Thread on the rollover and capture of the @FinMinIndia by the #AadhaarMafia.
In 2016, lacking a majority in the Rajya Sabha, the Government of India passed the Aadhaar Act as a money bill.
Superintendent of police said, “A probe revealed that neither ATM nor e-wallet was used to take out the money, but it was withdrawn through Aadhaar enabled Payment System (AEPS)”
"... the men used to get hold of Aadhaar & Voter I-card of some persons & then forge them by printing their own photos on them. Then they used to open bank a/c's under the new identities & then apply for loans."
"... using the fake Aadhaar, the accused opened an account in a private bank & took a personal loan of Rs 40000 from a private finance company in MP Nagar."
"The STF also recovered electronic data of 25,000 citizens which includes their phone numbers, Aadhaar & PAN details along with a separate list of Aadhaar & PAN details of another 6,000 people from the duo"
"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"
"She had two Aadhaar cards with different names and age. We suspect that the girls could be minors but can confirm their age only after medical tests,”
What a trite puff piece for your friend Nandan Nilekani.
That it is completely devoid of facts & the realities of suffering at the ground level is not surprising.
Would you write the same if your family had to climb trees to get their entitlements?
Shame @nytimes
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'@tomfriedman@nytopinion@nytimes will you ask American citizens to "travel around 3 km (~1.9 miles) to reach higher grounds or hilltops to access network so that PoS machine can work".
And remember this is on foot, not in your gas guzzling SUV hindustantimes.com/jaipur/no-netw…