Sunday, May 15, 2011

Fwd: [Say No to UID] Guj card not UID: Govt tells Nilekani TIMES...



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From: Kamayani Bali Mahabal <notification+kr4marbae4mn@facebookmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Subject: [Say No to UID] Guj card not UID: Govt tells Nilekani TIMES...
To: Palash Biswas <palashbiswaskl@gmail.com>


Kamayani Bali Mahabal posted in Say No to UID.
Guj card not UID: Govt tells Nilekani TIMES NEWS NETWORK Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has been forced to clarify to Government of Indias Unique Identity (UID) project chief Nandan Nilekani that the states decision to create a complete data base of every citizen ordinarily residing in Gujarat does not propose to duplicate the centres UID. On the basis of media reports that two state government departments revenue and food and civil supplies were involved in working out states own UID project,Nilekani had sought explanation on why Gujarat was going ahead with its own UID project when the Centres project was in its advanced stages of implementation. Nilekani asked Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey,deputy director,UID,to seek clarification from the Gujarat government.Pandey,in turn,mailed to additional chief secretary,planning,Varun Maira,to find out the truth.Sources said,Maira has replied back,saying Gujarats project has a two-fold aim creating a bar-coded ration card and identifying beneficiaries of government schemes and subsidies. When approached,Maira,who is responsible for implementing UID in Gujarat,told TOI,Our idea of creating a data base has been loosely termed as UID.It is not UID.But the details that we gather from individual households can be integrated into Nilekanis project.
Kamayani Bali Mahabal 5:54pm May 15
Guj card not UID: Govt tells Nilekani

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has been forced to clarify to Government of Indias Unique Identity (UID) project chief Nandan Nilekani that the states decision to create a complete data base of every citizen ordinarily residing in Gujarat does not propose to duplicate the centres UID.
On the basis of media reports that two state government departments revenue and food and civil supplies were involved in working out states own UID project,Nilekani had sought explanation on why Gujarat was going ahead with its own UID project when the Centres project was in its advanced stages of implementation.
Nilekani asked Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey,deputy director,UID,to seek clarification from the Gujarat government.Pandey,in turn,mailed to additional chief secretary,planning,Varun Maira,to find out the truth.Sources said,Maira has replied back,saying Gujarats project has a two-fold aim creating a bar-coded ration card and identifying beneficiaries of government schemes and subsidies.
When approached,Maira,who is responsible for implementing UID in Gujarat,told TOI,Our idea of creating a data base has been loosely termed as UID.It is not UID.But the details that we gather from individual households can be integrated into Nilekanis project.

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