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

Monday, March 12, 2012

2432 - 4G Identity Solutions crosses landmark of 1 crore Aadhaar numbers generated - IT New On Line

http://www.itnewsonline.com/news/4G-Identity-Solutions-crosses-landmark-of-1-crore-Aadhaar-numbers-generated/26467/8/1


India PRwire
2012-03-07



4G Identity Solutions is a UIDAI empanelled agency to carry out enrolment services across India


March 7, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- 4G Identity Solutions (4Gid), a pioneer & global leader in implementation of large scale biometric based identity projects has crossed the important milestone of One Crore (10 Million ) UID / Aadhaar numbers generated. India's Aadhaar project covering 1.2 billion residents is the World's largest biometric based Civil ID project and is being driven by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

4Gid has been engaged with various registrars like State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Department of Posts and Government of Sikkim for Aadhaar enrolment services. 4Gid has designed and developed robust project management and quality monitoring systems for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the enrolment operations. While achieving this scalability of enrolment operations, quality of biometric data collected is taken into highest consideration as 4Gid understands that quality is the key for de-duplication and is one of the key components for the success of UID program. This quality effort from 4Gid was recognized when 4Gid was awarded the "Aadhaar Excellence Award" by UIDAI for providing quality enrolment services on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Aadhaar project launch on 29th September 2011.

4Gid has been involved in UID project right from the conceptualization stage. 4Gid developed and deployed the UIDAI's first proof of concept (PoC) to define the technical, operational, and behavioral processes related to enrolments and to benchmark the quality parameters and accuracy levels necessary for de-duplication of all residents of India. As a biometric subject matter expert 4Gid has shared its knowledge and experience in design and deployment of large scale identity projects with UIDAI. 4Gid is part of one of the three Biometric Solution provider (BSP) consortiums involved in De-duplication and Authentication Solution for the UID project. 4Gid is a STQC & UIDAI Certified Supplier of Iris and Fingerprint Devices and portable enrolment kits.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Sreeni Tripuraneni, Chairman and CEO of 4G Identity Solutions said "We are happy to have been associated with the world's largest social inclusion program since its inception and are putting in our best efforts along with various stakeholders to ensure that the project meets its objectives. We are now eagerly looking forward to similarly contribute to projects which would leverage Aadhaar based authentication for various government, banking and private sector programs. We are already working in this direction and have created new frameworks like Public Service Delivery Infrastructure (PSDI) to achieve this objective".


Source: Press release distribution via India PRwire

Notes to Editor
About 4G Identity Solutions

4G Identity Solutions (4Gid) is a pioneer and leader in providing end-to-end large scale Identity Management Solutions. 4Gid serves broad range of Identity Markets in Civil ID, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement. 4Gid has redefined ID management business space by providing thought leadership and proof of concepts that led to the world's largest ID programmes. 4G has to its credit executed some of the world's largest ID management projects for federal governments, international organizations and large corporates.
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