Anand VenkatanarayananOne Masala dosa and Mylapore Bhajanai GoshtiWhy Mr. M thinks that the GST department is being run by the Mylapore Bhajanai Goshti.3 min read·Sep 6, 2019----
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaA critical examination of the State of Aadhaar 2018 report by IDinsightThe State of Aadhaar Report (SOAR; henceforth “Report”) by IDinsight (funded by Omidyar Network) was released on 17th May 2018. Herewith we…12 min read·May 23, 2018--1--1
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaAadhaar — A Self Certified IDPublic availability of cracked Enrollment software makes Aadhaar information equivalent to a Self Certified ID5 min read·May 2, 2018--4--4
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaGujarat biometric leak and Registered DevicesThe leak proves beyond doubt that Registered Devices cannot protect from fraud or identity theft6 min read·Feb 27, 2018--1--1
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaAadhaar’s fiscal impact on PAHAL is -6900 crores (loss) so farThe move to make everyone Cash Transfer compliant also hurt the Ujjwala scheme’s chance of success.7 min read·Feb 6, 2018----
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaThe “relative print” feature in the Aadhaar enrolment clientEvery enrolment operator has always had full access to every resident’s demographic data7 min read·Jan 24, 2018--2--2
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaLPG Savings due to Aadhaar is only 107–203 croreAadhaar savings in LPG PAHAL is a fraction of 29,769 crore claimed by the Government of India, even before considering capital and running…10 min read·Jan 23, 2018----
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaAadhaar enrolment costsThe cost of issuing 120 crore Aadhaar numbers is at least 35,000 crores — 20,000 crore by Government and the rest by other actors8 min read·Jan 8, 2018--1--1
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaWhy Aadhaar savings numbers are perplexingHint: They are mostly generated through a pseudo random process9 min read·Dec 8, 2017--2--2
Anand VenkatanarayananinKaaranaThe 360 degree databaseState Resident Data Hubs (SRDH) allow profiling residents by UIDAI’s deliberate technical decisions, even though they claim otherwise in SC…13 min read·Dec 6, 2017--3--3