Madhya Pradesh Principal Secretary, Planning, Economics and Statistics Devendra  Singhai and UIDAI Deputy Director General B B Nanawati signed the MoU at New Delhi.

The Authority will issue UID numbers to residents of India based on demographic and biometric data of the individual.  UIDAI will partner with governments and other agencies, leveraging their existing infrastructure in order to implement the UID project.
These agencies will be called the Registrars of UIDAI.

The Madhya Pradesh government would like to enhance efficiency in delivery of benefits and services through accurate identification of beneficiaries and to have uniform standards and processes for verification and identification of beneficiary and for the implementation the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has said.