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, June 22, 2017

11540 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 21ST June 2017



Economic Times
NEW DELHI: People suffering from tuberculosis will have to mandatorily submit their Aadhaar number to avail benefits under a central government ...



YourStory.com
We face a range of social issues that are deeply ingrained in technology, such as Aadhaar and the right to privacy, the financialisation of the economy ...






Business Standard
The government's decision to make Aadhaar, the 16-digit biometric identity, mandatory for banking transactions above Rs 50,000 is likely to confuse ...






Firstpost (satire)
Two days ago the central government issued a circular that forced linking of Aadhaar number to land records. In this circular government warned ...






Outlook India
All central government departments were today asked not to share personal details, including Aadhaar number, of RTI applicants. The directive comes ...



Zee News
New Delhi: All central government departments were on Tuesday asked not to share personal details, including Aadhaar number, of RTI applicants.






India.com
New Delhi, June 21: The Government has recently made Aadhaar card mandatory to avail benefits of all government schemes. A notification has also ...



The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Nobody's information is secure in an era of big data. Americans learnt it the hard way on Monday after a marketing company working for the ...






NDTV
The government has asked GST applicants and taxpayers to ensure that their mobile numbers are registered Aadhaar for to smoothen the registration ...






Times of India
ALLAHABAD: Amidst raging debate of linking Aadhaar with PAN card, the basic education department in UP has made details of both mandatory for ...





Hindu Business Line
The findings were part of a dipstick evaluation conducted by MicroSave earlier this year in six districts, where a pilot on Aadhaar-enabled Fertiliser ...





The New Indian Express
“Nobody will be storing your Aadhaar number. Aadhaar is only used for authenticatio. The Aadhaar numbers goes to the UIDAI database for ...





NYOOOZ
Summary: Therefore, he had to pull the yoke with help from his wife.“We got his Aadhaar card made on Tuesday. The aged farmer now lives with his ...





Times of India (blog)
On Aadhaar card too, Centre has made an ally of the courts to push its diktat that Aadhaar is a must while filing income tax returns. But was Aadhaar ...





The Hans India
One of the major challenges faced by them is getting an Aadhaar card and the refugee card issued by the United Nations High Commission for ...





Livemint
“Further the government will use Aadhaar (unique identification number) to prevent any duplication while settling unpaid loans,” the official said.





The Hindu
If the core argument — that sharing the particulars of one's Aadhaar and PAN numbers with others violates one's right to privacy leading to an ...





The Statesman
Lalit said since last year he had been running from pillar to post to get his Aadhaar card but was still awaiting an answer from the UIDAI department.





NYOOOZ
... Discover motorcycle came and snatched the handbag containing Aadhaar card of her and her daughter, ID card, PAN card, ATM card and Rs 1,700.





NYOOOZ
Property ownershipThe letter also stated that the government was considering linking Aadhaar numbers with the ownership of the said properties, ...





Daily Pioneer
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to link the Aadhaar no. with educational certificates. It will be made mandatory in ...

ARTICLES DATED 20TH JUNE 2017


Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday termed as "fake" a letter attributed to the Cabinet Secretariat wherein linking of land records with Aadhaar ...



Economic Times
BIJNOR: The Uttar Pradesh government has made Aadhaar card ... The recording of Aadhaar numbers of patients will help reduce fraudulent use of ...



Livemint
After making Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income tax returns, for those who have an Aadhaar, the government has now made it mandatory to link ...






Swarajya
The government has won one half of the battle for linking PAN with Aadhaar, but it is in danger of losing the larger case on privacy if it mindlessly ...


Khaleej Times
Non-resident Indians remain exempted from the mandatory requirement of quoting a 12-digit unique identification number called Aadhaar to file tax ...



Mid-Day
Lawyer Sanjay Chaturvedi seconded Sampat and said, "Aadhaar is the only document that the government can rely on to keep tabs on benami ...






The New Indian Express
Curiously, the Centre's directive to link the bank accounts with Aadhaar has apparently made these fraudsters more brazen. Their latest modus ...






Phone Mantra
Baahubali Prabhas Aadhaar Card Details: Recently, the news goes viral. South Indian actor Prabhas whose real name has Venkata Satyanarayana ...






The Hindu
For instance, the court altogether rejected the contention that the Income Tax Act cannot make Aadhaar compulsory when the core legislation, the ...






NYOOOZ
After repeated drives to link the ration cards with Aadhaar, we cancelled the names of people who did not respond even after being notified," PDS ...






Times of India
He argued that the petroleum company's decision — not to give him the subsidy for him not linking his Aadhaar card —was to be implemented in ...






Huffington Post India
Somewhat akin to the Aadhaar, ISBN is a singular identification number allotted to a book and treated like a unique footprint by traders, librarians, ...






Moneylife
The government on Monday termed as "fake" a letter attributed to the Cabinet Secretariat wherein linking of land records with Aadhaar had been made ...






Scroll.in
Other headlines: The Centre refuted reports about linking land records to Aadhaar, and Mamata Banerjee asked parties to attend a meet on the ...






Times of India
Vote BJP for Demonetization, Bhim App., Aadhaar card, Pan Card Digital India and now GST, and then they Regulate & force what we should eat, do, ...






Financial Express
... files and lets you authenticate them online with your Aadhaar number, e-bastas, and the linking of Aadhaar to bank accounts and PAN cards.






The Indian Awaaz
A Total of 144 Awards were given under different programmes. Awards on Sustainable Livelihood, Transparency and Accountability, Aadhaar ...






The New Indian Express
He managed to get ration and Aadhaar cards and also a passport. He got a job in one of the Gulf countries and was caught by the airport staff.






Deccan Chronicle
"The letter attributed to Cabinet Secretariat on #Aadhaar linking to Land records, is completely fake & mischievous," he said. Tags: aaadhar, press ...