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The assault of Narendra Modi over the order of the Ministry for the Development of Women and Children (WCD), who made a verification of facial recognition mandatory for Anganwadi recipients on Monday, June 23, 2025) claiming that he systematically uses technology to exclude the most vulnerable parts of society from social communication.
Digital India must allow, not disemwower, and must not remain an “preaching of inclusion practice of exclusion (pipes), the party added.
The Ministry ordered all countries and trade union areas (UTS) to perform a mandatory facial recognition system for distributing home ration and tracking of the child’s attendance at Anganwadi centers.
According to a letter issued by the Ministry last month, the function of facial recognition will now be accessible as part of the recipients’ profiles in the Poshan Tracker. Recipients will also have the possibility of self-registering using the Civic Module of the E-Settings and Photo Settings.
“New Obstacle”
“First, Aadhaar was armed to block Crores of MGNGA workers. He said Chief of Communication Jairam Ramesh.
There were evidence around the world that FRT discriminates the class and color of the skin, Mr. Ramesh added.
Published – 23 June 2025 22:55
