-The Hindu Linking Aadhaar with essential activities will turn the nation into a concentration camp, SC told Lashing out at the move to link Aadhaar to the permanent account number and filing of income tax returns, senior advocate Shyam Divan told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the Constitution was not a charter of servitude. “We are independent citizens who cannot be forced by the State to part with our fingerprints in exchange...
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Bezwada Wilson, national president of the Safai Karmachari Andolan, interviewed by Akshay Deshmane (Frontline.in)
-Frontline.in Magsaysay Award winning activist and national president of the Safai Karmachari Andolan Bezwada Wilson is a co-petitioner with Major General (Retd) S.G. Vombatkere in a Supreme Court case relating to the Aadhaar project. He raises an important concern about the impact of Aadhaar on people born into oppressed castes, particularly safai karmacharis, or manual scavengers. Excerpts from an interview he gave Frontline: * What is your opinion on Aadhaar? There is no...
More »Five reasons why Aadhaar shouldn't be applied universally -Mitali Saran
-Business Standard Not only is your privacy stripped stark naked, the system itself is illegal and vulnerable Indians have serious red tape PTSD. We live with chronic anxiety about the documents that get us the entitlements and paid services we need — food, cooking gas, SIM cards, sale deeds, Passports and so on. We’re so tyrannised by bureaucracy that when we hear of an official document that might simplify life, we fall...
More »People without surnames face problems in linking Aadhaar with PAN -TK Rohit
-The Hindu A large number of people, especially those in the south of the country, feel hassled by the Centre’s decision making Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns and linking their PAN with it. Unlike the rest of India where people use surnames, most people in the South use initials either before or after their names. This has created a unique problem, which the Centre has not thought out clearly. While providing...
More »Govt can make Aadhaar must for opening bank accounts: SC -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of india NEW DELHI: The Centre's plan to make Aadhaar a basic identity document got a shot in the arm when the Supreme Court on Monday said it would not be wrong on the part of the government to make the unique ID mandatory for opening bank accounts, getting mobile connections or Passports. The court clarified that its earlier interim order asking the government to make Aadhaar optional only related...
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