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, April 5, 2017

10964 - Adhaat Related articles dated 3rd March 2017



Aadhaar uses fingerprints, linked to bank accounts: Is your identity safe?
Hindustan Times
Your fingerprints, iris scans, details of where you shop. Compulsory Aadhaar means all this data is out there. And it's still not clear who can view or use ...
Aadhaar registrations stopped in Assam - The Sunday Guardian
Why your tweets to @Aadhaar are probably being read by an IndiGo pilot - Moneycontrol.com
The services under Aadhaar - Livemint


Nabarangpur: Aadhaar enrollment faces myriad problems
The Indian Express
On March 27, the Supreme Court observed that Aadhaar cannot be “pressed” for welfare schemes. “For benefits, it (Aadhaar) cannot be pressed…for ...





'Show me even one example of data theft. Aadhaar is very, very secure'
Times of India
Aadhaar is in the eye of a storm following the government's decision to link it to everything from PAN cards to driving licences. Issues about privacy ...





Here's What You Need To Know Before You Get Your Aadhaar Cards (Or Not)
Youth Ki Awaaz
This article is not a rant against Aadhaar cards. Rather, it intends to explain the politics of the Aadhaar system to the common man. In this country ...
No Aadhaar? Get SDM's authentication for rations, now on - Times of India
Aadhaar-ration cards linking slow in Haridwar - The Tribune


Now, doctors' attendance to be linked to Aadhaar card
Times of India
The facility will be implemented first at Doon medical college where Aadhaar details of doctors have been sought to facilitate installation of biometric ...





Explainer: Aadhaar is vulnerable to identity theft because of its design and the way it is used
Scroll.in
Recent reports of the misuse of Aadhaar – the 12-digit unique identification number that the Indian government is pressuring all residents to obtain ...





Digital native: You can check out, you can never leave
The Indian Express
You don't want yet another piece on the horrors and perils of the surveillance state that has come to the forefront with Aadhaar numbers now being ...





Aadhaar to be Compulsory for driving licence, vehicle registration: Gadkari
Indiainfoline
The Union Cabinet on Friday decided to link the issue of driving licences and vehicle registration to Aadhaar, as part of a slew of changes that will ...
Bogus drivers beware: India to crack down on fake licences - Daily Mail


We are heading for an Orwellian state, says P Chidambaram on widespread Aadhaar-seeding
International Business Times, India Edition
Aadhaar is being linked to income-tax returns, public provident fund, old and new SIM cards, bank accounts and many more government services and ...
I can see an Orwellian India dawning, says P Chidambaram - Deccan Chronicle
Politicians switch sides when they are irrelevant: Senior Congress leader Chidambaram - The New Indian Express


Aadhar is Mandatory for Facebook Likes, Google Searches and Tinder Swipes
DesiSpy.com
In the wake of connecting of Aadhaar with PAN Card, filing income tax, beginning a business and driving licence, this is viewed as one of the greatest ...





New Income Tax Return form: Aadhaar Number mandatory, All you Need to know
News Heads
The income-tax department has notified a simplified one-page tax-return form aimed at making it easier for taxpayers to file their annual returns.





Smart card distribution begins
The Hindu
Eighty-two per cent of the total ration cardholders in the district have furnished their Aadhaar card details, said Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao here ...
Smart cards for all by May: CM - The Hindu
Smart ration cards to be issued to 1.89 crore families in Tamil Nadu by May: CM - The New Indian Express


Aadhaar Mandatory for Filing ITR to Stop Evasion: Arun Jaitley
ClickLancashire
The government proposed to make Aadhaar Card mandatory for filing income tax returns and also applying for a Permanent Account Number (PAN).





Seminal year for move towards cashless payments: Nandan Nilekani
Livemint
Today, we have 400 million Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. Both government-to-person and person-to-government should become cashless.





Modi's India must abolish Regulation Raj
The Sunday Guardian
A recent experience of this columnist concerned Aadhaar. Now that the government has made mandatory the use of the Aadhaar-based Unique ...





Protective measures of seat belts
gulfnews.com
India's Supreme Court announces the compulsory need of Aadhaar to its people. However, Indians are not yet convinced about it because of several ...





Second principles do not negate the first principle
The Hindu
He wrote: “The Hindu is certainly entitled to its opinion regarding Aadhaar, but it should not mislead the reader on the legality of the recent barrage of ...





Wages of 47% rural job scheme workers delayed, reveals data
Hindustan Times
Wages are directly transferred to a worker's bank account seeded to his or her Aadhaar number. The delay in payment comes amid the government's ...





BR Ambedkar birthday to see 4 big bang schemes
The Asian Age
Primarily geared to benefit rural India, Aadhaar Pay will substantially benefit huge numbers of the villagers where people do not have smart phones.





Significant increase in digital transactions: Venkaiah
The Hans India
Naidu also mentioned that Aadhaar-based payments jumped by 1,352 per cent. “RuPay card usage increased from Rs 10.80 crore in 2014-15 to ...





Chasing jobs, many fudge educational qualifications: Report
Moneycontrol.com
"Government's digitisation drive to link data through Aadhaar is a positive step to make available vast database of individuals' information required for ...





Rs 1235 crore Central aid released to Karnataka for crop failure
The New Indian Express
This time around, the Revenue Department which has already disbursed Rs 671.2 crore of the funds directly to the Aadhaar-linked bank accounts ...





Major forgery racket busted in Puducherry
The Hindu
“The fraudsters who were running shops on the pavement of M.G.Road and in Lawspet have even issued Aadhaar card and fake marks sheets.





Why the Supreme Court Shouldn't Allow WhatsApp to Share Data With Facebook
The Wire
He has pointed out, if the issue is with regard to privacy, the constitutional bench in the Aadhaar case is already considering whether there is a the ...
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