How safe is the biometric data? How safe is CIDR from hacking?

The Justice Srikrishna Committee submitted a white paper on data protection norms. The white paper affords an occasion to focus on citizen-state relationship and the need to establish boundaries for the state and private entities.

The key elements of a data privacy law for the country.

Praveen Chakravarty, Senior Fellow at IDFC Institute, questions the 'shock and awe' move by the government to nudge people towards a cashless society

The demonetisation of large currency notes is an opportunity for financial inclusion

There is too much fear-mongering about Aadhaar and the danger to individual privacy. This is far from the truth.

Aadhaar was conceived as a multi-purpose identity since its inception. Hence, it could never have been compulsory, by stealth or otherwise. 

Five years on, we need to examine our xenophobic reactions and paranoia of the intrusive state.