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

Friday, September 29, 2017

12132 - Aadhaar Articles Dayed 26th September 2017



DoT allows Aadhaar based eKYC of roaming subscribers in existing circle
Economic Times
The telecom department has allowed carriers to do Aadhaar -based e-KYC of roaming subscribers in the circle where the subscriber is at present ...
Does the DoT circular directing mobile users to link Aadhaar number hold water? - Moneycontrol.com
Here are four important Aadhaar-related deadlines you simply cannot afford to miss - Firstpost


How to link SBI account with Aadhaar number
Economic Times
The government has made it mandatory to link Aadhaar card to your bank account. According to the new rules, all existing bank account holders have ...
Have you linked Aadhaar with PAN,mobile and bank account? Know the deadlines - Business Today
Five days left for banks to set up Aadhaar centres - Zee Business
Aadhaar bank account linking: As UIDAI deadline nears, banks rush to set up enrolment centres - Financial Express


Database of savings schemes linked with Aadhaar in offing
The Hindu
It has directed the various departments monitoring such savings schemes to ensure that 100% Aadhaar seeding of all salaried accounts takes place ...





m-Aadhaar touches 10 lakh downloads; here's how you can install it
Business Today
This was informed by Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad in a tweet. "In just 2 months 10 lakh people have downloaded ...
m-Aadhaar surpasses 10 lakh downloads: Ravi Shankar Prasad - eGov Magazine | Elets


No loan waiver for over 2.4 lakh farmers who haven't mentioned Aadhaar details
Moneycontrol.com
Under the farm loan waiver scheme, over 2.4 lakh farmers who haven't provided their Aadhaar details may not be eligible as the scheme mandates ...





Street children to get Aadhaar
Times of India
LUCKNOW: Street children will soon be registered with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to get Aadhaar cards under a drive by NGO ...





Flying domestic? Soon you will need only Aadhaar number to board flights
Business Standard
The civil aviation ministry has begun the process of linking the databases of airlines and airports with passenger IDs such as Aadhaar and passport ...
Airports to go Paperless, May Link Airlines Database With Aadhaar Number - India.com
With biometrics and mobile bookings your air travel going to get easier - News Nation


Baby girl gets Aadhaar number within 6 minutes of birth
BGR India
Bhavna Santosh Jadhav is just a few minutes old, but she already has in place her vital identity proof – the Aadhaar number. The girl's parents ...





Nawabi era had its own Aadhaar-'Chehra Navisi'
Times of India
LUCKNOW: Did you know that the medieval bureaucratic system of Awadh ensured official documentation (much like Aadhaar) of all its state workers, ...





Crores opt to lock their Aadhaar biometric info
Deccan Chronicle
With Aadhaar linkage being made mandatory as of now for important services such as banking, property registrations, educational certificates, ...





KVGB to have Aadhaar-enrolment centres in 10% of branches by Oct 10
Hindu Business Line
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), which has jurisdiction over nine districts in Karnataka, is targeting to open Aadhaar-enrolment centres in at ...





Unending Aadhaar ordeal
Deccan Herald
During pre-Aadhaar days, I used to enjoy my visits to the bakery for those coconut cookies and fresh bread. Now, my visits are invariably to the dingy ...





Here's how a newborn girl got her Aadhaar number just six minutes after she was born
inUth.com
A newborn baby identified as Bhavna Santosh Jadhav got the opportunity to skip the tiring process of getting an Aadhaar number as she got hers just ...





BOSEM directed schools to submit Aadhaar Number for students appearing class X
E-Pao.net
It said lists of students which have already been submitted for appearing in the HSLC examination do not tally with the particulars in the Aadhaar cards ...





Discrepancies detected in data collection for UIN- under Aadhaar scheme
Scoop News
The latest gaffe is about the issuance of Aadhaar Cards in Jammu and Kashmir where striking inconsistencies have surfaced between the Center's ...





The curious cases of citizens sans Aadhaar
NYOOOZ
Summary: It is sad that they are not even aware of what's happening and compel people to submit Aadhaar. However, last month my husband was ...





New Drawback Duty Rates for Exporters, Aadhaar Linkage Deadlines – India Regulatory Brief
India Briefing
Recently, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) announced new drawback duty rates. Drawback duty is a provision that allows for the ...





Aadhar enrollment free of cost
The Shillong Times
SHILLONG: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Regional Office, Guwahati, has informed that Aadhaar enrolment is completely free of ...





GHMC mutation scam: Get bogus certificates just for Rs 5000
Deccan Chronicle
An Aadhaar card, birth certificate issued by GHMC, or Class X certificate, are mandatory to define the age of the candidate. A bogus birth certificate is ...





Farm loan waiver: Maharashtra detects 1.5 million suspicious bank accounts
Livemint
“The people who have opened these accounts have been identified using their Aadhaar number and biometric information. Since most of these ...





No compromise on corruption, says PM
The Hindu
“He spoke of the savings that accrued to the government with the use of Aadhaar, and gave the examples of Chandigarh and Puducherry where ...





These 5 Points Explain The New Provident Fund (PF) Transfer Rule
NDTV
EPFO has recently introduced a single page composite claim form (Aadhaar/non-Aadhaar) and composite claim form for death cases by replacing ...





3000 State schemes to be brought under DBT ambit
Hindu Business Line
At a meeting of the Inter-State Council last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged States to join the cash transfer platform and use Aadhaar ...





How financial services incumbents can keep up
Livemint
Platforms like Aadhaar, DigiLocker, the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) have allowed earlier paper-based ...





Jiribam police launch verification drive
E-Pao.net
During the checking of the voter lists, voter cards and Aadhaar cards, he found some irregularities regarding the date of birth mentioned in the various ...





Over 25000 `farmers' from city apply for loan waiver
Times of India
"There is also a possibility that the land belonging to the farmers may be in some other parts of the state but their Aadhaar card may be from Mumbai, ...
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