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

Friday, September 29, 2017

12134 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 28th September 2017



Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Centre today extended the deadline for obtaining Aadhaar for availing government schemes and subsidies by three months to ...
More time to enrol for Aadhaar - Hindu Business Line
Government gives 3-months extension for obtaining Aadhaar - NewsPatrolling (press release) (blog)



Economic Times
Like it or not, life without Aadhaar is going to be rather difficult from here on. From getting a mobile connection to getting government subsidies and ...






The Hindu
The Mico Layout police have arrested a 40-year-old man for disposing confidential Aadhaar details in a garbage bin after shutting down his enrolment ...



The Hindu
“Ensure that your mobile number and email Id are updated in the Aadhaar portal for login. In case your details are not updated, please approach the ...






The Indian Express
Deshbhratar said, “There are many advantages of using the Aadhaar-based system, in comparison to the on being used by the PMC. Moreover, the ...






Times of India
BENGALURU: Aadhaar officials have filed a complaint against the proprietor of a Common Service Centre (CSC) for allegedly dumping Aadhaar ...






The Hindu
Following Union Government's instruction to the banks on opening Aadhaar Service Centres in 10% of its branches, the Tamilnad Mercantile Bank ...






Business Standard
India's Aadhaar identity system rivals the growth of other platform innovations like Windows, Android or Facebook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has ...






Hindustan Times
Board chairman Jagbir Singh said the application forms of candidates whose original documents do not match with Aadhaar cards will be treated as ...






Times of India
ROHTAK: Haryana School Education Board has made aadhaar mandatory for appearing in Haryana Teachers' Eligibility Test (HTET) to be conducted ...



NewsBytes
There is good news for those looking to avail government schemes and subsidies but missed the Aadhaar deadline. The deadline for obtaining ...
National News - All India Radio



Firstpost
Nadella noted that the rapid growth of Aadhaar rivals that of Windows, Facebook or Android. In the book, he writes, "Aadhaar now has scaled to over ...



The New Indian Express
The civic agency's officials informed that all the beneficiaries will be linked with their Aadhaar cards for checking fake recipients. BMC will conduct a ...






The Shillong Times
Aadhaar enrolment is being done at each district and block office. To speed up the enrolment drive, Aadhaar enrolment is also being done on a camp ...



Financial Express
In a bid to help people carry their Aadhaar information in their smartphones, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had recently launched ...






Trak.in (blog)
The most easily relatable example of this is Jio. Aadhaar registration is mandatory for buying a Jio SIM card. Many of us have gone through the buying ...






India TV
The report notes that the 'Holy Trinity' of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM) are the key reform initiatives that will drive the digital economy.



Rising Kashmir
During the meeting, Ansari stressed upon the officers to complete the Aadhaar seeding process of left out population in general and Children in ...






Business Today
But remember this facility is only available for those employees who are Aadhaar verified -- those employees who have linked their universal account ...



Economic Times
We linked that to Aadhaar and mobile phones. and we started sending gas subsidy, ration subsidy, kerosene subsidy and food subsidy directly to the ...






NDTV
According to GOPIO, overseas citizens of India and people of Indian-origin are still holding demonetised currencies as the Reserve Bank of India did ...



The Hindu
Lakshmamma did not sense any foul play, as the caller seemed to have most of her banking details. She shared her Aadhaar number. The fraudster ...






The Hindu
Nearly 2.41 lakh of the 56.58 lakh application forms submitted till date by farmers seeking loan waivers are not linked to Aadhaar numbers, which ...






Hindustan Times
The accused then took the victim's Aadhaar card number and card details like the 16-digit number, CVV and the One Time Password (OTP) that was ...