In 2009, I became extremely concerned with the concept of Unique Identity for various reasons. Connected with many like minded highly educated people who were all concerned.
On 18th May 2010, I started this Blog to capture anything and everything I came across on the topic. This blog with its million hits is a testament to my concerns about loss of privacy and fear of the ID being misused and possible Criminal activities it could lead to.
In 2017 the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict after one of the longest hearings on any issue. I did my bit and appealed to the Supreme Court Judges too through an On Line Petition.
In 2019 the Aadhaar Legislation has been revised and passed by the two houses of the Parliament of India making it Legal. I am no Legal Eagle so my Opinion carries no weight except with people opposed to the very concept.
In 2019, this Blog now just captures on a Daily Basis list of Articles Published on anything to do with Aadhaar as obtained from Daily Google Searches and nothing more. Cannot burn the midnight candle any longer.
"In Matters of Conscience, the Law of Majority has no place"- Mahatma Gandhi
Ram Krishnaswamy
Sydney, Australia.

Aadhaar

The UIDAI has taken two successive governments in India and the entire world for a ride. It identifies nothing. It is not unique. The entire UID data has never been verified and audited. The UID cannot be used for governance, financial databases or anything. It’s use is the biggest threat to national security since independence. – Anupam Saraph 2018

When I opposed Aadhaar in 2010 , I was called a BJP stooge. In 2016 I am still opposing Aadhaar for the same reasons and I am told I am a Congress die hard. No one wants to see why I oppose Aadhaar as it is too difficult. Plus Aadhaar is FREE so why not get one ? Ram Krishnaswamy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.-Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.Mahatma Gandhi

“The invasion of privacy is of no consequence because privacy is not a fundamental right and has no meaning under Article 21. The right to privacy is not a guaranteed under the constitution, because privacy is not a fundamental right.” Article 21 of the Indian constitution refers to the right to life and liberty -Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

“There is merit in the complaints. You are unwittingly allowing snooping, harassment and commercial exploitation. The information about an individual obtained by the UIDAI while issuing an Aadhaar card shall not be used for any other purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation.”-A three judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said in an interim order.

Legal scholar Usha Ramanathan describes UID as an inverse of sunshine laws like the Right to Information. While the RTI makes the state transparent to the citizen, the UID does the inverse: it makes the citizen transparent to the state, she says.

Good idea gone bad
I have written earlier that UID/Aadhaar was a poorly designed, unreliable and expensive solution to the really good idea of providing national identification for over a billion Indians. My petition contends that UID in its current form violates the right to privacy of a citizen, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. This is because sensitive biometric and demographic information of citizens are with enrolment agencies, registrars and sub-registrars who have no legal liability for any misuse of this data. This petition has opened up the larger discussion on privacy rights for Indians. The current Article 21 interpretation by the Supreme Court was done decades ago, before the advent of internet and today’s technology and all the new privacy challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP Rajya Sabha

“What is Aadhaar? There is enormous confusion. That Aadhaar will identify people who are entitled for subsidy. No. Aadhaar doesn’t determine who is eligible and who isn’t,” Jairam Ramesh

But Aadhaar has been mythologised during the previous government by its creators into some technology super force that will transform governance in a miraculous manner. I even read an article recently that compared Aadhaar to some revolution and quoted a 1930s historian, Will Durant.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP

“I know you will say that it is not mandatory. But, it is compulsorily mandatorily voluntary,” Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Saba April 2017.

August 24, 2017: The nine-judge Constitution Bench rules that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty”and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the World; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” -Edward Snowden

In the Supreme Court, Meenakshi Arora, one of the senior counsel in the case, compared it to living under a general, perpetual, nation-wide criminal warrant.

Had never thought of it that way, but living in the Aadhaar universe is like living in a prison. All of us are treated like criminals with barely any rights or recourse and gatekeepers have absolute power on you and your life.

Announcing the launch of the # BreakAadhaarChainscampaign, culminating with events in multiple cities on 12th Jan. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard before the Supreme Court hearings start on 17th Jan 2018. In collaboration with @no2uidand@rozi_roti.

UIDAI's security seems to be founded on four time tested pillars of security idiocy

1) Denial

2) Issue fiats and point finger

3) Shoot messenger

4) Bury head in sand.

God Save India

Monday, September 11, 2017

12001 - AAdhaar Articles published 10th September 2017



SIM cards not linked to Aadhaar to be deactivated after February next year
Economic Times
The sources said Aadhaar mobile linkage is being done as per the orders of Supreme Court passed in February this year in Lokniti foundation case ...
After PAN, bank a/cs, link your SIM with Aadhaar to avoid deactivation - Deccan Chronicle
SIM cards not linked with Aadhaar may get deactivated after Feb 2018: Report - Moneycontrol.com
How to link Aadhaar with mobile number, if you have still not linked SIM to UIDAI card - Financial Express


Lucknow: Gang involved in making fake Aadhaar cards busted, 10 arrested
Hindustan Times
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in preparation of fake Aadhaar cards.





Issues with Aadhaar server foil many enrolment hopes
Times of India
PUNE: A three-hour wait in the Aadhaar enrolment queue does not guarantee success. Sapna P found this out at the Wanowrie ward office, that was ...





Shankkar Aiyar's Aadhaar is definitive story of unique identity project; here is book review
Financial Express
Shankkar Aiyar's Aadhaar: The book comes at a time when India is riding on the technological highway created by Aadhaar to deliver governance and ...





Lucknow Metro cards soon to have e-recharge facility via Aadhaar
eGov Magazine | Elets
As per the latest developments, the commuters will soon be able to recharge their GoSmart Metro cards just by feeding the Aadhaar number at the ...





Irdai allows OTP for opening online insurance account
Livemint
UIDAI provides biometric authentication of a person based on Aadhaar. The insurance regulator further said that e-PAN facility offered by NSDL for ...





Taxmen to snoop social networking sites to trace black money
Economic Times
The government has also made linking of PAN with Aadhaar mandatory to get a 360 degree view of a person's income and assets. The tax department ...





More Than 81 Lakh Aadhaar Cards Disabled
The Legman News
The Central government lately declared that it has disabled more than 81 Lakh Aadhaar cards. PP Chaudhary, the Minister of State for Electronics and ...





DigiLocker Crosses 78 Lakh Users, 97 Lakh Documents: 5 Things To Know
NDTV
Users registered with DigiLocker also get dedicated online storage space linked to the Aadhaar number, a 12-digit identity number issued by the ...





No irregularity in cadavers donated by dera to college, says Lucknow SP
The Tribune
They have the Aadhaar card of every single body that came to them as well as the Aadhaar card of the relative who donated it. There are bills of ...





With triple talaq order, Supreme Court revives 'arbitrariness' as grounds to challenge unequal laws
Scroll.in
... indebtedness and toilets the basis of the right to contest elections, and similarly, the linking of PAN and Aadhaar numbers was an arbitrary law in the ...





Cusat yet to go cashless
The Hindu
... the canteens and other business establishments on the campus in using BHIM app by linking their bank accounts with mobile number and Aadhaar ...





The many challenges Bengal faces when it comes to deporting Rohingyas
Catch News
A large number of the illegal immigrants have also enrolled for Aadhaar numbers. "We have decided to raise the issue with the chief minister in the ...





2 more snatchings, this month's count at 10
Times of India
... riding a motorcycle came to her, slowed down, and snatched her purse containing a mobile phone, her debit card, PAN card, and Aadhaar ID.





Victims' kin protest; mayor assures relief, govt jobs
Deccan Herald
Roopa, wife of Jagadish, who was crushed under a tree on Friday night, and her brother Rajkumar, a senior Aadhaar offical, took three hours to reach ...





Gurgaon murder: Ryan International School flouted every High Court, police guideline
India Today
While it has been revealed that the school did not verify the accused's credentials, it also tried to cover its tracks by collecting the Aadhaar card of the ...





Crop loan waiver certificates given to farmers in Ghaziabad
Times of India
... small and marginilsed farmers and by means of land mapping and getting the account of farmers linked to Aadhaar we shortlisted eligible farmers in ...





WhatsApp group platform curbs digital robbery
Times of India
The caller had warned that Satheesh's card was blocked because he had not updated his Aadhaar details and the caller asked him to update the ...





High drama over Abdul Malik's detention
Telangana Today
Aadhaar and voter identity cards procured fraudulently were also recovered from him, he added. Malik was into the business of plaster of paris (PoP) ...





The Weekend Fix: Why Gauri Lankesh's death should jolt Siddaramaiah, plus nine other reads
Scroll.in
“In short, far from being 'based on the premise that privacy is a fundamental right', Aadhaar is the antithesis of the right to privacy,” writes Jean Drèze in ...





Planning for retirement? Know about Atal Pension Yojana
Indiainfoline
Aadhaar will be the primary KYC. Aadhar and mobile number are recommended to be obtained from subscribers for the ease of operation of th
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