AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 12116 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 24th September 2017

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 25, 2017

12116 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 24th September 2017

Man claiming to be Aadhaar official held

The Hindu

A man pretending to be a senior executive of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards, was arrested by the ...

Fewer centres delay Aadhaar enrolment - Times of India

Lost Aadhaar card number or Enrolment ID? Here are easy steps to retrieve it - Financial Express

Bengaluru: Aadhaar 'agent' arrested - Bangalore Mirror

No decent jobs for this community in Bengal as they have 'fake fathers'

Hindustan Times

A number of people face problems as the name of the father on their Aadhaar and voter identity cards doesn't match that on their school-leaving ...

Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian gets one-year extension

The Indian Express

Arvind Subramanian has, over the last three years, brought new ideas in public discourse such as the JAM--Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile--trinity.

Arvind Subramanian to stay on as Chief Economic Advisor - The Hindu

Subramanian to get extension as CEA for one year: Jaitley - Outlook India

Country first, votes later; anti-graft fight will continue: Modi

Daily Pioneer

... fight against black money and corruption would continue through the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and linking of all bank accounts with Aadhaar.

Contract marriage case: photo points to parents' involvement

The New Indian Express

However, when the Indian Embassy in Oman reached the girl's husband Ahmad Abdullah Amur, he produced her “morphed” Aadhaar card which ...

Right to Privacy in digital arena

Daily News & Analysis

In fact, if Aadhaar is so comprehensive, then why did the Centre form the Srikrishna Committee or why has TRAI floated its own consultation paper for ...

Task force seeks public opinion on artificial intelligence

Business Standard

A government task force is seeking public opinion on deploying artificial intelligence in manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture and the Aadhaar ...

The better angels of our nature

Livemint

A universal Identity (UID) being implemented in India called Aadhaar is bad because it is a tool that can be used to infringe upon privacy.

India can never be corruption-mukt because politicians don't want it so

Hindustan Times

But in his very optimistic book about India's future Nandan Nilekani, the architect of Aadhaar has written: “When it comes to computerisation within the ...

You may soon be able to buy from the fair price shop of your choice

NYOOOZ

The Aadhaar seeding is expected to be over in a month. Gradual rollout Explaining the concept of portability, the officials point out that the idea is to ...

Six booked in murder case after court's intervention

Times of India

Pune: The Hadapsar police on Friday booked six members of a family, including a woman, in over a year-old case of a 25-year-old man charring to ...

Siddu leads from front in Cong poll campaign

The New Indian Express

He also called the Modi government as the U-turn government, saying that he had earlier opposed, GST, FDI and Aadhaar, but was trying to ...

Times of India

Also, the applicants will have to submit and bring along the sale letter of the vehicle, Form 21, Aadhaar card and an address proof of Chandigarh for ...

Vyapam defies CM's order on cop recruitment re-test

Times of India

... an opportunity has been provided to all such applicants whose Aadhaar were not bio-metrically certified or verified due to server problem for re-test.

For trees, they fight nature

Times of India

Bains suggested that people must be asked to plant at least five saplings before they get their driving license, birth or death certificate, Aadhaar card, ...

Night school at rohingya camp a symbol of hope for immigrants

The New Indian Express

... distance, but do not get any higher education either from the local government school or a private college as they don't have an Aadhaar card.

PM's comments on developmental projects improper: Cong

Daily Excelsior

NEW DELHI, Sept 23: Criticising the comments by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that if he lays the foundation stone of a project, he makes sure that he ...

Manipur govt. takes severe measures to prevent illegal entry of migrants — Biren

Eastern Mirror

Police have also intensified their drive by conducting door to door identification drives such as identification and verification of Aadhaar card and voter ...

Nagaland News in Brief

Morung Express

The beneficiaries have been directed to bring two recent passport photographs along with the Aadhaar card or number, informed Dr. Vivotuo Miachieo ...