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#India – Are we being made Guinea pigs ? #UID #Aadhaar

-Kamayani Bali Mahabal  UID   is a 12 digit number in addition to PAN Card, Passport,Ration Card,Driving License,BPL Cards, NREGA Card and similar cards issued by both State and Central Government .However,unlike these need  based identities issued to citizens of… Continue Reading →

#WTFnews- Postal bag containing 769 Aadhaar cards found near Imphal river #UID

PTI | Feb 22, 2014, 11.33 AM IST IMPHAL: A postal bag containing Aadhaar cards, insurance papers and other documents was found near Imphal river near here, official sources said on Saturday.The bag containing the Aadhaar cards was found on February 18… Continue Reading →

#Goodnews- Consumers can get LPG cylinders without Aadhaar account: Govt #UID

PTI The Hindu Ads by Google Mumbai Goa Flight Offer – Flat ₹500 Off, No Convenience Fee Offer Ends Soon, Hurry Book Now! musafir.com/Mumbai_Goa_Flight_Off NEW DELHI, FEB 21: Subsidised LPG cylinders can be purchased without having an Aadhaar account, the Government informed… Continue Reading →

Scholarships: Aadhaar Not Required in Karnataka #Goodnews #UID

By Express News Service – BANGALORE Last Updated: 21st February 2014 10:33 AM The government on Thursday announced that it had withdrawn two criteria, including possession of Aadhaar cards, it had imposed on students to avail of scholarships following Opposition protests… Continue Reading →

Don’t deny work over Aadhaar card, govt tells states #UID

Written by Ruhi Tewari | New Delhi | February 12, 2014 1:18 am   Print The project has been plagued by problems such as low rate of enrolment. In what could be an acknowledgment that the ambitious Aadhaar-based Direct Benefits… Continue Reading →

UID project: Does evidence matter? #aadhaar

  Reetika Khera  Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi [email protected] The Indian government has been pushing to make UID compulsory, and is now moving towards charging for use of authentication services. This article asserts that the three key selling points of… Continue Reading →

The UID: Gamechanger or Hype #Aadhaar

UID aka Aadhaar is a program that has costed the taxpayers thousands of crores so far with no clear outcomes     BY Rajeev Chandrashekhar   One of the defining attributes of the UPA Government has been its almost casual/unaccountable… Continue Reading →

Is India’s biometric benefits database trampling privacy? #UID

By Ram Mashru / 31 January, 2014 In 2009 India announced its grand universal biometric scheme “Aadhaar”. The scheme, managed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), collects the fingerprints, iris scans and facial images of applicants in exchange… Continue Reading →

#India – The Aadhaar joke is on us #uid

Feb 05, 2014 Vivek Kaul The irony is that the Aadhaar form clearly states that ‘Aadhaar enrolment is free and voluntary’. If enrolment into Aadhaar is free and voluntary, how could the OMCs have insisted on Aadhaar linked bank accounts… Continue Reading →

UPA pleads with SC to save Rs 3,500 crore Aadhaar scheme #UID

By HARISH V NAIR PUBLISHED: 22:09 GMT, 29 January 2014 | UPDATED: 22:09 GMT, 29 January 2014 With just three months to go before the general elections, the UPA government is desperate to get its flagship Aadhaar scheme designed to bring benefits to the eligible… Continue Reading →

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