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APAAR ID

DPIs in the shadows: MeitY and Education Ministry simply refuse to open up about the APAAR student ID

APAAR, an Aadhaar-based unique ID project for students across India, was initiated in July 2023 and declared a ‘digital public infrastructure’ earlier this year. When asked for its policy documents, nodal Ministries transferred our RTI request 30+ times. We still don't have an answer.
24 October, 2024
9 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
Digital Public Infrastructure

IFF submits feedback on UNDP’s Interim Report on DPI Safeguards and Governance

UNDP released its report ‘Leveraging DPI for Safe and Inclusive Societies’ in April and opened it up for public feedback to start a dialogue on inherent risks with implementing digital public infrastructures and possible guardrails to mitigate them. This post summarises IFF’s response.
08 July, 2024
11 min read
Disha VermaDisha Verma
APAAR ID

One nation, One student ID, zero law or policy to back it up #WhatAreYouVotingFor

The BJP manifesto promises “100% implementation” of the Aadhaar-linked APAAR student ID which centrally stores a large volume of student personal and academic data—but the coercive pan-India exercise is operating without any policy document or accountability from Ministries.
01 May, 2024
10 min read
Disha VermaDisha Verma
APAAR ID

Aadhaar-based student ID raises alarms for privacy

The APAAR initiative under NEP 2020 envisions creating a unique ID for students, storing their education and extracurricular data in a permanent, life-long, longitudinal registry – all based on their Aadhaar.
27 October, 2023
7 min read
Disha VermaDisha Verma & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre
ONDC

Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC): An Explainer

‘Open Network for Digital Commerce’ (ONDC) is a government backed, network-centric, technology infrastructure. In this explainer we expand on what ONDC is, how it works, what the stated promises and potential challenges are, especially regarding ONDC's capability to address market issues.
10 March, 2023
9 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre

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