What is the purpose of the Aadhaar card? It is proof of identity and residence - not citizenship. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) collects the biometrics of individuals residing in India — iris prints, fingerprints, demographic details, etc.— and issues you a unique number with which you can be identified anywhere and for validating any transaction.

It is the ultimate weapon a police state can possess – and currently the Aadhaar card operates under no law, and has no legislation to protect the privacy of your data. Read More

Jyothi Shankaran

    Jyothi’s last role was as Senior Editor with the business news channel Bloomberg TV India. He also worked as News Editor at business-standard.com, the online version of the business newspaper Business Standard. Jyothi is a chemical engineer from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar.