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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, May 31, 2017
11496 - No cyber attack on Aadhaar biometric data: UIDAI - ECONOMIC TIMES
11495 - AADHAAR ARTICLES DATED 31ST MAY 2017
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Economic Times
Aadhaar has undoubtedly become a crucial document not only to establish your identity and avail the government's social security schemes but also ...
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Economic Times
The notifications state that beneficiaries of their various schemes need to have Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services, benefits and ...
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Times of India
MEERUT: Three months after the Union HRD ministry said Aadhaar cards are a must for midday meals and directed school authorities to make a list of ...
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Times of India
MUMBALI: The bail plea of a Nepean Sea Road resident, who is alleged to have furnished a bogus Aadhaar card to a ticket-checker on a ...
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The Indian Express
Two held for 'helping' Pakistanis get Aadhaar cards. The action against Dr Nagalakshmamma and T H Ravi Kumar came a day the two were arrested ...
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Deccan Herald
The BJP coalition government in Andhra Pradesh will embark on a pilot project of issuing Aadhaar like unique numbers to cattle from Thursday.
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NewsPatrolling (press release) (blog)
The Chinese have their own citizen identity card system and they combine it with Big Data to improve governance. Using an Aadhaar like identification ...
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The Hindu
The Bengaluru Police, who are investigating how three Pakistan nationals obtained Aadhaar, now suspect that many more people could have ...
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Economic Times
Following ET's report on Monday, the BBMP on Tuesday removed the Aadhaar numbers of pourakarmikas which were published on its website.
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Dalal Street Investment Journal
If the bank account is linked to Aadhaar, Aadhaar payment bridge system ... route transactions to an individual on the basis of their Aadhaar number.
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Business Standard
Some members have questioned the group's obsession with blindly promoting Aadhaar and India Stack, saying it was a diversion from iSPIRT's ...
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Times of India
He mainly dealt in driving licences and Aadhaar cards. ... The Pakistanis confessed that they purchased Aadhaar cards by paying Rs 300 to a local ...
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Times of India
... events involving its founding member Sharad Sharma admitting to being involved in anonymous trolling of those voicing concerns over Aadhaar.
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Business Wire India (press release)
In addition to it the potential of Aadhaar diversified activities such as corrections/updates/e-Aadhaar, Aadhaar seeding and Aadhaar PVC Card version ...
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India Today
Customers will have to do a one-time registration for availing the feature. This can be done by providing basic details like Aadhaar card or PAN.
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NYOOOZ
The police recovered Aadhaar cards, which was obtained with documents attested by a senior government doctor. Shihab was arrested along with ...
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Bangalore Mirror
... documents that enabled three Pakistani nationals to obtain Aadhaar cards, the health department on Tuesday suspended her for dereliction of duty.
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11494 - Finance Bill 2017: Does Modi’s Government Hate Transparency? - Fair Observer
- BY ANKITA MUKHOPADHYAY • MAY 29, 2017
- Follow @muk_ankita
11493 - Ispirt Shuts Down Controversial Aadhaar Critics Trolling Programme Sudham
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
11492 - The Aadhaar legal framework is broken - LIVE MINT
11491 - AADHAAR ARTICLES DATED 30TH MAY 2017
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Livemint
Aadhaar has in recent times become an important tool in the government armoury. From welfare receipts to filing tax returns, an Aadhaar number is ...
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Moneycontrol.com
Telecom operators such as Airtel and Idea have started sending SMSes to existing subscribers asking them to link their Aadhaar and mobile numbers.
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Times of India
MUMBAI: To boost Aadhaar enrolment of children below the age of five years, the state government will give tabs to 500 hospitals by next month.
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India Today
Companies have also started putting messages in their stores to inform users. One such message in an Airtel store reads, "Link your Aadhaar card to ...
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Deccan Chronicle
During the interrogation, Shihab revealed that he got the documents verified from Dr Nagalakshmamma and produced them at a new Aadhaar centre ...
Pak nationals with fake Aadhaar cards: B'luru govt hospital doctor held for verifying documents - The News Minute
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Inc42 Media (blog)
Indian software products think tank iSPIRT has disclosed that 'Sudham' – the alleged programme sanctioned by the organisation to troll anti-Aadhaar ...
Digital India's tech team in turmoil, key members expelled for trolling Aadhaar critics - Economic Times
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Financial Express
ICSE, ISC exam results: Good news – Students to get Aadhaar-linked ... is linked to their Unique Identification Authority of India (Aadhaar number).
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The Hindu
As the debate over privacy and Aadhaar rages across the country, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) courted controversy of its own on ...
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Moneycontrol.com
With increase in Aadhaar enrollment and technology advancements, banks and stakeholders must start thinking and prepare for bank account number ...
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Fair Observer
First of all, it makes the Aadhaar card mandatory for a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card – a personal ID for tax payment in India. The Aadhaar ...
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BW Businessworld
The smartest decision by this government has to be accepting Aadhaar as the platform for a new India, even if it was initiated by the previous ...
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Ahmedabad Mirror
The Income-Tax department has made it mandatory for people to link their Aadhaar card with their Permanent Account Number in order to file I-T ...
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SportNewsCity
On GST and Aadhaar issue, he said, "They ( BJP ) used to oppose Aadhaar and GST (before coming to power)". China and Pakistan relation is ...
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Monday, May 29, 2017
11490 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 29th May 2017
YourStory.com
There is a lot of cacophony over the Aadhaar initiative. A section of the population vehemently opposes the initiative while others vociferously throw ...
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Economic Times
BENGALURU: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has published the Aadhaar details and other personal information of thousands of ...
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The Indian Express
Aadhaar, aid rollback: TISS students protest. In the absence of an elected Students' Union, students have taken it upon themselves to raise the issues ...
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NYOOOZ
Police have launched a manhunt for the person or persons who helped the trio get Aadhaar cards.Sources said the cards were issued to the three ...
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Economic Times
First-time customers will have to provide some basic details like email ID, mobile phone number and also link it to PAN or Aadhaar card to checkout.
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Trak.in (blog)
Just like any law-abiding citizen, he went to the nearest Airtel retailer and provided his Aadhaar for eKYC. Along with his own number, he also ...
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Bangalore Mirror
Illegally crossing the border and entering India through Kathmandu was just a breezy 10-hour cab ride for the three Pakistani nationals and the ...
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Hindu Business Line
You must hand it to NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant for pushing the BHIM-Aadhaar App at every opportunity he gets at public events. At a recent ...
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NDTV
India Leads Globally In Adoption Of Biometric Technology: Report. The government first launched the Aadhaar Project, a biometrics programme, ...
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Times of India
The UGC meanwhile has also reminded about not publishing Aadhaar number of PhD scholars publicly, stating that the Aadhaar Act 2016 prohibits ...
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SportNewsCity
On GST and Aadhaar issue, he said, "They (BJP) used to oppose Aadhaar and GST (before coming to power)". He said "We have not decided on any ...
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Kashmir Images
On GST and Aadhaar issue, he said, “They (BJP) used to oppose Aadhaar and GST (before coming to power). Now, they fully support them. This is ...
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11489 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 28th May 2017
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Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Civil services aspirants will have to bring a copy of Aadhaar card or other identify proof to appear in the UPSC's preliminary examination ...
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Times of India
"Muhammad Shihab said they approched a middleman to get an Aadhaar card, so that getting other cards like voter ID card and ration card would be ...
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The New Indian Express
BHUBANESWAR: The Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department has made it mandatory for residents to submit their Aadhaar card details at ...
Odisha Govt asked all district Collectors to ensure Aadhaar registrations 95% by June-end - Odisha Diary
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Business Standard
Information Technology and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Kiran Rathee the system has enough safeguards to protect the privacy of Indian ...
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The Arunachal Times
This was announced by Lohit Deputy Commissioner Danish Ashraf in a meeting held on May 26 to review progress of Aadhaar enrolment in the ...
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The New Indian Express
... on Saturday gave a call for protest against the increased surveillance and security measures, including the compulsion of Aadhaar at the campus, ...
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Financial Express
Centre's big Aadhaar push, makes India world No. 1 in adoption of biometric tech: HSBC report. With advancements in the field of biometric ...
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Daily Pioneer
In order to ensure that all the beneficiaries of several pension schemes for the elderly, physically handicapped, widow and others complete their ...
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The Indian Express
As one of the architects of Aadhaar, Nilekani had argued that the country of the 21st century will have to be one that seriously invests in the digital ...
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BloombergQuint
The Aadhaar law has a privacy framework and the government is open to suggestions to further strengthen it but the benefits of the biometric ID can't ...
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Deccan Chronicle
The gang was organising brothels online. The police seized Rs 5,960, a bike, a Bangladesh passport, fake Aadhaar and election cards and seven ...
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Economic Times
On GST and Aadhaar issue, he said, "They (BJP) used to oppose Aadhaar and GST (before coming to power). Now, they fully support them. This is ...
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Outlook India
Likewise in the Aadhaar Act, which was introduced as a money Bill touted to be having the objective of plugging subsidy leaks, provisions permitting ...
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Times of India
He further said that the BJP had strongly criticised Aadhaar, the National Rural Employment Guarantee and Assurance Scheme, goods and services ...
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Daily Pioneer
So far, 8.73 crore Aadhaar number of workers have been seeded in NREGASoft (MIS) and 4.73 crore have been enabled for Aadhaar Based Payment ...
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Firstpost (satire)
They even called him anti-national and asked him to show his Aadhaar card. Luckily, Ishant was carrying Aadhaar card as he had planned to buy ...
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NYOOOZ
"The fair-price shop owners have been asked to maintain a proper record of the distribution and demand photocopy of the beneficiaries' Aadhaar Card ...
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Telangana Today
The Aadhaar-linked DBT scheme, he said, has helped in plugging leakages, removing middlemen and eliminating ghost beneficiaries.
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NYOOOZ
"We will divide these hostels on the basis of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and Aadhaar will be made mandatory for all the inmates along ...
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