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Riyas urges vigilance over proposed Aadhaar, voter data links
CPI(M) leader P A Muhammad Riyas has urged vigilance over a reported Union government plan to link birth and death registration data with Aadhaar, voter lists, ration cards and educational admissions.
CPI(M) leader P A Muhammad Riyas has urged vigilance over a reported Union government plan to link birth and death registration data with Aadhaar, voter lists, ration cards and educational admissions.
In a Facebook post, the Kerala MLA said making birth certificates key documents for determining citizens’ rights could affect ordinary people and marginalised groups. He also raised concern over collecting parents’ places of birth and religions during the Census.
Riyas questioned whether the exercise was intended to implement the National Population Register and later the National Register of Citizens. He said linking personal data across systems could threaten privacy and federal principles, and warned that denying rights based on documents would harm constitutional protections. He called for democratic resistance to defend citizens’ rights.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Census and population registers serve different administrative purposes, though both involve large-scale personal data collection. The National Population Register was created under the Citizenship Act framework and records usual residents, while the Census is a decennial exercise used for demographic and planning data. Any future data-linking system would need clear legal authority, safeguards against errors and a process for challenging exclusions. The practical issue to watch is whether the Union government publishes a formal proposal, rules or timetable detailing what data will be linked and how citizens can correct records.
Source: deccanherald.com
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