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

Thursday, November 27, 2014

6060 - IOC looks to relaunch Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG across Gujarat - Indian Express

IOC looks to relaunch Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG across Gujarat

Written by Avinash Nair | Ahmedabad | Posted: November 22, 2014 3:57 pm | Updated: November 22, 2014 4:13 pm

Vadnagar, the birthplace of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat will be looking to make a mark on the national scene, as the Indian Oil Corporation Limited — the only provider of LPG in this town — looks to relaunch the DBTL (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG) across Gujarat in January 1, 2015. This sleepy town in North Gujarat, currently has a DBTL coverage of about 45 percent which is one of the highest in Gujarat and is now is targetting to complete the enrollement ahead of others in the state.

“The town currently has over 16,700 active LPG customers, 45 percent of whom are already enrolled under DBTL. This is one of the highest enrollement we have in the state,” official sources connected with LPG business of IOC told The Indian Express.

Though Aadhaar card is no more mandatory to avail the benefit of this scheme, over 7554 customers have already been registered using Aadhaar at Vadnagar — which is part of Mehsana district — when the DBTL was first rolled out in Gujarat in June 2013.

“About 10 percent or 6.5 lakh of the existing 65 lakh LPG customers were covered under DBTL in last year in Gujarat. Of the 6.5 lakh customers covered, 50 percent belonged to IOC where we covered the districts of Porbandar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Junagadh, Rajkot and Amreli,” said DK Sharma, General Manager (I/C) & State Level Coordinator for IOC in Gujarat while briefing mediapersons on Friday.

Though Porbandar and Junagadh districts tops all the districts in the percentage of LPG customers covered under DBTL, the town of Vadnagar had a higher DBTL coverage of 45 percent in the process that began last year, but was discontinued after a couple of months.

Arvind Patel, who runs the Parul Gas Agency at Vadnagar says over the phone, “We recently had a meeting with IOC officials, who have given us a target of covering 90 percent of our customers by the end of December this year. We are doing our best in achieving this mark.” Though Prime Minister Modi’s eldest brother Sombhai Modi is one of the customers of the company, Patel was unsure if the DBTL has reached the prime minister’s extended family living in Vadnagar. “I will have to check records, for that (information),” he added.

Meanwhile, another senior IOC officer who did not wish to be named said, “This time, we plan to monitor the spread of DBTL in Vadnagar on a daily basis. We plan to complete the enrollment as soon as possible, after all IOC is the only provider of LPG cylinders in the town.”

“In Gujarat, we have kept a target of enrolling 90 percent of the LPG customers by January 15, 2015. For this we have asked our distributors to enroll between 5000 to 6000 customers on a daily basis,” said IOC’s Sharma adding that the oil marketing companies relaunch the DBTL scheme in Gujarat from January 1, 2015, by transferring cash directly to the bank account of the consumers who are already enrolled under the scheme.

Timeline for relaunch of DBTL
> LPG consumers who joined the scheme earlier by linking their Aadhaar number in LPG and bank database will get cylinders at market price from January 1, 2015. Cash will be directly transferred to their bank accounts.
> Aadhaar continues to be preferred mode of joining the scheme. Consumers can either approach their respective LPG distributor or banks with Aadhaar card details.
> Customers not having Aadhaar cards can also give their bank details to LPG distributor or given the 17digit LPG-id to the bank.
> Between Jan 1-March 31, 2015, any LPG consumer who does not join the scheme will continue to get the cylinder at subsidized prices as they are getting it today
> Between Apr 1- June 30, 2015, consumer who still did not join will start getting the cylinders at market price. Cash admissible will be parked with OMCs. IF they join the scheme within the 3-month period, the parked cash will be sent to their bank account, else it will lapse.
> July 1, 2015 onwards, consumers who have still not joined the scheme will get the cylinder at market price. The cash subsidy will not be admissible.

- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/business/companies/ioc-looks-to-impress-with-dbtl-at-vadnagar-pm-modis-birthplace/99/#sthash.WP47uflJ.dpuf
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