when and where was the first evm (electronic voting machine) used in india
Electronic voting in India In 1980, M. B. Haneefa invented the first Indian voting machine, gazetted "Electronically operated vote counting machine" (Gazette: 191/Mas/80, 15 October 1980). His original design (using Integrated Circuits) was exhibited to the public in Government Exhibitions held in six cities across Tamil Nadu.  The EVMs were commissioned in 1989 by Election Commission of India in collaboration with Bharat Electronics Limited and Electronics Corporation of India Limited.[9][10] The Industrial designers of the EVMs were faculty members at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay.[11] The EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by-election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala for a limited number of polling stations.[12]
National identification number As World's biggest Biometric ID Programme,[15] the Indian Government on 28 January 2009, established an Authority called the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue a Unique Identification Number to all citizens and residents of India. UIDAI's Aadhaar card project[16] gives each Indian citizen a unique 12 digit identification number, along with recording their biometrics such as iris scan and fingerprints on a UIDAI database and the card is being rolled out to all eligible citizens. The first Aadhaar number was launched in Maharashtra in the village of Tembhli, on 29 September 2010.[17] So far up to February 2016, 984 million (98 crores) Aadhaar Numbers have been issued.[18] In October 2015, 93 percent of adult Indians have an Aadhaar card.[19] There is no Aadhaar smart card but UID information of a card can be printed on a piece of paper or on a plastic card.[20] After the recent order by the supreme court of India Aadhar card is not mandatory for availing public services.