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

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

12130 - Aadhaar Articles dated 25th September 2017



Economic Times
BENGALURU: The Unique ID Authority of India (UIDAI) has asked all banks to set up Aadhaar enrollment and update centres by Sep 30. The banks ...



Times of India
It seems that Aadhaar has become the most important social identification document with the government insisting on it for availing of not just welfare ...
Dialling The Wrong Number - The Indian Express



Times of India
Initially , the postal department will provide facility to update Aadhaar cards at the General Post Office (GPO), Abids, and head post offices at ...






Times of India
MUMBAI: Over 2.4 lakh farmers, who have not mentioned their Aadhaar detailing while applying for the loan waiver scheme, may not receive the ...



Deccan Chronicle
The finance department has directed all departments to complete the process of seeding Aadhaar card of beneficiaries before the deadline.






Times Now
New Delhi: Almost 10 lakh people have downloaded m-Aadhaar in just 2 months, said Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad.






Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: Telangana state will join the list of states which have enacted their own law to make the Aadhaar card mandatory to avail benefits from ...






Economic Times
The big draw of these camps are going to be Aadhaar seeding and authentication, assisting visitors to download and use the BHIM app on individual ...






Financial Express
Speaking from the latter's point of view, the e-KYC via Aadhaar OTP may solve several challenges to onboarding. Using their Aadhaar ID, customers ...






Deccan Chronicle
"The records will be kept confidential and away from non subscribers," assures Ms Dutta, revealing that an Aadhaar link is optional for users.






India Today
... do remember that you will have to carry Rs 1000 that you will need to pay at Jio shop and details of your Aadhaar, which will be used to authenticate ...






Livemint
Demonetisation, GST and Aadhaar are a few of the structural reforms that the Narendra Modi government has put in place in three years in power.






Business Standard
Progress made in the financial sector such as Aadhaar, Jan-Dhan Yojana, Jan-Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile, Micro Units Development and Refinance ...






Free Press Journal
The process is very easy if your mobile is linked to Aadhaar card. Just log on to enps. nsdl. com, key in your Aadhaar number and you will receive a ...






The Hindu
There was a managerial hubris at the centre of it, symptomised in the tragedy of the Aadhaar card, which not only created a split between technocracy ...






Economic Times
The form also captures Aadhaar, date of birth, investor's maiden name and mother's name in addition to the earlier KYC form. Documents Duly filled ...






The Tribune
Residents of four major cities of Punjab — Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala — are facing inconvenience. As the term of the Municipal ...






Deccan Chronicle
... added, “Under the electronic system, when a person is booked for the first time, the details are registered along with a photograph and the Aadhaar.






The Tribune
The police have arrested a person with three countrymade pistols, two magazines and 70 gm of heroin here yesterday. However, his associate ...






Times of India
Intensifying the drive to detect "illegal" migrants, Manipur police have begun door-to-door verification, screening voter IDs and Aadhaar cards.






Times of India
While Suresh was identified from the Aadhaar card found on him, her identity was established from a missing person's complaint lodged by her ...






The Asian Age
Earlier, the transport ministry had also linked driving licences to Aadhaar to check fake and multiple licences being issued across the country. Linking ...






Outlook India
Pathak said the degrees would also be linked to Aadhaar. "The introduction of the online verification system would foil attempts to forge degrees," he ...






The Tribune
Kajal is quick to show their Aadhaar cards, which bear their names and addresses of their village in Chittorgarh. These families, which have been ...






AglaSem (press release) (registration) (blog)
The ID Proof has to be the one with a photograph like an Aadhaar Card, Voter ID Card, Passport, etc. Even without the admit card, the candidate will ...