Latest data on the Aadhaar enrolment crisis: (1/10)
Largely unreported, the Aadhaar enrolment infrastructure has finally collapsed under the weight of its own dysfunction. The table below shows that the number of operators reported blacklisted (49,000) is now equivalent to *122.5%* of total active operators (40,000). (2/10)
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Why the Aadhaar database is fatally compromised, why the UIDAI has known about it for years, and how they covered it up. (thread)
2. This is a story about a scandal so big it should have marked the cancellation of the entire Aadhaar project (and, if fully reported, still will).
3. It begins in Hyderabad, in 2012. The Govt of undivided Andhra Pradesh was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of Aadhaar. So much so that, by 2012, Hyderabad district *already had more Aadhaar numbers than people*.
Since the #Ujjwala LPG connection scheme was (paid) trending last week, it may be useful to discuss its relationship to the ongoing Aadhaar data catastrophe, and specifically to the furore surrounding R.S. Sharma's latest contribution on the issue. (1/7)
Here is R.S. Sharma's response to the controversy. (2/7)
Others have already unpacked the various lies and misrepresentations in it, but there's one statement of specific relevance to Ujjwala:
"People are also providing a copy of their Aadhaar cards to various service providers, though this is neither required nor desirable."
31may16: "Microsoft’s plan to link...Skype with the Aadhaar database for making authenticated calls with government institutions and others is expected to move further with Minister...Ravi Shankar Prasad indicating his consent to the plan".