The Omnishambles ofUID Shrouded
in its RTI Opacity
1. National Security, surveillance and right to
privacy: Gopal Krishna
2. “The Thick of It” – Omnishambles: A Parallel
between the British comedy series of that
name and UID: Mathew Thomas
3. Open house
4. Conclusions recommendations and
resolutions
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What is
Accountability?
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8.
CAG’s views
CAG during‘Money Life’ Foundation seminar:
Accountability is obligation of those holding
power for their behavior and actions.
Follow the link for video of his talk.
Accountability includes all aspects of spending
and policy-making.
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9.
RTI Act &Guidelines - 1
• Suo Moto disclosure
• Maintenance and Computerisation of
Records: public authority should -- records
are duly catalogued and indexed in such a
manner and form that it may facilitate right
to information.
• particulars of recipients of concessions,
permits or authorisations granted by it;
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10.
RTI Act &Guidelines - 2
• information should be kept updated all the
time.
• public authority should take into
consideration the most effective method of
communication (Replies in Kannada)
• Publication of Facts about Policies and
Decisions
• Providing Reasons for Decisions
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Know Who’s Whoin Govt & your
team
Lead Contact information
Ram ram@company.com 09884512345
Divya Divya@gcompany.com
+919123478901
Mary mary@company.com
Dev Dev@company.com
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13.
Working Toward EnforcingEffective
RTI
Publish,
Publish,
Reward,
Reward,
name &
name &
Projects Worked On
shame
shame
Monitor &
Monitor &
Rate
Rate
Engage
Engage
Parties, Govts
Parties, Govts
& media
& media
Three Steps to Effective RTI
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14.
Doing Your Bestfor RTI
• Working from home
• Work in groups
• Use Technology
• Gather info
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15.
Case Study
•NPR & UID
– Sharing enrolments
– Errors & frauds
– Merging databases
– The moral of the story
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16.
Discussion
• Whatwe can learn
from the case study
• Take-aways
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17.
Summary
• Understand UID
•Explain to all
• Define your challenges
– Technological as well as personal
– Work out a plan to use RTI to pursue UIDAI / Govt
• Set realistic expectation
– Fix a time target
• Keep your eye on the goal
– STOP UID
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