[Reader-list] India's ID project catches fancy of US lawmakers- 163

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear Patrice, Dear Jeebesh and Dear All,

The sense which I got from going throgh the views presented by Edward
was- that the current capacity for material production of cards do not
match the intended demand which would be created by UIDC.

However I think, given that Edward does not cite any evidence or a
definitive industry study which suggests that such a demand will not
be met under any circumstances then could one not for a moment assume
the opposite too? If it is just of matter of conjecture, that is.

 Therefore might it not be so that in coming months, companies could
be put up, logistics could be arranged, and manpower could be assigned
to see to it that the demand or the intended or expected demand is met
with? Could  Nandan Nilekani not say, a year later, that one year
target was a political statement to test what political reaction to
such a scheme would be, the real deadline was 'X+' years?

 Could he not say that he was perhaps misquoted by the media. Could he
not suggest the following- The objective was to give the numbers in a
years time. That is the first priority. And then ascertain that all
the 16 data categories for which the information will be collected is
correct. And maybe then give the actual cards. This would be after,
much, much later after the NPR is made into a viable, functioning,
database.

 The other argument was regarding SCOSTA, now whether it is an OS or
not is a matter of what one perceives an OS to be, if certain sections
of the the government of India feels that it needs to categorize
SCOSTA as an OS then can they be taken to court for this
categorization?

I do agree, however that the point related to error in data entry,
error in delivery, and error in verification of people is a cause for
grave concern. It must be a cause for grave concern to all sections of
society.

@Jeebesh-

Could you please elaborate on what you meant by -something- in your
Thank you reply to Patrice?

Warm regards

Taha