30 June,2009 12:35 PM IST | | Vinod Kumar Menon
Vijay Mukhi, Chairman and Dr P Shekar, Executive Member of Micro Secure Think Tank will discuss a white paper on the the National Unique ID card in length today. Speaking to MiD DAY, Mukhi said, "We will act as a pressure group and ensure that the points raised in our platform are adhered to while finalizing the specifications of the ID card."
"One significant reason for every Indian citizen to have an Unique ID is to fight terror as no other country in the world has suffered as much as we have. The first initiative we see of combating terror is by uniquely identifying every Indian. This is a starting point in the war against terror. Unless we do this, we cannot even think of fighting the war against terror. We need to take many dramatic steps starting with a Nation ID card project. Once implemented lots of sectors like Banking, Insurance etc would use these cards for business uses. We would like the government to recoup some of its costs by charging these large users," said Dr P Shekar, Executive Member of Micro Secure Think Tank (Micro STT)u00a0
The central government had recently appointed Infosys co-chairman Nandan Nilekani as the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority, formed to issue IDs to every citizen.
Tech and security gurus from the city have jotted certain key points pertaining to the identity card, which they expect the government to consider at the time of making the final specifications for the National Unique ID card.
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What is Micro Secure Think Tank (Micro STT)
Micro Secure Think Tank (Micro STT) is aimed at providing an interactive platform for sharing of expertise and experience among various organizations/individuals to develop and disseminate professional practices and processes for policing and law enforcement and to foster national cooperation amongst police or security organizations across the country in its fight against security threats such as terrorism, militant fundamentalism and organized crime.
Micro STT, through the Peace and Security Initiatives, invites thinks tanks, advocacy organisations and grassroots groups to work together to increase their capacity to influence India's policy to promote a more secure, peaceful and safe country. Micro STT will encourage collaborative strategic planning to strengthen the security infrastructure of our society, will create security awareness across the society, will grow its memberships, will hone its messages and will coordinate its campaigns, thus will enhance its collective impact. Micro STT seeks to encourage think tanks to develop expertise on the relationship between security and the free society. One of the aims of Micro STT to develop national network of independent think tanks who will engage in issues where Economics intersects security, intelligence and emergency & preparedness.
