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, August 5, 2015

8428 - Five months left, state faces uphill task of 100% Aadhaar coverage - Indian Express

Five months left, state faces uphill task of 100% Aadhaar coverage

With the government providing kits to district collectors and having contractors calling in to cover the remaining population, the target is to achieve a 100 per cent coverage by December-end.


Pune stands third in the state in Aadhaar card coverage. (Express Photo) 

While the government is linking Aadhaar card to various facilities, the basic coverage of Aadhaar in the state and in the district is hovering around 80 per cent and with it still not being compulsory, the government is facing an uphill task to register the remaining population. 

“Aadhaar card is not compulsory, however, with services being linked it will become easier for citizens. We have to motivate the remaining crowd for the same. Right now we are focussing on the 0-6 years group,’’ said IT Director Suryakant Jadhav, on the coverage. With the government providing kits to district collectors and having contractors calling in to cover the remaining population, the target is to achieve a 100 per cent coverage by December-end. 

Deputy Director General, UIDAI, Mumbai region, Ajay Bhushan Pandey said that state officials have to put in their best to get maximum coverage in the next five months. “We have urged all district collectors to cover the remaining population soon and we will be providing full support from UIDAI. We have to reach 98 per cent, like in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, and unless there is support from every collector in all the districts the target will not be achieved. So, we are mobilising all to get a good coverage,’’said Pandey. He added that Aadhaar is not compulsory, but we are telling people that it is an “useful” identity proof and people should come forward and register themselves. 

According to the Aadhaar website, the state stands second in the country with an 85.20 per cent coverage with 9.57 crore population coverage of the 11.23 crore population while Pune stands third in the state after Mumbai and Thane. Pune district presently stands at 80.34 per cent. “We want to improve the coverage and presently we have only 156 machines that sees only 40 persons being enrolled per day and there is a need for better coverage. We have requested for more machines and more operators for the same,’’said District collector Pune Saurabh Rao on the Aadhaar coverage in the district. The remaining population has to be covered and for that 1500 machines have to put into service and for this a special request has been made to the IT department.

 “Unless we have more machines we cannot improve the coverage and once we get these machines we should be able to improve our services,’’said officials. When asked, Jadhav said that they will assess each case and if required they would sanction the kits and machines in each of the districts. Of the 36 districts in the state, Mumbai tops the coverage with 1.11 crore population, followed by Thane at 80.18 lakh, Pune with 75,45 lakh, Nashik with 51.45 lakh, Nagpur with 42.92 lakh and Ahmednagar with 39.67 lakh. While in Pune district, Khed tops the list followed by Pune city, Haveli, Baramati, Junnar and Indapur. 

- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra/five-months-left-state-faces-uphill-task-of-100-aadhaar-coverage/#sthash.lFblYxCc.dpuf
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