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While all this has happened, the PSC report on finance has concluded that Aadhaar platform has been "conceptualised with no clarity of purpose" and is "directionless" in its implementation, leading to "a lot of confusion". Under the existing legal framework, biometric data is collected only under the Identification of Prisoner Act, that too for a temporary period. In the case of Aadhaar and NPR, biometric data is being collected for permanent safekeeping without any constitutional or legal approval. Aadhaar-related NPR project is being spearheaded by the ministry of home affairs is aimed at the creation of this comprehensive identity database.  … [Read more...] about Budgetary allocation for Aadhar project is in contempt of Parliament

Sri Lankans maintain social distance and stand in a queue as a police officer stands guard outside a polling station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Sri Lankans started voting Wednesday to elect a new Parliament that is expected to give strong support to the powerful and popular Rajapaksa brothers. less … [Read more...] about Sri Lankans vote for Parliament expected to back Rajapaksas

i) The governemnt ignores the PSC of Finance 42nd report of Dec 2011 and demonstrates contempt for parliament.Increased fund allocation in Union budget 2013-14 to Aadhaar/UID by Rs 14,232 crore (Rs 142.32 billion) and other recommendations has made a mockery of the PSC of Finance report which is the considered view of parliament.The claims success by various pilots on themes of subsidy transfer and financial inclusion of Adhaar project are extremely suspicious and dubious.The biometric data collection without statutory backing by NPR and Aadhaar violates citizens’ rights.Submission of 3.57 crores signatures of people all over the country against the UID/Aadhaar project and which also shows the widespread opposition to the biometric profiling not only by pro-privacy activists but also by the aam-aadmi.Benefits from direct transfer of subsidy recommended by Nandan Nilekani task force suspect.Parliamentary probe required for UIDAI/RGI’s relationship with external and internal … [Read more...] about Aadhaar’s allocation is Parliament’s contempt

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankans shrugged off fears of the novel coronavirus and streamed into polling centres on Wednesday to elect a new parliament that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hopes will clear the way for him to boost his powers. … [Read more...] about Sri Lankans vote for new parliament, shrugging off coronavirus fear

At 11.45 p.m. on August 4, 2019, this correspondent received an SMS from a friend in Srinagar. Unusual, as we usually chatted on WhatsApp. Internet was blocked in Kashmir. The reply to the SMS failed to deliver. The next morning — August 5 — a call to her did not go through. It was meant to be like this in the Kashmir Valley for days to come. … [Read more...] about A ringside view in Parliament on August 5, 2019