Unique Identification Authority of India

• Senior IAS officer Amit Agrawal has been appointed as CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India.
• He is a 1993 Batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre.
• Agarwal is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

ABOUT UIDAI

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established on 12 July 2016 by the Government of India under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, following the provisions of the Aadhaar Act 2016.
• The UIDAI is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identification (UID) number (Aadhaar) to all the residents of India.
• The UIDAI was initially set up by the Government of India in January 2009, as an attached office under the aegis of the Planning Commission.