-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a move to check multiple driving licenses under one name, the Centre will ask states to make Aadhaar identification necessary for a new licence as well as for those seeking renewal. This is expected to prevent the issuance of multiple licences, means adopted to beat the suspension of licence for traffic, criminal offences or for fake identity. The Aadhaar number's biometrics details will help prevent such...
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Freedom in peril -R Ramakumar
-Frontline The government’s passage of the Aadhaar Bill in complete disregard of even basic parliamentary procedures and in subversion of an ongoing judicial process puts at risk a number of constitutional rights and liberties of citizens. The benefits cited are just ploys to realise a neoliberal dream. “Congressmen are dancing as if [Aadhaar] was a herb for all cures. With the Supreme Court pulling up the Centre, people are now seeking...
More »Only in India: Swift Driving licences, highest casualties -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday blamed the faulty driver licencing regime for India's notorious distinction of registering maximum road fatalities across the globe. In other countries, applicants need to undergo stringent tests and clearing them in the first attempt is rare. "It's easiest to get a driving licence in India and so we have the maximum number of road deaths in the world estimated...
More »Accidents by licence-less drivers jumped 54% in 2 years -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Accidents caused by drivers without licences increased by 54% between 2012 and 2014, according to data provided by the police departments of all states and Union Territories. In absolute numbers, the accident count went up from 25,463 to 39,314. In the same period, drivers younger than 18 caused between 19,000 and 21,500 accidents. Though the official count is evidently much less than actual numbers, it reflects...
More »‘One-third of Delhi households paid bribe last year’ -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Corruption in LPG distribution had increased the most, while police was the agency most likely to require a bribe. Nearly half of Delhi’s respondents in a survey on corruption said it had decreased in the State government, but a third of households reported having had to pay a bribe in the last 12 months. Respondents felt that corruption in the distribution of LPG had increased the most, while the police...
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