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In the last few years of documenting and collecting information about the Aadhaar project we have witnessed the impact of mandatory Aadhaar which has grievously, disproportionately and cruelly affected those who are poor, marginalised, or vulnerable. Many will remember the death of a young child Santoshi in 2017 whose
Dear all, We are pleased to announce our partnership with the good folks at One Vote to bring you more news, updates and thoughts about Aadhaar, and how we can reimagine our digital futures.This update focuses on two things we’re worried about: the proposed Aadhaar Voter-ID linkage, a
On April 6th, 2022, the Comptroller & Auditor General released a Report on the functioning of the UIDAI which confirmed what scholars, activists have been warning about Aadhaar: it is a badly designed system, with immense surveillance risks, which places an unacceptable burden on people,
Rethink Aadhaar joins thirteen other prominent civil rights, electoral reform, academic and digital rights groups including the Association for Democratic Reforms, Bahujan Economists, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, the Internet Freedom Foundation, MKSS and National Alliance of People’s Move
September 26, 2021 Three years ago today, on September 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of India delivered its final judgment in the cases challenging the constitutionality of the Aadhaar/UID programme. In its judgment, the Court circumscribed the Aadhaar project’s scope to a limited number o
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on India, as the second wave of the pandemic continues to ravage India's health infrastructure. In such desperate times, ensuring equitable, fast and easy access to healthcare, medicines and the vaccines is fundamental. Rethink Aadhaar joins the Internet Freedom Foundati
Join human rights and digital rights organisations and individuals across India, including those from the public health community in expressing their deep concern on the National Health Authority’s plans to use facial recognition for “contactless” COVID-19 vaccine delivery . Sign on here !
COVID-19, Co-WIN and curtailing the constant hunger for data In this round-up of Aadhaar related updates, we cover the issues related to Aadhaar and vaccine delivery; the continued expansion of Aadhaar; what’s wrong with the proposed ONOR scheme (a lot); how Kerala is forcing Aadhaar upon people who want to access
On January 16, 2020, the Government of India initiated a country-wide COVID vaccination drive, which will be facilitated via the COVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN). Rethink Aadhaar is concerned that the requirement in the Co-WIN vaccine delivery system, that Aadhaar authenti
Aadhaar-based Scholarships Scam in Jharkhand Shows How Aadhaar Leaks Public Funds, Deprives Citizens In a recent investigation of scholarship schemes in Jharkhand, Many ways to dupe a poor student , the Indian Express brought to light how social security benefits be
Date: 2nd October, 2020 Press Release Launch of the Jury Report from the People’s Tribunal on Aadhaar-related Issues In August 1906, the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance was signed into law in the Transvaal, in South Africa. It was a humiliating and discriminating law, forci
Despite the Supreme Court's order, the use of Aadhaar continues to proliferate, causing hardship, exclusion and shoring up the surveillance capabilities of the state.
On 27th August 2020, the Government of Odisha rolled back its plans to link Aadhaar to social pensions, clarifying in a notification that Aadhaar numbers were not needed for pensions in this round, stating that “Aadhaar collection is an ongoing process”. The order followed sustained advo
Rethink Aadhaar stands in solidarity with JSA Rajasthan , JSA Mumbai and JSA Maharashtra, to condemn the recent decisions taken by state governments to mandate Aadhaar for drugs in Maharashtra and for COVID-19 tests in Rajasthan. On 29 July 2020, the medical and health department of Ra
Rethink Aadhaar and Article 21 Trust anchored a Session on Technology and Surveillance at the Janta Parliament on 18 August 2020. At the sixth session of the Janta Parliament, the House resolved to urge the government to frame a people-centric digital rights law upholding “people’s right to p
Rethink Aadhaar joins the Right to Food campaign, Odisha to condemn the Odisha Government’s decision to restrict the payment of social security pensions to those whose accounts are “Aadhaar verified,” and to make the payments to those who can show Aadhaar “cards” as proof of identification. More
Rethink Aadhaar and the Article 21 Trust condemn the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 released yesterday, which expand the permissible uses for Aadhaar authentication, for good governance, to "prevent dissipation of social welfare
Rethink Aadhaar stands in solidarity with the findings of Odisha Khadya Adhikar Abhiyan , on the tragic death of Dukhi Jani, a 46 year old tribal woman due to chronic starvation, and calls on authorities in Odisha to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of her death, as it appears to be a
Last week, Kalyani Menon Sen, a citizen, and petitioner in the batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of Aadhaar in KS Puttaswamy v Union of India (2019 10 SCC 1) sent the Government of Kerala a legal notice demanding that it withdraw a recent order mandating compulsory Aadhaa