AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 7327 - E-stamping of property registration from Mar 15: Khattar

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

Saturday, February 7, 2015

7327 - E-stamping of property registration from Mar 15: Khattar - Desh Gujarat

E-stamping of property registration from Mar 15: Khattar

Chandigarh

On the completion of 100 days of his government Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here today announced to launch e-stamping of property registration in the state from March 15.

Khattar said this after inaugurating the New Registration System in all tehsils of the state at a video-conference with all deputy commissioners of the state.

The new system is aimed to bring transparency and speed in registration of deed documents.

‘CM Dash Board’ scheme to facilitate monitoring of all departments online and ‘Swahprerit Adarsh Gram Yojna’ to ensure public participation in development of villages was also announced today.

E-stamping of property registration would facilitate online registration and make the process completely transparent, hassle-free and secure which will be launched from March 15. It would be implemented in all tehsils of the state by June, he said.

The ‘Swahprerit Adarsh Gram Yojna’ would be launched on the pattern of the ‘Adarsh Gram Yojna’ under which any individual group, trust, education institute and universities could adopt villages for the purpose of development.

Recently, Baba Ramdev, Satpal Maharaj, Subhash Chandra of Zee Group and a Bhiwani-based industrialist have offered to adopt one village each.

Congratulating people on the completion of 100 days of his government, the CM said that in Phase 1, the New Registration System was implemented in eight tehsils on December 25 last. Now, this system has been implemented in all 130 tehsils and sub-tehsils of the state.

He said that new registration system had been highly appreciated by people as it would not only save them time but also keep a check on corruption by eliminating the role of middlemen.

Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Dalip Singh apprised the Chief Minister of the fact that under the new system of registration the department had so far given 10,211 appointments out of which 8,208 registries had been delivered on the same day.

The maximum of 1,613 registries have been delivered in Jagadhari followed by 1560 in Karnal. .

On the request of Singh, the CM also directed concerned officers to develop a software within a month to facilitate uploading for the Town and Country Planning Department so that it can issue No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for property registration under the new system.

The government has decided to open 1,500 Common Service Centres in the state by March, 2016, and directed the DCs to complete all the formalities required for giving logistic support in villages like space, power connectivity and forest clearance etc.

So far, 80 such centres have been made functional in 256 villages of the state. The facility of internet would be made available at all these centres for effective implementation of this system, he said.

The Chief Minister also directed the deputy commissioners to speed up registration of mutation cases on a priority basis.

The Chief Minister said that 4,000 villages would be connected with broadband by September whereas the remaining villages would be covered under this facility by March 2016.

He also issued directions to DCs that that lists as per the census figures should be made available to the agencies engaged in preparation of Aadhaar Cards so that the target to cover 100 per cent population under Aadhaar could be achieved.

He also directed the deputy commissioners to organise press conferences within a week to apprise people about the achievements of the state government.