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, April 23, 2018

13343 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 22nd April 2018

Moneycontrol.com
The Reserve Bank of India has updated its master direction on KYC - Know Your Customer - norms, making Aadhaar key for the due diligence process at banks and financial institutions. Any change in norms, however, will be subject to a final decision by the Supreme Court on matters related to Aadhaar ...






Zee Business
How to link Aadhaar with IRCTC account: As per rules, male senior citizens (minimum age of 60 years) and lady senior citizens (minimum age of 58 years) can get concessions up to 40% and 50% respectively on their base fare of all classes like mail/express/Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto group of trains.






Kashmir Reader
The plea, filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has sought a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take appropriate steps to implement an 'Aadhaar-based election-voting system' to ensure maximum participation in polls and curtail fake, bogus and duplicate voting ...






Deccan Chronicle
Thiruvananthapuram: Even as the Supreme Court has not pronounced its final verdict on Aadhaar, the general education department's decision to ask teachers to file their Aadhaar details on the Sampoorna software has kicked up a row. Sampoorna is a school management system project implemented ...






Daily Pioneer
The Giridih police on Saturday have arrested three cyber criminals from Phursodih location within the limits of Bengabad police station in the city. “The criminals were involved in swapping ATM cards and also doing fraudulent online shopping for the last several months in Giridih and also cheated a ...






The Asian Age
Lucknow: Aadhaar will now be compulsory for students in classes 6, 9 and 11 in government schools in Uttar Pradesh. Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma, who is also the state secondary and higher education minister, has directed all district inspectors of schools to link students' Aadhaar number at ...






Times Now
Aadhaar has gradually become one of the most important IDs in India and from doing bank transaction to even using a mobile connection, Aadhaar number has become a much-needed document for verification. However, despite the said advantages of having an Aadhaar number and the government ...






The Telegraph India
Renuka had burst into laughter when Modi retraced the roots of Aadhaar to a plan mooted by L.K. Advani in 1988. Taunting the BJP government over implementation of the goods and services tax, she said only 3 per cent GST is levied on gold and diamond but pesticides used by the farmers has a GST ...






E-Pao.net
On enquiry they disclosed that they are Myanmar Nationals and produced an Aadhaar card in the name of Dimkhawlnuam. ... that in January 2016, while Visiting Churachandpur along with her friend, she came in contact with one Joseph of Churachandpur and through Josheph a fake Aadhaar card.






Inc42 Media
The recent Facebook-Cambridge Analytica fiasco and major Aadhaar data breach revelations on social media by hackers such as French Security Researcher Batiste Robert alias Elliot Alderson have turned the discussions more towards the data security and viability of Aadhaar in the Indian landscape.






Financial Express
Incentives were provided for training towards digital payments and five POS machines were installed on the island, the award citation read. Self-help groups and youth clubs were roped in for community mobilisation and parallel activities were conducted on the island for Aadhaar enrolment and opening ...






Daily Pioneer
CDPO Subasi Mundu said, “As soon as it came to our knowledge that the bride is a minor, we immediately rushed to the temple and asked for Aadhaar cards for both bridegroom and bride.” The bridegroom was with his Aadhaar card showing his age 28. The bride's parents couldn't show her card.








Firstpost
DTE Maharashtra will release the admit card for MHT CET 2018 on 24 April. All candidates appearing for the entrance examination must download their admit card from the official website. Since the admit card is an important document, it is imperative for the candidates to download and print it to keep it ...






Hindustan Times
Besides Aadhaar, the CJI is also hearing a petition seeking a transfer of the case of gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua to Chandigarh. In his petition, the father of the child victim has expressed fears of not getting a free and fair trial in Kathua. Earlier this month ...






The Indian Express
As per the family's papers, including Aadhaar cards, the names of four members were Sunil Singh (38), his wife Sunita Kaur (27), daughter Huma Kaur (9) and son Umer Singh (10). Recalling about the family, Chamkaur Singh Nambardar of Sadhanwala village said, “The family came to the village in ...






Moneycontrol.com
"India has persevered with structural reforms over a wide area ranging from a flexible inflation targeting framework for monetary policy; liberalisation of FDI flows; a unique identification (Aadhaar) backed direct benefit transfers; an insolvency and bankruptcy code; the GST; realty reforms; and a swathe of ...






Economic Times
The Secretary informed that India has started adopting policies and programmes for transforming systems of delivery of services using digital technologies and connecting every Indian with digital technology and access through Aadhaar and other such means. Citing the example of expanding Mobile ...






The Hindu
It took him to a site that asked him fill in personal details, including his PAN, Aadhaar and bank account details. Within a few hours, Sahay was notified that a sum of ₹90,000 had been withdrawn from his account via several online transactions. It was only when he approached the I-T Department that he ...






The Hindu
Official sources stated that the linking of biometric system and Aadhaar with sale of fertilizer by the Centre was creating hardships to farmers and it could throw a major problem when the demand for fertilizer would be high during the commencement of the next farming season. There could be difficulty ...






National Herald
Indian banks have also increasingly turned their attention away from lending to managing Mutual Funds and Insurance. A third criticism is the government's insistence that banks , especially PSBs, manage pension payments, scholarships, wages under MGNREGA, linkage with Aadhaar, the PM's Jan ...






The Hindu
Interested parents can approach the centres located in Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Vandiyur, Subramaniapuram, and Bypass Road after contacting 99527 25599 with relevant documents such as birth certificate, income certificate (or community certificate), Aadhaar card and photos of the child. An official ...






The New Indian Express
We have decided to link it with Aadhaar instead of using biometric attendance," said Prof R Limbadri, convenor, DOST. In another novel move, Telangana State Council Higher Education has decided to link EAMCET and DOST to ensure seats do not go waste. Students would confirm admission in DOST ...






Hindustan Times
The family showed birth certificates, Aadhaar cards and ration card to establish that the three children actually belonged to her. “How can a woman dump her children. We fail to understand what has gone wrong with her”, said Kiran's mother-in-law Krishan Kaur. Kiran went to Pakistan on a pilgrimage as ...






The Sangai Express
Linking Aadhaar cards with bank accounts has been completed by 80/90 per cent in the valley districts but the figure is quite low in the hill districts. As such, extensive application of EFMS would not be possible any time soon, said the source. Notably, the State Govt's proposal to introduce National EFMS ...