-The Economic Times A recent Supreme Court interim order has reopened the debate on aadhaar. We need to understand the implications of the order and reassess the "why" and "what" of aadhaar. The order says that no service should be denied to a person who doesn't have aadhaar. This is a fair observation. aadhaar has always intended to be an instrument of inclusion, not exclusion. The Unique Identification Authority of India, which...
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UPA ready for aadhaar battle on two flanks -Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu The Union Cabinet approved the bill it had earlier sent to Parliament with just a few amendments On aadhaar, the UPA has decided to take on the Supreme Court as well as the Opposition. The government on Tuesday defended aadhaar before the Supreme Court asking for relief from the interim orders. It has decided to argue that the judiciary has encroached upon its executive decision-making space with the order. In...
More »SC refuses relief to Centre on use of aadhaar cards -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to provide any relief to the Centre on the issue of aadhaar card. Refusing to modify its earlier order that aadhaar cards could not be made mandatory for availing social benefits, the Supreme Court, however, agreed to give an urgent hearing to the issue. The top court posted the issue for hearing on October 22. The Centre told the court that its...
More »Cabinet Approves Bill to Give Statutory Status to UIDAI
-Outlook The Union Cabinet today approved the National Identification Authority of India Bill that will give statutory status to the UIDAI. Official sources said the bill, which was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this morning, may be tabled during the winter session of Parliament. Besides giving statutory status to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the Bill seeks to provide legal backing to...
More »The UID Crisis: Don't waste it-Surabhi Agarwal
-The Business Standard The next catastrophe to hit UID will be on breach of privacy, which will happen sooner than later Tech czar and soon to be politician Nandan Nilekani joined Twitter last week and already has some 650 plus followers. The man shunned all forms of social media during the last four years as the chief of the unique identify (UID) or aadhaar project. So this sudden change in strategy is...
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