AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 8126 - Edu dept wants colleges to link students' Aadhaar

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, June 13, 2015

8126 - Edu dept wants colleges to link students' Aadhaar - TNN

Edu dept wants colleges to link students' Aadhaar

TNN | Jun 10, 2015, 02.40AM IST

KOLHAPUR: The higher and technical education department of the state government issued a notification, asking all colleges to link students' Aadhaar card details in their portfolio from this academic year. Details have to be sent to the department to easily facilitate government scholarship and other facilities to be provided to students.

In its directive on June 8, the department stated that the Aadhaar is considered an official proof and is used in various government schemes such as scholarships, LPG subsidy, passport, railway reservation, among others. It is also being used for digitization of the latest database.

"Since a standard protocol is being developed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDIA), the linking of the Aadhaar number will prove beneficial for proper implementation of scholarship schemes," the department notification stated.

Students in all educational institutes under the higher and technical education department across the state will have to provide their bank account details and Aadhaar card details to avail scholarship benefits.

The directive suggested that principals of respective institutes will have to personally look into this matter. They will also have to organise a special campaign to ensure that all students have registered their Aadhaar details with the respective college. Apart from this year's fresh admissions, authorities will have to register the existing students as well.

The department has also asked for the submission of a report regarding this action taken by the principals.

A principal from a city-based college said, "The initiative to link up the aadhaar card details of the students to the academic portfolio and sending it to the state will surely increase transparency in scholarship schemes."

On the number of students and current colleges in the Kolhapur division, the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) 2014-15 statistics report has revealed that there are 282 colleges affiliated to the SUK, of which 146 colleges have conventional courses.

There are 40 colleges with engineering courses and other courses as well. The statistics also revealed that as many as 1.95 lakh students have been admitted to various programmes of the university.

Kolhapur: The higher and technical education department of the state government has asked all the colleges to link students' Aadhaar card details in their academic portfolio from this academic year. The details have to be sent to the department so as to easily facilitate scholarship and other facilities that are provided to the students.

In its latest directive on June 8, the department stated Aadhaar is considered to be the official proof and is used in various government schemes such as scholarship, LPG subsidy, passport, railway reservation and is being used for the digitization of the latest database.

"Since a standard protocol is being developed by the Unique identification Authority of India (UDIA), the linking of Aadhaar number will prove beneficial for proper implementation of the scholarship schemes," it stated.

Students in all the educational institutes falling under the higher and technical education department of the state government to avail the benefits will have to provide their bank account details and the Aadhaar card details.

The directive suggested that the principals of the respective institutes to personally intervene and look after the details in this matter and even organise a special drive to make sure all the students get registered with their Aadhaar details.

A report regarding the action taken on the same has been asked to be submitted to the department, it stated.

On the number of students and the number of current colleges in the Kolhapur division, the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) 2014-15 statistics report revealed that there are 282 colleges are affiliated to the SUK, out of which 146 colleges are with the conventional courses, while there are 40 colleges with engineering courses along with other courses.

The statistics revealed that as many as 1.95 lakh students have been admitted to the various programs and apart from this year's fresh admissions; the authorities will have to register the existing students too.

A principal from the city based college on the directive told TOI, "The initiative to link up the aadhaar card details of the students to his academic portfolio and sending it to the state government will surely increase the transparency in the scholarship schemes."

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