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

Thursday, February 9, 2017

10829 - Aadhaar Articles dated 8th February 2017



Govt fails to finalize SOPs with UIDAI for resumption of Aadhaar enrollments in JK
Greater Kashmir
However, the government's own IT department has failed to finalize SOPs for resumption of Aadhaar enrollment centres leaving people high and dry.





Aadhaar-linked attendance: Health ministry cracks whip
The Asian Age
Reiterating that all employees are required to mark their arrival and departure in Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system (AEBAS) installed in ...





Aadhaar game-changer: America can learn from India's digital drive
Financial Express
Though few people in the West know of Aadhaar, it has been the largest and most successful IT project in the world. There was widespread scepticism ...





Delhi welcomes its first fully digital village
YourStory.com
According to the district administration, all 113 households have at least one Aadhaar seeded bank account linked with mobile phones, making it a ...





Big Brother is winning
The Indian Express
The writer points out that the more serious issue involves the conversion of Aadhaar from a tool of citizen empowerment to a tool of state surveillance ...





What is Aadhaar Pay, How to Send, Receive Payments – Everything you need to know
PhoneRadar
And now it looks like we will be seeing something new called the Aadhaar Pay. Aadhaar Pay is the new name which most of you are not familiar with.





MoneyTap partners with RBL Bank to launch ZeroPaper
DATAQUEST
With the help of Aadhaar, ZeroPaper also reduces the chances of fraudsters, which helps to keep a check on counterfeit documents, forged ink ...





Surakhpur village is Delhi's 1st fully digital village
The Asian Age
According to the district administration, all 113 households in the village have at least one Aadhaar seeded bank account linked with mobile phones.





Getting NITI Aayog to respond to Akhilesh Yadav barb against Narendra Modi wrong
Financial Express
In the case of PDS, where Aadhaar-linking is the only way to minimise leakages, just 70% of UP's PDS accounts are Aadhaar-seeded (Bihar is the ...





BHIM has been host to transactions worth Rs 361 crores, claims Government
The Mobile Indian
If you are not aware, BHIM also added Aadhaar-based payments option to its ecosystem. To do so, open up the app > navigate to 'Send' option > tap ...





Laws take 261 days to come into force
The Hans India
Another important bill, the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, was passed in the budget ...





India to soon have a national MSME policy: Kalraj Mishra
Economic Times
... (MSMEs) have registered under the simplified Aadhaar-based registration system 'Udyog Aadhaar' introduced in September 2015, Mishra said.





Haryana to create a data base of residents' records
Daily Pioneer
Notably, the initial version of State Resident Database (SRDB) is operational in Haryana and has about 1.58 crore citizen records form the Aadhaar ...





All Public Sector Banks to join BHIM by end of this month: NPCI
DATAQUEST
Earlier this month a new version 1.2 was launched with additional features like pay to Aadhaar number', SPAM report, improvised customer redressal ...





SC asks centre to verify identity of all mobile phone users
domain-B
... in place to scrutinise identity of mobile users and new subscribers will be required to fill up Aadhaar-based e-KYC forms to ensure correct identity.





Supreme Court Orders to Frame Rules for Stopping SIM Card Misuse in India
MobiPicker
Replying to the order, the central government asked for a year to ensure that all SIM cards are valid and belong to the Aadhaar card of the people in ...



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