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Can the Aadhaar Act 2016 be Classified as a Money Bill?
— by Pooja Saxena — last modified Apr 25, 2016 01:48 PMIn 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.
RTI regarding Smart Cities Mission in India
— by Paul Thottan — last modified Apr 21, 2016 02:25 AMCentre 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.
RTI regarding Smart Cities Mission in India
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Apr 21, 2016 02:12 AMThe Last Chance for a Welfare State Doesn’t Rest in the Aadhaar System
— by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — last modified Apr 19, 2016 01:18 PMBoosting 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.
Aadhaar Act and its Non-compliance with Data Protection Law in India
— by Vanya Rakesh — last modified Apr 18, 2016 11:43 AMThis 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.
FAQ on the Aadhaar Project and the Bill
— by Elonnai Hickok, Vanya Rakesh, and Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Apr 13, 2016 02:06 PMThis 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.
Adoption of Standards in Smart Cities
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 11, 2016 03:03 AMAadhaar: Still Too Many Problems
— by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 06, 2016 03:31 PMWhile one wishes to welcome govt’s attempt to bring Aadhaar within a legislative framework, the fact is there are too many problems that still remain unaddressed for one to be optimistic.
Sexual Harassment at ICANN
— by Padmini Baruah — last modified Apr 06, 2016 02:40 PMPadmini Baruah represented the Centre for Internet & Society at ICANN in the month of March 2016. In a submission to ICANN she is calling upon the ICANN board for implementing a system for investigating cases related to sexual harassments.
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