Thursday, April 15, 2010

[rti_india] Fwd: [india-gii] Fwd: Tomorrow, 16th April - A debate on UID and Fundamental Rights" - IAT, Queens Road, Bangalore

Kindly excuse this fwd, which is not directly concerned with RTI but
it is an issue we have been debating here. Hence am forwarding this
mail , hopefully folks in Bangalore might want to attend and us other
folks can keep a watch on line.

regards
ram

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:59:04 +0530
Subject: [india-gii] Fwd: Tomorrow, 16th April - A debate on UID and
Fundamental Rights" - IAT, Queens Road, Bangalore
To: india-gii@lists.cpsr.org, Privacy-India@yahoogroups.com

For those in Bangalore who may be interested in participating.

Udhay

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Vinay Baindur* <yanivbin@gmail.com>
Date: 11 April 2010 14:46
Subject: 16-4-2010 A 1/2 day workshop to debate "UID and Fundamental
Rights" - IAT, Queens Road, Bangalore
To: CAF2 <citizens-action-forum@googlegroups.com

*Unique Identity (UID) Project: A Debate on Fundamental Rights, 16^th
April 2010.*

Dear friends,

**

In the past eight to ten months, there has been much talk about the
introduction of the Unique Identification for all Indian residents, i.e.
the UID. The scheme proceeds from the standpoint that solving the
problem of identity will result in the fixing of many other social and
economic problems. However, seen against the backdrop of work on a
National Population Registry, the National Intelligence Grid and other
schemes that focus on the collection of data on individuals, the
potential dangers to privacy and other civil liberties need to be
discussed along with the stated benefits of the UID project. Given that
the key laws relating to the project are not yet enacted, this is a
timely exercise and an opportunity to influence change.

While the project has been hailed as a "gamechanger" and a welfare
measure, many have expressed growing concerns about the UID and its
implications for ordinary citizens. Many questions are being asked about
the nature, status and aims of the scheme and its implementing
authority. Countries such as the UK, Australia and the USA have found
similar measures unworkable with serious probability of abuse. The cost
of the UID scheme is estimated at several thousand crores of rupees.
Given the risks that plague identity schemes generally, we felt the need
to engage the larger public in an open debate about the UID and its
proposed scope, implementation, benefits and risks. The UID would affect
every citizen. How it would affect each individual is something everyone
should consider before deciding how to engage with the government on
this issue. With the viewpoint of different panelists, we hope to
provide as much information as is available now to you and take the
debate forward to make the spectrum of issues transparent. The
organizers listed below would like to provide a platform to kickstart a
healthy, open discussion about the potential benefits and pitfalls of
the scheme.

We invite you to a half day workshop to debate on the theme "*UID and
Fundamental Rights"* on 16 April, 2010 at the Institute of Agricultural
Technologists (I^st floor), Queens Road, from 2.30 to 6.00 pm. The
workshop will be divided into panel discussion sessions on three key
themes, i.e. as Social / Ethical concerns, Economic Issues and Legal
Implications.

Please do confirm your participation in the workshop to Ajoy Kumar /
Radha Rao ajoy@cis-india.org <mailto:ajoy@cis-india.org>,
radha@cis-india.org <mailto:radha@cis-india.org>

Yours sincerely

Citizen Action Forum, People's Union for Civil Liberties- Karnataka,
Slum Janandolana - Karnataka, Alternative Law Forum and the Centre for
Internet and Society-- Joint organisers

Please contact / RSVP at Ajoy Kumar / Radha Rao

Centre for Internet and Society

No.194, 2nd 'C' Cross,

Domlur 2nd Stage,

Bangalore 560071

P: +91 80 25350955

E: ajoy@cis-india.org <mailto:ajoy@cis-india.org>, radha@cis-india.org
<mailto:radha@cis-india.org>

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