UID, Cashless are projects of digital colonisation, compromising our constitutional rights and autonomy
Serious concerns were raised regarding the UID/Aadhaar project and other digital platforms undermining citizen’s rights, in a workshop organised at the Sambhaavnaa Institute. Their particular concern was that the UID/Aadhaar is destroying people’s right to obtain justice, equality, liberty, and dignity.
The workshop, titled ‘Digital Colonisation: Examining how digitization is undermining our economy, democracy and sovereignty’ was organised during February 24-26, 2017 to discuss the impact of the national digital ID system in India (UID / Aadhaar) and the push towards digital banking through demonetisation. 30 participants comprising of policy researchers, lawyers, technologists, activists, and journalists from across the country attended the workshop.
At a time when the UID/Aadhaar ...