[Reader-list] Sinha seeks clarification on Nilekani’s statement- 165

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

Dear All,

 and Taha,
     while we appreciate the efforts by your goodself to create awareness
amongst citizens of India about the new project of id for all, it is very
much appreciated but at the same time your obsessive syndrome of jealousy
against some one who is with project is becoming too obivious.!

Citizens of the nation is much abused word in this nation, whereas the
definition of citizen is subject to book of laws, the practise has been
dismal to implement the laws, be it illegal immigrents from other
neighbouring nations.We have also those walking, talking nations as citizens
of the nation, who avail all the facilities of the citizenship, but do not
recognise the nation as theirs.! e.g Arundhati Roy for one.!

 And there are citizens who are bigger than nation itself, such as Sonia,
mother of all scams.!

The database of gas connections, BPL cards and driving licenses and even the
basic SSC certificate are plagued by duplocates along with caste
certificates.!

Regards,

Rajen.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Taha Mehmood
<2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Yashwant Sinha asks Nandu whether UIDC be issued to residents of India
> and not to citizens of India?
>
> Could we ask them- who is a resident of India?
>
> or whether who is a citizen of India?
>
> How many people in India have got a verifiable paper evidence to prove
> their identity?
>
> Warm regards
>
> Taha
>
>
>
> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Sinha-seeks-clarification-on-Nilekanis-statement/articleshow/4818236.cms
>
> Sinha seeks clarification on Nilekani’s statement
> 25 Jul 2009, 0358 hrs IST, ET Bureau
>
> NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) chairman
> Nandan Nilekani’s statement that a unique identification number would
> be
> issued to all residents of India, and not the “citizens of India” as
> asserted earlier by Union home minister P Chidambaram, created ripples
> in the Lok Sabha on Friday with BJP demanding a clarification from the
> government on the targeted coverage of the ambitious scheme.
>
> Raising the issue during zero hour in the Lok Sabha, former Union
> minister Yashwant Sinha said there has been “deviation” in statements
> by Mr Chidambaram and Mr Nilekani over who will get the card. While
> the home minister has said that the card is for Indian citizens only,
> Mr Nilekani on Thursday was quoted as saying that the unique number
> would be allocated to all Indian residents, including non-citizens.
>
> Seeking an end to the ambiguity, Mr Sinha — who, incidentally, hailed
> the appointment of the Infosys boss as head of the UIAI — asked the
> government to make a statement clarifying the scope of coverage of the
> UPA’s flagship scheme.
>
> Speaking to newspersons soon after taking over as UIAI chairman here
> on Thursday, Mr Nilekani had stated that the first set of unique
> identification numbers would be issued within 12-18 months.
>
> However, when asked specifically how the authority would issue
> identification numbers in states like Assam, Tripura and West Bengal
> where large number of Bangladeshi migrants live, he said the project
> was for residents. “The charter of this (project) is to create an
> online database of residents of the country,” he said.
>
> Mr Nilekani further clarified that UIAI is not going to issue cards
> and it will only create a database of residents’ identity. “We will
> have a very simple database which provides biometric and demographic
> identity details like name, number, date of birth.....very basic
> things,” he said.
>
> The unique numbers, according to Mr Nilekani, would not only provide
> an identity to citizens but will also help them in obtaining benefits
> of government schemes and also undertake with ease other activities
> like opening bank accounts and availing electricity connection.
>
> The government had appointed Mr Nilekani as UIAI chairman last month
> and allocated Rs 120 crore for the ambitious project in the current
> fiscal.
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-- 
Rajen.