[Reader-list] UIDAI is not operational says GoI to Central Info Commission

[Taha Mehmood]

no wonder NN has been roaming around TV channels, giving sundry
interviews with an infectious smile, however, I think given the
possibility of the scale of money involved, it wouldn't be long before
UIDAI will have something concrete. In the meanwhile the Ministry of
Consumer Affairs have introduced two new numbers, called  DIN and CIN.

Director Identification Number is a database of personal information
on the Directors of Private Companies in India while Corporate
Identity Number is an attempt to uniquely identity companies. I was
immediately reminded of a Gujarat like scenario when in 2002 there
were reports of how rioters were able to correctly identify the names
of real owners behind seemingly innocuous names 'Sihv Shakti Autos'
and dilute them. I would imagine that with CIN and DIN in place,
thankfully we could look forward to a more decent manner of
bloodletting in the years to come.


On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Anivar Aravind
<anivar at movingrepublic.org> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: sarbajit roy <mail.sarbajitroy at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:54 PM
> Subject: [rti_india] UIDAI is not operational says GoI to Central Info
> Commission
> To: rti_india <rti_india at yahoogroups.com>
>
>
>  The Planning Commission has stated in writing (with a copy to me) to
> the Central Information Commission that the UIDAI is not operational
> and it has only 1 officer on its rolls at present ( orally: and they
> are also under an eviction notice to vacate their offices.at Yojana
> Bhawan and arrange private office space since GoI has no space for
> them. <smile>). NN was described as a "only a media hero"
>
> The order of CIC is expected soon after today's hearings.
>
> Incidentally the "secret" document was admitted and a direction as
> sought by PC from the CIC to "order it to be published on Planning
> Commission website - and we would comply" - which was rightly rejected
> out of hand. The CIC was also duly informed that the secret
> doc was not prepared by the UIDAI but with "private" help from NN's
> Infosys and international "friends". Furthermore despite being
> sanctioned a budget of Rs 120 crore for this year the UIDAI officer
> has not spent even a single rupee so far because of non-notification
> of UIDAI.
>
> The most hilarious joke during proceedings was that "the Authority
> responsible for maintaining the world's largest computer database
> cannot even put up a website of its own"
>
> Sarbajit
>
>
>
> Anivar Aravind
> --
> "[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and
> 'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from
> other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth
>
> --
> "[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and
> 'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from
> other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth
>