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Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

"Two children have died of starvation after they resorted to eating mud"

"The family had no ration card as the authorities could not issue it because they had no Aadhaar cards"

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Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

"Joba and Banawali Sabar of Basadora village barely survive on rice and salt. ... They neither have a ration card nor do they get the PVTG pension, as neither of them has an Aadhaar"

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Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

8.6 lakh porters deprived of their hard-earned wages worth ₹53.8 crore in the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh.

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Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

Death by Starvation

"...after his ration card was cancelled because it was not linked to an Aadhaar card, Kaleshwar had to depend on others for food"
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Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

"Pramod Kumar Pandit, who wanted to get his son admitted in Class VI, was told he had no bank account or an Aadhaar card so could not be enrolled. Many others in different schools were given the same reason."
m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/69…
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

So the govt gets people to toil and then refuses to pay them for "Inactive Aadhaar"?

How many such people has the Govt of India defrauded?
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

Biometric system for dole worries fishermen

"Since we work with thick ropes and in salt water, most of us don’t have fingerprints or even lines on our palms. We usually submit four forms and the money is deposited into our accounts"
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

"Munni Devi, who was in labour, was denied entry into Gurugram civil hospital as she did not have an Aadhaar card. Helped by relatives and passers-by, she had delivered delivered the baby at the hospital’s gate."

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/2…
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

“Second, when we look at these deaths, we find a clear trend. Among these 20 cases, we found that 12-13 victims' ration cards were not linked with Aadhaar, and subsequently, they were denied ration."

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Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

"... whose Aadhaar card was not issued because the biometric device failed to register his disfigured fingerprint."

“I am good enough for EPIC [voter ID] but not for Aadhaar.”

It has been three years since Chandan has received any ration.
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

Later when he contracted HIV, doctors assured him of treatment as long as he furnished his Aadhaar card. He didn’t have one. So he came to the shelter for the homeless run by Aman Biradari where he received treatment
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Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

Shopkeeper got people to perform biometric authentication but then denied rations stating it was out of stock.
The rations were sold on the black market.
The ration cardholders were denied rations for 4 months.
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

"Three members from Mahari’s family had taken part in NREGA work this year in their village of Bambiya, UP. It has been more than 5 months & they are yet to receive their payment of Rs 5,000 each."
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thewire.in/government/aad…
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

19,000 students deprived of scholarship owing to Aadhaar related problems.

m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/70…
Aadhaar Enabled Poverty System (#AEPS)

50 students not permitted to appear for examinations as the bar codes on their "Aadhaar cards" could not be scanned.

Wasn't Aadhaar supposed to be a number and not a card?

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Source: bhaskar.com/chhatisgarh/ka…
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