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, April 3, 2011

1201 - UID project to drive usage of cloud computing in India -Source - Digital Governance

Public cloud spending in BRICSS to reach $3.48 bn by 2015
PTI

APRIL 01 2011

Public cloud spending across Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and South Korea (BRICSS nations) is expected to reach USD 3.48 billion by end of 2015, growing by 38.3 per cent (compounded annual growth rate), according to consultancy firm Zinnov.

This is against a spending of USD 688 million on public cloud in BRICSS nations by end of 2010.

Cloud computing generally refers to the technology, whereby entities can share resources and software on-demand through the Internet.

"The adoption of cloud computing services, which is expected to cross USD one billion by 2014 in India, will be driven by government initiatives like e-governance and UID project," Zinnov Management Consulting Manager-Consulting Praveen Bhadada told reporters here.

The study found that the emerging markets have contributed significantly towards the IT spend globally over the last 12 months.

"BFSI, telecom and Government are the priority verticals in BRICSS... BRICSS nations contributed nine per cent towards the total of USD 1.51 trillion of global IT spend worldwide for 2010," he said.

China invested the highest among the BRICSS nations at USD 54 billion in 2010, while India and Brazil invested USD 21.8 billion and USD 21.3 billion, respectively.

?Characteristics of the BRICSS nations are unique and mandate an altogether different approach. Key drivers contributing to the growth of cloud computing in the BRICSS markets would undoubtedly include aspects like increasing IT spending, large base of SMBs, improving ICT ecosystem, favorable government policies & partnerships," Bhadada said.

Talking about the Indian market, Bhadada said, ?
We see a lot of initiatives coming in from the government in the shape of e-governance. There are huge amount of investments that are taking place and administrators in India are trying to implement cloud computing in e-governance." PTI SR

LinguaNext tools to translate ERP solution in Indian languages

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) IT firm LinguaNext today unveiled new solutions which will help translate enterprise resource planning solutions like SAP and Oracle into Indian languages.

"The solutions called Indify SAP and Indify Oracle enable SAP ERP and Oracle E-Business Suite to be used entirely in 22 official Indian languages," LinguaNext President and COO Rajeevlochan Phadke told reporters here.

The solution will be priced depending on the number of users and the modules of ERP deployed in the company, he added.

ERP solutions integrate various functions like finance and accounting, manufacturing, sales and service on one platform.

The company is targetting the government sector with the new product. "E-governance projects are taking off all over India at the Central, State and local government levels. The combined expenditure on e-governance projects is likely to exceed Rs 22,500 crore over the next two years. This is a great opportunity that we are looking at tapping," Phadke said.

Asked if the company has sought permission from SAP and Oracle, Phadke said "no such permissions are required as we are not making use of their technology or any changes to their solution."

The solution will also allow users to print out documents in other regional languages than the one running on the system.
 
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