-First Post Electoral logic is driving the UPA towards a patent illegality: forcing people to part with sensitive private information such as biometric data or finger-prints without having any law to protect privacy in place. As things stand, getting yourself an Aadhaar card issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (uidAI) is voluntary; you are not legally bound to part with this information to anyone, leave alone the uidAI ....
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Aadhaar card: Many worried about privacy -Clara Lewis
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Unmindful of the chief minister himself telling the legislature that it is the Centre's directive that unless a district has 80% registration, providing subsidies through Aadhaar cannot be undertaken, citizens are being coerced into getting a uid number. "When we informed the school principal that Parliament is yet to pass the Bill, she categorically told us that there was no harm in obtaining the card. The deadline...
More »Lessons from the East Godavari pilot-Reetika Khera
-The Hindu A computerised database of ration card holders and purchases is a safeguard against diversion of PDS supplies but the process can be disruptive for beneficiaries The government has initiated an interesting pilot for the Public Distribution System (PDS) in East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. When cardholders go to buy their PDS rations, their ration card number and uid (Unique Identification) number are punched into an "e-Point of Sale" (ePOS) machine. If...
More »Get Aadhaar to obtain PAN card now
-PTI The Unique Identification (uid) Aadhaar number will soon be a "valid" proof of identity and address to obtain a PAN card. A proposal for inclusion of Aadhaar in the existing list of valid proof of identification and proof of address for allotment of PAN was sent to the finance ministry by the Unique Identification Authority of India sometime back. The ministry has decided to notify rules in this regard. It is aimed...
More »Banks 'distrust’ Aadhaar for cash transfer scheme rollout -Nitin Sethi & Sidhartha
-The Economic Times In what could hobble the government's plans to give Aadhar a key role in banking and a central pin of the direct cash transfer scheme, several state-run banks have refused to bear any liability for transactions done with customers that were authenticated through the unique identity (uid) mechanism. Banks and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had been convinced by the finance ministry to use Aadhar to fulfill the...
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