-Frontline.in The farce being played out in the name of aadhaar has led to several deaths because it denies the poor their right to food and therefore life. THERE is no doubt that human life is cheap in India, perhaps more so now than ever before. The attacks, atrocities and killings of people from the minority communities and marginalised groups, which have now become so common, are particularly appalling because they reflect...
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Jharkhand hunger death: A girl died crying for food. Her family is now accused of shaming India -Harsh Mander
-Scroll.in Koili Devi lost her daughter to hunger after failing to link her ration card to aadhaar. A social boycott has added to her trauma. In October, Koili Devi lost her young daughter to creeping hunger. Life gave her no chance to grieve – this was only the beginning of her long nightmare. The state administration, even at its highest levels, stigmatised her for bringing shame to her village and the nation...
More »For Hundreds of Leprosy Patients in Andhra, aadhaar a Stumbling Block in Availing Monthly Rations -Sukanya Shantha
-TheWire.in Even with apparent deformities to their bodies, many leprosy-affected individuals are not recognised as ‘disabled’ by the state health department. Vijayawada/ Guntur: Kodavalli Ramadevi avoids visiting the fair price shop in Godugu Vari Gudem village at Nuzwid mandal in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh at the beginning of the month to collect her rations. She waits for at least ten days every month, just to ensure that everyone in the...
More »30 lakh fake 'beti bachao' forms flood women and child development ministry -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The ministry of women and child development is grappling with a fraud being perpetuated on the poor on a very large scale: people are selling them fake "application forms" for the Centre's flagship "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" scheme — the ministry has received nearly 30 lakh fake forms this year — on the promise that just filling the forms will make them eligible for a...
More »Open to suggestions on aadhaar: Arun Jaitley -Arup Roychoudhury
-Business Standard Jaitley said the aadhaar Act, which gave legal backing to the programme in 2016, had substantial provisions to ensure privacy Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reiterated the privacy credentials of the aadhaar programme and said that the government was open to suggestions from the civil society and stakeholders to further strengthen the unique identification programme’s infrastructure. Speaking at the launch of a book on the biometric system on Saturday, Jaitley said that...
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