-Scroll.in Their health, and the health of their children, is put at risk because they lack the documents needed to enroll for aadhaar. Bhanoli is a tribal hamlet situated in the craggy hills of Nandurbar district, less than 10 km from the border of Gujarat and Maharahstra. On the rainy afternoon of September 3, a tired Sunita Pawara, just back from work in her family’s rice field, sat in her brick-and-mud hut...
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If India Is To Fight Corruption, the Focus Must Be on Dam Projects -Amit Ranjan
-TheWire.in While the dam breach in Madhya Pradesh's Karam river is a recent example of poor construction quality, the politician-contractor-engineer nexus in these projects has long been known. In his eighth Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2022, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need to fight against corruption and nepotism. Highlighting the steps his government has taken to check corruption, Modi said: “In the...
More »The concerns around aadhaar-Voter ID linkage -Trishee Goyal
-The Hindu * Why is the Election Commission keen on voters linking their aadhaar with voter IDs? The story so far: Reports have surfaced online of instances where block level officers have asked individuals to link their aadhaar with their Voter IDs, failing which their Voter IDs could be cancelled. This comes in the aftermath of the Election Commission’s (EC) campaign to promote the linkage of Voter ID and aadhaar that began...
More »No one to be compelled on aadhaar, says EC official -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph Move to prevent any repeat of fiasco in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where at least 30 lakh names linked to aadhaar were auto-deleted from the voters list after 2015 A senior Election Commission of India official told The Telegraph on Monday that no citizen would be compelled to give their aadhaar details to poll officials even if they have an aadhaar number. The official also clarified that election authorities would rely...
More »Child’s aadhaar not mandatory for anganwadi benefits, say WCD’s Poshan 2 guidelines
-Hindustan Times Anganwadi services scheme under Poshan 2 is open to all eligible beneficiaries on the condition that the beneficiary is registered at the nearest anganwadi centre NEW DELHI: A child’s aadhaar card is not mandatory for availing benefits under the anganwadi services and it can be accessed using the mother’s aadhaar card, according to the guidelines for the new ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2 scheme’ released on Tuesday. The ‘Saksham Anganwadi and...
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