{"id":20445,"date":"2025-10-14T05:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/your-basis-to-live-is-checked-at-each-and-every-step-indias-id-system-divides-opinion\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T05:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:37:19","slug":"your-basis-to-live-is-checked-at-each-and-every-step-indias-id-system-divides-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/your-basis-to-live-is-checked-at-each-and-every-step-indias-id-system-divides-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your basis to live is checked at each and every step\u2019: India\u2019s ID system divides opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of \u2018digital coercion\u2019 and security breaches<\/p>\n<p>It is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every Indian citizen, was only<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/sep\/16\/india-population-biometric-id-cards\"> introduced 15 years ago<\/a> but its presence in daily life is ubiquitous.<\/p>\n<p>Indians now need an Aadhaar number to buy a house, get a job, open a bank account, pay their tax, receive benefits, buy a car, get a sim card, book priority train tickets and admit children into school. Babies can be given Aadhaar numbers almost immediately after they are born. While it is not mandatory, not having Aadhaar de facto means the state does not recognise you exist, digital rights activists say.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/oct\/14\/india-id-system-divide-opinion\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a61baa70fbaba34c9d7eace6350b9e04c49f33f1\/375_0_2883_2306\/master\/2883.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b1fe3ebcdb214d6765205769ed613d02\" title=\"\u2018Your basis to live is checked at each and every step\u2019: India\u2019s ID system divides opinion\" \/>Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of \u2018digital coercion\u2019 and security breaches<br \/>\nIt is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every Indian citizen, was only introduced 15 years ago but its presence in daily life is ubiquitous.<br \/>\nIndians now need an Aadhaar number to buy a house, get a job, open a bank account, pay their tax, receive benefits, buy a car, get a sim card, book priority train tickets and admit children into school. Babies can be given Aadhaar numbers almost immediately after they are born. While it is not mandatory, not having Aadhaar de facto means the state does not recognise you exist, digital rights activists say. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of \u2018digital coercion\u2019 and security breaches It is often difficult for people in India to remember life before Aadhaar. The digital biometric ID, allegedly available for every Indian citizen, was only introduced 15 years ago but its presence in daily life is ubiquitous. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/your-basis-to-live-is-checked-at-each-and-every-step-indias-id-system-divides-opinion\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Your basis to live is checked at each and every step\u2019: India\u2019s ID system divides opinion<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20445"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}