First Corporate Deal for UIDAI

The UIDAI signed an MoU with Life Insurance Corporation of India, the country’s biggest insurer. The move essentially gives Aadhaar access to LIC’s database of over 20 crore customers and marks the first — and, I’m guessing, not the last — time UIDAI will sign such a deal with a major national company. Nilekani calls it a “significant milestone” and it’s one of the biggest steps taken so far to link the hundreds of major info databases in this country under the UID umbrella.