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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Say no to UID or unique identity - An Analysis of the same and a petition

 
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Why the UID number project must be scrapped

Last updated on: June 07, 2010 16:12 IST


Human right activist Gopal Krishna makes a case that the Unique Identification Number project is a gross violation of fundamental human rights and points out that a similar project/law in Britain is going to be repealed.
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This is with reference to a privacy invasion project which is relevant to India
[ Images ] and all the democratic countries of the world. The very first bill that
is to be presented by the UK's new coalition government in the British Parliament
is to repeal its Identity Cards Act 2006 even as Government of India has chosen
to give approval to Unique Identification Number project that threatens citizens'
privacy. Clearly, what is poisonous for civil liberties in the UK cannot become
non-poisonous in India.

If one takes cognisance of the claim that the 'UID system is a civilian application
of biometrics' and compares it with current practices, one finds that such a claim
is quite misplaced.

In the report there is reference to a study commissioned by the US Department
of Homeland Security to International Biometrics Group.
Will someone explain how manifest reference to such a study constitutes
civilian application?

In our country, it is rarely noticed as to when the concept of massively organised
information quietly emerged to become a means of social control, a weapon of war,
and for the victimisation of ethnic groups.

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and former chief executive of Infosys Technologies Ltd
[ Get Quote ], India's second largest software company, has misled the Government
of India into making it believe that in a country with 48 percent illiteracy,
a 16-digit card would be helpful in reaching the poorest of the poor.

The Unique Identification Number/Aadhar project that emerged from the constitution
of Unique Identification Authority of India in January 2009 reminds one of what happened
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Read rest here
http://news.rediff.com/column/2010/jun/02/why-the-uid-number-project-must-be-scrapped.htm

Though it seems that UID is only for poor but the way the services
are being attached to UID, it is becoming mandatory for all from
 the back door. Like they have recently attached PF and hence
all service people have to have UID to maintain their PF accounts.

Tomorrow, they will attach air tickets purchase; railway reservation
etc. to UID then it becomes mandatory for all except the hermits
living in Himalayan caves. Voluntary tag attached to it is possibly
 to escape judicial scrutiny on the grounds of
fundamental rights violation.

For a detailed analysis of what this entails, read this article
by Ram Krishnaswamy
Aadhaar will institutionalise Poverty in India 
by Ram Krishnaswamy
http://questioningaadhaar.blogspot.com/2010/12/ram-krishnaswamy.html
All it would require is One idiotic politician (and there is no
dearth of them in India or anywhere in the world) and the
database would become an excellent tool of ethnic cleansing
(1984 of Sikhs and Gujarat riots).

A Sikh who could save himself in 1984 by cutting his hair
does not stand a chance now as the database recognizes
him as a Sikh. The project is linked to National Population
register which has all the information of the individuals.



And Here are some more links including links to sign a petition
against the UID project


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