After its people, India now wants its cows and buffaloes to have a unique numerical identity. 。

The government has rolled out an extensive project, wherein 100,000 technicians have set out to tag 88 million cattle with a 12-digit unique identification number, the。 Economic Times 。Economic Times 。

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It will work just like the Aadhar system, where citizens are marked with unique numbers and the identification is used in major government transactions. 。

By tagging cows and buffaloes, the government wants to streamline the tracking of cattle and stay on top of animal vaccination, dairy production and so on.。Mashable Light SpeedWant more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories?Mashable Light SpeedWant more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories?Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. 。

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Once the tag is affixed inside the ears of the cattle, technicians will reportedly use a tablet to update the number in an online database, providing the cattle owner with an "animal health card" to track all activities. 。

Every detail from breeding to deworming, along with the owner's data, will be captured in the card. 。

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The Indian government claims that close to 1 billion people have an Aadhar card by now. 。

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Now it seems they'll be replicating that for the cattle population as well.。

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Now it seems they'll be replicating that for the cattle population as well. 。

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