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, September 11, 2017

12000 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 9th September 2017



The Hindu
Predictably enough, the recent Supreme Court order affirming that privacy is a fundamental right sent Aadhaar's public-relations machine into damage ...






The Hindu
For persons with disabilities in the city, getting an Aadhaar card is a difficult and stressful experience. “The Aadhaar enrolment process is not equipped ...






Business Today
Since your Bank account xxxxxxxxxx0000 is not linked with Aadhaar, please do so at the earliest to avoid any inconvenience. Please note that the last ...



Times of India
UP head of HDFC Bank Sanjeev Kumar said, "We are working on a technology where a person can either pay through Aadhaar or through Unified ...






NDTV
State Bank of India or SBI, India's biggest lender, allows its account holders to link Aadhaar number with their bank account through its automated ...






Hardnews Media
His submission argued that privacy is not a fundamental right; the three-judge bench of the Supreme Court which was hearing the case on Aadhaar ...






NDTV
UIDAI, which was created with the objective to issue Unique Identification numbers (UID), named as "AADHAAR", to all entitled residents of India, has ...






ETRetail.com
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said Aadhaar-enabled point-of-sales (PoS) devices have so far been installed in 51 per cent of the 5.45 lakh ...






Business Insider India
The government of India has made it mandatory for financial institutions like banks, to verify and link Aadhaar of their customers with their accounts.






NYOOOZ
Hyderabad: Aadhaar card has been made compulsory for treatment in Sarojini Devil Eye Hospital. Staff of the hospital has directed the patients ...






Economic Times
There is a paperless facility called e-KYC and e-sign where your Aadhaar details will be used. You don't have to upload images such as photo, ...






The Indian Express
The UIDAI issues unique identification numbers (UID), named as Aadhaar, to all residents of India. Pandey takes over the GSTN reins at a time when ...



OpenGov Asia
One is the by now well-known Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique national identity number, assigned by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).






Times of India
Five lakh cows got Aadhaar-like UID number residing in gaushalas across the state."We started the project in January this year. Now, we have details ...






Irish Times
Known as the Aadhaar project, the Indian scheme is the world's largest ever biometric database involving 1.2 billion citizens. Initially voluntary, it ...






MediaNama.com
Unlike Aadhaar though, SSNs have little to no in-built security, and it's incumbent on the cardholder themselves to make sure that nobody gets their ...






Hindu Business Line
Sanjay Jain, Chief Innovation Officer at the Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (IIM-A), told BusinessLine that with Aadhaar ...






Business Today
For most working professionals, house helps have become an indispensable part of our daily life. But paying a salary isn't enough. The good news is ...






HERE. NOW
One prerequisite for participating in paddy procurement is that farmers should have Aadhaar cards. At present, not all farmers have Aadhaar cards.






Business Standard
Digiyatra aims to link unique IDs such as Aadhaar, passport or PAN card number to the airlines' booking PNR to facilitate a "seamless experience" of ...






Inc42 Media
Petitioners say that enforcing the use of Aadhaar, which assigns a unique 12-digit ID to every citizen, is an infringement of privacy. They also stressed ...






Economic Times
Do you know how much opening a basic bank account costs you? More than you can imagine, according to a report by the Reserve Bank of India ...






The Hindu
JAM, deriving from Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile, combines bank accounts for the poor, who barely had the money to deposit in them, direct transfer ...






The New Indian Express
The former RBI Governor said the move to link Aadhaar with bank accounts was welcome subject to concerns expressed by the Supreme Court ...






The New Indian Express
Aadhaar, driving licence, passport or Pan card would be considered for booking of air tickets. The government is also considering making the voter ID ...



Firstpost
Here too, the readiness of fair price shops (POS machines to authenticate identity) as well as Aadhaar seeding of bank accounts is being ensured.