
Centre’s Aadhaar affidavit in Supreme Court: ‘Welfare of masses trumps privacy of elite’
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI, JUNE 09, 2017 23:39 IST
A handful of people not affected by Aadhaar Act are questioning it and consequently, the benefits it gives to poor: Centre
Calling Aadhaar a “transformational homegrown IT project”, the Centre said on Friday that the fundamental right of identity and various e-governance initiatives of the government to provide food security, livelihood, jobs and health to the “teeming masses” cannot be sacrificed at the altar of right to privacy of an “elite” few who have neither applied for nor want Aadhaar.
The affidavit was the government’s response to petitions filed by several persons, including former NCPCR chairperson and Magsaysay winner Shanta Sinha, against 17 government notifications allegedly making Aadhaar mandatory to access wel...