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

Saturday, June 15, 2019

14170 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 14th June 2019


Aadhaar Act: eKYC for banks, mobiles good, now fintechs must also comply
Financial Express
In the event, Aadhaar authentication was to be used only for availing government subsidies, but it couldn't be used for compulsorily linking with bank ...

Common service centres to restart Aadhaar-related work
Daily Pioneer
People in rural areas will soon be able to access Aadhaar-related services at the common service centres (CSC) following the UIDAI's authorisation to ...
CSCs to restart Aadhaar related work soon: Govt - Millennium Post

Linking Aadhaar & voter ID will end voting fraud, ex-SC judge tells Election Commission
ThePrint
New Delhi: The mandatory linking of Aadhaar with voter IDs is necessary and desirable in order to ensure “anti-social elements” do not vitiate the ...

How Private Sector Slowly Regained Access to Aadhaar Post SC Judgment
The Wire
Aadhaar-based eKYC (electronic know your customer) authentication is back in the news with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officially allowing banks

How to generate Aadhaar card e-KYC offline
Zee Business
One of the major benefits of possessing the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar card is that it helps in fulfilling vital Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.

Aadhaar Card becomes people friendly! Modi Cabinet nod to AadhaarAmendment Bill; top 5 ...
Financial Express
Aadhaar Card holders can now conceal the actual Aadhaar number by using the alternative Virtual Identity (VID) shared by the Unique Identification ...

Resentment among people of Dhakuakhona for not getting Aadhaar card even after 15 months
The Sentinel Assam
LAKHIMPUR: There is resentment among people of Dhakuakhona subdivision in Lakhimpur district for not getting the master cards of Aadhaar ...

Choose right to privacy or right to vote, says retd SC judge: report
MediaNama.com
Sen made a clear distinction between people who saw possession of Aadhaar as an “invasion on their privacy” and people who “were unable to get it ...

Demonetisation, Aadhaar spurred digital payments growth: RBI
The Rahnuma Daily (satire) (press release) (blog)
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) After the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in 2016 pushed digital payments, Aadhaar-enabled electronic know ...

The Poverty Of Dreaming Cashless
Outlook India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious project—JAM (Jan-Aadhaar-Mobile)—got a shot in arm recently when the five-member panel under ...

Farmers told to submit land records
The Hindu
The beneficiaries have been told to get their land records and to provide their bank account, mobile and Aadhaar details. The district administration ...

Fishermen gearing up for a good season ahead
The Hindu
However, many of them have not yet got the financial assistance of ₹4,000 due to mismatch of names in the Aadhaar card, ration card and savings ...

Man drowns at Bandstand
The Hindu
... Bandra police station, said, “The deceased was identified as Mithunkumar Brahmaprasad Kattar on the basis of an Aadhaar card that we found on ...

17 children rescued from Aluva railway station
Times of India
The others are from north and north-eastern states. Except for the children from Kerala, all others have fake Aadhaar cards registered in the year 2000 ...

Biometric punching at Wayanad collectorate from July 1
United News of India
... 800 employees attached to various Government departments would come under the Aadhaar-linked biometry-enabled attendance marking system.

'Illegal' Police Raids Have Forced Pune's Sex Workers to Operate in Unsafe Conditions
The Wire
Many, however, expressed their inability to secure documents like Aadhaar and ration card due to lack of residence proof. When they failed to provide ...

Govt calls all-party meet a day before Lok Sabha session begins
Hindustan Times
... including the The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Bill, 2019, and Aadhaarand Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

PM-Kisan scheme: Less than 5% of farmers have got income support
The Hindu
Sources in the Agriculture Department acknowledged that the process was being delayed at the grassroots' level. “The scheme is Aadhaar-linked and ...

Digital identity in Africa this week: fluctuating govt spending and biometric travel
Biometric Update
... point of which is to give every Nigerian a digital ID in the form of the National Identity Number somewhat similar to the Aadhaar programme in India.”.

Esha Gupta lashes out at Aadhar Card officials, later deletes post
Times of India
Esha had to update her Aadhaar details in the UIDAI server, but was not able to do it. After a series of tweets, when the UIDAI help centre contacted ...

CTET Admit Card 2019 to be released soon by CBSE this week
Jagran Josh
Downloaded Admit Card and valid ID Proof (any of the following) documents such as 'PAN Card, AadhaarCard, Passport, Ration Card, Voter ID Card,

UN Panel Lauds India's Digital Initiatives For Economic Inclusion
NDTV
... UN Chief, Minister of Digitalisation of Norway and a member of the panel Nikolai Astrup referred to India's unique identity infrastructure ''Aadhaar''.

Hyderabad scientist appointed in UN body
Telangana Today
... mobile computing, big data and predictive analytics, Unique ID (Aadhaar) enabled services in agriculture for the benefit of small farmers, the institute ...

Explainer: What Do the MHA's Changes to 1964 Foreigners Tribunals Order Mean?
The Wire
Petitioners who have argued in the Supreme Court against Aadhaar and its efforts to compromise an individual's privacy have also expressed concern ...

Happy feet on Indian Railways
Telegraph India
Sir — Internet glitches, unresponsive biometric machines, non-linking of Aadhaar with ration cards — one excuse after another has been cited to ...

Should You Have a Living Will Made? Here's how
Moneylife
In a landmark judgement in March last year, the Supreme Court had recognised that a terminally ill patient or a person in a persistent vegetative state ...

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