Aruna terms UID data 'dangerous'
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Panaji: A day after slamming PM Manmohan Singh on an RTI remark, National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy termed the Aadhaar unique identity project "an invasive act" and warned the UID data "will facilitate communal targeting of certain communities".
Magsaysay award winner Roy said, "The UID is a dangerous thing. I'm shocked minorities and other communities are not boycotting it." Roy was speaking at an RTI seminar held at the International Centre Goa, Dona Paula. While the central government and UIDAI chief Nandan Nilekani
have claimed that the UID will eliminate corruption in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, and the public distribution system, Roy said, "We have doubts about any of these devices (such as UID)…technology will not work (to curb corruption)." Continuing with her censure of the UID, Roy wondered: "How can you force the people to give all this information? The real intention of UID was integration with the National Intelligence Grid. There should be a political debate on whether the state should collect all data about us and store it in a central silo."
have claimed that the UID will eliminate corruption in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, and the public distribution system, Roy said, "We have doubts about any of these devices (such as UID)…technology will not work (to curb corruption)." Continuing with her censure of the UID, Roy wondered: "How can you force the people to give all this information? The real intention of UID was integration with the National Intelligence Grid. There should be a political debate on whether the state should collect all data about us and store it in a central silo."
Claiming there was talk about the government thinking of permitting DNA sampling, Roy said "What is the point of giving us various freedoms on one hand and then undermining them on the other hand?"
She felt the government "is trying to lull us" into believing they are bringing these projects to benefit us. Hinting at private interests being one reason behind UID, Roy alleged that many MoUs for the project were signed before the law.
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