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

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

10783 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 11th January 2017

Aadhaar Articles Dated 11th January 2017



Times of India
BENGALURU: There has been a sharp surge in the number of people enrolling for Aadhaar following demonetisation last November and the Centre's ...




The Hindu
After linking the EPF pension scheme with Aadhaar, the government has now made Aadhaar a must for MGNREGA work. When the Supreme Court ...






Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In a major fillip for Aadhaar-based payments, the government may subsidise the cost of biometric readers -which are attached to ...





The Hindu
Salomi Joseph had been drawing the welfare pension for differently abled without much hassles for the past many years. The only hitch was delay in ...






Chandigarh Tribune
The only Aadhaar card registration centre at the Deputy Commissioner office complex is lying closed for the past four months after the employees of ...






Chandigarh Tribune
Nearly 3,000 private and government establishments in the region have not yet linked Aadhaar cards of their employees with the regional office of the ...






Financial Express
Don't be surprised if in the near future, filing a police complaint requires a person to produce Aadhaar number as all services, benefits and subsidies ...






The Quint
On the first day, when she attempted to procure the Aadhaar card, she was asked by the volunteers in the office to come at different timings during the ...






findBIOMETRICS
Aadhaar Expands to Rural Worker Subsidy Program The directive applies to workers receiving government subsidies through the Mahatma Gandhi ...



Planet Biometrics
The chief of the National Institution for Transforming India, a government agency, has suggest that identity solutions led by the biometrics-backed ...






The Hans India
Hyderabad: The State government has proposed to deploy cash withdrawal machines, which will be ' Aadhaar enabled biometric devices' at fair price ...






The Hans India
Hyderabad: Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said that the government would make it mandatory to link all the PF accounts with ...






India Today
The exam dates for Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination (UPSEE) have been released. The exam is conducted for admissions to undergraduate ...






Firstpost
Dena Bank has transformed Gulabpura, near Ahmedabad, into a completely digital payment-enabled village by networking the entire village through ...






Economic Times
BENGALURU | MUMBAI: The battle between digital payment solution providers just grew louder with the proponents of Aadhaar and UPI-based ...






Financial Express
Insurance can be bought online using your Aadhaar card. You can enter your card number and the system gets your details from the UIDAI system, ...






The Hindu
According to him, the designated district officials will have to prepare an action plan and ensure Aadhaar seeding since many villagers did not provide ...






Biometric Update
“The government's aim is to allow financial transactions from anywhere, devices which should also have the ability of scanning for Aadhaar-based ...


The Indian Express
The bank accounts and Aadhaar numbers of all the 18 national-level wrestlers participating in the dangal are already up on the administration's ...






The Hindu
... the second was for outstanding creation of Aadhaar-linked public distribution system and the third was for Aadhaar-linked cashless payments.






The Hindu
Maharashtra has a total of 6,06,71,379 savings accounts of which 2,98,95,613 have been seeded with Aadhaar and another 3,93,37,820 seeded with ...






The New Indian Express
The longest and possibly the only queue was witnessed at a Common Services Centre offering to make new Aadhaar cards or make corrections in the ...






Catch News
Students, teachers and staff members will also explain to them how to make Aadhaar-based payments," said professor Anil Kumar, convenor of ...






Huffington Post India
He asked for their Aadhaar cards. The complainant has alleged that only the ones who had Aadhaar card were allowed to enter. Later, after the ...






NYOOOZ
Summary: Mr. Nair has contended that Mr. Singh laundered black money using multiple Aadhaar and PAN cards, and amassed considerable wealth ...






Business Standard
Nilekani, who quit Infosys to run the Aadhaar project as the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), has been an active ...