New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is in India to discuss trade with New Delhi, met Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani on Wednesday - a key architect of Aadhaar, the country's own digital Unique ID programme.

Starmer and Nilekani met amid the British government's push to roll out a similar national identification card, with the world leader seeking guidance from the Infosys co-founder to implement an Aadhaar-like system in the UK.

Nandan Nilekani is widely credited with the launch of Aadhaar in 2009, which has now been issued to almost all Indians and has become an indispensible part of the Indian identity.

According to Starmer's spokesman spokesman Dave Pares, who spoke to reporters in Mumbai on Wednesday, the UK...