Aadhar Card for Sale
Another reason why we need AAP to win in Bangalore.
In a day that the Supreme Court the Centre to immediately withdraw the instruction making the Aadhaar card mandatory for citizens to avail of government services, a sting operation has alleged that officers issuing the cards are willing to do so in exchange for money and despite a lack of documents.
In a sting operation whose findings it released today, Cobrapost.com reports that "from charges as low as Rs 500 to as high as Rs 2500, the ‘Aadhaar officers' agreed to make Aadhaar Cards for applicants without any proof of identification or proof of address."
"These are the same people who have been entrusted to securely collect and send the biometric and demographic data of an individual to UIDAI's data collection centre in Bangalore, Karnataka," the agency said.
As part of the sting operation officers were allegedly caught on camera telling the undercover journalist, who posed as an agent attempting to get Aadhaar cards for refugees from neightbouring countries, that documents could be arranged in exchange for money.
The sting operation exposed 12 cases where government officers were willing to make Aadhar cards for illegal immigrantS from Nepal and Bangladesh, with no documents.
The UIDAI hasn't made any official statement on the sting operation. more
In a day that the Supreme Court the Centre to immediately withdraw the instruction making the Aadhaar card mandatory for citizens to avail of government services, a sting operation has alleged that officers issuing the cards are willing to do so in exchange for money and despite a lack of documents.
In a sting operation whose findings it released today, Cobrapost.com reports that "from charges as low as Rs 500 to as high as Rs 2500, the ‘Aadhaar officers' agreed to make Aadhaar Cards for applicants without any proof of identification or proof of address."
"These are the same people who have been entrusted to securely collect and send the biometric and demographic data of an individual to UIDAI's data collection centre in Bangalore, Karnataka," the agency said.
As part of the sting operation officers were allegedly caught on camera telling the undercover journalist, who posed as an agent attempting to get Aadhaar cards for refugees from neightbouring countries, that documents could be arranged in exchange for money.
The sting operation exposed 12 cases where government officers were willing to make Aadhar cards for illegal immigrantS from Nepal and Bangladesh, with no documents.
The UIDAI hasn't made any official statement on the sting operation. more
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Nandan Nilakani is gloating over his achievement in squandering away Rs.16000 crores of Indian money on this white elephant Aadhar card. He says it is only a number, while others call it a card. And Nilakani had the audacity to link purchase of domestic cooking gas to Aadhar, leading to untold miseries to Indians, on top of all the other miseries they experience on a daily basis. He had absolutely no concern about the agonies citizens would be subject to in getting their next gas cylinder. How can such people claim to solve problems for the citizens? They would only aggravate existing problems. Pathetic more
Mar 25
I am not surprised. Though these kind of malpractices can happen in other parts of India, it is very common in Bangalore/Karnataka. What to talk about aadhar card, a gas connection is available, starting from Rs.2000 to 5000. The other day I went to one of the HP gas dealers in Chennasandra near Hope farm in Bangalore where I have been subjected to all kinds of harassment. Sometimes I start thinking India wont improve since we are Indians. I am reminded of what Churchill said about independence for India ages before!!! more
Mar 25
