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Martin Moore
“Aadhar Reduced Agency in Citizens and Empowered Those in Positions of Authority”
20 May 2019
Excerpts from Democracy Hacked.
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‘No Evidence of Aadhaar Improving Welfare Delivery’
24 Apr 2019
Government claims Aadhaar and DBT helped saving 1.2 trillion since 2014, however savings are likely a result of genuine beneficiaries being excluded.
Sumedha Pal
Data of 7.8 Crore Voters Leaked, UIDAI Busts Its Own Claims on Aadhaar Safety
17 Apr 2019
NewsClick Editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about this incident in the context of Aadhaar's controversial history.
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Aadhaar Data Theft: UIDAI Busts its Own Claim, Flags ‘National Security’ Concern
16 Apr 2019
The Cyberabad Police’s FIR against IT Grids for data theft of 7,82 crore people confirms the scenario that Aadhaar case petitioners had been pointing out about it being a privacy and national…
Tarique Anwar
Jharkhand: Aadhaar Continues to Deny Grain Entitlements to Poor, Cancellation of Ration Cards Adding to Woes
02 Mar 2019
Food grains distribution under the PDS has not been done in several villages for several months.
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Voter Deletions in Telangana Using Aadhaar Questioned
26 Feb 2019
Over 30 lakh voters' names were struck off from the electoral rolls in 2018 elections based on Aadhar use.
Ravi Kaushal
The Farce of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
22 Feb 2019
The ambitious project of the centre to provide income support to peasants is full of lacunae, from insufficient allotment of funds to a complicated application process.
IANS
‘LPG Dealer Indane Leaked Millions of Aadhaar Numbers’
19 Feb 2019
French Security researcher, Baptiste Robert, in a blog post alleged that Aadhaar data of nearly 6.7 million dealers and distributors of Indane, accessible only with a valid username and password, was…
IANS
Jharkhand Govt Website Leaked Over 1.6 lakh Employee Aadhaar Details: Report
01 Feb 2019
The Google-indexed website, now pulled offline, was located with stored copies of the attendance record, employee information and photos -- on a sub-domain of the Jharkhand government's website,…
Newsclick Team
Daily Round-up Ep35: Aadhaar Linkage Failure, Student Protests in Ontario, Trump’s Ignorance & More
29 Jan 2019
In this episode we discuss the failure of Aadhaar linkage in Jharkhand, the continuous attacks on activists in Kerala, the students' protests in Ontario against the Doug Ford-led provincial…