AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 4688 - 27th September 2013 - Media keeps Bagging Aadhaar while NN lies Low

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, September 30, 2013

4688 - 27th September 2013 - Media keeps Bagging Aadhaar while NN lies Low

Aadhaar's role is diminishing

Business Standard

Three years earlier, when the first Aadhar card was issued in Maharashtra, it was assumed that there will be one identity card finally that will allow people to get ...

Business Standard

Almost 100 pc enrolment for Aadhaar card in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit

Economic Times

"The city government had established an elaborate mechanism and put in considerable efforts to enable its citizens to get enrolled under Aadhaar," she said.

Economic Times

Citizens hassled in Aadhaar maze

Times of India

KOLKATA: Nirmal Mukherjee, a bank official, skipped office and rushed to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) borough office at Anwar Shah Road on ...

Govt creating confusion on Aadhaar: Yashwant

Hindu Business Line

After the Supreme Court's ruling that the Aadhaar card is not mandatory for making use of benefits and services provided by the Government, the Chairman of ...

indiatvnews.com

SC's interim ruling may boost UPA's welfare plans minus Aadhaar

Economic Times

NEW DELHI: What is the future of one of India's most high profile government programmes after Monday's Supreme Court interim ruling on Aadhaar? And is ...

Dikshit still bats for Aadhaar, urges SC rethink on it

Deccan Herald

CM says it provides easy access to benefits under govt schemes. Three days after an interim ruling by the Supreme Court that an Aadhaar number is not ...

Govt to approach SC for 'correction' of Aadhaar order

Free Press Journal

New Delhi : A day after the Supreme Court observed that Aadhaar card was not mandatory for availing of government services, the government plans to ...

Special meet to identify beneficiaries of food security scheme

Business Standard

"There was some confusion over supply and direct subsidy distribution of LPG in the state and its linkages with Aadhaar Cards, but we would be meeting the ...

IBNLive

CM bats for Aadhaar enrolment - The Hindu Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Thursday that the Supreme Court has not refrained any government agency from enrolling citizens under the Aadhaar ... www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp.../article5173527.ece
Aadhaar`s role is diminishing - Sify Three years earlier, when the first Aadhar card was issued in Maharashtra, it was assumed that there will be one identity card finally that will allow people to get ... www.sify.com/.../aadhaar-s-role-is-diminishing-news-editors-p...
Almost 100 pc enrolment for Aadhaar card in Delhi: CM \| Day ... Friday Sept 27, 2013, New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said Delhi has achieved almost 100 per cent enrolment for Aadhaar card, days after the ... www.dayandnightnews.com/.../almost-100-pc-enrolment-for-a...
Now, Aadhaar faces identity crisis - Coastaldigest.com The Trusted News Portal of India, headquartered in Mangalore. A truly plural, multi-ethnic and democratic media outlet, committed to value-based journalism ... coastaldigest.com/.../57736-now-aadhaar-faces-identity-crisis
Aadhaar scheme was not thought out properly - The Pioneer This refers to the editorial, “How haste makes waste” (September 26). Ostensibly, the Congress-led UPA Government's Aadhaar card idea was widely welcomed ... www.dailypioneer.com/.../aadhaar-scheme-was-not-thought-o...
#India – No #Aadhaar required: Food security experts praise SC ... Right to food activists and civil society groups have welcomed Supreme Court's order that Aadhaar is not mandatory for availing of government services and ... www.kractivist.org/india-no-aadhaar-required-food-security-e...
Dikshit hopes Centre takes up Aadhaar with SC - The Pioneer Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday expressed hope that Centre would take up the matter of Aadhaar card with the Supreme Court, keeping in view ... www.dailypioneer.com/.../dikshit-hopes-centre-takes-up-aadha...
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PM should tell us how much money was spent on the Aadhaar card ... PM should tell us how much money was spent on the Aadhaar card, where has the money gone?-Narendra Modi http://t.co/mpdOoulvBP by ANI_news ... inagist.com/all/383223783764402177/