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, October 16, 2017

12149 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 13th October 2017



Economic Times
Undoubtedly, before the December 31 deadline, no bank can make your account un-operational due to non-compliance with the Aadhaar linking ...



Economic Times
WASHINGTON: The Indian government's Aadhaar card scheme, which has enrolled more than 1 billion people, has helped the exchequer save about ...



NDTV
All bank accounts and the Aadhaar identity card of an individual must be linked with PAN. PAN helps the tax department keep a tab on all your ...



Scroll.in
One reason India's ambitious fertiliser subsidy reforms stumbled – Aadhaar authentication failures A farmer spreads fertiliser on his field in Satara ...






Moneycontrol.com
Indian government's Aadhaar card scheme, which has enrolled more than 1 billion people, has helped the exchequer save about $9 billion by ...






India.com
New Delhi, Oct 12: The Unique Identification Authority of India has come out with a set of instructions to lock the biometric details of Aadhaar card ...



Trak.in (blog)
As per the story, he received a call from some person, who gave him an 'ultimatum' regarding linking his Aadhaar with Airtel SIM card. That person ...






Oneindia
Therefore, all eligible candidates need to amend details of their Aadhaar card according to the details mentioned in School Leaving Certificate, ...






Web India 123
Dimapur police busted a racket involved in illegal of Aadhaar enrollment in Dimapur town and arrested one person in this connection. According to a ...



indiablooms
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IBNS): An Aadhaar updation centre has been inaugurated on Friday at Bidhannagar CC Block Post Office in Salt Lake to extend ...






Economic Times
Pitching for increasing the pace of Aadhaar seeding, Kumar said, efforts ... is also offering APY by Aadhaar in a completely digital manner, he said.






Chandigarh Metro (blog)
Also, application form of candidates whose document details don't match with the Aadhaar card details will also be canceled or treated as incomplete







The Asian Age
Referring to one of the criteria that mandated provision of Aadhaar card number for compensation and disbursal of funds a petitioner said, “Many ...






National Herald
But exactly when the court proceedings were about to begin, he was told that Aadhaar card was mandatory for his testimony. Jalil sent his wife with ...






The Hans India
... along with original Aadhaar and bank account pass books and one Xerox set also need to submit at counters, police suggested to the victims.






Newsient (blog)
According to him, Aadhaar should be mandatory when purchasing international airlines tickets. Goods and Service tax started on July 1, 2017, where ...



ScoopWhoop
So his wife, Zulekha Khatoon, along with Alimuddin's son went to collect his Aadhaar card. On the way, their motorbike was hit from the back which ...






Times of India
Haq had got the Aadhaar card and PAN by claiming that he was a resident of Samlempur Masandan village and after getting both documents, ...






The Hindu
... version of the scheme for victims of rape, sexual assault and acid attack victims makes Aadhaar card mandatory to release the compensation.






Times Now
... Admit Cards, then they must carry an application along with 2 photographs as well as a Photo Identification Proof like Aadhaar Card, Pan Card, etc.






Moneycontrol.com
Coupled with other reforms viz., implementation of Aadhaar, IBC and Jan-Dhan Yojana, the economic progress would be all-inclusive and positively ...






Firstpost
What do you get when you stir up a cocktail with 30 crore plus Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar linked bank accounts and the lingering carrot of Universal ...






Outlook India
... to fill an online form available at the varsity's website that clearly stated "have to upload the scan (sic) copy of their Aadhaar card and identity card".






Times of India
"This could be because of Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM) Trinity which has helped in better channelising government subsidies and helped in ...






ETtech.com
Linking users' PAN/Aadhaar number to their accounts/wallets would boost transparency in cryptocurrency ownership and trading. Securing IT Systems