On Friday 07 May 2010 11:59 AM, Anivar Aravind wrote:
Current census is happening under citizenship act and not under census
act. The datacollection process and its linkage with UID (without any
legal base) itself is illegal. This makes the terrific situation of
linking biometric data inseperable with demographic data
A merely technical point:
The National Population Register (authorised by the Cabinet in March,
total cost: Rs.3539.24 crores)[1] is being undertaken under the
Citizenship Act, 1955 (which was amended in 2003 for this purpose).
[1] http://www.pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=59790
The government seeks to merge this process with Census 2011 which itself
is being undertaken under the Census Act, 1948. This attempt to merge
them has been challenged by some opposition parties (one of the fears
being that self-declaration as a citizen of India as part of the census
could grant citizenship rights[2]).
[2] http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/2/135387.htm
Insufficient attention has been paid to the NPR, which is gathering
biometric (fingerprints) in lieu of the UIDAI doing so. But then, that
is for another list, not Fosscomm.
Regards,
Pranesh
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Pranesh Prakash
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