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by intended 2997 days ago
There is a cost benefit analysis, and many people have shown that the govt figures are incorrect, and that Aadhar has not had an impact.

I am fully sincere about it.

Straight up Aadhar has hurt our constitution. IT was initially run without ANY legal protections or aegis.

Later it was retroactively Okayed via a money bill.

It has rarely been used for its intended purpose, but instead it has terminal feature creep and support from the state to enter every sphere of life.

The state govts are now making their own mirrored data bases of Aadhar data, which last I checked is not covered by the Aadhar law.

The aadhar agency is the only agency which can take cognizance of Aadhar offenses - making the agency its own judge and jury.

Aadhar was never meant for scam protection or prevention - take a look at the claims of the Aadhar agency.

They use clever tactics to appear to be enablers, but when put on the spot they reduce their job to "we just authenticate biometric requests" - moving the onus and responsibility for any leaks or misuse to other agencies.