Good day Dear Brothers and Sisters, Its Tuesday, February 15th, 2011  Why the UID number project must be scrappedLast 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is a gross violation of fundamental human rights and points out that a similar project/law in Britain is going to be repealed.  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. of Unique Identification Authority of India in January 2009 reminds one of what happened ........ 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 at Cybugle@yahoo.com as well as at bruntno1@yahoo.com ------------ --------- --------- --------- ------------- Working for God on earth does not pay much, but His Retirement plan isoutofthisworld. Help someone have a nice day, visit www.thehungersite. com With best wishes,  ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ Feel free to forward this post in its entirety without changing the credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ |
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