Even State Bank of India does not trust Aadhaar anymore

[Sushubh]

why do we even need a universal card? aadhaar is not replacing pan card or voter id card or ration card or passport or driving license? people/business would still need them. though they tried using even this angle to save aadhaar.

 

[Sushubh]

also do remember that aadhaar has nothing to do with nationality. foreigners can get it. NRIs can't. none of the data on the card is verified. courts have repeatedly said that it is not a valid proof of age or address. the only thing it prove is that you are the person whose fingerprints and iris scan were submitted at the time of enrollment. and that too only after proper biometric verification.

 

[VivekA]

We need a universal card primary to efficiently target governments services (subsidies and benefits) to eligible beneficiaries and reduce pilferage. It can also be conveniently and cheaply used to target private services as we have seen. Aadhaar is not replacing PAN card because of the ho-halla raised by various parties including money launderers, privacy activists and various vested interests. Had Aadhaar been allowed to continue and its various implementation flaws been addressed, it can well replace other IDs. After all, info about one's financial transactions gets linked to an individual because everything (banks, MFs, CCs, wallets etc.) are linked to the unique PAN number. Replacing PAN number with Aadhaar would link everything to aadhaar.

 

[dextermorgan]

^ this is good in theory but like in india, it isn't doing its intended purpose.

in few states, land deals are tied to adhaar number so you'd think with pan---adhaar--bank--account linking, there will be no corruption right? nope, everything is going on as usual.

 

[unAadhaarit]

Universal Id strikes at the core of democracy. In democracy the government and politician are to be monitored and answerable to the citizens. Not the other way round. But here the political parties can accept anonymous donations (could be kickbacks from deals like Rafale where even the anti corruption clauses and sovereign guarantees are waived) and citizens have to leave a digital trail of their income, expense, education, relations, ...(i.e. whole life). And Rajya Sabha was sidelined, the only reason to accept this is if Aadhaar is limited to Consolidated Funds of India related subsidies,etc. On paper, Aadhaar is voluntary but reality is different.
The only reason one has PAN is to file income tax returns and for other money related matters. If it is compromised then correct those flaws. Don't use an unverified universal ID based on PAN card to track citizens from womb to tomb. And all that data can lead to manipulation of the masses. If private companies do it for profits then imagine what power hungry politicians would do.
Why data, not privacy, is the real danger

But this sort of data is so powerful that it produces results far more powerful than traditional advertising. For instance, Facebook offers the chance to pay not just for a certain audience size, but an actual business outcome, like a sale, an app download, or a newsletter subscription. Once upon a time advertisers paid a “CPM” — cost per thousand views — for a marketing campaign.That was just the chance to get in front of people. Now Facebook offers a rate based on “CPA,” or “cost per action,” a once-unimaginable metric offered because the company is so confident in its understanding of people and their preferences that Facebook can essentially guarantee a certain number of people will do certain things.

Think of voting as the action.

"There’s an incredible concentration of power there. So much data, so much influence, makes them a target for something like Russian hackers. To influence an election, you used to have to hack hundreds of newspapers. Now there’s a single point of failure for democracy."

 

[VivekA]

Aadhaar leaves a digital trail and PAN doesn't?

 

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[dextermorgan]

^ yes.

 

[unAadhaarit]

Aadhaar leaves a digital trail and PAN doesn't?

The PAN digital trail is about the money which is a valid need for tax, corruption, etc. But to track you from womb to tomb is not. If you want to star in Truman Show it's your choice.