It should have been implemented some 10 years ago , it was proposed by NDA govt to have common national ID with social security no along with pan details residence driving license everything in one small card as small as sim card size . this is really important to have in our country n to tackle terrorists . it should be given free of cost without any delay n harassment , it is not going to affect and can save many lives in future from bomb blasts n terrorism . this system is not something new it is there in many other developed nations who r democratic too. If anyone got problem with it , they should four walls n stay their forever , instead of supporting govt n law agencies ,citizens itself make things difficult for govt n law agencies . Indian people r cry babies n complainers for everything they cry n complain , they dont do any thing as citizen but they know only to pull legs like crabs criticize n lazy n hypocrites . If someone really got problem with ID's cards they must stay in house forever or leave this country .and if some state wants to restrict people from other states they got full rights to do it . that is state govt policy n rules , u have to abide it ,Indians genetically find very very difficult to follow rules and abide by it . they need to be booted n hit by sticks otherwise they dont understand anything. We r just animals in form of humans who dont want to do live like civilised people , i dont know what kind of civilization we had centuries ago
RE:this is a good move
by anand biswas on Jan 06, 2008 10:21 AM Permalink
Before any stupid cynic opposes the sense written in this passage, I wud like to agree with juan. This is important. Guys.. please try to see the bigger picture. Harassing countrymen is not the objective, stopping terrorism is !
RE:this is a good move
by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Jan 07, 2008 07:08 AM Permalink
Juan, you are badly in need of a good education. The constitution of India guarantees unhindered passage of all its citizens anywhere in the union - in other words, no state can decide who can enter and who cannot. It is not state govt. policy and cannot be, because it is not under their jurisdiction. Same issue with a national ID card - the cops cant randomly detain people or stop people from going anywhere unless there is just cause - in that case, get a warrant, press charges or let them go. That's how the law works in civilised nations. I guess you would rather live in Saudi Arabia...
Are you aware that a vast proportion of India's population have no papers? Some dont even have ration cards. The land they owned for generations do not have title deeds. This is true in many remote parts of the country. What do you do with them?
In the amount of tax payers money that is spent on pointless exercises like these (dont tell me a landless labourer is going to have to pay for this hi-tech ID idea of yours), you can expand and train the police force, make them better equipped and improve the intelligence gathering mechanism. Do the math - a country of 1.2 billion people - if each ID card costs even Rs 10 (will be more like 100 if you count all expenses including staff, still), that is Rs. 1200 crores, or 5-10% of our defence budget, more than what we plan to spend on the IAF modernization (buying 126 figherplanes). Use that money to improve the police force instead!
