On 11/26/2011 10:08 PM, jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2011 19:29:22 Shamit Verma wrote:
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM, jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
Land registration is a state subject. IT is a central subject. Why?
That does not matter. All property transactions over 30 lakh have to be reported by registrar to IT.
This is part of "Annual Information Return" and these transactions are part of "High Value Transactions" that have to be reported to IT.
Roam around a leetile outside your glass cage. You might yet learn a thing or two. Do you know how much land an be purchased under multiple Rs. 30 Lakhs?. I know of one minister in the Maharashtra state cabinet holding over 1000 acres, benami. And this guy is relatively small fry. Another one's kith and kin holds proly 10% of Maharashtra.
How come they never get reported. Oh btw RTIs filed say they dont hold any land or miniscule holdings.
The first flawed presumption is that people dont have identity The second flawed presumption is that biometrics are unique The third flawed presumption is that biometrics are constant The fourth flawed presumption is that corruption is caused at the last mile The fifth flawed presumption is that tracing transactions will stop corruption The sixth flawed assumption is that the state is a protector The seventh flawed assumption is that data is rarely misused The eighth flawed assumption is that entitlements are refused due to lack of identity The ninth flawed assumption is that the existing id's are broken so a new one is a must The tenth flawed assumption is that issue processes can be made substantially better by tech fixes inherent in the 9th assumption
I could go on forever. But it requires a greatly nuanced understanding of power, democracy, governance, history, our society and lastly technology. No amount of technology cotton wool is going to help.
We havent even got around to talking of probable corruption in the UIDAI!!!! L1 technolgies the sole supplier of the core de dup and iris scan tech - there are multiple vendors, but only one tech source (an absolutely similiar situation to M$, patents, monopoliy games and underhand dealings included), has been convicted of fraud in Georgia for willfully issuing duplicate driving licences (LAMAO). The directors of this company were former homeland security officials, who awarded huge contracts to L1, and on retirement joined L1 (ROTFL at you innocent ignorants).
My dear sirs Mr. NN is no innocent corporate honcho, and the UIDAI is not the god send you all think it is. It is an abomination whose hydra heads you havent even begun to see. Research the money on EDGAR and if you are clever you will learn.
If the process is wrong then expose it but provide alternatives too.
A little deviation from the topic, a nuclear powered submarine of the US Navy can travel and stay submerged for 30 years without re-surfacing (As seen on TV). If we can harness similar technologies to run railway engines and ships and trucks for many years without re-fuelling it would be such a lovely thing. But we will have the nay sayers who will oppose nuclear technology completely instead of focussing on making it safer and more innovative.