Tuesday, January 31, 2012

[rti4empowerment] Standing committee points out multiple faults in UID 'Aadhar'&asks government...

 

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Standing committee points out multiple faults in UID 'Aadhar', asks government for fresh legislation


NEW DELHI: The former finance minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha-headed standing committee on finance has picked multiple holes in the much-hyped Unique Identification 'Aadhar' Scheme and asked the government to bring forth a fresh legislation before Parliament. The key objections of the committee on the National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010 include:

NO FEASIBILITY STUDY: No comprehensive feasibility study -- including cost-benefit analysis, comparative costs of aadhar number before approving such an expensive scheme vis-avis various forms of existing identity such as hologram-enabled ration card to eliminate fake and duplicate beneficiaries -- carried out.

APPROVED IN HASTE: Absence of data protection law would make it difficult to deal with issues such as access and misuse of personal information, surveillance, profiling, linking and matching of data bases and securing confidentiality information.

SECURITY GAPS: Entrusting the responsibility of verification of information of individuals to the registrars to ensure that only genuine residents get enrolled into the system may have far-reaching consequences for national security. The panel not sure as to whether complete verification of information of all aadhaar number holders is practically feasible and whether it would deliver the intended results without compromising national security.

DIRECTIONLESS: The UID scheme has been conceptualised with no clarity of purpose and is being implemented in a directionless way and may end up being dependent on private agencies.

UNRELIABLE TECHNOLOGY : The scheme is full of uncertainty in technology as the complex scheme is built on untested, unreliable technology and several assumptions. Despite adverse observations by the UIDAI's biometrics standards committee on error rates of biometrics, the UIDAI is collecting biometrics information.

LIMITED COVERAGE: It is not clear that the UID Scheme would continue beyond the coverage of 200 million of the total population. The exercise could become futile in case the government does not give further mandate.

LACK OF COORDINATION: Serious differences of opinion within the government on the UID Scheme. The Department of Expenditure, ministry of finance, has expressed concern that lack of coordination among at least six agencies collecting information --National Population Registry, MNREGS, BPL Census, UIDAI, RSBY - is leading to duplication of efforts and expenditure.

The Home Ministry has raised serious security concern over involvement of private agencies in large scale scheme. The Ministry of Planning has expressed reservation over the merits and functioning of the UIDAI and the necessity of collection of iris image.

The National Informatics Centre has pointed out that issues relating to privacy and security of UID data could be better handled by storing in a government data centre.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/standing-committee-points-out-multiple-faults-in-uid-aadhar-asks-government-for-fresh-legislation/articleshow/11052016.cms 

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Monday, January 30, 2012

[rti4empowerment] Greeting cards for High Court Judges (53 Judges) 15,900 numbers -- [1 Attachment]

 
[Attachment(s) from gopala krishnan included below]



V.Gopalakrishnan

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LIST OF PRIORITY ITEMS PRINTED DURING THE YEAR 2010-11
The following works were executed promptly by this Department on priority basis during the year 2010-11.
. Greeting cards for High Court Judges (53 Judges) 15,900 numbers printed by the STATIONERY AND PRINTING informed in POLICY NOTE 2011-2012
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

[rti4empowerment] Re: [rti_india] Fw: vikramsimha has invited you to visit this link

 

KIC has virtually made the section 18 as defunt and quashed it and changed the basics of RTI Act. It is not correct and KIC has no such power. Even the recent Supreme Court has not given such sweeping jugement rendering section 18 worthless and has only said that information cannot be asked by invoking this section and this section should be used to penalize PIOs, not for giving infn.

In my opinion, applicants are free to use section 18 or 19 simultenously in the light of the SC decision, first appeal for getting information and complaint for non-receipt of reply of RTI application and other provisions of section 18.   Pl. note that FAA has no power to penalize the PIO, therefore complaint to Infn. Commission.
From: Vikram Simha <vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in>
To: Karnataka Intiative RTI <thekirti@yahoogroups.com>; humjanenge@yahoogroups.co.in; RTI_india@yahoogroups.com; rti4empowerment@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2012 1:03 PM
Subject: [rti_india] Fw: vikramsimha has invited you to visit this link

 
F Y I , the KIC is Interpreting that in situations as Enumarated in Sec 18 also you have to Approach the FAA in Appeal Further they have Issued a GO stating that Citizens should approach FAA before Coming to KIC in appeal and this GO is Silent about Section 18 Provisions
Your Valuable Comment is Requested for Us to Take Forward whether the New GO is Correct Valid or it Encraches the Law Itself and Whether the State has Powers to issue the GO

N vikramsimha , KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.

--- On Sat, 28/1/12, DeccanHeard <dh@deccanherald.co.in> wrote:

From: DeccanHeard <dh@deccanherald.co.in>
Subject: vikramsimha has invited you to visit this link
To: vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in
Date: Saturday, 28 January, 2012, 7:40 PM

Dear vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in,

For Your Info todays News item by saimanju

I found this page interesting
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/222631/waiting-rti-replies-just-got.html

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

[rti4empowerment] Fw: vikramsimha has invited you to visit this link

 

F Y I , the KIC is Interpreting that in situations as Enumarated in Sec 18 also you have to Approach the FAA in Appeal Further they have Issued a GO stating that Citizens should approach FAA before Coming to KIC in appeal and this GO is Silent about Section 18 Provisions
Your Valuable Comment is Requested for Us to Take Forward whether the New GO is Correct Valid or it Encraches the Law Itself and Whether the State has Powers to issue the GO

N vikramsimha , KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.

--- On Sat, 28/1/12, DeccanHeard <dh@deccanherald.co.in> wrote:

From: DeccanHeard <dh@deccanherald.co.in>
Subject: vikramsimha has invited you to visit this link
To: vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in
Date: Saturday, 28 January, 2012, 7:40 PM

Dear vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in,

For Your Info todays News item by saimanju

I found this page interesting
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/222631/waiting-rti-replies-just-got.html

From
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[rti4empowerment] Re: A choice for Progress - Happy 62nd Republic Day - Editorial and imag

 

    Jagdeep,
This a country of total indiscipline and chaos.The current political dispensation (which has unfortunately been current for 60 years,one doesn't know how!) is not into governance but into gobble-nance!
So unless THAT changes,there is no way out.Do you expect he indisciplined to discipline the indisciplined?
Regards
Urvi

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[rti4empowerment] "I refused Fund to DM and Ruling Party President"

 

"I refused Fund to DM and Ruling Party President"

In another mail, I talked of Dr Raj Kumar Dube, Principal of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Baraut, District- Baghpat who has been waging a single-handed battle against corruption at Baghpat. He got the FIR lodged at case crime No. 238 of 2011, under sections 420, 468, 471 IPC, PS Baraut, district Baghpat which later Allahabad High Court directed to be transferred to CB-CID. Allahabad High Court is also monitoring the case in a very detailed manner.
When Dr Dube came to our house today at Lucknow, he told me an interesting story. He said that once he was asked to pay Rs. 25,000 to the District President of the ruling party for a particular occasion, which he refused straight away. When the party President complained to the District Magistrate, instead of refusing to interfere in the matter, the DM asked Dr Dube about this, saying that he shall cooperate with the Party President. Dr Dube not only refused once again to the DM, he also immediately wrote to a very senior officer in Government about the entire event, taking the DM's name.

Today, Dr Dube is the man responsible for unraveling the big scam of obtaining fake mark sheets from the Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal, Bhopal and the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi for the purpose of getting admission in B.T.C. courses for securing government jobs of primary school teachers.  Certainly a great man! I have rarely found a man of his character in the setup I work. We need to appreciate all such people who are true gems of our society.
Amitabh Thakur
Lucknow
# 94155-34526

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[rti4empowerment] I am no less a Nationalist than anyone else

 

I am no less a Nationalist than anyone else

In another mail, I talked of Dr Raj Kumar Dube, Principal of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Baraut, District- Baghpat who has been waging a single-handed battle against corruption at Baghpat. He got the FIR lodged at case crime No. 238 of 2011, under sections 420, 468, 471 IPC, PS Baraut, district Baghpat which later Allahabad High Court directed to be transferred to CB-CID, commenting- "Looking to the magnitude of the problem this is an extremely shocking state of affairs".

Dr Dube has been facing all kinds of hardships in the process. Among other problems, he faced FIRs by a RTI and social activist supported by no less a person than Sri Arvind Kejriwal and Ms Kiran Bedi who personally went to Baghpat to support this so-called RTI activist and gave evidence in his favour. Dr Dube wrote to both asking them to listen to his facts and said in his letter- "If you are a true nationalist, kindly listen to me also and then take sides with a person who is a part of scam." He says in another letter- "I give open challenge to Sri Arvind Kejriwal and Ms Kiran Bedi that if they listen to my side of the story, they will start feeling ashamed of openly assisting a Bad character. I am no less nationalist than them. If they are International Social activists, I am also an internationally recognized mathematician. How can they try to denigrate me without knowing the full facts?"  He never got a reply from either Sri Arvind Kejriwal or Ms Kiran Bedi, who had once again recently gone to support this "social activist" from Baghpat.

Dr Dube continues his single-handed battle against wrong-doings despite all hardships. I do feel privileged to know this wonderful person.
Amitabh Thakur
Lucknow
# 94155-34526
 

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