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India's Elephantine Effort
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/4446/122010_CACMpg23_Indias-Elephantine2.large.jpg?1292526911&1292526910 "fingerprints being scanned")
A 95-year-old Indian man has his fingerprints scanned as part of the Unique ID project.
Credit: Sanjit Das / Panos
An ambitious biometric ID project in the world's second most populous nation aims to relieve poverty, but faces many hurdles.
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