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Modern day Slaves -Jayashri Ramesh Sundaram

-HardNewsMedia.com The plight of domestic workers goes unnoticed even today Delhi: Ever thought why corporates or media houses made you work for peanuts? If you did, I am sure you must have wondered when a hike in your salary would match your skills and experience. What perhaps goes unnoticed is the plight of the domestic worker. What will your domestic worker do in her case? In most cases they do not have...

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Updating Aadhaar for better privacy -Rahul Tongia

-The Hindu Each authorised user of the system would get a longer number that is generated to be unique, but based on the base UID number. To its proponents, Unique Identification (UID, branded Aadhaar) is the solution to citizen empowerment. To its opponents, UID is a violation of not only citizen privacy but even citizen rights. In reality, like any programme or project, it can be anything we design it to be....

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Aadhaar as money bill means less scrutiny, more haste -Zia Haq

-Hindustan Times New Delhi: It’s quite possible that in this Parliament session, India will make the transition from being a wasteful welfare state to a reformed economy that allocates scarce resources efficiently. The Modi government on Thursday introduced the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. When signed into law, the bill will make Aadhaar -- the unique biometric identification number -- central to all social...

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Ministry moots National Social Security Authority -Somesh Jha

-The Hindu The Labour Ministry has mooted the idea of forming a National Social Security Authority, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a separate Social Security Department within the ministry to provide social security to the entire population in a bid to prop up the government’s pro-worker credentials, according to a concept note reviewed by The Hindu. The authority may have all the ministers and secretaries of all ministries dealing with...

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After WhatsApp Controversy, Draft National Encryption Policy Is Withdrawn: 10 Developments

-NDTV Gadgets 360 After massive public outcry, the government has withdrawn a draft proposal that would have drastically altered how WhatsApp and other communication services would operate. Here is your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story: * The proposal (for a National Encryption Policy) was released for public feedback without his knowledge, said IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, acknowledging that it was poorly worded, and is being reworked. * The minister also...

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