[Reader-list] [GreenYouth] Nandan Nilekani's Confidential UID Document Leaked

[Sukla Sen]

Thanks and Congrats!

Sukla

On 11/13/09, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wikileaks is a website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks
> of sensitive governmental, corporate, or religious documents, while
> attempting to preserve the anonymity and untraceability of its
> contributors. Wikileaks today published the Confidential plan on UID
>
> Wikileaks Tweet Says  : Confidential plans for 1.2 billion ID cards:
> Creating a unique ID for every resident in India  http://tr.im/EShS
> http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/5675837002
>
> There is enormous critiques to UID from various angles. UID authority
> was not responding to various RTI Requests by pointing silly reasons.
>
> Last week a sarbajit roy<mail.sarbajitroy at gmail.com>  Wrote the
> following in a list about his complaint
>
>
> *The Central Information Commission has undertaken a (very expeditious
> for once) prima-facie enquiry into my Complaint (filed online) in RTI
> Act that the UIDAI is not complying with mandate of RTI Act to
> disclose its workings /processes proactively and involve the Indian
> public in its decision making process.
>
> The CIC's first level enquiry has found merit in my complaint and has
> summoned the senior-most officer of UIDAI (not Nandan Nilekani) to
> appear before it next week. A senior officer of the Planning
> Commission has also been summoned along with him - as an issue has
> arisen if the UIDAI is an "authority" or merely an "attached office"
> of the Planning Commission
> *
>
> This leaking raises some serious issues . If UIDA is too much
> concerned about the security of this leaked document and not
> responding to numerous RTI requests about the project, It is the time
> to think about the Security UIDA offers. Ho we can expect our data to
> be safe with UIDA ?
>
>
> ~ Regards
> Anivar Aravind
>
>
>
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