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Rethink Aadhaar for Self Governance Portal: Legal notice Sent to Kerala Government
Statement on Delhi Government mandating Aadhaar number for Compensation Forms
Rethink Aadhaar condemns the Delhi govt mandating quoting of riot victims’ Aadhaar numbers on the compensation forms.
A Cultivated Ignorance
In a display of cultivated ignorance, the authors of a recent article (‘A hundred small steps’, IE, September 26) cite only their self-sponsored friendly research, blissfully ignoring independent research that has raised troubling questions about ignoring viable PDS portability solutions in favour of Aadhaar.
Aadhaar Amendments Bill in Parliament Again: Help Us Oppose the Bill
Rethink Aadhaar has been reaching out to several Members of Parliament (MPs) requesting them to demand that the Bill be sent to a Parliamentary Standing Committee, so as to ensure a thorough public consultation. Yet, while the government insists "Indians have accepted Aadhaar" - and enjoys numerical superiority in the Lok Sabha - we need to collectively raise our voices and denounce Aadhaar in the strongest terms, and ensure that our representatives echo us.
Citizens write to Vice President, Prime Minister regarding Aadhaar Amendments Bill and DNA Bill
Over 260 organisations and concerned citizens across the spectrum of Indian society have written (read the letter) to the Vice President of India, who is also the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, and the Prime Minister demanding that the Aadhaar Amendments Bill and DNA Bill be subjected to greater scrutiny by sending them to the appropriate Parliamentary committees.
Wait till next week before you decide on linking Aadhaar
It has been 849 days since the Indian Supreme Court decided to set up a Constitution Bench to examine if Aadhaar project violates Indian Constitution. Every day that the court delays in deciding on this matter, there are more instances of people suffering because Aadhaar has been made ‘mandatorily voluntary’. Since the matter didn’t get listed in the Supreme Court on its own, there was a mentioning by the lawyers today in morning in the court of the Chief Justice of India.