Friday, June 27, 2014

Fix Aadhaar, don’t junk it

...........It is important to remember Aadhaar is not just a number, it is an enabler. Thanks to RBI and NPCI, electronic payments infrastructure has expanded and India has platforms now that support real time online authentication and transactions which connect to even banking correspondent agents across rural areas. Linking the Aadhaar authentication platform to the benefits transfer programmes of the government has already yielded good results. A recent randomised control trial of the ...........

1 comment:

santhrajspeaks said...

There is some merit in fearing that Aadhaar enrollment of citizens and non-citizens has enabled the non-citizens to become citizens in a dubious manner. This is a serious issue and the UPA govt / UIDAI should have addressed it before implementing the programme. Mr Nilenkani has failed to address this issue and he was only keen on announcing numbers of cards issued and getting the credit for the speedy implementation of the programme. It is the sad reflection of the educated like Mr Nilenkani and the UPA govt in not envisaging this problem and even after knowing about it their failure to address it. It is not clear how many of those 63 crore enrolled are non-citizens. Now, attempting to rectify it is like 'locking the stable when the horse has already bolted'. It is virtually impossible to track the non-citizens from among the Aadhaar card holders. Until this issue is resolved, Aadhaar card programme should not be continued lest it would endanger the security of our country.