28 Sep : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the ambitious Unique Identification project at Tembhli village in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district on Wednesday.
The project named ‘Aadhaar’ will be launched nationally by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Tembhli with a population of 1,098 will become the first ‘Aadhaar’ village in the country.
A strong media contingent has already descended on the village.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal and UID chief Nandan Nilekani will attend the launch of Aadhaar, billed as the tool that would vastly improve the service delivery mechanism of welfare schemes.