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

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

12073 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 18th September 2017


Govt plans to make PAN the biz Aadhaar for companies, NGOs
Times of India
NEW DELHI: After debating for months, the government is moving to make Permanent Account Number (PAN) the Aadhaar for businesses as well as ...

Aadhaar soon to be mandatory for businesses, NGOs - Moneycontrol.com

PAN to become Aadhaar for NGOs, businesses in black money fight - Deccan Chronicle

PAN might soon be the 'Aadhaar' for entities - NewsBytes

Calls it 'grave injustice', goes to SC: Man refuses to obtain Aadhaar for self, family
The Indian Express
Calling it “grave injustice”, Andheri resident John Abrahim has refused to get an Aadhaar card for himself and his family. The impediments he faced in ...

Mumbai man refuses to get Aadhaar, approaches SC to fight the 'grave injustice' - India Today

Aadhaar linking: Here are some crucial deadlines that govt doesn't want you to miss
The Indian Express
Aadhaar, a unique identification document bearing a unique 12 digit Aadhaar number, is issued to an individual by the Unique Identification Authority ...

Aadhaar: Changed Address? How To Update It On Aadhaar Card - NDTV

Lost Your Aadhaar Number? How To Get It On Your Phone - NDTV

Steps to update address, mobile number, email id on Aadhaar Card - News Heads

Linking Mobile Number With Aadhaar: Misinterpreting A Supreme Court Order
Live Law
It appears many telecom service providers have been alerting their customers to link their mobile numbers with their Aadhaar numbers, in terms of a ... 

Google Tez may store your Aadhaar details for transactions
Gadgets Now
Since Aadhaar card also has details like name, age, contact number, address, email ID and parent's name this means that the users will have to share ...

Google reveals why Tez app doesn't support 'pay by Aadhaar' feature - Hindustan Times

Google's payments app Tez may support "pay by Aadhaar" soon - Digit

First look at Google Tez: audio based p2p payment; 7 Indic languages; VPA issues - MediaNama.com

Aadhaar-linking deadlines: If you miss out, you will suffer the consequences; why you should read ...
Financial Express
Centre has made it compulsory to link Aadhaar with a number of essentials like Income Tax returns, PAN, and much more. Notably, all mobile ...

Panel Discussion on Aadhaar, Data Protection and Privacy Rights
Live Law
“Citizens for Constitutional Governance “ , a Kochi-based collective of person from the fields of law, technology, academics etc, will hold an interactive ...

After biometric data, now Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, wants Aadhaar details of ...
Times of India
"Collecting Aadhaar deta ils is part of our digital initiative. Right now, we are making a digital record and same would be used whenever there is a ...
Minimum account balance penalty to partly fund Aadhaar linkage costs: SBI
The New Indian Express
"It (Aadhaar linking) is a costly affair because you have to contact the customer, you have to do the process, you have to make changes in IT. There are ... 

Maha to assist with Aadhaar enrolment
Daily News & Analysis
The Maharashtra government has undertaken a statewide exercise to put in place a robust ecosystem to facilitate enrolment and updating Aadhaar.
Penalty from accounts to partly fund Aadhaar linkage costs: SBI
Nagaland Post
The recent directive of the government to link all savings bank accounts with Aadhaar by December 31 was a “very costly affair” as lenders were ...
SBI will fund Aadhaar linkage costs, technology upkeep via penalty
NewsBytes
According to reports, State Bank of India (SBI) will use the sum accrued from the penalty received via bank accounts that have failed to maintain a ...

Schools to be de-recognised for failing to furnish Aadhaar info
The Tribune
Taking a strict notice of the fact that certain private schools have not been taking the task of furnishing Aadhaar card details of the students seriously, ...

Not foolproof
The Statesman
The Aadhaar project could have suffered a serious setback with the UP police ~ not the most reputed of investigation agencies ~ unearthing a racket to ...

Direct benefit scheme saved government Rs. 65000 cr.: Javadekar
The Hindu
The scheme requires linking Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts and other subsidised services. The government claims it is being used to fix leaks ...

HARYANA
The Hindu
... Centre will soon introduce linking of Aadhaar with driving licences: “I have already had a word with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways ...

Estonia open to assist India on cyber security
Economic Times
... is also keen to work closely with India to help the latter leverage its biometric Aadhaar database for delivering a host of digital services to citizens. 

Speak up Delhi: E-rick a bane more than a boon
NYOOOZ
E-RICK OWNERS ASKED TO LINK AADHAAR The AAP government has come out with a new directive stating it will now be mandatory for ...

How we got around to talk about privacy
DailyO
It will affect the Aadhaar decision and overrule Justice Singhvi's decision to criminalise homosexuality. But, the very idea of privacy enables a fecundity ...

11-year-old girl narrowly escapes child marriage after revealing family's treachery to teacher
International Business Times UK
She also said her family had obtained a fake unique identification number (UID), known as an Aadhaar, wherein the age of the girl was increased from ...

Free sari distribution today by Telangana government
Deccan Chronicle
Every woman aged 18 years and above, hailing from a family holding white ration card and Aadhaar, is eligible to receive the sari. Tags: k.t. rama rao, ... 

Minor girl rescued from Haryana
The Hindu
Mr. Dulgaz had a fake Aadhaar card made for the victim, which said she was 20 years old. He later married her in a temple. “He then filed a writ ...

After Baggage Tags, CISF Is Abolishing Boarding Passes At Airport Through New Electronic System
Indiatimes.com
The CISF's plans come at a time when there have been talks of using identities like Aadhaar and others for starting biometric entry system of ...

Nation Briefs
The Telegraph
... who lives in Madhya Pradesh, by the Delhi-based pickpocket. Aslam got back his driving licence and PAN and Aadhaar cards but not the Rs 1,200 ...

Why August 2017 May Well Have Marked The Beginning Of The End Of Modi's Honeymoon
Huffington Post India
Until recently, the BJP had dismissed criticism of Aadhaar and demonetisation, and pretty much everything else, as motivated, and found support for its ...
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