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

Sunday, January 22, 2017

10761 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 24th December 2016,


NEWS


Aadhaar payment app set to simplify digital transactions
Economic Times
The government is coming up with an 'Aadhaar Payment App' that could silence digital payments critics. The new app would do away with plastic ...

UIDAI's Aadhaar payment app to be launched on 25 December - Firstpost

Aadhaar Payment App: Here's how it works - BGR India
Aadhaar Payment App to launch tomorrow - BGR India


99 per cent in dist enrol for Aadhaar
Times of India
NASHIK: As much as 98.65% of the 61.07 lakh population in Nashik district (2011 Census) have enrolled for Aadhaar numbers, with Surgana taluka ...





Aadhaar can be used as age proof for passports
Chandigarh Tribune
Minister of State of External Affairs V K Singh (R) with MEAs spokesperson Vikas Swarup (L) at the launch of Twitter Sewa for MEA India, in New Delhi ...
New passport rule: Aadhaar can now be used as date of birth proof - Business Standard
Aadhaar, e-Aadhaar with DoB will now be accepted as proof for passport - Business Standard
Aadhaar card to be accepted as a proof of date of birth for passport applicants - Scroll.in


Why the Aadhaar regulations introduced in Parliament need more debate
Scroll.in
Aadhaar, India's biometrics-based unique identity number, has become vital for accessing an ever-widening range of government services, but ...





More schemes to be linked with Aadhaar
Times of India
HYDERABAD: The government is gearing up for Aadhaar-enabled payments post-demonetisation and have chalked out plans to link 470 schemes ...





Link Aadhaar with accounts for cashless economy: Drabu
Chandigarh Tribune
Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu today said the banks should highlight the role of Aadhaar-Enabled Payment System (AEPS) to achieve the objective ...





No deadline for submission of Aadhaar details
News Today
Chennai: Food Department officials have said that so far only 91 lakh ration card holders have submitted their Aadhaar details. A review meeting was ...





SBI adopts a village to make it cashless
Economic Times
Shirki, a village in Pen Taluka in Maharashtra is now the epicentre for SBI, which will promote Aadhaar number-based merchant payments in the light ...





Failure in Aadhaar linking leads to ration supply cut
NYOOOZ
"BPL card aspirants should submit documents of electricity bill, Aadhaar and residential proof. The department will shortly give cash coupons to ...





Railway Recruitment : Aadhaar mandatory for filling applications
ExamsWatch
RRB says the use of Aadhaar is a convenient and hassle free mode of verification of identity. Falling in lines with the education boards and the ...





'Banks absent from special camps to open accounts for labourers'
The Hindu
MIWA joint-secretary Rajesh Gupta said that the workers were being reportedly approached by touts who were charging Rs.200 for making Aadhaar ...





New transaction mode on the cards
Times of India
Visakhapatnam: After promoting use of e-point of sale (ePoS) machines and e-wallets, the state government is mooting Aadhaar-Enabled ...





State seeks JEE-main deadline extension
HERE. NOW
Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over poor registration of students for JEE Main 2017 due to mandatory Aadhaar enrolment, the state government ...





Relief for sadhus, single parents in new passport rule
The Asian Age
... only when the sadhus/sanyasis furnish at least one official document (like Aadhaar card, PAN card, etc) that already shows the guru's name listed in ...





Will not tolerate any ration depot holder to dupe aam aadmi –Jagbir Singh Sokhi
Times of India
Some of the ration depot holders are duping people on the pretext that their blue cards have not been linked with the Aadhaar Cards, whereas in ...





Demonetisation woes: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu says banks lagging behind in ...
India Today
... Friday said that that his government has developed a technology to carry out cashless transactions using Aadhaar card and smartphones connected ...





Prasad exhorts people to make digital payments
Business Standard
A person can make payments using his/her cards, mobile phones and Aadhaar today given the fact that there are 105 crore mobile phones, 109 crore ...





Broadbase tax system
Hindu Business Line
... there is no legal requirement to intimate to the Government the deceased's PAN number or other details such as passport and Aadhaar number.
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