Filtered by Tag: aadhaar issues
#Guest Post #Aadhaar, #Aadhaar Based Biometric Authentication, #PDS, #ration cards, #authentication failure rates, #biometric failures, #aadhaar issues
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.
#Action Update #Aadhaar Amendments Bill, #Aadhaar, #Aadhaar Act, #aadhaar issues
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.
#Supreme Court, #Constitution Bench, #aadhaar, #aadhaar problems, #aadhaar issues
The Supreme Court on Friday, July 7 heard applications for interim relief to stay notifications which make Unique Identification Number or Aadhaar, a biometrics-linked identity number for residents, mandatory for availing any benefits and entitlements. The applications are by the same petitioners whose challenge against the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act is pending before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.
