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Aadhaar number helped track at least 500 missing children: UIDAI chief
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO of UIDAI claimed at the Global Conference on Cyberspace that missing children were traced using the 12-digit biometric identifier
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are facing a barrage of criticism for making linking of Aadhaar numbers with nearly every document or amenity that a citizen needs to prove his/her existence mandatory, here’s a potential benefit that the unique identification number can accrue to citizens.
If claims by Ajay Bhushan Pandey, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) are to be believed, then in the few months Aadhaar numbers have been instrumental in tracing at least 500 missing children from across the country and re-uniting them with their kin.
Addressing a session at the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS) that was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, on Friday, Pandey said: “Over the last few months, more than 500 missing children have been identified through Aadhaar.
The top boss of the agency responsible for Aadhaar registration said the identification of of these missing children happened “in instances where a child found in an orphanage underwent Aadhaar enrolment and it was found that his/her 12-digit biometric identifier had already been made.”
The claim that missing children can be tracked if they have already been enrolled for Aadhaar numbers is a significant one for India, a nation which has the distinction of being among the world’s leading countries when it comes to the population of children. According to the 2011 Census, of the 1.2 billion-strong population of India, around 40 per cent citizens are below the age of 18.
News Agency PTI has quoted estimates put out by CRY (Child Rights and You), an NGO working for child rights, stating that the number of children who went missing and remain untraced across India had increased by about 84 per cent between 2013 and 2015. The NGO arrived at the disturbing figure using government data to say about 180 children go missing on an average every day in the country. In light of these startling figures, Pandey’s claims can’t be dismissed – or accepted – lightly.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Amit Shah accuses Congress of preserving Article 370 for 70 years
Shah was addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh where he said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party preserved Article 370 for 70 years, due to which terrorism in the country increased.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attacked Congress on Sunday for preserving Article 370 of the Constitution, due to which terrorism increased in the country. He further added that BJP will never let another division of the country happen. Shah was addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh where he said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party preserved Article 370 for 70 years, due to which terrorism in the country increased.
Addressing the people Shah said they had made Modiji the prime minister for the 2nd time and he abrogated Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019. He compared the situation to earlier times in the valley, when the Army had to be taken along for hoisting the tricolour, at that same Lal Chowk (Jammu and Kashmir) to the situation now when the shobhayatra of Lord Krishna is being taken out. The rally was organised to garner support for B P Saroj, the BJP candidate from the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha constituency in Jaunpur.
Shah further added that the divisive policies of the Congress want to divide the country again but BJP will never let that happen again. The Union Home Minister accused the grand old party of spreading lies that if PM Modi comes to power for a 3rd time at the centre then he will abolish reservation.
Shah Pointed out that the prime minister has been in majority for the last 10 years and he did not use it to abolish reservation. Shah said, he wanted to ask (SP chief) Akhilesh Yadav and (Congress leader) Rahul Gandhi that when their government was in power for 10 years, what did Uttar Pradesh get in that period? The UPA government gave Rs 4.9 lakh crore to Uttar Pradesh in 10 years as compared to the NDA government which gave Rs 19.11 lakh crore.
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Arvind Kejriwal says BJP started Operation Jhaadu to crush AAP
The Delhi chief minister alleged BJP has started Operation Jhaadu so that they do not grow big and become a challenge to them
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged BJP has started Operation Jhaadu to crush the Aam Aadmi Party since its popularity among the people is rising too fast. Kejriwal was addressing Aam Aadmi Party workers at the party office in New Delhi where he claimed the AAP’s bank accounts would be frozen after elections and they will be brought on the roads and left without an office.
The Delhi chief minister alleged BJP has started Operation Jhaadu so that they do not grow big and become a challenge to them. He further added that through Operation Jhaadu, AAP’s big leaders will be arrested; they are being arrested, and in the coming days, Aam Aadmi Party’s bank accounts will be frozen.
Kejriwal pointed out that ED’s lawyer has already given this statement in court that soon after the election, AAP’s bank accounts will be frozen. He said that if they freeze their accounts now, then AAP will get sympathy. As a result after the election, ED will freeze AAP’s bank accounts. He said AAP’s party office will be cleared out, and the party will be brought to the streets. Kejriwal said these are the 3 plans made by the BJP.
The Delhi chief minister claimed that no gold or money has been recovered from him, and the BJP, by creating false cases has got AAP leaders arrested. Kejriwal recalled that since the time he came to power in 2015, many allegations had been against him by the BJP. He said after the liquor policy scam has happened people are asking them if the scam happened then where is the money. He pointed out that in other places, when raids happen, notes and gold are recovered, but here nothing was found. Kejriwal asked the people that where is all the money? He said BJP had made fake cases and arrested AAP leaders.
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PM Modi says Congress is the mother of corruption, party was involved in coal and 2G scams
PM Modi said, Congress and JMM know nothing about development and their only job is to speak lies, loudly, again and again, and everywhere, their only objective is to do an the X-ray of poor people’s wealth and steal it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur on Sunday (May 19) amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024. While addressing the election rally in Jamshedpur PM Modi said, people’s excitement told him what result will come on June 4 in Jamshedpur.
He recalled the time when he used to work as a BJP party worker for many years and used to ask people at that time they would come at 10 or 11 am to attend an election rally. But today he was witnessing a huge crowd here. The prime minister thanked all of them and said Lok Sabha election decides and strengthens the future of the country.
During a public rally in Jamshedpur, PM Modi said, Congress and JMM know nothing about development and their only job is to speak lies, loudly, again and again, and everywhere, their only objective is to do an the X-ray of poor people’s wealth and steal it. He further accused the Congress and JMM of snatching the reservation of SC and ST and the party leaders of the two parties are continuously abusing Modi every day. He asked if they are not able to think beyond this? He said the whole country has realised their truth.
PM Modi said, Congress and their ally parties, wherever they have governments, he challenged those chief ministers and this is not his political statement. The prime minister said Congress’s Shehzada keeps opposing business industries, businessmen and investments.
PM Modi asked which businessman will go and invest in those states? What will happen to the youths of those states? He said all investors who come to him and say that they would not go to these states because of their ideology against them. He said businessmen are verbally abused there and investors are forced to think that since Shehzada has this kind of thoughts, his ally parties would have the same thoughts as well. PM Modi added Congress is the mother of corruption and party was involved in coal and 2G scams as well
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