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, June 25, 2018

13708 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 22nd June 2018



Times of India
HYDERABAD: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) director Ish Kumar on Thursday proposed that police be given "limited access" to Aadhaar ...






Economic Times
CHENNAI: Property registrations in Tamil Nadu may no longer be facilitated without Aadhaar card as the state government is mandating the 12-digit ...






Economic Times
BENGALURU: The government's ambitious move to allow every consumer with an Aadhaar number to undertake digital payments directly at merchant ...






Moneycontrol.com
It provides all e-Gov services ranging from local to central government bodies and other citizen-centric services like Digilocker and Aadhaar. UMANG ...







The Hindu
Residents may have better access to Aadhaar enrolment and related services now. The Department of Posts has increased the number of post offices ...






The New Indian Express
Dreze has debunked Aadhar's advantage in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and stressed for a simple smart card system to ensure effective ...






Times of India
PANAJI: Aadhaar card numbers of 94% students in Goa, from Classes I to X, have been entered into the records of their respective schools, the ...






Inc42 Media
While UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) continues to introduce checks and balances to ensure security along with ease of use of Aadhaar ...






Times of India
Nashik: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has set up Aadhaar centres in 29 banks and two post offices in Nashik city in the last six ...






Scroll.in
Because her voter card was at her village address, Buttermilk needed to travel there to enrol for her Aadhaar card. The entire family went together: ...






India.com News
You need to link your PAN with Aadhaar card while filing income tax return (ITR) this year and the last day to link the two is June 30. Previously the ...






Times of India
But she did not receive the money as her bank account was not 'linked with Aadhaar',” Dreze said. “She kept going to the bank, asking if her money ...



India.com News
You need to link your PAN with Aadhaar card by June 30 to be able to file income tax return (ITR) this year. Without linking the two your ITR form will ...






Asia Times
India's controversial digital identity system, Aadhaar, is in the process of rolling out Virtual Identity Aadhaar (VID) in an effort to assuage privacy ...






Zee News
New Delhi: The government has made quoting of Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns (ITRs) as well as obtaining a new PAN. If you have ...








Zee News
National Crime Records Bureau is in favour of giving limited access to Aadhaar data to police for the purpose of catching first-time offenders and for ...






Moneycontrol.com
Ever since the government made linking Aadhaar cards with PAN cards mandatory, people have been running about trying to get any mismatched ...






Hindustan Times
On Thursday, the wrinkled face was wreathed in smiles as the woman finally got her Aadhaar card and came to know that soon she would be offered ...






Asia Times
Anand Venkatanarayanan is an independent security researcher who focuses on India's digital identity project called Aadhaar. He tweets as @ ...






Equity Bulls
Atishay Limited has won the project for providing Technical Support Services for Rajasthan UID (Aadhaar) project through Open Competitive Bidding ...






Deccan Chronicle
A large number of farmers deliberately increased their age on Aadhaar to avail the Aasara government pension of Rs 1,000 per month which is ...






The Wire
New Delhi: Even though a Jharkhand government social audit has confirmed widespread dissatisfaction with the Aadhaar-linked direct benefit transfer ...






The Wire
Aadhaar linkage among reasons for denial of ration. Among the causes for the 12 recent starvation deaths, the Campaign said was the denial of ...






Times of India
For this, the city police and department of information and technology (DoIT) have developed a new Android-based application which uses Aadhaar ...