrants if you are not Native American. Period. The 1st 100 years or so of this country's history tells the story of officially sanctioned genocide that resulted in the purposeful murder of 23,000,000 native Americans.

      In the 19th century CE, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas were part of Mexico and settled by Spaniards and Mexicans. We won the war and put the border at the Rio Grande effectively cutting the northern Mexicans off from the rest of Mexico. They have more of a right to those states than the whites who immigrated there after the war. Period.

      July 4, 2012 at 9:24 pm | Reply
    • ConservativeSuckass

      KNOCK KNOCK Dont answer the door Jose, they've come to get you ah ha.

      July 5, 2012 at 3:14 pm | Reply
    • badcafe

      Because the legal immigrants add a lot more value to our society than irresponsible trolls like you ...

      July 9, 2012 at 5:59 pm | Reply
  27. Perry

    they should measure the size of their p$ckers. Peanuts

    July 4, 2012 at 6:54 pm | Reply
  28. Davey D

    THE END IS NEAR! HIDE YOUR THIRD BORN DAUGHTER FOR THE BEAST WILL COME TO TICKLE HER HIDDEN 7TH TOE DURING THE RETURN OF THE MAYANS IN 2017!!!

    July 4, 2012 at 7:20 pm | Reply
  29. NO INDIANS IN MY BACKYARD PLEASE

    Cut this poverty stricken country up into slices like a cow dung pie. Billion # people are rotting and they want to Id ? Listen to this>>>>

    In some Haryana villages in India, the young girls are routinely threatened, abused and killed all under Khap (tribe/clan) verdicts. It is acceptable for the families to feed pesticide pills to the teenage girls and then dispose off their bodies by burning them without any police records.

    How are heck they gonna Id when more die without a trace!!

    July 4, 2012 at 8:23 pm | Reply
    • KK

      Ridiculous. Let Pakistan nuke these B@st@rds.

      July 4, 2012 at 8:24 pm | Reply
      • krm1007 ©™

        You be kookoo for kokopuffs.

        July 5, 2012 at 8:03 am |
    • chal futt..

      @NO INDIANS IN MY BACKYARD PLEASE.. You can not afford an Indian in your backyard paki boy..

      July 10, 2012 at 4:45 pm | Reply
    • DBA

      @NO INDIANS IN MY BACKYARD PLEASE

      Not true and Irrelevant..

      July 10, 2012 at 4:46 pm | Reply
  30. Not important

    Hahahahaha.................Somewhere in the report it quotes Rajiv Gandhi saying out of one dollar spend for the poor only ten cents goes to to them rest is gone 'somewhere'. The funniest thing is the Gandhi family ruled India 65 years through congress party and the black money of that country is $1.5 trillion looted by the politicians and deposited in foreign banks. And out of that 40 billion is believed to be from Gandhi family.

    July 4, 2012 at 9:00 pm | Reply
    • krm1007 ©™

      That is your source?
      "somewhere in the report" ahahahahahahaha...

      July 5, 2012 at 8:04 am | Reply
  31. Guest

    This is not unimaginable and this is not new information either and no it is not impossible, the Bible said that is going to happen. Make no mistake about it, if the Bible said it is going to happen, it will and it is simply a matter of time before it comes it happens.

    How would you have a one world government without that system in place? It could have been impossible. India is going to start and the rest of the world will follow, it is that simple.

    July 4, 2012 at 10:28 pm | Reply
    • 100%Ethio

      Where or where does it say that in the bible?
      Come on buddy share-you dont want us to think you have no idea what you are talking about.

      July 5, 2012 at 7:23 am | Reply
      • Suleiman the Magnificent

        "Guest" is an islamist trying to create $hiet.

        July 5, 2012 at 7:26 am |
  32. Lisa

    Finger Print THIS.

    July 4, 2012 at 10:58 pm | Reply
    • ConservativeSuckass

      Well, my goodness, so RUDE.

      July 5, 2012 at 3:10 pm | Reply
  33. JH

    India is following the United States footsteps. India you dont want this believe me. It will take away so much from you..

    July 5, 2012 at 12:16 am | Reply
    • ConservativeSuckass

      What will it take away?

      July 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm | Reply
  34. gstlab3

    BIG BROTHER IS WANTING YOU TO COMPLY COMPLY COMPLY COMPLY...,,

    THEY ARE TELLING YOUNG INDIANS NOW DAYS THAT ALCOHOL IS SAFER THAN CHARAS/MARIJUANA/HASHISH.

    THE BIG PHARMA PEOPLE ARE THERE AND COKE COLA IS INVESTING ABOUT 1.3 Big ones into the country too.

    FUTURE DIABETES EPIDEMIC ANYONE????????

    July 5, 2012 at 1:35 am | Reply
    • SilentBoy741

      Big Brother says turn your Caps Lock off. Comply.

      July 5, 2012 at 4:53 am | Reply
  35. SilentBoy741

    Just dust my ex's back for prints. You'll be done by noon.

    July 5, 2012 at 4:52 am | Reply
    • SilentBoy741

      Wow, my head hurts all of a sudden.

      July 5, 2012 at 2:43 pm | Reply
  36. Brackster

    Similar to 2 Americas (one for the rich suburbs and the other for (inner cities & rural south) - There are 2 Indias.. (One for the upper class; one for lower class..)...

    What you see in TV is the India of lower class... Unlike in US where poor blacks are pushed to inner ciities and poor whites are pushed into rural areas... In India lower class is everywhere... They are too many to be pushed into gettos...

    This is the difference..

    July 5, 2012 at 7:27 am | Reply
    • Blair700

      LOL ! Comparing USA to India is hilarious. Never the twain shall meet. your posting does not cut muster...dude. Come again.

      July 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm | Reply
      • Americal 68

        you "stand" muster and cut the mustard

        July 9, 2012 at 1:06 pm |
  37. Medieval India ©

    The Aghori or Aghouri is a Hindu cult that is considered to have split off from the Kapalika order in the fourteenth century AD. They have cannibalistic rituals. The streets of northern Indian cities are littered with followers of this cult carrying a kapala, which is a cup made from a skull! These bizarre people will eat anything from rotten food to animal faeces. In order to achieve the highest citadel of enlightenment, the Aghori will perform horrendously crude rituals. The finality of their rituals is attained from eating the decaying flesh of a human.

    July 5, 2012 at 9:33 am | Reply
    • Geoffrey Pan Velt

      Boy these Indians are primitive. Say what? A billion + of them? God help us.

      July 5, 2012 at 3:41 pm | Reply
      • The Optimist ©

        Look at the bright side. With all this canninalism, perhaps they can wither down the billion now that the economy has tanked and famine is imminent if not already arrived.

        July 5, 2012 at 3:56 pm |
      • The Optimist ©

        Sorry I got confused, I should have called myself the Pessimist.

        July 5, 2012 at 5:07 pm |
  38. Medieval India ©

    India is infested with so many people it reminds one of cattle. On top of that these hindus can't keep themselves out of such medieval and barbaric news and practices. First, $ex trafficking of young girls, then worship of rats, drinking of cow uR#ne and now this and the list goes on. We need to bring Indians into the modern world even though it may take centuries

    July 5, 2012 at 9:52 am | Reply
    • Bad Karma Hinduz ®

      INDIA: On a Goat and a Stick:

      The problem with India is that is built on a system of cultural and societal values based on Hinduism which is a cult. Nations built on a cult seldom survive in the long run. You can only take it so far based on symbolisms of a goat and a stick with a skinny little man aka gandhi banging boys at night and spinning wheels during daytime.

      July 5, 2012 at 3:34 pm | Reply
      • The Optimist ©

        Agreed

        July 5, 2012 at 3:56 pm |
      • The Pessimist©

        I disagree.
        Sorry folks, it must be the tumour.

        July 5, 2012 at 5:08 pm |
      • Patty

        Suprising this cult has been surviving for so long in majority from thousands of years till the present day overcoming the Mughal,Portuguese, French, British invasions and their attempts to convert them to their cults by bribes which they shad ucceeded worldwide but only a fraction success in India. Age old Alexander the Great was not so great when he came to Indian border where he stopped fighting and went back after a tough war with a smalltime king. And the present day world is making use of all the science ,maths technology provided by these cult people Maths : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_mathematics. Inventions&Discoveries : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_inventions_and_discoveries and many more . What a cult

        July 5, 2012 at 10:28 pm |
      • Sheikha Bhavana Bint Deepa

        @Patty What is the point of surviving when you have not accomplished much. Poverty is rampant and people are disenfranchised. Whatever the Mughals left behind you have squandered away.Kiddo you need to look in the mirror and do some catharsis. Whatever you have gotten lately, thank USA and Israel. Jobs, security, defense, intelligence, business, aid, food, nukes, missiles and much more.

        July 6, 2012 at 11:02 am |
  39. ConservativeSuckass

    Verichip 'em, just like they'll be doing in the US eventually...

    July 5, 2012 at 1:38 pm | Reply
  40. Medieval India ©

    The more poison I spew, the better I feel.
    Hate is gratifying.

    July 5, 2012 at 2:59 pm | Reply
    • Say it As You See It

      WHERE IS THE BEEF? The Indian Dilemma:::
      India needs to get its head from out the clouds. Let India be India. India is about poor people and lower caste. It is all about the cow not the hamburgers or the steaks.

      July 5, 2012 at 3:36 pm | Reply
  41. ConservativeSuckass

    I am such an a$$.

    July 5, 2012 at 3:00 pm | Reply
  42. Say it As You See It

    Hinduism is a CULT....communal s#x, drugs, medieval and barbaric values, worship every tom dick and harry. The world has rejected Hinduism and concentrated it in one location so it is easy to get rid of when time comes.

    July 5, 2012 at 3:35 pm | Reply
    • Gomez

      Feed 'em to the sharks.I have zero tolerance for bigots and cannibals.

      July 6, 2012 at 11:26 am | Reply
      • yuri pelham

        Gomez = Abdul

        July 6, 2012 at 1:07 pm |
      • Gomez

        yuri pelham = Ram Babu

        July 6, 2012 at 1:36 pm |
      • Gomez.

        I cannot wait for Morticia join me.

        July 6, 2012 at 10:53 pm |
  43. Say it As You See It

    vs. the true cult of islam.
    Like rats, they have infested the world.

    July 5, 2012 at 5:10 pm | Reply
    • Sheikha Bhavana Bint Deepa

      Ooops .... fake @ Say It As You See It" Gotcha !!!

      Seriously, It appears to me that Muslims are the fastest growing segment of world society today. As others are withering away the Muslims seem to be rising again with their contributions as was the case historically when they ruled India and Europe and left behind a legacy of science, art, architecture, culinary et al. One only needs to go to Spain and India to witness this. As immigrants, it is a good thing to be aware of your glorious heritage and be connected with it. The Italian immigrants do it as do the Germans, Polish, Jewish, Hispanic and many other cultures. What really pleasantly surprised me was what I witnessed in the Middle East. A tolerant society that has come so far in a few years. Most importantly providing job and economic opportunities to all, Hindus/Indians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Europeans, Americans, Africans, South Americans, Chinese, and Russians etc. Never have I witnessed such openness and equal opportunities unless you go back to the times of Muslim rule in India and Spain. My conclusion is that the Muslims get it. They are striving to once again take their leadership role in the world order and take this civilization to its next level of excellence. The climb to success and progress is not a linear curve but a stochastic one. Let us join in wishing our Muslim brethren well and much success in their endeavors. If we can't help them let's not pull the rug from under them

      July 6, 2012 at 10:40 am | Reply
      • Sheikha Bhavana Bint Deepa

        Sheikha Bhavana Bint Deepa

        Ooops .... fake @ Say It As You See It" Gotcha !!!

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...

        July 6, 2012 at 11:12 am |
      • Miguel Guittierez

        Bhavana, if more Indians came forward and spoke up with gusto such as you, the South Asian region would be a better place. Kudos to you. In the name of peace and harmony.

        July 6, 2012 at 1:07 pm |
      • McAllister

        Aye Mate....DXB is known as Little Kerala (India). So many Indians have been provided employment by Emiratis- Muslims.

        July 6, 2012 at 1:32 pm |
      • McAllister

        I forget to mention that Emeratis abuse and beat them regularly and pay them next to nothing.
        The only time they have time off work is Fridays so they can go to Mosque and thank allah for such a wonderful life.

        July 6, 2012 at 3:41 pm |
      • Sheikha Bhavana Bint Deepa

        Hey Miguel, get lost.
        I am telling mom that you are not where you are supposed to me.
        Remember the PLAN. Nutch Nutch!

        July 6, 2012 at 3:58 pm |
      • Sheikh Ahmed bin Al Huseini

        If hindus don't like employed in DXB, get the heck outta there. Thankless Indians. Never should trust these imbeciles.

        July 6, 2012 at 5:51 pm |
      • Sheikh Ahmed bin Al Huseini

        We muslims will lead the world one day.
        We will kill and kill and kill and kill.
        |But we are not really racist. We love everyone.

        July 6, 2012 at 10:56 pm |
  44. Jack

    Hello folks. Everyone is always welcome to visit – thestarofkaduri.com

    July 5, 2012 at 11:53 pm | Reply
  45. Medieval India ©

    I wonder if instead they could ID the DNA of Indians so that they can fix instance of backstabbing and untrustworhiness that is so prevalent in the hindu genes.

    July 6, 2012 at 10:37 am | Reply
    • yuri pelham

      No but they did find the problem with MUSLIMS.
      No HEART.

      July 6, 2012 at 1:09 pm | Reply
      • Ganesh Khan

        Really? We do have a big dick for you !

        July 6, 2012 at 1:21 pm |
      • Carlos

        yuri pelham = Dravid Shankar
        Yes, but they did find the problem with Hinduz Indians.
        White blood and no B@lls.

        July 6, 2012 at 1:28 pm |
      • Sheikh Ahmed bin Al Huseini

        Hey are you GAY?
        You like the poo entry.
        Man oh man you are so very weird.
        I hope you are practicing safe sx.

        July 6, 2012 at 11:04 pm |
    • Irakli Karimov

      That machine was invented but broke down as it could not stand the smell of the samples taken from Indians.

      July 6, 2012 at 1:12 pm | Reply
      • Irakli Karimov

        I lie I lie its off to work I go!

        July 6, 2012 at 3:53 pm |
      • Sewage Sam

        I just have what you need. A machine we used to use at the sewer treatment plant in Adelaide. That will work with the Indian Hindu stench.

        July 6, 2012 at 5:54 pm |
    • Abrams

      Indians are so corrupt they will bribe the machine to give erroneous results. Let them implode.

      July 6, 2012 at 1:24 pm | Reply
      • Abrams

        I will say anything to hurt anyone.
        Allah and moorhammed say I can and should.

        July 6, 2012 at 3:50 pm |
      • Krishna Kukumber

        hare ram hare krishna. dum maro dum.

        July 6, 2012 at 5:55 pm |
    • Casey

      Why would you wanna ID monkeys?

      July 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm | Reply
      • Casey

        I am a muslim racist pig.
        Allah is so right on, muzzies rule by hook or by crook.

        July 6, 2012 at 3:43 pm |
      • Gabby

        Sorry, misspeak.....Makakas.

        July 6, 2012 at 5:57 pm |
  46. Rediranch

    I think they are focusing on the wrong thing first. First, bring down the amount of corruption – only $.15 of every $1 spent on the poor actually goes to the poor?

    July 6, 2012 at 12:43 pm | Reply
    • Rediranch

      I have no proof nor do I know what I am talking about.
      I am your typical MUZZIE trying to hurt as many people as possible.
      Allah teach me hate, deceipt,...

      July 6, 2012 at 1:12 pm | Reply
      • Rediranch

        I do have proof as I am a HINDUZZIE and I am a doozie. Hanuman teach me to snout everyone.

        July 6, 2012 at 1:17 pm |
      • rediranch

        They only get 15 cents on the dollar by the time we muslims get our share.
        Shhh no tell anyone.

        July 6, 2012 at 3:48 pm |
      • Sher Dil Afghani

        Okkkkk....why don't you come over tonite, doozie....won't tell anyone....shhhhh shhhh. Hare yom

        July 6, 2012 at 6:00 pm |
  47. Feroz - Pakistan

    Why don't they feed these starving people then IDing them. They may be dead by then. These heartless Indians have no shame.

    July 6, 2012 at 6:09 pm | Reply
    • Ram

      Maybe Pakistan can donate a few IEDs and Terrorists to India – Pakiland is a land of losers.

      July 9, 2012 at 11:07 pm | Reply
  48. Cheryl

    This is funny. The best way to manage india is to slice and dice in small independent states. What are we waiting for? It is not rocket science. Lets do it.

    July 6, 2012 at 7:17 pm | Reply
    • Abul Hashim _ Cox Bazaar_Bangladesh

      Count me in

      July 7, 2012 at 8:19 pm | Reply
  49. Paul Martin expat Welsh foreign correspondent

    Those who promote fingerprinting and or dna ing the masses are usually among the biggest crooks or cronies of them and have not YET been caught in their own slimy, rotten involvements !

    July 7, 2012 at 6:26 pm | Reply
  50. Ram Chakraborthy

    We Indians are the filth of this earth. We are peaceful because we like to stab in the back. Our Bapu Gandhi was passive but he banged underaged boys two at a time. We will sell our daughters for a few paisas.

    July 7, 2012 at 7:55 pm | Reply
    • Imran Khan

      Only a Pakistani can write like this – A failed state full of malevolent people.

      July 10, 2012 at 4:12 pm | Reply
  51. Shashi Chutiah Kumar

    I am a hindu and I just let my neighbor bang my wife Durga for a bowl of daal. It is permitted in the hindu cult. Communal stuff....you know.

    July 7, 2012 at 7:58 pm | Reply
    • babu_kathmandu_Nepal

      Can you send her my way. Hare Ram

      July 7, 2012 at 8:20 pm | Reply
    • Ram

      I'm sure you do ...... Is this written in your holey quaran? Muslim hiding behind a Hindu pseudonym ... brave Pig indeed.

      July 9, 2012 at 11:08 pm | Reply
  52. Damien

    Talk about the mark of the beast.

    July 8, 2012 at 10:45 am | Reply
    • Alfredo

      Seems like Hinduism to the core to me.

      July 8, 2012 at 1:51 pm | Reply
  53. Blah blah the wheel's off your trailer

    How to fingerprint 1.2 billion people? Easy! Call the GOP! After all, they're good at issuing ID's and other fraudulent measures to track people and suppress their voting rights. They have the knowhow to fingerprint 1.2 billion!

    July 9, 2012 at 10:54 am | Reply
  54. Ilko

    Si eres una nina y quieres singarme, responde a este mensaje.

    July 9, 2012 at 11:32 am | Reply
    • Easy E

      Nice try pedo punyalon. Chupa la vergatuya.

      July 9, 2012 at 3:05 pm | Reply
  55. EternalBliss

    SCARY!.. such an identification systems is beyond the rights of any governing body.. and the problem is not lack of identification.. the problem is Corruption.. and no matter how "great" of an identification system you have.. it does nothing to tackle the corruption that exists withing its users... thus such a system will only further the empowerment of those corrupted with pseudo power of authority granted upon them by the ignorance of their own people.

    July 9, 2012 at 12:18 pm | Reply
    • JZ

      So... You don't have digital records of who YOU are?

      July 10, 2012 at 1:21 am | Reply
  56. Chelsea

    Sooo, they're giving everyone a debit card? Jokes.

    July 9, 2012 at 1:17 pm | Reply
  57. GenericMan

    We tag animals to keep track of them too.

    July 9, 2012 at 2:54 pm | Reply
    • GenericMan

      I didn't mean that to sound like an insult to Indian people.

      July 9, 2012 at 2:55 pm | Reply
      • Ashok K

        Of course you didn't, we consider this a compliment. Here is the other cheek.

        July 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm |
  58. Easy E

    History has shown that the only time a government wants a unique identifier for every person in its charge is to either incarcerate them, enslave them, or send them off to a death camp.

    July 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm | Reply
    • DBA

      We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.
      — George Bernard Shaw

      July 10, 2012 at 10:26 am | Reply
  59. Gina Swan

    YES THIS IS CALLED 666!!!! Revelation 13 YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!

    July 9, 2012 at 3:52 pm | Reply
    • Bina Suan

      Do you think Muslims’ hatred for Jews is only because of the Palestinian conflict? Think again. What Muslim scholars do not want you or ordinary Muslims to know is that a Jewish woman carried out a plan that eliminated Prophet Muhammad because he had terrorized her people.

      Full Text:
      http://husseinwario.com/blog/2010/04/19/facts-withheld-death-of-prophet-muhammad/

      July 9, 2012 at 4:32 pm | Reply
      • Ashok K

        Didn't she cut the elephant's snout and put it on Hanuman to make it give it a phallic look? L'chaim !

        July 9, 2012 at 8:14 pm |
    • Maya

      Take your meds.

      July 10, 2012 at 12:49 am | Reply
  60. JeffinIL

    I thought this would be an article about the US prison system.

    July 9, 2012 at 5:54 pm | Reply
    • Ashok K

      Similar to what Hitler did in germany

      July 9, 2012 at 8:16 pm | Reply
      • Instead... Put a bullet in me

        With the help of a popular computer company.

        July 9, 2012 at 11:25 pm |
  61. Instead... Put a bullet in me

    Since I have never broken the law, you will have to put a bullet in me before you will get one bit of biometric data from moi.

    July 9, 2012 at 11:24 pm | Reply
    • meh

      bullet with a microchip will do? sir?
      or your social security card?

      July 10, 2012 at 9:39 pm | Reply
  62. tokencode

    What is Zakaria not questioning whether this SHOULD be done? Whatever the benfits, biometric universal government identication sounds like tool for repression.

    July 10, 2012 at 12:15 am | Reply
  63. HenryMiller

    "Imagine creating a system to track 1.2 billion people, photographing them, fingerprinting them, cataloging them and giving them all IDs."

    What next? Tattoo serial numbers on their arms?

    July 10, 2012 at 8:44 am | Reply
  64. jim

    They already did imagine that in a book called 1984. They have implemented that book in every Western society with America being the biggest offender of privacy and peoples rights to remain anonymous from their corrupt and controlling governments. It is a very short time until we all are mandated by law to have chip implants, and the ability of government to follow our every move and shut off our chip and access to money and conveniences at their whim. Every person who takes the place of power of the previous fascist oligarchs further pushes the agenda hoping they will be the one who is in control when no one is able to escape the technology. King and God forever over all.

    July 10, 2012 at 8:51 am | Reply
  65. Steve

    Glad to see many other people find this disturbing.

    July 10, 2012 at 11:53 am | Reply
    • Kirk

      Disturbing is an understatement. This is sickening.

      July 10, 2012 at 1:10 pm | Reply
  66. Lou Cypher

    This article was funded in part by the Patriot Act.

    July 10, 2012 at 2:58 pm | Reply
  67. solutions777

    India is now a police state. Fingerprinting everybody is a sure indicator of an evil police state.

    The mechanics are very easy.

    If Nilekani wants/needs help, email solutions@etorigo.net

    The facts no one wants to read.

    July 10, 2012 at 3:00 pm | Reply
  68. JustBackfromBharat

    Will this card have to be shown to get chai?
    What about to buy food?
    Enter temples?
    Travel the Delhi Metro?
    How many rupees will this "project" cost?
    Where would they store the info?
    I'm just thinking about the Secretariat fire that happened in mumbai 3 weeks ago.

    July 10, 2012 at 5:15 pm | Reply
  69. mmklwek

    project to put fingerprints on butts of 1.2 billions people

    July 10, 2012 at 7:34 pm | Reply
    • Kirk

      Similar to branding of cattle during wild west days

      July 11, 2012 at 10:01 am | Reply
      • JasonMBA

        Let's call it the "Rebranding of India". ROFL !!!

        July 11, 2012 at 11:47 am |
  70. Steven Schultz

    So, are we to believe that "what is good for India is good for the U.S.A.?" Screw your stupid "one size fits all" story, CNN! If I wanted to live like an Indian, I would have moved to India a long time ago, and that sure as hell isn't happening anytime soon.

    July 11, 2012 at 1:22 am | Reply
    • Kirk

      First off, it is an insult comparing USA to India .... like comparing heaven to hell. Second, the thought of moving to India? (where did that come from?)...even thinking of it is repulsive. India ain't no Mexico where you may even consider moving to. Beware of this tribe:::if you see them, tell them you don't know me !!!

      The Aghori or Aghouri is a Hindu cult that is considered to have split off from the Kapalika order in the fourteenth century AD. They have cannibalistic rituals. The streets of northern Indian cities are littered with followers of this cult carrying a kapala, which is a cup made from a skull! These bizarre people will eat anything from rotten food to animal faeces. In order to achieve the highest citadel of enlightenment, the Aghori will perform horrendously crude rituals. The finality of their rituals is attained from eating the decaying flesh of a human.

      July 11, 2012 at 10:00 am | Reply
  71. Bishop Steel

    This is the most succinct report articulating the launch and implimentation of what will be the 'Mark'Lord of the Beast and is truly newsworthy.
    The EU is helping fund a similar project in Africa affecting about 1/2 billion, mostly children, and a global implementation will solve travel problems, tax evasions, money laundering, drug trade profits and on and on, not to mention controlling expensive health care on every individual, especially 'undesirables.'
    Interesting that 'this' development coincides with Mayan predictions, Islam's anticipation of their 12thown Imam Mahdi, the Christian's hope of Christ's soon return, and the coming of the Jewish Messiah.
    For me, the pieces have finally come together.

    July 14, 2012 at 4:15 pm | Reply
  72. 100%Ethio

    So Saeed, with or without your towel, you are from "marocco ".
    You are marakchi? or which "bled" do you come from?

    July 5, 2012 at 7:19 am | Reply
  73. ender

    Je suis marocain aussi.
    Ferme ta gueule parce que chaque fois que tu parles, je suis insulte par ton ignorance.

    July 5, 2012 at 11:00 am | Reply

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