AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 3367 - Siddaramaiah to launch DBT in Tumkur district on Saturday

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, June 2, 2013

3367 - Siddaramaiah to launch DBT in Tumkur district on Saturday - The Hindu

TUMKUR, May 31, 2013

Siddaramaiah to launch DBT in Tumkur district on Saturday

S. BHUVANESHWARI

Authorities in Mysore have stepped up seeding of Aadhaar number of LPG consumers with bank accounts to faciltiate direct transfer of subsidy amount. Photo: M.A.Sriram

But, Aadhaar-LPG linkage is still tardy

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch Aadhaar-linked Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for LPG at the Birla Auditorium in Tumkur district on June 1, 2013.

Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, district president of the Congress Shafi Ahmed said that Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G. Parameshwara, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Food and Civil Supplies Dinesh Gundu Rao and Minister for Law T.B. Jayachandra will participate.

SITUATION ON THE GROUND

Though the DBT scheme is going to be launched, Aadhaar-LPG linkage is still tardy in the district, leaving scores of consumers in the lurch. Many have not got the Aadhaar number even two years after their enrolment for the same.

According to 2011 Census, Tumkur district has a population of 26,81,449 and there are 2.58 lakh LPG connections as on April 30, 2013.

Less than 60 per cent (1,44,780) of the LPG consumer numbers have been linked with Aadhaar while bank accounts of 30,878 consumers have been seeded with their Aadhaar numbers in Tumkur district.

According to Assistant Manager, LPG Sales, Indian Oil Corporation, Bangalore, Noor Fathima, Indian Oil Corporation has 1,72,802 consumers. While 55.6 p.c. consumer numbers (96,080) have been linked with Aadhaar, only 13 p.c. bank accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar numbers.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, which has 51,302 consumers, has linked Aadhaar numbers with 29,700 consumer numbers (57.7 per cent), and only 13 p.c. of the consumer bank accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar numbers.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation, which has 34,164 consumers, has linked Aadhaar numbers with 19,000 LPG consumer numbers (56 per cent), and seeded Aadhaar with 13 p.c. consumer bank accounts.

UID OFFICIAL’S CLAIM

Assistant Director-General of the Unique Identification Authority of India, Bangalore K.K. Sharma told The Hindu that 23,73,544 people have registered for the UID in Tumkur district and Aadhaar numbers have been given to 99 per cent of those who registered, according to the post office records.

PEOPLE’S COMPLAINT

However, many disagree with Mr. Sharma. They complain that they have not received their Aadhaar cards even after more than two years of enrolment.

Anand Kumar, Tumkur resident, told The Hindu, “I had enrolled myself in December 2010 for the Aadhaar card, but till date I have not received it.”

K.K. Sharma said that those who have not received Aadhaar numbers should check the status of their card at the TumkurOne centres and can take e-Aadhaar card by paying Rs. 9 per card. If their enrolment has been rejected, they have to enrol once again for the UID. Gowramma of Upparahalli told The Hindu, “I am finding it very difficult to open a bank account as I am not able to fill the form and there is nobody to help me as the banks are crowded these days.” Long queues are a common sight in front of the banks and offices of LPG dealers.

Jayaramaiah, Chief Manager, Lead Bank, said that though the pilot project will be implemented on June 1, consumers who have not seeded their Aadhaar number with LPG consumer number and bank account number will continue to get the subsidy till August 31, 2013.

Keywords: Direct Benefit Transfer, Siddaramaiah, Aadhaar