JAM Yojana
#IndiaUnites to set things right
There are many serious problems before the country that are simply beyond the scope of a nine day agitation. This day serves to at least give them recognition. The day will cover different issues. Revive science and research In recent years, the Indian Science Congress has become an abject mockery of the rational thinking that […]
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Aadhaar
Digital India
Human rights
Fundamental conceptual concerns regarding the Aadhaar number as a unique identity based upon biometric digital data and the associated risks for citizens of India
Under the Aadhaar system, all Indian citizens are being allotted a unique twelve-digit identity number by the State upon obtaining biometric data including fingerprint and iris scans and upon submission and verification of certain demographic data including the name, date of birth and residential address. The new identity is different from all previous identity documents […]
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Aadhaar
Digital India
You want to be forgotten. But the State doesn’t want to forget you. #AadhaarFail
Attorney General on Aadhaar: “You want to be forgotten. But the State doesn’t want to forget you At today’s hearing on Aadhaar in the Supreme Court, the Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi responded to the arguments made by the petitioners. He claimed there were only two ways to challenge an enactment of Parliament – first whether […]
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Democracy
Digital India
Aadhaar’s “Compelled free consent” is a contradiction in terms.
Press release for Aadhaar – PAN linkage constitutional challenge hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday. Today’s arguments began with the idea of ‘informational self determination”. Informational self-determination was developed by the German Federal Constitutional Court which articulated it as: “the authority of the individual to decide himself, on the basis of the idea of […]
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Aadhaar
Democracy
Politics & Political Commentary
Unlawful to make Aadhaar mandatory
Recently, I attempted a tweetstorm on why I think the 2016 Aadhaar Act does not override, or render useless, the orders passed in Oct 2015 by the Supreme Court. I argued that all of the recent notifications by various central government authorities making Aadhaar mandatory to avail the respective service of those authorities, are in […]
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