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

[Murali V]

A patriotic citizen is a non entity. As Rajen rightly said the so called
nation recognizes people like Sonia who by virtue of being a Gandy ( Not
Gandhi), Arundhati, the vote bank etc as citizens.
May this country survive the tidal waves from external factors.
Regards,
V Murali

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi <
rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> > _________________________________________
> > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.
> > Critiques & Collaborations
> > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with
> > subscribe in the subject header.
> > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list
> > List archive: &lt;https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Rajen.
> _________________________________________
> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.
> Critiques & Collaborations
> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with
> subscribe in the subject header.
> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list
> List archive: &lt;https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
>