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Can the Aadhaar Act 2016 be Classified as a Money Bill?
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by
Pooja Saxena
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published
Apr 24, 2016
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last modified
Apr 25, 2016 01:48 PM
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UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar
In this infographic, we show if the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, can be classified as a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Amber Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Can the Judiciary Upturn the Lok Sabha Speaker’s Decision on Aadhaar?
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Feb 27, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
When ruling on the petition filed by Jairam Ramesh challenging passing the Aadhaar Act as a money Bill, the court has differing precedents to look at.
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Can the Matters Dealt with in the Aadhaar Act be the Objects of a Money Bill?
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by
Pooja Saxena
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published
Apr 24, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar
In this infographic, we highlight the matters dealt with in the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, and consider if these can be objects of a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha.
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Centre brings in new safeguards following cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 06, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre has put in new safeguards following a number of cases of Aadhaar data leaks on government websites. All ministries are being asked to encrypt all Aadhaar data and personal financial details. Also, officials are being "sensitised" about legal consequences of data breach. And every government department is to now have one official responsible for Aadhaar data protection.
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Centre to form panel to 'encrypt' MGNREGA-DBT database and prevent leaks
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 14, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Around 5 crore bank accounts of active MGNREGA workers yet to be seeded with Aadhaar.
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Checks and balances needed for mass surveillance of citizens, say experts
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by
Admin
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published
Dec 16, 2017
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
A number of measures are required to protect law-abiding citizens from mass surveillance and misuse of their personal data, according to top technology and legal experts.
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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks
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Japreet Grewal, Pranesh Prakash, Sharath Chandra, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Sunil Abraham, and Udbhav Tiwari, with expert comments from Amelia Andersdotter
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published
Dec 12, 2016
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last modified
Dec 12, 2016 01:59 PM
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filed under:
Digital Payment,
Public Wireless Network,
TRAI,
Internet Governance,
Telecom,
Featured,
Aadhaar,
Homepage,
UID
This submission presents responses by the CIS on the Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks published by the TRAI on November 15, 2016. Our analysis of the solution proposed in the Note, in brief, is that there is no need of a solution for non-existing interoperability problem for authentication and payment services for accessing public Wi-Fi networks. The proposed solution in this Note only adds to over-regulation in this sector, and does not incentivise new investment in the sector, but only establishes UIDAI and NPCI as the monopoly service providers for authentication and payment services.
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Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar Report
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by
Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali
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published
Nov 05, 2018
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last modified
Nov 05, 2018 12:08 PM
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Featured,
Homepage,
Aadhaar
We are issuing a second clarificatory statement on our report titled “Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar numbers with sensitive personal financial information” published on May 1, 2017.
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Comments by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Report of the Committee on Medium Term Path on Financial Inclusion
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Feb 27, 2016
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last modified
Mar 01, 2016 01:53 PM
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Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Financial Inclusion,
Aadhaar,
Homepage
Apart from item-specific suggestions, CIS would like to make one broad comment with regard to the suggestions dealing with linking of Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts. Aadhaar is increasingly being used by the government in various departments as a means to prevent fraud, however there is a serious dearth of evidence to suggest that Aadhaar linkage actually prevents leakages in government schemes. The same argument would be applicable when Aadhaar numbers are sought to be utilized to prevent leakages in the banking sector.
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Comments on the Report of the Committee on Digital Payments (December 2016)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha
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published
Jan 12, 2017
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last modified
Jan 12, 2017 12:32 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Digital ID,
Big Data,
Digital Economy,
Digital Access,
Privacy,
Digital Security,
Data Revolution,
Digital Payment,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Data Protection,
Demonetisation,
Homepage,
Featured,
Aadhaar
The Committee on Digital Payments constituted by the Ministry of Finance and chaired by Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog, submitted its report on the "Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem" on December 09, 2016. The report was made public on December 27, and comments were sought from the general public. Here are the comments submitted by the Centre for Internet and Society.
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