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

Monday, July 10, 2017

11581- Aadhaar Articles Dated 8th July 2017



Aadhaar hearing: Centre objects to argument that 'India is becoming a concentration camp'
The Hindu
Supreme Court on Friday said that all the issues arising out of Aadhaar should be finally decided by its constitution bench. | Photo Credit: Shanker ...
Aadhaar-linked issues to be decided by constitution bench: Supreme Court - Economic Times
Aadhaar not 'totalitarian': Centre - The Hindu
Aadhaar has reduced India to a 'concentration camp': Petitioners - The Indian Express


Government objects to use of 'Orwellian' for Aadhaar, says it's must for plugging leaks
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Friday dismissed criticism by Aadhar naysayers that the mandatory and obtrusive nature of the Aadhaar ...





Man receives Aadhaar card after 45 months
Times of India
Tiruvannamalai: It took 45 months for a resident of Cheyyar to receive his Aadhaar Card. Thirty seven year-old G Vijayakumar, who applied for the ...





Aadhaar gets praise at global forum for financial inclusion
The Hindu
As the world debates use of big data and analytics to improve financial inclusion, India's Aadhaar system has come in for praise by a global body on ...





Aadhaar integration now available on Skype Lite
Gizbot
The interesting thing though was that when the app was launched the company had also announced that it would be getting the Aadhaar verification ...
Aadhaar is Now Linked With Microsoft Skype Lite Too For Users to Identify Video Calls - India.com
Aadhaar card verification for Skype users - citytoday


Aadhaar Watch: Stolen Aadhaar details, voter ID, enrollment centre norms and more
MediaNama.com
In May this year, in the Malleswaram neighbourhood of Bangalore, residents had complained that a man claiming to be a BBMP official collected ...





Aadhaar is now must for PAN; Here's how you can file ITR -4 Sugam
Zee Business
Income tax returns filing deadline is July 31, 2017 for citizens and Aadhaar is now mandatory for filing income tax returns and link with your PAN.





Aadhaar centres only on govt premises from September
Mumbai Mirror
The Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked states to ensure that all enrolments, even those by private agencies, shift to government or municipal ...





Update Aadhaar details at post offices
The Tribune
Aadhaar updation facility can now be availed at all post offices. For more transparency and greater convenience to customers, India Post has been ...





Aadhaar, Jaitley v. Kejriwal, Anurag Thakur & more
Bar & Bench
Petition challenging notifications which made Aadhaar mandatory for mid days meals and other social welfare schemes. Last week, the Bench had ...





Aadhaar, BHIM, GST: Here's What 175 Newly-Appointed IAS Officers Will Study Before They Get ...
India.com
These officers will have to stay in the ministries from July 3 to September 29 and will be made aware of the important efforts of the government like ...





Know how to link Aadhaar Card with PAN Card
india's opinion
Quite recently the Indian government has made it a compulsion to link an individual's Aadhaar Card Number with their Permanent Account Number ...
3.14 Crore PAN cards have been linked with Aadhaar: Ravi Shankar Prasad - eGov Magazine | Elets
Link Aadhaar to Voter ID cards - Afternoon Voice
Linking Aadhaar & PAN Card is Not Mandatory For All | Read Who All Are Exempted - Chandigarh Metro (blog)


Why the RBI wants a Public Credit Registry with Aadhaar and CIN linkage
MediaNama.com
Incorporating unique identifiers for the borrowers (Aadhaar for individuals and CIN for companies), Reserve Bank's BSR1 and CRILC datasets can ...





New IAS Recruits To Be Familiarised With GST, Aadhaar And Bhim APP
Defence Aviation Post
More than 175 newly-recruits of the All officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) will be given exposure to the Centre's flagship programmes, ...





Aadhaar card service started at HPO
Web India 123
The facility to apply for Aadhaar card was today inaugurated at the Head Post office here. The Union government had made Aadhaar compulsory for ...












Adityanath Yogi government has set July 31 as new deadline for Basic Shiksha Parishad to ...
Indialivetoday
Adityanath Yogi government has set July 31 as new deadline for Basic Shiksha Parishad to complete Aadhaar enrolment of students studying all ...





Aadhar may soon simplify sale & purchase of properties
Daily News & Analysis
"There will be no need for the parties (in sale transactions) to produce two identifiers if they have Aadhaar cards (for biometric validation of their ...





Marriage registration a click away
Times of India
The applicant couple (both husband and wife) must have an Aadhaar number with their cell phone numbers. After filling the form, a one-time password ...





Why do you need to climb up to the roof to get your ration in this village? Hint: Aadhaar
FactorDaily
The government's Aadhaar-linked public distribution system requires ration depot holders (owners) to verify beneficiaries' fingerprints or scan their ...





Microsoft is firing people, rumours have now been confirmed
NewsBytes
All the users have to do is click on 'Verify Aadhaar Identity' and enter their 12-digit Aadhaar number which will get authenticated with an OTP.





India's top tech architect talks about the tech behind GST, data empowerment
FactorDaily
Pramod Varma, the chief architect and technology adviser for ID project Aadhaar, is also an adviser to the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), ...
GST melts jewellery demand by 30% - The Hans India


How to link Aadhar Card with Pan number?
The Indian Wire
Learn on how to link your Aadhaar Card with PAN number. Link you Aadhaar with PAN number using SMS service and also by e-filling website.





Tale of the Ticker: AADHAAR VENTURES INDIA LTD. (AADHAARVEN.BO) Moves on Volume
Trion Journal
AADHAAR VENTURES INDIA LTD. (AADHAARVEN.BO) shares are moving today on volatility -1.37% or $-0.01 from the open. The BSE listed ...





'Markets likely to remain volatile in the short term'
Hindu Business Line
By linking Aadhaar to mobile, and Aadhaar to PAN, alongside GST and demonetisation, the government is demonstrating clear intent to bring the ...





Soon, travel paperless in premium trains
NYOOOZ
The ticket will be delivered on the mobile application which the passenger will have to show to the ticket examiner along with one's Aadhaar.

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