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With a billion-strong database, Aadhaar has become a solution as well as a problem. Project pioneer Nandan Nilekani considers it a near-perfect system. But the implementation flaws and surveillance fears have earned it as many critics as champions
From a severely critical stand against Aadhaar in 2014, the Modi-led BJP in power has made a sharp U-turn to bulldoze its way into having every Indian scanned, tagged and labelled. A timeline of the country’s chequered date with the unique identification project
Dynamics behind the database project
Beginning with its passage as a Money Bill, much around the Aadhaar is couched in misinformation and violation
Aadhaar does more damage than good in welfare programmes
Eleven reasons why the Aadhaar is not just non-smart but also insecure
“Demonising of Aadhaar is irresponsible”
Nandan Nilekani, former UIDAI chief, emphasises that the system has backups to ensure that beneficiaries are not denied their rights
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