AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 7105 - AP to get separate police academy

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

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

7105 - AP to get separate police academy - TNN

AP to get separate police academy

Siva G, TNN | Dec 24, 2014, 03.04AM IST

VIZIANAGARAM: Going by the assurances given by the central government during the bifurcation of the state, residuary Andhra Pradesh may soon get a police training centre as well a marine police academy similar to the existing Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA) (its name has not been changed yet post bifurcation) in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana.

The department has already identified over 250 acres each in Guntur, Tirupati and Vizag for setting up the centre, the proposal for which is in the AP Reorganisation Act, AP director general of police (DGP) Jasti Venkata Ramudu said on Tuesday. "Our officers have already identified sufficient land in these three cities and, soon we will choose from one of these three," he said.

According to sources, though there was a proposal earlier to convert the Vizianagaram Police Training Centre (PTC) into the new Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA), police higher-ups are now reportedly keen on setting it up in one of the three cities identified.

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According to sources, the APPA was established on a 175-acre parcel of land in Himayatsagar, 25 km from Hyderabad, in 1986. The academy serves as a nodal institution for training new police recruits and senior officers up to the rank of additional SP along with officials of other law enforcement agencies, including forensic scientists and public prosecutors.

About the marine academy, the DGP said the Union government has agreed to set up one to facilitate advanced training for marine police personnel manning the east coast, comprising states such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. This is part of the Centre's plans to set up one marine academy each on the east and west coasts.

A five-member team, headed by the then principle secretary (home) TP Das, identified around 300 acres near Gollagudem in Machilipatnam mandal in Krishna district last year. As per the Union government's requirement, the state government has to provide more than 250 acres for the academy.

Sources said that the possibility of the training centre coming to Visakhapatnam is bright as it has many security forces like RAF and Greyhounds and will be better able to cater to their needs.

Ramudu added that Vizag is also viable for housing AP's Greyhounds base as the existing operations base there has a huge chunk of land available. The government could develop the place as a training base by constructing other structures along with the existing ones

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Aadhaar linkage to police probes?

Vizianagaram: Now, it is the turn of the police department to seek Aadhaar card linkage to speed up investigations. DGP JV Ramudu on Tuesday said they are keen on utilizing the biometric data captured by Aadhaar card in their investigations if the Centre gives permission. The Aadhaar card has biometric data like fingerprints and iris, which could be useful for cops to nab culprits. TNN