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, February 6, 2019

14037 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 5th Feb 2019


In Jharkhand, Aadhaar woes are depriving NREGA workers of their wages
Scroll.in
“But some workers' e-KYC was rejected because of problems with Aadhaar verification,” said Siraj Dutta, a social worker with the Right to Food ...

Using Aadhaar Biometrics to Identify Bodies not Feasible Technologically, Legally: UIDAI to HC
News18
The UIDAI told a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao that using Aadhaar biometrics to identify bodies would be contrary to the ...

Linking Aadhaar with PAN card compulsory to file income tax returns, says Supreme Court - Scroll.in

PM-Kisan: Aadhaar optional for 1st installment; compulsory from 2nd onwards
Daily Excelsior
NEW DELHI, Feb 4: The centre has made Aadhaar number of small and marginal farmers optional for availing the first installment of Rs 2,000 under ...

Aadhaar compulsory for farmers to get benefits of Narendra Modi govt's PM- Kisan Scheme from ... - NewsX

Milch cattle getting tagged with Aadhaar
The Hans India
Rajamahendravaram: The state government is issuing Aadhaar numbers even to milch cattle in to get their overall information and to sanction fodder ...

Loan waiver to benefit 11 lakh Rajasthan farmers: Minister
Business Standard
He also said that the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government has chosen Aadhaar-based verification to review eligibility of farmers for the loan waiver ...

10 crore farmers to get Rs 2000 by March-end: Junior agriculture minister
Economic Times
“Distribution of the second part would be easier as all the beneficiaries will have their bank accounts linked with Aadhaar to make the process swift,” ...

Three men attacked, robbed in three separate cases
Times of India
... Mofussil Bus Terminus on Sunday, was assaulted and robbed of his cellphone and wallet containing Rs 1,500 in cash, ATM and Aadhaar cards.

The big news: Mamata Banerjee ends dharna after SC intervenes in CBI row, and 9 other top stories
Scroll.in
Linking Aadhaar with PAN card compulsory to file income tax returns, says Supreme Court: The court was hearing a plea against a Delhi High Court ...

Mummified body 5 months old, of woman
Times of India
Cops searched the house again on Monday and found Vimla's Aadhaar card and passbook, in which no entry was done after 2012. Cops also found a ...

Hope floats: Budget's tax revenue projections look optimistic
Financial Express
There is also a major push of financial inclusion through the Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, and mobile (JAM) initiative. Of course, most of them are works in ...

Grameen Bank organises dFLAPs in unbanked areas of various districts
Kashmir Reader
People were educated about the Aadhaar seeding and Mobile seeding with their respective saving bank accounts which is need of the hour for the ...

Rural area certificates to be issued within 15 days, says DC
The Tribune
... Rs 60 as fee, copy of Aadhaar card, residence proof of last five years (either voter card/driving licence/passport/electricity bill/water bill/telephone ...

Farmers halt work on Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Devdiscourse
Ghaziabad farmers halted construction work on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) on Monday. The farmer leaders demanded . loop and . service ...

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