Aadhar can not be a half-leap

Passport and PAN were designed as single purpose identity vehicles and yet the sheer number and geographical spread for securing such pan -national identity  entailed decades in streamlining  their delivery together with highest levels of data fidelity.The Aadhar on the other hand ,was conceived in a multiplicity of  end purposes most of which  were yet to be even identified .Thus it was weak on two counts ; the number was many times higher than say the passport & PAN put together and yet  perfection and effective delivery was expected in less than half a decade  even as it was prematurely loaded e.g to cater to refund of commodity / utility prices after an universal pricing format came into being.Such overloading will continue unless the Aadhar Stage I goal and time frame get fixed ,to perhaps then go on to Stage II.In the meantime  PAN could offer a  temporary platform for DBT  Else an overloaded Aadhar  will discover newer bottlenecks and  greater disillusionment .UID is a good concept but without concomitant excellence in design, administrative support ,oversight and monitoring ,it goes nowhere. Good in parts like a curate's egg, the Aadhar will trundle along to perhaps eventually lose both direction and speed. the Aadhar project can not also be abandoned as a half-leap given the  continuing need for it and the 3500 Cr price tag it already carries. Efforts  have to  be doubled to tie up the loose ends  and set up permanent and accessible  infrastructure for ease of issue and a time bound delivery.
Pub  Financial Express
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/1221922