This threat of profiling is not restricted to one country. It would be a matter of concern when India completes the linkages of all databanks. Work is underway to develop a National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), which would provide intelligence and investigating agencies real-time access to 21 databanks, including banking, credit card, income tax, election identity card, travel details, call records, PAN card, property, income tax and driving licence details of 1.2 billion people. The government‘s defence is that it can anyway get access to such information under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and NATGRID will expedite the process…. „The UIDAI Bill was never tabled and there is no law which allows the government to collect biometric data. It cannot introduce a law with retrospective effect and scrapping of UIDAI will have large financial implications,“ said a senior official, requesting anonymity.