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How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Issue highlights a systemic failure that undermines constitutional guarantees and perpetuates hardship for the most vuln...

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100 Days agitation by 100 workers per day demanding 100 days’ work without hitches

Random Reflections 15 crore workers who have registered under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme have b...

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KYC – Kill Your Customer?

Last year, a retired scientist received a call purportedly from SBI informing him that his account is blocked for non-co...

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डिजिटल मुद्रा – इससे भागें या इसको बटोरें ? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

भारत में डिजिटल लेनदेन में काफी बढ़ोतरी हुई है। हालाँकि यहाँ एक बड़ा हिस्सा इसके बारे में बिल्कुल भी समझ नहीं रखता है, ल...

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Why Are We Pushed Into Digital Money? Who Benefits? — THE MONEY TRAIL

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 Aadhar is finally revealing its true colours. From an iden...

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Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

Remember the Atma Nirbhar – TV Show of Mrs. Nirmala Sitaraman and Mr. Anurag Thakur? After that, both have disappeared ...

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Random Reflections: Are Banks Becoming Arms of the Ruling Party?

The Reserve Bank of India introduced “Know Your Customer” [KYC] norms under the provisions of “Prevention of Money Laund...

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Usha Ramanathan on the Privacy Judgement and its Implications

The ‘Privacy Judgement,’ where a nine-member Supreme Court bench counted the right to privacy as a fundament...

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March 25, 2024

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How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Issue highlights a systemic failure that undermines constitutional guarantees and perpetuates hardship for the most vulnerable segments of society. Jasoda Munda, 47, a daily wage labourer, had not received rations for the past eight to nine months. She complained that every time she visited the rat...

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February 28, 2023

Thomas Franco

100 Days agitation by 100 workers per day demanding 100 days’ work without hitches

Random Reflections 15 crore workers who have registered under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme have been under difficulties ever since the BJP Govt came to power in 2014. According to outlook magazine nine months after taking over as the Prime Minister, Mr. Modi said in Parliament...

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August 17, 2022

Thomas Franco

KYC – Kill Your Customer?

Last year, a retired scientist received a call purportedly from SBI informing him that his account is blocked for non-compliance of KYC. They sent him a password to be shared with the caller. He promptly did it. The caller then asked for confirming the name, account number and Aadhar number, that to...

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March 11, 2026

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डिजिटल मुद्रा – इससे भागें या इसको बटोरें ? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

भारत में डिजिटल लेनदेन में काफी बढ़ोतरी हुई है। हालाँकि यहाँ एक बड़ा हिस्सा इसके बारे में बिल्कुल भी समझ नहीं रखता है, लेकिन सरकार अधिक से अधिक लोगों को डिजिटल लेनदेन के लिए बाध्य करने के नये तरीके लेकर आ रही है। दूसरी तरफ है आधार जो एक पहचान पत्र से कहीं आगे बढ़कर डाटा की एक बड़ी फैक्ट्री बन गया है...

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March 11, 2026

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Why Are We Pushed Into Digital Money? Who Benefits? — THE MONEY TRAIL

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 Aadhar is finally revealing its true colours. From an identification system, it has metamorphosed into a data gold mine for fintech companies. This was always the idea, brags Nandan Nilekani and his band. And to make this worse, Crypto cu...

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August 25, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

Remember the Atma Nirbhar – TV Show of Mrs. Nirmala Sitaraman and Mr. Anurag Thakur? After that, both have disappeared for long. May be rehearsing for the next show. Mr. S.Gurumurthy has announced that more will come in September. Let’s wait and see. Suddenly there was speculation that Mr. K.V.Kama...

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February 7, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections: Are Banks Becoming Arms of the Ruling Party?

The Reserve Bank of India introduced “Know Your Customer” [KYC] norms under the provisions of “Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 and Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules 2005. As per these Acts Regulated Entities (REs) like banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs...

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March 11, 2026

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Usha Ramanathan on the Privacy Judgement and its Implications

The ‘Privacy Judgement,’ where a nine-member Supreme Court bench counted the right to privacy as a fundamental right, redefined the rights of a citizen and put limitations on the state to be invasive of the citizens. The Judgement has far-reaching impacts on citizens and the state, like ...

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How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

100 Days agitation by 100 workers per day demanding 100 days’ work without hitches

KYC – Kill Your Customer?

डिजिटल मुद्रा – इससे भागें या इसको बटोरें ? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Why Are We Pushed Into Digital Money? Who Benefits? — THE MONEY TRAIL

Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

Random Reflections: Are Banks Becoming Arms of the Ruling Party?

Usha Ramanathan on the Privacy Judgement and its Implications

How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

100 Days agitation by 100 workers per day demanding 100 days’ work without hitches

KYC – Kill Your Customer?

डिजिटल मुद्रा – इससे भागें या इसको बटोरें ? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

Why Are We Pushed Into Digital Money? Who Benefits? — THE MONEY TRAIL

Random Reflections- Cheating the Street Vendors and the Public- The Finance Ministers way

Random Reflections: Are Banks Becoming Arms of the Ruling Party?

Usha Ramanathan on the Privacy Judgement and its Implications