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, May 24, 2017

11466 - AADHAAR ARTICLES DATED 24TH MAY 2017



iSpirt's Sharad Sharma: Sorry, I trolled Aadhaar critics
Times of India
Aadhaar, aggressively pushed by the government, is being fiercely questioned by privacy and security advocates. Though most of these activists say ...
iSPIRIT's Sharad Sharma admits to trolling Aadhaar critics on Twitter; apologizes - BGR India
Top Executive Of Company Linked To UIDAI Admits To Anonymously Trolling Twitter Users - Huffington Post India


Aadhaar gaffe: In this Rajasthan village, almost all residents born on January 1
Economic Times
JAISALMER: Close on the heels of a vendor being caught in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, for attempting to obtain an Aadhaar card in the name of slain ...
Aadhaar blunder: Most residents of this Rajasthan village born on Jan 1 - Oneindia
In Two Villages In UP And Rajasthan, Aadhaar Cards Have A Story To Tell: Almost Everyone's ... - Huffington Post India
Aadhaar Goof-Up: 250 Birthdays in Rajasthan Recorded As 1 Jan - The Quint


Bravo! How co-founder of Aadhaar-linked think tank anonymously trolled activists
DailyO
A group of anti-Aadhaar activists have alleged that Sharad Sharma - the co-founder of iSpirt, a think tank has closely worked with Aadhaar - has been ...
Sharad Sharma Apologises For Trolling Aadhaar Critics; Unmasking iSPIRT's Controversial ... - Inc42 Media (blog)
iSpirt founder apologises for attacking anti-Aadhaar Twitteratis - Moneycontrol.com
iSPIRT co-founder admits trolling anti-aadhaar activists - Business Standard


Thanks to Aadhaar faux pas, every fifth person in this village is born on Jan 1
The New Indian Express
At least their Aadhaar cards say so. Strange as it may sound, it speaks volumes about how mindlessly the column seeking DoB for Aadhaar has been ...
1000 Villagers In Allahabad Issued Aadhaar Cards With Same Birth Date - BW Businessworld
Uttar Pradesh: Aadhaar software incorrectly gives January 1 as birth date to 1000 villagers - Scroll.in
Aadhaar goof-up merges birthdays - Calcutta Telegraph


Aadhaar now essential for admission to Intermediate
Times of India
HYDERABAD: Submission of Aadhaar card has been made mandatory in Telangana for admission to junior colleges from the 2017-18 academic year ...
How to link your Aadhaar and PAN details to file income-tax returns - Livemint
Aadhaar compulsory for admission to Intermediate - The Siasat Daily


KSU against Aadhaar implementation
The Shillong Times
NONGSTOIN: The KSU, West Khasi Hills District Unit said that implementation of Aadhaar will have an impact on the minority communities in the ...





Yogi Adityanath govt makes Aadhaar mandatory to appear in UPBSE Class 10, 12 exams
Firstpost
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is set to make Aadhaar cards mandatory for those who want to give the state board exams.





SCCL eyes Aadhaar-linked biometric attendance in all mines
The Hindu
Having pioneered in harnessing the potential of Information Technology in its broad spectrum of coal exploration and mining activities, the Singareni ...





Connect database of medical stores with owner, pharmacist's Aadhaar number: HC to UP govt
Outlook India
lucknow, May 23 The Allahabad High Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to prepare a database of medical store owners and ...





India must become a growth engine: PM
The Hindu
The two most crucial factors for the Union government's performance over the past three years have been banking reforms and Aadhaar, which has ...





India must set benchmarks on digital security
Deccan Chronicle
Prior to Aadhaar Pay, the closed access system of the banking network ensured utmost security and privacy, with the bank holding the onus of the ...





SC notice to govt on Aadhaar petition
ClickLancashire
He told the court that 115 crore of the country's 120 crore people had already been covered by Aadhaar. He said that the fresh petition against ...





DNA impact: Mankhurd police station do away with weird diktat
Daily News & Analysis
It was a foot-in-mouth situation for Mankhurd police after they had pasted an illegal notification on the wall of the police station, which made Aadhaar ...





Debate I Doing Things Differently Has Been PM Modi's Mainstay
The Quint
The approach for Aadhaar has been the same. The single-most important contribution of the Modi government to Aadhaar is more than doubling the ...





Govt reinforcing cyber security to deal with emerging threats
Business Standard
Aadhaar details have been leaked, which is again a major security risk. So, the legal and policy frameworks need to be in place,” said Pavan Duggal, ...





20-25 lakh jobs will be created in IT sector in 4-5 years: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Economic Times
... about 2.5 lakh which employ almost 10 lakh people and did business of around Rs. 1800 crore out of which Rs. 600 crore came only from Aadhaar.
No Downturn In The IT Sector, Robust Outlook: Ravi Shankar Prasad - BW Businessworld
What layoffs, asks IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad - ETtech.com


India makes biometrics mandatory for all e-gov projects
The Register
The insistence on biometrics will cement the role of India's Aadhaar authentication system, thought to have records on more than one billion people ...





Speeding van cuts short 101-year-'young' man's life
Times of India
Although Padoliya's Aadhaar card says his date of birth was January 1, 1916, his family members claimed he was 105 years old. Family members said ...





BJP plans to extol PM as 'innovator' to mark three years of Modi govt
Business Standard
... improved upon by the Modi government, for example the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) or Aadhaar.
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