Undefined identity of UPA and state of atrophy

The irony is unmistakable. Aadhaar: the phrase with a Hindi/Sanskrit etymology could be deployed to mean basis, foundation, support or cornerstone. It is also the identity, the name of the UPA’s most ambitious programme that promised to empower individuals and deliver institutional reforms. This week Aadhaar found itself niradhaar! The Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Finance Ministry wrecked the very basis of the idea; the ministries of home and finance questioned the very foundation of the Unique Identification Authority of India; the political leadership virtually withdrew its support and the programme peddled as the base for reforms in social sector spending has been reduced into another cornerstone in the altar of failures.

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