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September 23, 2013 [Until final hearing of the Constitution Bench] “…no person should suffer fornotgetting the Adhaar card inspite of the fact that some authority hadissued a circular making it mandatory”. November 26, 2013 [States/UTs impleaded.] March 24, 2014 “… no person shall be deprived of
During a heated short duration discussion on the Aadhaar project in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, MPs attacked the notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for essential services. Opposition MPs raised the issue of the violation of the Supreme Court’s orders and exclusions due to Aadhaar in many welfare
Right to Food, Jharkhand is going on hunger strike from April 9 against Jharkhand government's unconstitutional order to make Aadhar mandatory in Public Distribution System foodgrains. For more details, contact: rtfcjharkhand@gmail.com "राशन कार्ड के लिए आधार अनिवार्य करने के खिलाफ 9 अप्रै
Some newspapers have reported erroneously that the Supreme Court on March 27 directed that the government can ask for the UID for Income Tax and PAN card; this is misinformation. For one, what transpired happened during a `mentioning', that is, where the lawyer mentioned the matter only t
The following are links to, and text of discussion by members of parliament in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this week: Bhupendra Yadav's private member resolution to hold Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously to be taken up tomorrow in RS. He suggests linking of Aadhaar number with Electio
Today the National Federation of Indian Women and the Right to Food Campaign held a protest outside the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Shastri Bhawan to protest against the move of the Central Government to make Aadhaar mandatory for Mid Day Meal Scheme. People from more than ten states including UP, West
The National Democratic Alliance has stated that the decision to withdraw Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes is aimed to make India a “cashless economy”. Aadhaar, is being presented as a crucial tool in the hands of the government and financial institutions to enforce a transition to digi
The Aadhaar project, to provide a unique number to all residents in India, was packaged as a welfare-enabling programme. It was sold as an initiative for greater inclusiveness in welfare, a tool against corruption, greater efficiency and so on. Six years down the line, there is mounting evidence of