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Maharashtra govt to make UID number compulsory for students #HITLER #NandanNilekani

    Published: Monday, Aug 13, 2012, 22:53 IST By DNA Correspondent | Agency: DNA   State government has decided to make the UID number compulsory for the government grants for the students and teachers from aided schools from the next academic… Continue Reading →

Israel’s Biometric Database Deemed “Harmful” by High Court Judges #UID #Aadhar

JULY 27, 2012 | BY REBECCA BOWE In Israel, a heated debate is underway about whether Israel’s Interior Ministry will move ahead with the creation of a governmental biometric database containing digital fingerprints and facial photographs, which would be linked to “smart” national… Continue Reading →

Computer monitor with Aadhar Data stolen from municipal building #UID

Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Computer monitor used for creation of data for national population registry was stolen from municipal travellers’ bungalow in Cuddalore on Saturday night.— Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy A computer monitor used in recording the data in regard to… Continue Reading →

Why UIDAI has not given any data with respect to money?

UIDAI contracts  http://tahaz.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/uidai-contracts/ Why UIDAI has not given any data with respect to money? How much public money did UIDAI give to each contract? What is the duration of contract? What was the process? Why a particular firm was selected? On… Continue Reading →

India- Experiments with Aadhaar #UID #Nandan Nilekani

Bharat Bhatti Jean Drèze Reetika Khera The Hindu Technical glitches in the unique identification method make it unreliable in disbursing wages under the employment guarantee scheme Within a few weeks of “Aadhaar-enabled” payments of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar Round-Up: UID Vs Resident ID; UID In Jharkhand and Delhi & More

By MediaNama on Jun 22nd, 2012  | Nandan Nilekani-led Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and Department of Electronics and Information & Technology (DEIT) has raised objections to the Home minister P Chidambaram’s Resident Identity Card (RIC) project, under the government’s National Population… Continue Reading →

Social Development Programmes and UID Aadhar Pilots

Dear all, Even as we debate the wisdom behind Unique Identification (UID) Aadhaar the Finance Ministry has written to the Chief Ministers of 16 States this month advising expansion of the number if districts where pilots will be rolled out… Continue Reading →

Growing Mistrust of India’s Biometric ID Scheme

  MAY 4, 2012 | BY REBECCA BOWE, In India, a massive effort is underway to collect biometric identity information for each of the country’s 1.2 billion people. The incredible plan, dubbed the “mother of all e-governance projects” by the Economic Times, has… Continue Reading →

Unique identity crisis- #UID #Aaadhaar #Nandan Nilekani

Author(s): Latha Jishnu, Jyotika Sood, Down to Earth Issue: May 15, 2012 Biometric-based unique identity or Aadhaar is leading to huge problems for people working for the rural employment guarantee scheme and for others receiving welfare benefits. Not only have enrolments been done… Continue Reading →

UID brings serious discrimination concerns

Published: Friday, Apr 20, 2012, 9:00 IST By Yogesh Pawar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Professor Edgar Whitley Shraddha Bhargava | DNA After security concerns scaled new highs post 9/11, the UK government decided to implement a national identity project. Following… Continue Reading →

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