-The Indian Express Former Union Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday argued against the move to make Aadhaar mandatory, saying the Data collected for it was prone to misuse in the world of information technology. “In the era of information technology, the question of possibility of misuse is not just a possibility. It will be misused,” the senior advocate told a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India...
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Aadhaar card tampering racket busted in Surat -Yagnesh Bharat Mehta
-The Times of India SURAT (Gujarat): Even as police are trying to reach the root of biometric Data theft racket done to pilfer food grains issued to poor people, another scam of tampering with Aadhar Data has been exposed in the city. The accused Hiren Prajapati, 26 and Prashant Pradhan, 20, both residents of Pandesara, were modifying the Aadhar Card Data of individuals using a rubber thumb. They were arrested on Saturday...
More »75% Bohra women admit female genital mutilation: study -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express While 33 per cent of female respondents said FGM has had an adverse impact on their sexual life, 10 per cent of the women reported having frequent urinary tract infections, and incontinence, with one reported case of excessive bleeding. New Delhi: Belying the government’s admission to the Supreme Court that there is no Data on the existence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in India, a new qualitative study...
More »Troubles getting ration: At public hearing, some Aadhaar woes as people face fingerprint failure, slow server -Krishn Kaushik
-The Indian Express Since January, beneficiaries have been asked to authenticate their identity using fingerprints to avail foodgrain they are entitled to under the Food Security Act. New Delhi: “Agar machine hata di jaaye, toh bohot acha hai.” As 60-year-old Shanno Devi said these words, 200 people gathered at a hall in central Delhi broke into applause. “Public pareshaan hai,” she added. Devi was talking at a public hearing on Monday about the...
More »Size of tax rebates is large as compared to spending by agricultural & rural development ministries
Believe it or not, the total revenue foregone in 2017-18 on account of special tax rates, exemptions, deductions, rebates, deferrals and credits -- broadly termed as 'tax expenditures' (an indirect subsidy) – that was given to corporate taxpayers has been more than 50 percent of the expenditure incurred by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) and the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) altogether in that year. In other...
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