The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was established in 2009, as an attached office to the Planning Commission now an attached office of Ministry of Electronics and IT with a vision, “To empower residents of India with a unique identity and a digital platform to authenticate anytime, anywhere”.
A key objective of the Aadhaar programme is to provide an identity infrastructure for the delivery of various social welfare programmes and for effective targeting of welfare services. The potential of Aadhaar can be realized through its use of the infrastructure as an ID proof and as a unique key by various state departments, central ministries, PSUs, and private sector entities to provide service delivery to residents in an integrated fashion.
In order to carry forward the programmes and schemes, there are various organizations which come under the jurisdiction of MeitY and these are given here.