Both the critics and advocates of Aadhaar agree that the levers of govt ought to be harnessed to impose their particular agenda on to hapless citizens.
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The problem sir as the Esteemed editor of the portal would point out its that aadhar is the only identity for 800 million people. Now could it be a free market for the other 400 million? Sure. But how would the free market clean up the multiplicity of pan cards? How would the free market assess the actual income of “too small to make money but yet make tons of money” businesses? How would the free market clean up real estate transactions? How would the free market true up income and expenditures when we clearly still game the system for black money? The above might not be an issue for the 800 million but certainly put the 400 million (including me) under the scanner. And in my opinion it needs to happen. Will there be missteps? Likely. But it’s rather have a few missteps than no steps at all. If the libertarian view has alternative solutions I hope you’ll elaborate more in a follow up article. Best regards.
Thanks, AbeV for your comment. Just as demonetisation did not solve the challenge of corruption, so will Aadhaar fail to deal with corruption. Corruption is a consequence of mismatch between supply and demand caused by government policy interventions. This leads to artificial scarcity which is then sought to be overcome thro’ bribes and rent seeking. Without changing the misguided interventions and the perverse incentives it creates, corruption can’t be tackled. Technology has little role in it.
Across the world, where ever there is less government intervention in the economy, there is less corruption. Unfortunately, the debate over Aadhaar has diverted attention from real causes of corruption.
The problem sir as the Esteemed editor of the portal would point out its that aadhar is the only identity for 800 million people. Now could it be a free market for the other 400 million? Sure. But how would the free market clean up the multiplicity of pan cards? How would the free market assess the actual income of “too small to make money but yet make tons of money” businesses? How would the free market clean up real estate transactions? How would the free market true up income and expenditures when we clearly still game the system for black money? The above might not be an issue for the 800 million but certainly put the 400 million (including me) under the scanner. And in my opinion it needs to happen. Will there be missteps? Likely. But it’s rather have a few missteps than no steps at all. If the libertarian view has alternative solutions I hope you’ll elaborate more in a follow up article. Best regards.
Thanks, AbeV for your comment. Just as demonetisation did not solve the challenge of corruption, so will Aadhaar fail to deal with corruption. Corruption is a consequence of mismatch between supply and demand caused by government policy interventions. This leads to artificial scarcity which is then sought to be overcome thro’ bribes and rent seeking. Without changing the misguided interventions and the perverse incentives it creates, corruption can’t be tackled. Technology has little role in it.
Across the world, where ever there is less government intervention in the economy, there is less corruption. Unfortunately, the debate over Aadhaar has diverted attention from real causes of corruption.