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, March 19, 2017

10902 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 15th March 2017



In a first, Karnataka uses Aadhaar to transfer subsidy to one million farmers
Economic Times
BENGALURU: Karnataka has successfully credited Rs 671 crore of input subsidy to about one million farmers hurt by drought using their Aadhaar ...
Aadhaar proves its usefulness again as Karnataka successfully transfers subsidies to one million ... - Tech2
Karnataka uses Aadhaar to transfer subsidy to 1 million farmers - ETtech.com
Karnataka uses Aadhaar IDs to credit subsidy to bank accounts of one million farmers - Business Standard


No Aadhaar, no scholarship
The Hindu
... the Aadhaar card was purely voluntary and not mandatory. While the Supreme Court is yet to rule on whether the Aadhar scheme is an invasion of a ...





Let's not push for Aadhaar
Hindu Business Line
Over the past few weeks, various government departments have made Aadhaar mandatory for welfare programmes. This, despite the fact that since ...
Executive violating SC orders at will - Millennium Post


Aadhaar, PAN numbers must for registering new vehicles
The Hindu
The Transport Department has made it mandatory for the Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) in the State to compulsorily obtain, from vehicle owners, ...
No Aadhaar? Forget registering that dream vehicle - The New Indian Express


IDFC Bank moves forward with Aadhaar Pay app
Biometric Update
IDFC Bank Ltd. has launched the very first Aadhaar Pay merchant platform and mobile application for Google smartphones. IDFC Bank is an Indian ...





Centre asks states to ensure all bank accounts are linked with Aadhaar
Livemint
Jammu: The Centre has asked state governments to ensure that all individual bank accounts are seeded with Aadhaar and mobile numbers, Union ...
Centre asks states to ensure seeding of bank accounts: Sinha - Moneycontrol.com


Samsung and Karnataka Govt partner to digitize healthcare via tablets and Aadhaar
MediaNama.com
The tablet, which has been approved by the UIDAI for Aadhaar and KYC verification, will enable Public Health Centers (PHC) in the state to build a ...





Sperm and egg of groom and bride has to be registered for Aadhaar before Suhagraat
Firstpost (satire)
Aadhaar officials will be present along with the doctors during delivery to authenticate the baby once it is born. Then they will fingerprint it, retinal scan ...





Mamata Banerjee set to redraw battle lines with Centre
Times of India
Striking a more conciliatory tone she said, "I have some questions regarding making Aadhaar compulsory for availing as many as 23 central projects.
Mutual understanding, democratic decorum between Centre, states needed: Mamata - The Asian Age
Centre, state governments should collaborate: Mamata - CanIndia News


Govt to transfer cash benefits online for tribal kids
Daily News & Analysis
“Instead of benefits in kind, the equivalent amount of cash will now be transferred in the Aadhaar-linked bank accounts of the students or their parents ...





Managing change in India: Complexities of unlocking our potential
Livemint
Aadhaar, the world's largest national identification project, has already enrolled more than one billion citizens. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint.





Ragpickers told to dump the waste and join mainstream
The Hindu
Centre district coordinator J. Ramadevi said many rag pickers did not have Aadhaar and ration cards and their children had no education.





Most state varsities likely to be on UGC ‘defaulters’ list
NYOOOZ
... the university's website would include the details of faculty, department, supervisor, PhD scholar (with Aadhaar number and photo ID card), mode of ...





10 young fintech start-ups playing with disruptive tech in India
Business Standard
It began with the government working with tech evangelists to lay out the infrastructure: a biometrics-based Aadhaar ID for every citizen to enable ...





Digital lockers: Govt starts licensing private players, govt agencies
The Indian Express
Till now, only the government-operated digital locker is available for storing important documents, using Aadhaar identification to log in. According to ...
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