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

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

14199 - Aadhaar Related articles Dated 15th July 2019


Petition in Delhi HC seeking linking of Aadhaar with property documents
Livemint
NEW DELHI: A petition was moved in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking a direction to the Centre and Delhi government to link movable and ...

Govt plans Aadhaar-based identification of patients to maintain health records
Livemint
In its efforts to move towards complete digital healthcare systems, the Government is mooting to use Aadhaar-based identification of patients for ...

Government stops verification process using Aadhaar for driving license: Nitin Gadkari
Times of India
"The ministry in compliance to the order of the Supreme Court dated September 26, 2018 ... stopped the process of verification using Aadhaar for the ...

Aadhaar registration on wheels from today
Deccan Herald
A vehicle to register Aadhaar for the residents of 167 haadis in Kodagu district will be launched on July 15. This is the first of its kind initiative in the ...

A more opaque Aadhaar
The Indian Express
The Aadhaar amendment bill, which provides for voluntary use of Aadhaar for KYC (know your customer) under the Telegraph and Prevention of ...

Delhi Social Welfare Minister urges action against Aadhaar agents who 'harass' people seeking to ...
Firstpost
Delhi Minister Rajendra Gautam directed district magistrates to take action against Aadhaar agents harassing people by seeking to update personal ...

Government to penalise people who misquote Aadhaar number: Report
MediaNama.com
If you provide the wrong number while quoting your Aadhaar number instead of the PAN to make high-value transactions, you will be liable to pay a ...

Mumbai man duplicates businessman's sim, aadhaar; dupes him of Rs 3.3 crore
India Today
A Mumbai businessman became the victim of cyber fraud amounting to Rs 3.3 crore when a man siphoned off the amount from his bank account.

Beware: If you misquote your Aadhaar, you've to pay 10000 Rs fine
Tollywood
Aadhaar is the generic identity for every citizen who lives in India. Now, this Aadhaar seems going to be one big hell fine for the people in the coming ...

Providing Wrong Aadhaar Number To Bank Will Attract Fine Of Rs. 10000
Kalinga TV
New Delhi: While presenting the Union Budget on July 5, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that PAN and Aadhaar cards are being made ...

Nirmala Sitharaman presents Modi 2.0's Union Budget 2019; here are key takeaways
MyNation
As on May 31, 2019, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had generated a total of 123.82 crore Aadhaar to residents of the country.

Significance of SC's minority judgments and their place in polity
Times of India
During a recent debate in Rajya Sabha on a bill proposing to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as identification proof for opening bank accounts and ...

Ration cards renewal to begin from today
Daily Pioneer
The documents to accompany the applications are two photographs of family head, aadhaar card and bank account photocopy. It should be submitted ...

How to open an NPS account online
Livemint
... the list of these banks at Enps.karvy.com). NPS also had an Aadhaar-based KYC, which is currently disabled, according to the NSDL eNPS website.

Lok Sabha passes bill that gives more powers to NIA
Livemint
... in conjunction with the Biotechnology Bill, in conjunction with the Aadhaar Amendment Bill, you are seeking to turn this country into a police state, ...

Police yet to crack Bangladeshi migrant case
The New Indian Express
The CCB found an Aadhaar card and an Indian voter ID with Ud-din. They found that he had forged some documents to get them. However, the CCB ...

ITR filing: Document checklist for filing Income Tax returns
Times of India
The income tax department has made it mandatory to quote your Aadhaar number from April 1, 2019, while filing ITR. However, if you have applied for ...

Delhi techie, 39, fought back 4 men who tried to rob him, stabbed to death
Hindustan Times
The police have nabbed three of the four suspects, including a woman who allegedly claimed to be a minor but whose Aadhaar card shows her to be ...

Underfunding, misleading claims: The story of MGNREGA in New India
Down To Earth Magazine (blog)
Further, the Centre's valiant attempts to prove that payments have been streamlined through the Aadhaar-linked payments (ALP) system, is a joke on .

Student feedback key to getting NAAC tag
The Tribune
... and higher education institutions will be required to submit data of all students (Classwise with name, e-mail, mobile number and Aadhaar number).

Pune corporation moots rental accommodation for labourers
The Hindu
In some cases, he said, lack of Aadhaar cards dissuades the worker from registering with the labour board. He said the Construction Workers' Welfare ...

GST collection of states, union territories increased to Rs 5.18 lakh crore in FY19, says Nirmala ...
Business Today
The council extended the tenure of the National Anti-Profiteering Authority by two years till November 2021 and allowed the use of Aadhaar as proof ...

What is e-PAN and how to download it
The Hans India
The income tax department has begun issuing PAN (e-PAN) electronic cards to all holders of physical PAN cards, to promote digitisation. Both the ...

Delhi and Bengaluru customs stop clearing 'gifts': Report
MediaNama.com
Might be done by linking receipts to a citizen's Aadhaar or passport number, ET reported. Change was expected in the Union Budget, but wasn't ...

Delhi, Bengaluru Customs Crack Down On 'Gifting' To Bar Entry Of Cheap Ecommerce Orders ...
Inc42 Media
It is being speculated that the cap on the number of overseas gifts per customer can be enforced by linking receipts to the customer's Aadhaar card or ...

Sharanya Ruia Champions the rights of LGBT Community
Yahoo News
... for them a program to facilitate the process of changing gender status on government standard ID proof such as driving licenses and Aadhaar cards.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Tables Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill In Parliament
NDTVAuto.com
The amendment also states that the use of Aadhaar number will be mandatory for applying for driving licence and vehicle registrations. Currently, the ...

Data protection law must be same for both private and government players
The New Indian Express
For example, Aadhaar is being linked to financial technology and government schemes. Hence, tracking is a dangerous phenomenon,” he said.

Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2019: All you need to know
India TV
The registration process using the aadhaar number can, hence, prove to be a major reason of women not coming forward to help childless couples.
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