Homeless People without Aadhaar?
And Slow, Unsteady Internet Speed Restricts Dream of Digital India
Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
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1. India ranks 89 globally in broadband internet speed; peak internet speed in India is slower than the average internet speed in South Korea: Courtesy: businessworld .in
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2. “Aadhaar For The Homeless Is Also Mandatory: The Bench asked if a permanent address was mandatory for Aadhaar enrolment and consequent welfare services. The Uttar Pradesh government replied in the affirmative”. THE HINDU
3. “The study also shows a wide gap between 3G and 4G speed claims of internet service providers and their actual performance. ‘Consumer Voice’ is a voluntary action group of academicians and volunteers who work on consumer issues. PTI Published : Updated : Jan 11, 2018, 2:21 am IST
4. The study also shows a wide gap between 3G and 4G speed claims of internet service providers and their actual performance. ‘Consumer Voice’ is a voluntary action group of academicians and volunteers who work on consumer issues.
5. ‘Consumer Voice’ is a voluntary action group of academicians and volunteers who work on consumer issues.
6. New Delhi: A study conducted by a voluntary action group working for consumer rights has found that the internet speed provided to users in the country is far below what is claimed by the service providers, and is amongst the lowest internationally.
7. The study, conducted by the ‘Consumer Voice’, has also concluded that consumers are not able to distinguish among poor, average and good quality of service.
8. “A striking finding was that the internet speed the service providers are giving to the users are far below what they claim and amongst the lowest internationally,” the group said.
9. The study has found out that it is not just the provision of service that will help the country become ‘Digital India’ rather quality of internet service that determines the sustainability of this vision. “It is for this (reason) that the stakeholders are urged to take corrective and timely measures that ensure promising future for internet service by serving the mutual interest of all,” it said.
10. The audit of wireless internet speed was also conducted in eight states across four telecom circles and it was found that users get much lower speed than what is claimed through this mode also.
11. The study also shows a wide gap between 3G and 4G speed claims of internet service providers and their actual performance.
12. “The poor level of internet speed requires the government and the telecom regulator to devise mechanism to improve internet speed in one way or another,” it said.
13. ‘Consumer Voice’ is a voluntary action group of academicians and volunteers who work on consumer: Courtesy: asianage. com
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14. How Will You Issue Aadhaar For The Homeless, Asks Supreme Court of India:
By: Legal Correspondent: THE HINDU
15. “The Bench asked if a permanent address was mandatory for Aadhaar enrolment and consequent welfare services. The Uttar Pradesh government replied in the affirmative.
16. SC told UID must for homeless, but number issued only to those with address
17. The 2011 Census revealed there are 1.77 million homeless people in the country.
18. A submission on Wednesday that homeless people wanting to use night shelters would have to furnish some identity proof like Aadhaar had the Supreme Court wanting to know if people without Aadhaar ID were non-existent for the government.
19. “So, how do homeless people get Aadhaar if they have no home or a permanent address,” Justice Lokur shot back.
20. The Supreme Court, upset over the Uttar Pradesh government’s submission that homeless people would have to submit ID like Aadhaar, asked on Wednesday if those who do not have such identity papers “do not exist for the Union of India or the Uttar Pradesh government”.
21. The apex court also expressed anguish over the criticism that it was trying to “run the government”, saying the judiciary is blamed if it points out that the executive is not doing its job.
22. The Bench asked if a permanent address was mandatory for Aadhaar enrolment and consequent welfare services. The Uttar Pradesh government replied in the affirmative.
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NEW DELHI, UPDATED: JANUARY 11, 2018 00:04 IST
How will you issue Aadhaar for the homeless, asks Supreme Court
SC told UID must for homeless, but number issued only to those with address
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the government’s version of Aadhaar as a unique identifier which will benefit the poor to access welfare services, asking how will the lakhs of homeless people in the country get an Aadhaar card without a permanent address.
The 2011 Census revealed there are 1.77 million homeless people in the country. They constitute 0.15% of the total population.
“Does this mean that they [the homeless] do not exist for the Government of India,” Justice Madan B. Lokur, who heads the Social Justice Bench, asked.
The context arose during the hearing on the lack of night shelters for homeless people. The court had previously summoned the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary to explain the lack of night shelters, especially with North India in the grip of a cold wave.
The Bench asked if a permanent address was mandatory for Aadhaar enrolment and consequent welfare services. The Uttar Pradesh government replied in the affirmative.
“So, how do homeless people get Aadhaar if they have no home or a permanent address,” Justice Lokur shot back.
Additional Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, for the U.P. government, said it would be wrong to say the homeless population did not “exist” for the Union. He said that he also appeared for the UIDAI, Aadhaar’s nodal agency, in the Supreme Court.
Mr. Mehta reasoned that the urban homeless were mostly migrants from the rural parts of the country.
They would have a permanent address in their native villages and would have or could apply for Aadhaar there.
The ASG said he would get further instructions from the UIDAI on this aspect.
The court criticised the Uttar Pradesh government for its poor implementation of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) scheme which had existed since 2014.
“We are talking about human beings who have no place to stay. Those who have no place to stay have to be given a place to live,” Justice Lokur observed orally.
Mr. Mehta said the State was alive to the situation and was doing its best to provide shelter to the urban homeless. He referred to the vision document prepared by the Uttar Pradesh government to deal with the issue of urban homeless, and said that as per 2011 census, there were around 1.80 lakh urban homeless in the State”. Courtesy: THE HINDU
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