According to this article in Hindustan Times, Mr. P. Chidambaram, home minister in Government of India wants government officials to take over the job of UID implementation because he believes that non-citizens are getting UID cards under the current system. If this is Mr. Chidambaram’s reason for blocking further work on UID, then he is being disingenuous. It is hard to believe that any government agency can implement UID with greater reliability. While it certainly has all the incentive to issue fake IDs, what additional resources does the government machinery have to improve the reliability of the system?
Mr. Home Minister will you please explain yourself outside the closed-door cabinet meetings too? We are all ears.
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