-Bridge the Gap Bring the Change

Tag UIDAI

#India- Who owns our identity? #UID #Aadhaar #Biometrics

Author: Latha Jishnu, Down to Earth Posted on: 31 May, 2013 Between Nilekani’s UID and National Population Register’s KYR+is a huge mess and a looming nightmare Illustration: Anirban Bora   Yattan Bibi, scrubber of floors and cleaner of dishes (other people’s), has… Continue Reading →

Woman without dupatta denied Aadhaar photo #UID #WTFnews

    Christin Mathew Philip, TNN | May 31, 2013, 05.48 AM IST   CHENNAI: Is there a dress code to get an Aadhaar card? An incident on Thursday at an enrolment centre in Chennai shows that there indeed may be one,… Continue Reading →

Duplication woes hit Aadhaar project in Uttar Pradesh #UID

Arunav Sinha, TNN | May 21, 2013, 06.26 AM IST     LUCKNOW: Conceived with the idea to provide an identity to every Indian, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) came into existence in 2009. However, four years down… Continue Reading →

#Aadhaar #UID Your data, going on sale soon #MUSTSHARE

USHA RAMANATHAN, The Hindu  ILLUSTRATION: SATWIK GADE ILLUSTRATION: SATWIK GADE TOPICS interior policy personal data collection politics government Information being collected for the unique identification project will be sold back to the government through specially created, privatised, for profit utilities… Continue Reading →

UIDAI Lucknow office under Supreme Court panel lens for ‘casteism’ #Aadhaar

Arunav Sinha , TNN | May 12, 2013, 03.48 AM LUCKNOW: Taking cognizance of complaints of ‘ casteism’ practised allegedly within the precincts of the Lucknow regional office of Unique Identification Authority of India, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes… Continue Reading →

Public clamouring for Aadhaar cards enrolled several months ago #UID

11 May 2013, 1618 hrs IST Kerala News: P H Kurian, IT principal secretary to the state government had told ‘Express’ on Thursday that out of the 3.25 crore Aadhaar cards needed in the state, 2.42 crore have been generated…. Continue Reading →

Officials find discrepancy in the figures of Aadhaar card generation #UID

  By Nidhin T R – KOTTAYAM 11th May 2013 08:28 AM P H Kurian, IT principal secretary to the state government had told ‘Express’ on Thursday that out of the 3.25 crore Aadhaar cards needed in the state, 2.42… Continue Reading →

Andhra Pradesh -Biometric information of 14 lakh #Aadhaar applicants goes missing #UID

Rahul Ramakrishna | May 1, 2013 | Postnoon Biometric information from over 14 lakh people has gone missing. This could lead to vital data falling into criminal hands. What can be a greater loss to a city than the loss of identities… Continue Reading →

#India – #Aadhaar private ownership of UID data – Part II

  USHA RAMANATHAN | 30/04/2013 , Moneylife.com   Those enrolling on the UID database have not been informed that their data is to yield profit for the UIDAI, Rs288.15 crore a year and its only investor, the government, does not even own the data…. Continue Reading →

#India – Aadhaar: Private ownership of UID data- Part I

 USHA RAMANATHAN | 29/04/2013 ,Moneylife.com     As per the report of the TAG-UP Committee headed by Nandan Nilekani,government data and databases would be privatised through the creation of NIUs, which will then ‘own’ the data and the government would become a ‘customer’ to whoever… Continue Reading →

« Older posts Newer posts »

© 2024 Kractivism — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑