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

Sunday, July 7, 2019

14187 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 4th July 2019


Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar Amendment Bill; House adjourned till Friday
Firstpost
"The entire idea of Aadhaar was to come up with a unique 12-digit number; the Amendment Bill's idea to create an alternative virtual identity is only a ...

Parliament LIVE Updates: Owaisi says Aadhaar Bill 'example of halala' as SC had 'ended marriage ...
Firstpost
Backing the new Aadhaar Amendment Bill, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde said the Bill frees the individual of any compulsion to furnish ...

"Can't Have Cart Before Horse": Mahua Moitra Attacks Aadhaar Over Privacy
NDTV
Opposing the Aadhaar Bill 2016 in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha lawmaker Mahua Moitra said that the bill violates the ...

Damaged your Aadhaar card? Here's how you can get duplicate Aadhaar online
Times Now
New Delhi: Aaadhaar has become one of the most important documents in India. Since Aadhaar is used as identity proof, age proof and address proof ...

BJD member for data protection law along with Aadhaar legislation
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Biju Janata Dal on Thursday supported amendments to the Aadhaar legislation but pitched for bringing a data protection law, saying ...

UIDAI sets up first Aadhaar centres in Delhi and Vijayawada, to set up 114 more centres in 2019
MediaNama.com
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has set up its first “Aadhaar Seva Kendra” (ASK) in Delhi and Vijayawada. In a tweet, UIDAI also ...

India's latest economic survey makes a case to use Aadhaar to create a master database for every ...
Business Insider India
The survey recommends that all data that is spread out across departments and private institutions be linked with Aadhaar at the centre. 'Efficient use' ...

Parliament LIVE Updates: Aadhaar bill 'strikes at the heart of individual's privacy', says TMC MP ...
Firstpost
DMK's B Ravikumar said that the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will give private companies access to people's data, which is in ...


Edu dept raps BSAs over 'slow' Aadhaar enrolment of students
Times of India
“This is to bring to your notice that it was instructed in June this year that all the districts should have 100% Aadhaar enrolment of students. It was also ...

Pay Interest For Delaying Salary Of Employee Who Refused To Link AadhaarWith Bank Account ...
The Logical Indian
The bench pronounced that Aadhaar was not mandatory for opening a bank account. Section 57 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and ...

Rajya Sabha approves Bill for supersession of Medical Council of India; Lok Sabha passes ...
Firstpost
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed The Aadhaar And Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, while the Rajya Sabha passed the (Amendment) Bill, ...

Economic Survey Pushes For Real Time Indicator of Rural Distress, Says Aadhaar Benefited ...
News18
New Delhi: Vulnerable sections of the society - women, persons with disability, SCs and STs - have been the biggest beneficiaries of Aadhaar Linked ...

Mark Shuttleworth sold a tech startup he built in his garage for $575 million and used the money to ...
Business Insider India
The latest economic survey recommendation on Aadhaar, India's unique biometric identity for citizens, may reignite the fierce debate around the ...

Telangana website leaking sensitive data of pensioners; official says it won't be fixed until July 31
MediaNama.com
In April, 7.8 crore Aadhaar records from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were found on the hard disks of IT Grids Pvt Ltd, the firm which operates the ...

Today's top tech news: Aadhar could be a 'master database' of Indian citizens, NASA has a fail safe ...
Business Insider India
It recommends that all the data that is currently spread out between different departments and private institutions should be linked back to the Aadhaar ...

Jaipur Teens Tampering with Aadhaar Details for Kabir Singh
The Sentinel Assam
In a blatant misuse of technology, teenagers in Jaipur have been found faking their age on their AadhaarCards just to watch A-rated Bollywood flick

Parliament Live updates: Economic Survey to be tabled at 12 pm today
India Today
The Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre will also table the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Parliament today. The Bill ...

After PM Modi's rebuke over session bunking, BJP issues whip to Lok Sabha MPs
Hindustan Times
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, proposes to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof for opening bank accounts and ...

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