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

Thursday, October 19, 2017

12155 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 18th October 2017



Aadhaar can be sole ID proof for voting: Ex-CEC Krishnamurthy
Economic Times
Former Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy today favoured doing away with voter ID card and said Aadhaar can be the sole identity proof ...





Venkaiah stresses importance of Aadhaar
The Hindu
Even as he contended that online transactions were the future, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Tuesday that the Aadhaar system would ...





No Aadhaar, No Food? Girl, 11, Died 'Begging For Rice', Says Jharkhand Family
NDTV
The child's family was refused subsidized food allegedly because their ration card had not been linked to their Aadhaar unique ID number following a ...
Jharkhand Girl Dies After Family's Ration Denied for No Aadhaar Link, BJP Blames Malaria - The Wire
Aadhaar Linked Ration Card: Eliminates the Hunger or the Poor and Destitute? | NewsClick - NewsClick
Jharkhand: Family denied ration over Aadhaar linking, girl starves to death - Deccan Chronicle


Targeted delivery: Grievance system, robust cybersecurity critical to Aadhaar's success
The Indian Express
Even as the govt is making efforts to make Aadhaar mandatory for schemes and services, experts say that it is necessary put in place safeguards such ...
No Aadhaar, No Mid-day Meal stand : Updating one's identity - The Sangai Express Editorial ... - E-Pao.net
Aadhaar linking: Four deadlines you should not miss - Odisha Television Ltd. (blog)


Aadhaar must for postal deposits
The Hindu
In view of the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Finance, Aadhaar has been made mandatory for opening all post office deposit accounts, ...





Recruiters find Aadhaar verification a faster way to process candidates
Moneycontrol.com
Recruitment process for companies is to become shorter as recruiters have started using Aadhaar to verify employees while hiring them. Presently, the ...
More companies find verifying new recruits with Aadhaar cheaper, faster - Business Today
More companies now shift focus to Aadhaar for easy employee verification process - International Business Times, India Edition


UIDAI chairman says Aadhaar helped government save $9B
Biometric Update
Nandan Nilekani, the first chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said that the Aadhaar Card system helped save India $9 ...





SC scan on Aadhaar for phone, banks
The Telegraph
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to take up next week a PIL challenging the Centre's decision to make Aadhaar cards mandatory for mobile ...





EPFO Launches New Facility To Link UAN With Aadhaar. Details Here
NDTV
After linking of UAN with Aadhaar or UID (Unique Identity Number) - the 12-digit identification number issued by the UIDAI (Unique Identification ...
Now EPFO members having UAN can link Aadhaar online - Outlook India
EPFO launches online facility to link UAN with Aadhaar number ahead of Diwali - Business Today
How to link Aadhaar card with UAN number online: In big Diwali 2017 gift, EPFO makes it possible ... - Financial Express


SC to hear pleas against linking Aadhaar with mobile number, bank account: All you need to know
Hindustan Times
Aadhaar has been facing a slew of legal challenges on the grounds that it breaches privacy. In August, the Supreme Court made privacy a ...





Aadhaar services at more Sampark centres
The Tribune
According to an official spokesperson, of the 42 Sampark centres in Chandigarh, till now, Aadhaar-related services were being offered in eight centres.





Aadhaar card based EPFO e-sign feature: Here is how users benefit; all you need to know
Financial Express
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched free Aadhaar-based e-sign facility for employer's provident fund portal for signing ...





Online voting possible when Aadhaar gets linked with voters' list: UP SEC
Times of India
KANPUR: "The day the Aadhaar numbers of all the voters would get linked with the voters list, it would become possible for conducting online polls in ...





Non Delivery of Aadhaar Card
The Shillong Times
SHILLONG: The Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Meghalaya Division has informed that good numbers of AADHAAR CARDs are lying ...





Aadhaar Card Linkage Obsession Of Indian State 'Starves' 11 Years Old Girl In Jharkhand To Death
SikhSiyasat.Net
“The family was not receiving ration due to the government's mandate for Aadhaar seeding,” Dheeraj Kumar one of the activists involved in the ...





Aadhaar card: After dire warnings, this is what experts want Narendra Modi government to do
Financial Express
The Narendra Modi government has been pitching for making Aadhaar card an integral part of the digital ecosystem in the country that touches almost ...





Mumbai: No information on ministers' Aadhaar details with PMO according to an RTI
Free Press Journal
Mumbai: At a time when PM Narendra Modi is enforcing people to the use of Aadhaar card and connect it to all services, his own office does not have ...





Now Make Aadhaar Based Transactions With mAadhaar
Gizmodo India
Transactions utilizing Aadhaar confirmation rose to almost 150 crore in September as compared to 100 crore in the earlier month. This huge spike in ...





This man was not aware how his ITR, Aadhaar and PAN were being misused to secure loans; how ...
Financial Express
Do you file ITR every year? Do you have an Aadhaar card? Do you possess PAN card? If the answers to these questions are yes, then this is one story ...





No Aadhaar, no ration: 11-year-old dies of starvation - Times Now
Times Now
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