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A bill to give statutory backing to the unique identity number scheme for better targetting of subsidies was today returned by Rajya Sabha to the Lok Sabha with several amendments, with Opposition parties also objecting strongly to treating it… Continue Reading →
P Sainath‘s remarks at the public meeting organised in 2012 by the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis: (He says, at the end of 45 minutes, that he hasn’t yet touched upon a whole bunch of security issues,… Continue Reading →
by Tathagata Satpathy By giving legislative backing to the Aadhaar card, it seems that the central government of Narendra Damodardas Modi is stubbornly adamant in making it mandatory. Despite repeated reprimands from the Supreme Court, and protests from… Continue Reading →
Decoding good governance in the Aadhaar Bill DR ANUPAM SARAPH | Arun Jaitley’s “Money” Bill will immortalise his contribution to good governance and ensure that subsidies, benefits and services will be ‘targeted’ to ‘intended’ beneficiaries The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial… Continue Reading →
The Aadhaar Bill opens the door to mass surveillance. This danger needs to be seen in the light of recent attacks on the right to dissent. No other country, and certainly no democratic country, has ever held its own citizens… Continue Reading →
R. Ramakumar, March 14, 2016 It is often said that “privacy is not something that people feel, except in its absence”. Arun Jaitley realised it the hard way in 2013 when his telephone records where illegally obtained by the government…. Continue Reading →
Amber Sinha and Pranesh Prakash, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | A villager goes through the process of eye scanning for Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan. (REUTERS)… Continue Reading →
R Ramakumar, Mar 12, 2016: It is often said that “privacy is not something that people feel, except in its absence”. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley realised it the hard way in 2013 when his telephone records were illegally obtained by… Continue Reading →
Sahil Makkar March 12, 2016 Interview with executive director of The Centre for Internet & Society On March 12, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016, paving the way… Continue Reading →
Principle in A.P. Shah Report Description of Principle Corresponding provision in Aadhaar Bill Comments/Concerns Enrolling Agency (EA) Requesting Entity (RE) Notice (During collection & Other notices) Both, EAs & REs ‘collect’ information for their specific purposes of enrollment &… Continue Reading →