201801asia_india_dna A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment center at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan on February 22, 2013.

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrollment center at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan on February 22, 2013.

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