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, January 4, 2018

12609 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 3rd january 2018



Economic Times
The Karnataka state cabinet has approved a central legislation to provide statutory backing to Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme, for use for ... "The cabinet gave its nod to Aadhaar (Target Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016, which was passed by ...



NDTV
Now, many telecom operators are offering a toll-free service - 14546 - for re-verification of your Aadhaar number on your mobile phone through an IVRS or Interactive Voice Response System. Mobile phone users can dial 14546 to link their Aadhaar number with the mobile number through IVRS-based ...



The Wire
A second death related to faults within the Aadhaar-based Public Distribution System (PDS) has come to light in Jharkhand. On December 25, Etwariya Devi, a 67-year-old widow, reportedly died due to starvation in Sonpurwa village of Garhwa district's Majhiaon block. Her family was reportedly unable ...



The Hindu
PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday urged the Centre to remove the Aadhar requirement to buy fertiliser for agricultural purposes. In a statement, Mr. Anbumani said that it was condemnable that Centre is imposing Aadhaar on farmers. “In Tamil Nadu, 10.47 lakh hectares or less ...






Pune Mirror
Mirror had reported Humnabad's dilemma in a story titled “After 7 attempts since 2011, Central Railway guard yet to get Aadhaar' on December 31, after which the administration flung into action. On January 1, he received a call from UID's senior officials, who ensured that Humnabad remained eligible ...






Times of India
"The regular Aadhaar and ULC kits are operating at the ward offices and at the main collectorate office," nodal officer Vikas Bhalerao said. With the centres witnessing long queues in the last few weeks, the district administration has repaired the faulty machines and procured the ULC and the regular kits ...






Times of India
"Any retailer without POS machine cannot sell fertilizer and a farmer without Aadhaar number cannot purchase it at the subsidized rate," agriculture department principal secretary Sudhir Kumar said. "In no case, the subsidy will be passed into the account of a farmer without Aadhaar number. It has to go ...



Times of India
"There were many objections from the people and the All Assam Students' Union (which had spearheaded the anti-foreigner movement in the state) to starting the Aadhaar registration process in the state before the NRC was updated," chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal told TOI. "People felt there were ...






Frontline
Once the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) detected the malpractice, it sought to conceal its own culpability by (i) declaring it a violation of the Aadhaar Act, 2016; (ii) requiring Airtel to deposit an interim penalty of Rs.2.5 crore with the UIDAI; (iii) obtaining an assurance that the bank will ...






Scroll.in
If you want to continue reading this article, you must link your Aadhaar number with your browser before March 31. Failing to do so will result in your browser access being blocked and your being banned from using the internet forever... Of course we're joking, though it's a borderline situation. If you're ...






The Indian Express
Amid the confusion over the Aadhaar card, the Uttar Pradesh Board has clarified that the students can enter the exam hall without the card. Neena Srivastava, secretary, UP Board said, “Aadhaar card was an important document for registration in the Uttar Pradesh board exams, however, it was never ...






Times of India
"The Aadhaar Act seeks to create an unlimited government where the state shall have access to and power to effect surveillance upon its subjects in derogation of protected fundamental rights. The integration of different silos of information and retention of 'authentication records' by the Authority paves ...






Deccan Chronicle
Bengaluru: The state government has decided to made the Aadhaar card mandatory for BPL families which want to avail social benefits schemes and will introduce the Karnataka State Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill 2017 in the coming session ...






Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad:The Greater Hyderabad the Municipal Corporation is waiting for the government orders to implement the Telangana Shishu Aadhaar project as part of its new e-Governance initiative. The GHMC has proposed the project in which newborn babies will be issued Aadhaar cards, birth certificates ...






The Tribune
Even as the Supreme Court has given a deadline to link the bank accounts with Aadhaar card by March 31, this year, the process is getting hampered ... The Sewa Kendra staff at almost all centres, who have limited staff, now take only 20 to 25 Aadhaar card applications daily, those, too, on the basis of ...



Live Law
“The Commission records admonition against Dr DK Gupta, present CPIO Mr SK Gupta and First Appellate Authority for illegally insisting on Aadhaar Card etc. to prove citizenship, identity and address, and also demanding proof of citizenship. Denial of information for lack of Aadhaar card will be a ...






TelecomTalk (blog)
Finally, telecom operators have implemented one of the new methods proposed by UIDAI to verify your mobile connection with Aadhaar. Telecom operators today rolled out the much-anticipated OTP based IVRS linking method, which removes the hassle for users to visit the operator' store to link the ...
How To Link Aadhaar To Your Mobile Number via OTP - Sid Tech (press release) (blog)
Tag: Aadhaar verification - Sid Tech (press release) (blog)



National Herald
Etwariya Devi, a 67-year-old widow, died of hunger and exhaustion on December 25 in Sonpurwa village of Majhiaon block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand. She lived with her son Ghura Vishwakarma, daughter-in-law Usha Devi and their three children in a dilapidated kutcha house. The family has a ...






MediaNama.com
The Ministry of Finance, in 2017, received 20 complaints of bank frauds, amounting to Rs 7.65 lakhs related to linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts. Note that the list from the Ministry of Finance seems incomplete since it only includes Indian Overseas Bank, State Bank of India, UCO Bank and ...





The Telegraph
Ranchi: An elderly woman, who was allegedly denied ration for three months because of Aadhaar data mismatch, starved to death on December 25, a report released by the Right to Food Campaign said on Tuesday. Etwaria Devi (67), a resident of Sonpurwa village in Majhiaon block of Garhwa, 225km ...





Gizbot
The new online ration distribution system will highly rely on Aadhaar card. The new system is said to have a robust mechanism for verification of beneficiaries through the Aadhaar authentication, having features to monitor transactions online. Moreover, to make sure that the beneficiaries get their fair ...






India Today
"Aadhaar card was an important document for registration in the Uttar Pradesh board exams, however, it was never mandatory," said Uttar Pradesh ... In a sigh of relief, the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) has clarified that the board students need not carry Aadhaar card along with ...






G Plus (press release) (blog)
The Aadhaar registration process in Assam which was earlier scheduled to begin from 1st January, is now likely to begin from 15th of February. The delay was caused due to cancellation of several private agencies who were empanalled to carry out the biometric registrations. Speaking to G Plus, ...






Press Trust of India
A number of documents made using fake address proofs including two Aadhaar cards, PAN card, driving licence, voter card, residence proof, photo copy of passport, cheque books, passbooks, ATM cards,