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Parliament Session: Govt Continues to Undermine Criticism of New Laws
20 Jul 2019
Almost the entire opposition walked out during the voting for the introduction of RTI amendment bill.
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Parliament Session: BJP Government to Push Several Controversial Bills
24 Jun 2019
Pending consideration of the Rajya Sabha, 22 bills out of 55 had lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.
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42 Starvation Deaths in 2 Years, Campaign Demands Food for Everyone
18 Feb 2019
According to the Right to Food Campaign, majority of the deaths have been among families of marginalised castes and tribes.
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#10YearChallenge: Aadhaar Edition
29 Jan 2019
Aadhaar, a scheme that was introduced as a mechanism for change and better administration of welfare schemes, was soon exposed as a mere tool for controlling and surveilling the entire country.
Sumedha Pal
Aadhaar Linkage With Voter IDs: ECI Compromised Privacy of Voters
15 Nov 2018
RTI responses have revealed that the ECI and UIDAI used inorganic seeding which allowed linking of voter IDs with the Aadhaar in bulk.
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End Aadhaar Based Exclusions, Implement National Food Security Act: Right to Food Campaign
09 Dec 2017
Newsclick publishes the press statement issued by Right to Food Campaign, in wake of the series of starvation deaths in Jharkhand caused by denial of entitlements like ration and pension.
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Ghosts of Aadhaar: Modi Govt, UIDAI Fabricated Data on Duplicates, Finds IT Activist
16 Nov 2017
When the govt’s figures submitted to Supreme Court in September 2015 are compared with a study conducted by UIDAI in August 2014, the claims of Aadhaar weeding out huge number of duplicates do not…
Praneta Jha
Is Aadhaar Helping the Government Collate Data or to Spy on its Own People?
10 Aug 2017
With huge data leaks and almost no laws to protect the massive amount of private information on its citizens, is the government feeding corporate interests only?
Praneta Jha
Aadhaar has Wrecked Welfare, Then Why is NDA Claiming the Opposite?
05 Aug 2017
If the 9-judge bench rules that privacy is a fundamental right, a five-judge bench will decide whether Aadhaar violates such a right.
Usha Ramanathan
Aadhaar: Is the Government Fooling the Court and the People?
29 Mar 2017
The government's attempt to make UID mandatory for income tax and PAN card is in contempt of court. Not just making it mandatory, but even using the UID in these fields is in contempt.