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, May 25, 2017

11467 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 25th May 2017



Economic Times
NEW DELHI: It is not mandatory to provide age proof for Aadhaar enrolment but a valid document is required to correct the date of birth registered for ...



The Hindu
Farmers in the district should provide Aadhaar number to respective Primary Agriculture Cooperative Credit Societies, as the fertilizer subsidy will be ...






Times of India
KOLKATA: The bovine brigade in Bengal has been among the first to get UID numbers, long before Modi government mooted the proposal of Aadhaar ...






Times of India
MADURAI: Farmers procuring farm fertilizers will have to carry their Aadhaar cards to primary agricultural cooperative societies (PACS) and fertilizer ...






Hindustan Times
Bengaluru Police arrested late on Wednesday three suspected Pakistani nationals and an Indian man who lived in the Karnataka capital on forged ...



Moneycontrol.com
In a repeat, Jan 1 birth date in Aadhaar cards for 250 Pokhran villagers. 250 villagers of Pabupadia in Jaisalmer district have found that their new ...






Outlook India
After he was unmasked, the co-founder of iSpirt (a software product association), Sharad Sharma, has admitted to have trolled anonymously against ...






Business Standard (press release) (registration) (blog)
The government of India is pushing relentlessly to roll out a national biometric identity database called Aadhaar, which it wants India's billion-plus ...






Scroll.in
“In such cases, in order to facilitate Aadhaar enrolment, the person is requested to specify his/her age & the same is accepted by UIDAI. This age is ...



Times of India
THRISSUR: The academic council of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), on Wednesday, approved a proposal to include photographs and Unique ...






The Quint (blog)
The current Aadhaar card and data privacy debate speaks to an important aspect of a landmark government programme to improve public service ...






The India Saga (blog)
New Delhi - It is still hazy to see the desperation of the union government to imposing the Aadhaar Card mandatory when matters related to Aadhaar ...






The Echo of India
Major social schemes in the Islands include Aadhaar enrolment under which 98% enrolment has been done and 86.66 % accounts have been ...






The Indian Express
A person can store driving licence, university marksheets and PAN information in the locker and link it with his or her Aadhaar card to reduce the ...






Biometric Update
India runs the world's largest biometric identification database called “Aadhaar”. The system provides basic identification to access government ...






Moneycontrol.com
... trolled by anonymous Twitter handles, calling him names and disapproving of his tweets against government's Aadhaar program. He was inclined to ...






E-Pao.net
Government counsel on the other hand submitted that in the course of investigation, it was found that the school certificate, Aadhaar card and ...






Times of India
While verifying the photos and Aadhaar copies, they could traced everyone except Pradan. So, this made police suspect that the victim could be ...






FactorDaily
Be it the electronic voting machine or Aadhaar or digital privacy debates; loss of jobs in Indian IT services, the biggest job creator in the last three ...






Times of India
When police were scouting for clues, they came across several photographs at the brothers' house. The accused had kept several Aadhaar cards and ...






Catch News
Meet Sharad Sharma, co-founder of iSpirt, a think tank that closely worked with Aadhaar. Sharma has been exposed as the man behind the ...






NYOOOZ
Summary: "In Tamil Nadu, the government aims to distribute 3 crore LED bulbs, 35 lakh LED tubelights and 10 lakh fans to consumers. "By June first ...






Daily News & Analysis
As first reported by DNA, the law panel recommended to the government to replace surety bond with Aadhaar or PAN card, and it also suggested to ...