Governments pass the buck, deny any role in hunger deaths
Since September 2017, at least 18 deaths due to starvation, hunger or extreme destitution have been reported in Jharkhand. In most cases, independent
Government’s own PDS data exposes lies – and brutal truths – about Aadhaar linking
The government has repeatedly claimed that Aadhaar linking to schemes lke PDS and MNREGA has created massive savings in welfare outlay by detecting
Publicly reported cases of fake or forged Aadhaar
Title of article Source Location Date Fraud How Aadhaar in Database Other Documents Fringe area tenants under cop scanner The Telegraph Palamu 23-09-2018
32 crore Aadhaar numbers linked with Voter IDs, says CEC. We ask HOW?
Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat told reporters on the sidelines of the 14th National Conference of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
Aadhaar conjures ghosts and duplicates out of thin air
Ghosts! The very term is evocative. Widely perceived as parasitical and feeding off the human body, the term generates the strong unconscious reaction
Jharkhand government seeks to cancel DBT for PDS
The Direct Benefit Transfer pilot for the Public Distribution system in Ranchi’s Nagri block in Jharkhand resulted in widespread exclusion and denial of
15.11 lakh PDS ration beneficiaries under scanner for possible Aadhaar seeding scam
Chandigarh: In yet another blow to the much touted Aadhaar eco-system, a recent case of a huge “scam” involving Aadhaar seeding of a large number
Jharkhand Pilot for DBT of Food Subsidy a Dismal Failure
In October 2017, the Jharkhand Government introduced a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) pilot for the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Nagri – a
Gujarat PDS scam and biometrics leak
Babubhai Boriwal (53) and Sampatlal Shah (61), owners of “Pandit Deendayal grahak bhandar” shops under Gujarat’s Annapurna Yojana PDS, were arrested by the
Charges against Government of Jharkhand and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
The last few months have seen the cruel starvation deaths of at least four residents of Jharkhand – Santoshi Kumari, Ruplal Marandi, Premani