AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 8138 - Poll officials turn to students to link Aadhaar number to voter ID

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

8138 - Poll officials turn to students to link Aadhaar number to voter ID - Indian Express

Poll officials turn to students to link Aadhaar number to voter ID

With poor response to the linkage, poll officials roll out drive in schools, colleges to meet July deadline.

Students will have to submit copies of their parents’ Aadhaar, EPIC and mobile numbers to their school authorities who in turn will hand over the data to the education officer.

Written by Nisha Nambiar | Pune |

Published on:June 12, 2015 1:44 am

To help bridge the huge divide in linking Aadhaar numbers with the Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers, the Pune district election officials have now turned to students. With most state board schools re-opening next week, a special drive in the coming week will see students get their parents’ Aadhaar, EPIC and mobile numbers, and hand it over to their teachers. The data collected will be submitted to their respective principals, who have been appointed as ‘booth heads’. They will then hand over the data to the education officer. With a July-end deadline, the Pune district has rolled out this special initiative which will see all the schools participate in the drive.

“With a very dismal linkage recorded for the district, we have taken out this initiative which pertains to Pune alone. We have asked students to get the details by June 19 and the school heads or principals will have to hand over the details to the education officer,’’ said deputy election officer Samiksha Chandrakar Gokule.

With a large number of schools in the district, if each child hands over the details, the election department hopes that it can help link a sizeable population. Children are expected to carry photocopies of Aadhaar and EPIC cards of their parents, added Gokule.

In colleges, the NSS has been roped in to help link the data. Students have been asked to submit their parents’ and their own card details. The same will be done for anganwadis too, where parents will be asked to provide the details to the anganwadi workers.

The labour commissioner has been appointed as the nodal officer for the drive to be carried out at IT companies.

The coming week will see card linking activity at all levels, said Gokule on the drive instructed by the Pune district collector.

Besides IT companies, they have reached out to large societies as well which will help them collect forms. The drive is part of the National Electoral Rolls Purification and Authentication Programme. Those failing to do so will see the deletion of their names from the voters’ list. The programme, which was launched on February 27, aims to complete 100 per cent linkage by July 30. The programme was initiated following major hassles, including multiple entries.

The district administration officials have informed people that those with double entries, should fill up form 7 to get their names delete from all places except one or else the administration officials will be forced to delete it randomly.

Task at hand
* Linking and authenticating Voter ID (EPIC) data with Aadhaar data of UIDAI
* Improving image quality, wherever requested
* Obtaining and feeding mobile number and email address of voters so that periodic information of revision, deletion, correction and other details can be sent-

See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/poll-officials-turn-to-students-to-link-aadhaar-number-to-voter-id/2/#sthash.PTnywjyl.dpuf