-The Times of India INDORE: After LPG subsidy, Union government has made Aadhaar card mandatory for job applicants under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The move, however, is being criticized by activists. "MGNREGA Management Information System (MIS) is refusing to accept work demand or generate musters for workers unless Aadhaar number is mentioned," said Madhuri from Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan. Terming it latest effort of government to derail MGNREGA, Madhuri...
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Centre blames states for violating Supreme Court orders on Aadhar, but is just as guilty -Aarefa Johari
-Scroll.in On Monday, the Supreme Court felt the need to reiterate - for the third time - that the Aadhar card cannot be made compulsory for anyone, particularly citizens who wish to avail themselves of government subsidies. Hearing a petition filed by a Bangalore resident, the court warned the central government of action if officials continued to demand Aadhar cards from people eligible for subsidies, scholarships, welfare pensions and other government...
More »Don't insist on Aadhar, warns SC -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu "No person should be denied any benefits or "suffer" for not having the Aadhaar cards issued by Unique Identification Authority of India." Clearing all doubts about the validity of Aadhaar card to avail of government subsidies, the Supreme Court on Monday confirmed that the Aadhar card is not compulsory, and further, officials who insist on them will be taken to task. A fuming Supreme Court issued a stern warning to the...
More »Two Years On, Still No 'Right to Food' in Uttar Pradesh -Niha Masih
-NDTV Lucknow: 30-year-old Asma Khatoon lives in a slum in Lucknow and has never been able to benefit from the country's massive Public Distribution System. Asma's attempts to get a ration card made never materialised as she did not have an address proof for her temporary shack. "I have paid money to get an ID card, Aadhar card but nothing has come. Somebody says go to the local representative, who says go...
More »Food For Thought, Mr Modi -Ria Singh Sawhney & Jessica Pudussery
-Outlook A hasty transition to cash transfers without adequate banking services will do more harm than good for food security. As students we had been active in a campaign for the National Food Security Act (NFSA) since 2009. We met more than 100 Members of Parliament to explain why the law was important. Our own belief in the importance of the Act came from having participated in surveys to understand the...
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