The winter session of Parliament in 2011 was drowned out in the din of tabling the Lok Pal Bill. In the build-up to the session, many Bills to be tabled were sent back for reconsideration by the respective parliamentary standing committees, including the Unique Identification (UID) Bill. While the objective of UID is laudable, even keeping aside issues with political overtones the members do seem to have raised some valid concerns.

<p><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'><B>Dilip James:</B> We are all an item number</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>The government

Dilip James: We are all an item number

The governments quest for unique ID for its citizens is like Mission Impossible

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