Aman Sethi was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Aman Sethi
Why state data hubs pose a risk to Aadhaar security
UIDAI says it is the sole custodian of citizen information. But state governments and police are using Aadhaar numbers to consolidate data, which is being stored without any coherent data security policy and is accessed by private players.
Updated on Mar 13, 2018 11:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aman Sethi
How Bank of Baroda’s misadventures dragged it into South Africa’s political crisis
A scandal involving Bank of Baroda’s South Africa operations, a cabal of businessmen of Indian origin, and South African President Jacob Zuma, has undermined the reputation of India’s second largest bank and resulted in an unprecedented penalty by the South African Reserve Bank.
Updated on Feb 06, 2018 01:57 PM IST
Mumbai, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi and Gopika Gopakumar
Existence of other biometric databases may pose new challenge to Aadhaar
The existence of independent biometric databases means the information the UIDAI holds under lock and key is also scattered among scores of government departments. The real database problem for Aadhaar is not as much with its database but with these other databases.
Updated on Jan 21, 2018 07:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aman Sethi
2015 ‘extra-judicial encounter’: Chhattisgarh petitioners flee homes fearing police reprisal
The killings, the petition alleges, were carried out in 2015 and 2016 under the pretext of counter-insurgency operations in state’s Maoist-affected areas.
Updated on Jan 10, 2018 07:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Raipur | Aman Sethi and Ritesh Mishra
Aadhaar verification at airports raises need for stricter data privacy regulations
The absence of legislation is letting companies compile and deploy sensitive personal information without legal oversight.
Updated on Nov 27, 2017 11:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aman Sethi
Fresh concerns after cops bust gang cloning fingerprints of Aadhaar operators
On Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh police said they had busted a Lucknow-based gang, which stole the fingerprints of authorised Aadhaar enrolment operators.
Updated on Sep 12, 2017 12:30 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Bihar floods: State looks at new plans to combat an old enemy
With climate change making monsoons more intense and floods harder to predict, state govts are struggling to recalibrate their disaster management plans
Updated on Sep 10, 2017 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Araria | Aman Sethi, Araria
Araria to Kishenganj, Bihar’s decades-old flood tragedy has a worrying new trend
Floods of 2016 and 2017 are proof that the manner of Bihar’s annual inundation is changing, disrupting the plans of disaster management experts.
Updated on Sep 10, 2017 03:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jogbani | Aman Sethi
‘Reporting about anything can prompt backlash’: Gauri Lankesh’s murder shows journalists are in line of fire
India ranks 136th out of 180 countries, only one notch above Pakistan and below strife-torn Palestine, in the world press freedom rankings released this April by Reporters Without Borders.
Updated on Sep 07, 2017 10:11 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Post alliance, communal row in Bihar points to slow rise of BJP’s Hindutva
Experts say the events in Araria reveal how the BJP and its affiliates are leveraging their influence in the state government to expand their muscular brand of Hindutva to regions where they had no previous presence.
Updated on Sep 05, 2017 09:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Araria (Bihar) | Aman Sethi
Right to privacy: Data shows states using Aadhaar to build profiles of citizens
Privacy concerns remains despite UIDAI claims that the Aadhaar project does not intrude upon the privacy of 1.1 billion Indians whose biometric and demographic information is stored on its servers
Updated on Aug 25, 2017 08:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aman Sethi
Latest Aadhaar leak exposes security flaws in app developed by NIC
In recent months, websites maintained by NIC have inadvertently published the Aadhaar numbers and financial details of millions of citizens.
Updated on Aug 17, 2017 07:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aman Sethi and Samarth Bansal
NPA crisis: Banking on a new law for answers
Once a company enters bankruptcy, the new law envisages that day-to-day affairs be run by a resolution professional appointed by the creditors. Some companies, however, feel the law should be first tested on smaller fish before going after big game.
Updated on Aug 10, 2017 10:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times. Mumbai | Aman Sethi
NPA crisis: Why banks keep lending big bucks, try to hide the distress signals
The consequences of the NPA crisis are most visible in the case of IDBI bank, a once-proud institution, now on the brink of collapse.
Updated on Aug 09, 2017 09:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Aman Sethi
NPA crisis: The rise and fall of Bhushan Steel into the great Indian debt trap
Bhushan Steel’s spiralling journey from an expanding steel mill to one of India’s biggest loan defaulters reveals how risky corporate gambles have hobbled our banks.
Updated on Aug 08, 2017 11:11 AM IST
Mumbai, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
MP’s ‘jeans-and-smartphone’ farmers fighting price wars from Indore to Chicago
With traditional agrarian movements withering, a tech-savvy breed of cultivators has turned to social media mobilising and balance sheets to track profits.
Updated on Jun 28, 2017 12:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Indore | Aman Sethi
Why Madhya Pradesh farmers are crying over bumper onion produce
Madhya Pradesh’s farmers have always grown onions, but when prices skyrocketed in 2010-11, the land under onion cultivation doubled over the next five years, resulting in the current problem of plenty.
Updated on Jun 14, 2017 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ujjain | Aman Sethi, Ujjain
Mandsaur agitation: How demonetisation brought MP farmers onto streets
In Mandsaur, demonetisation has disrupted every aspect of the rural economy – land markets, credit networks, procurement, and crop prices.
Updated on Jun 12, 2017 07:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mandsaur | Aman Sethi and Punya Priya Mitra
Police crackdown begins in violence-hit epicentre of MP farmers’ protest
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s fast against violence in Mandsaur entered its second day on Sunday.
Updated on Jun 12, 2017 07:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mandsaur | Punya Priya Mitra and Aman Sethi
Police crackdown begins in violence-hit epicentre of MP farmers’ protest
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s fast against violence in Mandsaur entered its second day on Sunday.
Updated on Jun 12, 2017 05:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mandsaur | Punya Priya Mitra and Aman Sethi
Mandsaur stir was run on WhatsApp: How social media created a new Indian farmer
In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP and CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan have accused the opposition of orchestrating the violence. But the unrest roiling the region is the work of young, tech-savvy farmers coordinating their actions over WhatsApp groups.
Updated on Jun 19, 2017 08:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mandsaur | Aman Sethi and Punya Priya Mitra
Aadhaar gets new security features, but this is why your data still may not be safe
The government is pushing for the unique identity, to register everything from infant children to bank accounts, but the biometrics of millions of people are not foolproof.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 11:06 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi and Samarth Bansal
Maoists take the aerial route, fight CRPF in Chhattisgarh with desi rockets
Security specialists say the Maoists are adapting themselves to the changing ground situation. With the region teeming with 118 paramilitary battalions comprising 120,000 troops, they are taking to the aerial route to attack.
Updated on May 09, 2017 10:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune/Raipur | Aman Sethi and Ritesh Mishra
India’s polity has shifted from hope to fear, and PM Modi knows it | Opinion
A recent CSDS-KAS survey numbers could have profound implications for the future of Indian democracy. The engine of Indian politics doesn’t seem to be aspiration, it is anxiety – and no one recognises this better than Narendra Modi, who has understood that his followers don’t want a Ceo-in-Chief to lead them; they want a parent, or better still, a priest.
Updated on May 30, 2017 06:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi
Days after Jharkhand breach, govt websites continue to bleed Aadhaar data
Digital identities of more than a million citizens had been compromised by a programming error on a website maintained by the Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security.
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 06:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/ Ranchi | Aman Sethi, Samarth Bansal and Saurav Roy
Aadhaar detail leak in Jharkhand sign of deep cyber security flaws: Experts
Cyber security analysts warn of vulnerabilities that could lead to hacking of identity details of individuals.
Updated on Apr 24, 2017 07:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Ranchi | Aman Sethi, Saurav Roy and Samarth Bansal
Details of over a million Aadhaar numbers published on Jharkhand govt website
Jharkhand has over 1.6 million pensioners, 1.4 million of whom have seeded their bank accounts with their Aadhaar numbers to avail of direct bank transfers for their monthly pensions. Their personal details are now freely available.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 11:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi and Ranchi | Aman Sethi, Samarth Bansal and Saurav Roy, New Delhi And Ranchi
Finance Bill: Minor legislative tweaks prompt major fears for democracy’s future
The Finance Bill 2017, passed this session, removes the contribution cap and the corporate disclosure requirements, and enables the creation of electoral bonds.
Updated on Apr 14, 2017 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aman Sethi and Harry Stevens
Finance Bill: Govt merges ‘autonomous’ tribunals, assumes power to appoint chiefs
The government has merged several powerful administrative tribunals and assumed powers to appoint and remove their chiefs, triggering fears the unprecedented move will undermine the authority and independence of these quasi-judicial institutions.
Updated on Apr 14, 2017 09:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, New Delhi
Maruti case judgment: Can life and death be decided on the basis of dubious clues?
A close reading of the Maruti case judgment reveals the anxiety lurking in the heart of India’s criminal justice system: How to decide matters of life and death on the basis of doubtful evidence gathered by a police force that often operates outside the realm of law?
Updated on Mar 22, 2017 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aman Sethi, New Delhi
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