[Reader-list] UID outsourced to US !

[Anivar Aravind]

This is the Breaking News!
*ATTN: MEDIA*
Hope that this piece of information will be popularized along with all other
Obama visit related stories.
Anyways, Bhopal- Warren Anderson issue was obfuscated in the Obama visit
related stories.
Kindly ensure that this story is also not Killed like the Bhopal.

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From: R. Ramakumar <ramakumarr at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Subject: [FEC] UID outsourced to US !
To:


Friends

Here is an extaordinary piece of information.

As part of the Obama visit, there is a series of White House policy notes,
in the White House website. Here, as part of 'National Export Initiative:
India US Transactions', the White House lists UID project as a major aspect
of collaboration.

See
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/11/06/fact-sheet-national-export-initiative-us-india-transactions.
The relevant para is this:

"*The Unique Identification Project**:  *L-1 Identity Solutions,
> headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and another U.S.-headquartered
> company, lead two of the three vendor consortia, which have been
> prequalified by the Unique Identity Authority of India for the first phase
> of an effort to register Indian residents with a 12-digit unique number
> using biometric identifiers.  Unprecedented in scale, seeking to register
> 1.2 billion Indian residents, the Unique Identification program aims to
> enhance delivery of government services in India."
>

Also, see
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/11/09/stories/2010110953060300.htm.
This is the speech of Pranab Mukherjee at a conference on 'India-US: An
agenda for Co-Creation'. Here the report says:

"Mr Mukherjee outlined four specific areas where American companies can
participate in the financial inclusion process...

Second, the Minister said, innovation is required in design of software to
run these devices and enable seamless connectivity, customer friendly
software and privacy protection measures.

“Cyber crimes, misuse of customer information and identity theft need to be
prevented through available and affordable software,” he said..."


Why do you need this at an India-US forum, when this is precisely you want
UID to do?

It is becoming clear that the ramifications of the project are far wider
than many thought. Please circulate this widely and get as much protests as
possible.

Ramakumar

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