H1B visa ban for Indians is good for Americans as well as Indians. Indians will no more be used as a punching bag. Till recently america used to import software laborers from India so that they could be used for target practice in shooting incidents. This will not be the case anymore.
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Digital India and the unforeseen uses of aadhaar
With increasing importance being attached to aadhaar by the Modi government, it has made aadhaar the fulcrum of the Digital India Movement. Apart from the use of aadhaar in accurately identifying beneficiaries of government welfare some amazing and unforeseen uses of aadhaar number have come to the fore.
Pesky little uses of aadhaar are emerging from unforeseen directions....
1) Renting Bikes: No one would believe but duplicate copy of the aadhaar cards are being used to rent bikes in GOA. I saw with my own eyes how a person rented a bike in GOA with just a tattered aadhaar card(number).
2) OPD Appointments at Govt Hospitals: You might not have thought about this but your government is on an overdrive to ease the appointment process in hospitals. What is more, It has even thought of calling you(over phone) in case your wife delivered a baby to inquire about the child's health and inform that your wife's account has been credited with 6k rupees as maternity benefit for delivering in an hospital. Also confirm gender of the child and start the process of authorizing benefits in case of girl child. All this due to aadhaar.
3) Survey of India Maps:
Survey of India first published maps in 1793 and since has digitized maps of the country side. The maps are available for download for anyone using aadhaar number only.
4) Aadhaar linked Motor Insurance/Driving License/Vehicle Registration:
This will soon be on its way. Thirty percent of the driving licenses in India are found to be fake or duplicate with every person having at-least two or more of those. It is also a very tedious task to solicit insurance for motor vehicles esp two-wheeler. With aadhaar linking of vehicle registrations and driving licenses the government will be in a position to map all insurance policies to vehicles on the road. It may also aid law enforcement if all vehicles on road are accounted for.
5) Aadhaar linked land/property registration:
This is expected to be a step in mapping assets of the people to their rightful owners. People who cannot fight for their rights or economically weak will benefit if land and property titles are clear, legitimate and pucca.
6) Aadhaar linking of PAN/bank accounts:
This use case involves linking aadhaar with bank accounts and IT returns. People who honestly pay taxes are expected to benefit as the dishonest will fall into the tax net. In future anyone with the aadhaar number only should be able to file tax returns.
Pesky little uses of aadhaar are emerging from unforeseen directions....
1) Renting Bikes: No one would believe but duplicate copy of the aadhaar cards are being used to rent bikes in GOA. I saw with my own eyes how a person rented a bike in GOA with just a tattered aadhaar card(number).
2) OPD Appointments at Govt Hospitals: You might not have thought about this but your government is on an overdrive to ease the appointment process in hospitals. What is more, It has even thought of calling you(over phone) in case your wife delivered a baby to inquire about the child's health and inform that your wife's account has been credited with 6k rupees as maternity benefit for delivering in an hospital. Also confirm gender of the child and start the process of authorizing benefits in case of girl child. All this due to aadhaar.
3) Survey of India Maps:
Survey of India first published maps in 1793 and since has digitized maps of the country side. The maps are available for download for anyone using aadhaar number only.
4) Aadhaar linked Motor Insurance/Driving License/Vehicle Registration:
This will soon be on its way. Thirty percent of the driving licenses in India are found to be fake or duplicate with every person having at-least two or more of those. It is also a very tedious task to solicit insurance for motor vehicles esp two-wheeler. With aadhaar linking of vehicle registrations and driving licenses the government will be in a position to map all insurance policies to vehicles on the road. It may also aid law enforcement if all vehicles on road are accounted for.
5) Aadhaar linked land/property registration:
This is expected to be a step in mapping assets of the people to their rightful owners. People who cannot fight for their rights or economically weak will benefit if land and property titles are clear, legitimate and pucca.
6) Aadhaar linking of PAN/bank accounts:
This use case involves linking aadhaar with bank accounts and IT returns. People who honestly pay taxes are expected to benefit as the dishonest will fall into the tax net. In future anyone with the aadhaar number only should be able to file tax returns.
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