-The Indian Express "Delhi government has decided to stop Aadhaar being mandatory for the distribution of ration, this was decided at the cabinet which couldn't take place at the Secretariat today due to protests," said Manish Sisodia. New Delhi: Amid a high voltage drama over an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAs, the Delhi government on Tuesday decided against making Aadhaar mandatory for the distribution of ration in...
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Women hold over 50% of Jan Dhan accounts
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In what marks a boost for financial inclusion, more than half of PM Jan Dhan Yojna account-holders are women and they are also carrying out transactions rather than merely opening accounts, a sample survey by a financial inclusion consulting firm has indicated. The “State of the Agent Network 2017” report released by Microsave on Wednesday found that there has been a more than 200% increase in...
More »Kapil Sibal to SC: Aadhaar shouldn't be the sole identity criterion for claiming benefits -Priyanka Mittal
-Livemint.com Lawyer Kapil Sibal says making Aadhaar mandatory for government schemes would be a constitutional violation in restricting the choice of identity to one New Delhi: Denial of entitlements in case a citizen does not have Aadhaar or refuses to get one leads to abrogation of his fundamental rights, lawyer Kapil Sibal said on Tuesday. The submission was made before a Constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices D.Y. Chandrachud, A.K....
More »Big Data, Large Concerns -Amba Kak & Jason Schultz
-The Indian Express Consent and accountability should be at the core of the new privacy law. The Supreme Court recently affirmed a fundamental right to privacy. The government is now moving to enact a data privacy law, the Justice Shri Krishna Committee has released a comprehensive report and the consultation process is coming to a close. Multiple legal challenges against Aadhaar — many involving citizens’ privacy — are being heard before...
More »Aadhaar that doesn't exclude -Ashok Kotwal & Bharat Ramaswami
-The Indian Express Biometric authentication by PDS dealers defeats the unique identity scheme’s purpose. An aborted scheme in Madhya Pradesh that relied on once-in-a-year authentication can curb exclusion errors. Aadhaar is in the news today partly because of security concerns and partly because of reports that the poor are unable to receive PDS rations because of failures in Aadhaar authentication. Here, we will focus on the latter with an eye to look...
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