September 26, 2018
Press Statement The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) expresses its severe disappointment at the verdict delivered by the Supreme Court in the Aadhar related matters today. The majority judgment read out by Justice Sikri has held that Aadhar is mandatory for availing facilities and entitlements under different government schemes. This would in effect mean that thousands of disabled persons would be continued to be denied pensions and benefits of other social security schemes. Apart from other concerns, for the disabled enrollment itself has been a major problem. Biometrics has been an issue.Even though there are provisions in the Aadhaar framework to use just one biometric for those with disabilities — either the iris or the fingerprints — many centres and operators are either oblivious of this provision or are not adequately trained to handle this. There have been innumerable instances where the applicants get an acknowledgement but the authentication is rejected at the main server level. Unfortunately, the majority judgment of the Supreme Court does not take these concerns into consideration. (Muralidharan) General Secretary National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) 36, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Lane New Delhi 110 001 Tel. 11-23387674; 9868768543 Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
