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Setback to UID – Usha Ramanathan

THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has dealt a body blow to the Unique Identification (UID) project. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was set up under the Planning Commission by an executive order on January 28, 2009. The… Continue Reading →

Opposition to the world’s biggest biometric identity scheme is growing

FOR a country that fails to meet its most basic challenges—feeding the hungry, piping clean water, fixing roads—it seems incredible that India is rapidly building the world’s biggest, most advanced, biometric database of personal identities. Launched in 2010, under a… Continue Reading →

January 13, 2012 3

State Govt Should Put a Stay on Aadhaar/UID Project & Biometric based NPR for MNIC after Parliamentary Committee Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Parliamentary Committee Cites Global Experience and Citizens Testimony to Reject Central Govt’s database project Patna, 10/1/2012: A compelling logic has emerged for the Bihar Government to put a stay on the execution of the aadhaar related projects… Continue Reading →

January 11, 2012 9

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Setback to UID – Usha Ramanathan

Opposition to the world’s biggest biometric identity scheme is growing

State Govt Should Put a Stay on Aadhaar/UID Project & Biometric based NPR for MNIC after Parliamentary Committee Report