Tuesday, November 30, 2010

893 - SEMINAR ON UNIQUE ID PROJECT (ADHAR)

SEMINAR ON UNIQUE ID PROJECT (ADHAR)

EMS Co-operative Library & Democratic Alliance For Knowledge Freedom, Jointly Organise Seminar on
Government of India's Unique ID Project ( ADHAR)

In less than 2 years from now, you are going to be identified in the society through a Number. Your correspondence with any institution, be it Government, quasi-government or private, will be using this Number. This Number will be your Unique Identification Number, not just in your village
or town, but in the State and the whole Country as well.

Sounds interesting, is it ? Well, it is not just interesting to the ears, but the implementation of the idea has wide implications in our daily life. The Central Government is already on the job of giving all citizens of India, the Unique ID Number. This project is named AADHAR ( meaning IDENTITY).

Who will give me this Unique Identity Number ? Where are all the details pertaining to me going to be stored ? Would this be secure ? Will this  Number ensure that I will be a fair recipient of all benefits eligible to me? Is there a chance where my Number would be made use of by anti-social elements, like in cases of mobile telephone number and credit card number where frauds are common ? Are there any in-built methods of verification to ensure that I am the only person who use my Number ? All these are our genuine concerns.

The Keratin society has always welcomed initiatives to usher in social changes which benefit the masses. But as a prelude, the intellect society goes through hair-splitting thoughts, discussions and debates across the  spectrum. All of these beckon the AADHAR project as well.

Ernakulam EMS Co-operative Library, Kakkanad and Democratic Alliance for Knowledge Freedom (DAKF) jointly organise a seminar which would be launch pad to initiate the much need social debate based on AADHAR.

Venue - EMS Co-operative Library Hall, Kakkanad
( Near Ernakulam District Co-operative Bank Head Office, Kakkanad )

Date - 5th December 2010
Time 2 pm

Speakers: 
Shri P Rajeeve MP, 
Adv M M Monayee MLA, 
Shri C P Narayanan, 
Prof M K Prasad, IKM, 
Prof P K Ravindran, 
Shri Ramkumar, Tata Institute of Social Science,

Followed by discussions where each one of you ought to participate

JOBY JOHN