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The Aadhaar Act is Not a Money Bill

by Amber Sinha

While the authority of the Lok Sabha Speaker is final and binding, Jairam Ramesh’s writ petition may allow the Supreme Court to question an incorrect application of substantive principles. This article by Amber Sinha was published by The Wire on April 24, 2016.

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Can the Matters Dealt with in the Aadhaar Act be the Objects of a Money Bill?

by Pooja Saxena

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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Can the Aadhaar Act 2016 be Classified as a Money Bill?

by Pooja Saxena

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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RTI regarding Smart Cities Mission in India

by Paul Thottan

Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) had filed an RTI on 3 February 2016 before the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) regarding the Smart Cities Mission in India. The RTI sought information regarding the role of various foreign governments, private industry, multilateral bodies that will provide technical and financial assistance for this project and information on Government agreements regarding PPP’s for financing the project.

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The Last Chance for a Welfare State Doesn’t Rest in the Aadhaar System

by Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Boosting welfare is the message, which is how Aadhaar is being presented in India. The Aadhaar system as a medium, however, is one that enables tracking, surveillance, and data monetisation. This piece by Sumandro Chattapadhyay was published in The Wire on April 19, 2016.

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Online Censorship on the Rise: Why I Prefer to Save Things Offline

by Nishant Shah

As governments use their power to erase what they do not approve of from the web, cloud storage will not be enough.

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Aadhaar Act and its Non-compliance with Data Protection Law in India

by Vanya Rakesh

This post compares the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, with India's data protection regime as articulated in the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.

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FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the Bill

by Elonnai Hickok, Vanya Rakesh, and Vipul Kharbanda

This FAQ attempts to address the key questions regarding the Aadhaar/UIDAI project and the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 (henceforth, Bill). This is neither a comprehensive list of questions, nor does it contain fully developed answers. We will continue to add questions to this list, and edit/expand the answers, based on our ongoing research. We will be grateful to receive your comments, criticisms, evidences, edits, suggestions for new answers, and any other responses. These can either be shared as comments in the document hosted on Google Drive, or via tweets sent to the information policy team at @CIS_InfoPolicy.

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Surveillance Project

by Sunil Abraham

The Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better.

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A Large Byte of Your Life

by Nishant Shah

With the digital, memory becomes equated with storage. We commit to storage to free ourselves from remembering.

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