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, November 27, 2017

12430 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 26th Nov 2017



The Hindu
Issues related to issuance of Aadhaar cards to those in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka and Lakshadweep fell under the direct control of the regional office in Bengaluru. The judge also directed the Superintendent of the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, where Ms. Jayalalithaa was ...



The Hindu
Department of Posts on November 24 said Aadhaar enrolment facility has been extended to 1,434 post offices in Tamil Nadu. Department of Posts in collaboration with UIDAI launched Aadhaar enrolment facility in 70 post offices across Tamil Nadu. This facility will be further extended to 1,434 more post ...






Livemint
If every bank account was verified with Aadhaar then this would not have been possible. Every fraudster would try to take the money out from one account to another, but whichever is the beneficiary account if that account is verified with Aadhaar, it will be caught,” he said, while speaking at the fifth ...



Times of India
Gurukul Global school, Manimajra, has asked for Aadhaar card in case of EWS candidates as well. MRA senior secondary school and Saupin's schoo, too, have asked for a copy of the Aadhaar card. Paragon school has asked for copy of Aadhaar card and also original for reference. Many other schools ...






The Tribune
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet Aadhaar scheme, seen as a major weapon against corruption, is likely to get a quick burial in Maharashtra with the state ... But what seems to have made up the government's mind to expedite disbursal of the farm loan waiver without Aadhaar verification is the sudden ...



Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: Cybercrime gangs that use skimmer devices to steal credit and debit card information have started applying the same modus-operandi to obtain biometric authentication and steal Aadhaar information. While the government has made Aadhaar verification mandatory for the authentication of ...






Daily News & Analysis
Couples seeking to solemnize their union under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, may get a respite with the state government allowing an Aadhaar-based e-registration system through which they can serve notices online to the marriage registrars. “This will do away with agents and middlemen in the ...






Times of India
PUNE: Citizens across the city are foxed by the LPG subsidy being deposited in accounts that were recently linked with their Aadhaar numbers ... Dealers maintain that as per the subsidy protocol, the amount was transferred to the latest bank account of the beneficiary seeded with their Aadhaar number.






The Observer 24/7
UMANG e-governance app to keep track of all Government related services like PAN, Aadhaar, Passport, NPS and various other services. All the Indian citizens can download and install the UMANG App on their gadgets. More information regarding the app will be checked from the UMANG official ...



Deccan Chronicle
Many of the applicants could not get the pension or ration card sanctioned in their name because they failed to submit one or more of the required documents like Aadhaar card, family group photo (in post card size), photocopy of bank account passbook first page, passport size photographs or their voter ...






The Indian Express
Criticising Aadhaar, Shourie said, “Aadhaar is being linked to everything. Now my fingerprints are being linked to everything, including every financial transaction, investments, deposits and bank accounts. On November 20, there was a news item that 210 government agencies have unwittingly put out ...






Daijiworld.com
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS): The Central Board of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Friday "proposed to move" towards the centralised payment system using National Payments Corporation of India platform due to higher cost involved in the current payment mode, non-Aadhaar ...






Firstpost
New Delhi: BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Friday expressed confidence that his party will perform better than the last Assembly polls in Gujarat as people have supported demonetisation and implementation of the GST "despite some anger". He called the two measures taken by the ...






Rising Kashmir
Reviewing the status of division wise target of ration cards for Aadhaar seeding, it was informed that total 63,644 beneficiaries have been seeded from ... He further asked the officers of FCS&CA to ensure cent percent Aadhaar seeding of ration cards and their linkage with bank accounts to ensure ...






New Kerala
c) Present decentralized system of EPFO for making payment to its beneficiaries involves higher cost of transactions, delays in recredits in case of failed transaction and does not provide for AADHAAR enabled payments. Hence, EPFO proposed to move towards the Centralised Payment System using ...






Times of India
ANI (@ANI) 1511541313000. Another distressed member of the marginalized community, Khushboo, revealed how some of them were being denied even a bank account. "I just have an Aadhaar Card but no Voter Card. I do not even have a bank account. They turn me away whenever I go to them.



News Today
Chennai: Department of Posts said AADHAAR enrolment facility has been extended to 1,434 post offices in Tamilnadu. Department of Posts in collaboration with UIDAI launched Aadhaar enrolment facility in 70 post offices across Tamilnadu. This facility will be further extended to 1,434 more post offices ...






Times of India
An FIR was registered and the brothel manager, Sushmita Tamang of Kolkata, was arrested. The remaining girls didn't file any complaint and said they had been there of their own free will. They produced Aadhaar cards and were allowed to leave, police said. "Aadhaar card isn't recognised under JJ Act ...






Millennium Post
The Aadhaar system for one has been brought under repeated scanner as it aims to house details of citizens across the country irrespective of their prowess or economic standing. While it may have eased the path for effective governance, it leaves unanswered how secure the data is on the internet, ...






Economic Times
The Srikrishna Committee on data protection is close to releasing a white paper which will include a questionnaire for stakeholders on issues such as Aadhaar, data collection by corporates, and consent of consumers, according to multiple people in the know. The white paper is likely in the next few ...






Inc42 Media
Under the process, a user needs to register his/her Aadhaar number, post which an OTP is sent for the verification and activation of the account. With Billdesk being the promoter of the exchange, Coinome will have an easy window to build trust and deal with cybersecurity threats, which are currently the ...






The Navhind Times
“Once the data with Aadhaar link is available, it will be easier to know how many Goans are employed in government departments, how many are working in the private sector and how many are unemployed,” he said adding that youth will also be able to update their registration online with the upgraded ...






The Hindu
... were expected to be established to make the direct subsidy payment a smooth process. There is some apprehension about the smooth rollout with farmers having to provide their Aadhaar numbers as well as fingerprints while buying fertilizers. Though connectivity was not much of a problem in Kerala, ...






Chandigarh Metro (blog)
As per the information available on the official website of JEE, candidates who wish to appear for the JEE Main 2018 examination should be a national of India and have a valid Aadhaar Card issued by UIDAI. To register for JEE Main 2018, candidates are required to write their name, date of birth, sex, ...