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The article informs on the ongoing efforts of privatisation in India. It mentions about the plans of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi to privatise state-owned corporate assets, with assets not being sold include power lines, natural-gas pipelines, and railway stations, and coal-mining projects, and airports.

The article focuses on several government entities shamed for publishing verification identification number Aadhaar and mentions illegal access to the entire Aadhaar database, barring cardholders' fingerprints and iris scans. Topics include ability for cardholders to hide their Aadhaar number behind changeable virtual ID code, efforts of prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi to cajole Indians to participate and views of Nikhil Pahwa, digital-right activist, on the same.