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, February 26, 2018

12880 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 24th Feb 2018



SC Refuses to Extend Aadhaar Deadline; Here's All You Need to Link by March 31
The Better India
You order food via your phone; you pay for things online using your card. Well, all the essential services that form your bed of comfort and complacency will go, if you don't link your Aadhaar card to them! The Supreme Court has rejected a plea which sought an extension of the deadline for linking it to ...
SC refuses to extend Aadhaar linking deadline - Economic Times
Aadhaar Hearing [Day-13]- Court Must Consider Granting Compensation To Aadhaar Victims ... - Live Law
Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Extension of Aadhaar Linkage Deadline - Inc42 Media
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Poor response to seeding Aadhaar with BSNL mobile numbers
The Hindu
The mandatory seeding of Aadhaar numbers with mobile numbers is receiving poor response from BSNL subscribers in Coimbatore SSA of BSNL comprising Coimbatore and Tirupur districts. BSNL had initially announced that seeding of Aadhaar with mobile numbers was mandatory on or before ...


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EPFO Launches Linking Of UAN With Aadhaar Card Number Through UMANG App: 5 Points
NDTV
The retirement fund body also enabled subscribers to linking their UAN with Aadhaar card numbers in the EKYC PORTAL of EPFO (https://iwu.epfindia.gov.in/eKYC/) using the bio-metric credentials of subscribers. The decisions came after a meeting presided over by Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar.


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Aadhaar For Children Below The Age of 5. Details Here
NDTV
In case you have got the aadhaar card made, it may be the time for applying for aadhaar for your little ones. If your child is upto the age of five years, you should go to an aadhaar centre for the same. Since the child's aadhaar is meant to be linked to the parent's, you must carry your own aadhaar card and ...
UIDAI introduces special blue coloured 'Baal Aadhaar' for children below the age of 5 - Firstpost
Now, colour-coded 'Baal Aadhaar' cards for children below 5 years - know details - Times Now
Aadhaar Card for children below 5 years just got a different colour; see more details - Catch News
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RBI plans to stop Aadhaar misuse, but will it work?
Business Today
In the wake of telecom companies misusing the Aadhaar-based eKYC verification for opening accounts in their payments bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently clarified that the verification done by telecom operators on behalf of payments bank will not be considered valid. In addition, the ...


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Post-Aadhaar hurdle, HRD to use PAN for education survey
Times of India
Many teachers were not happy over linking of Aadhaar with the process. While Aadhaar helped identify 80,000 ghost teachers in AISHE 2016-17, it also left many genuine teachers out of the total count. A senior professor of IIT-Delhi said, “Some teachers didn't have the Aadhaar number and therefore ...


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Junnar man clones Aadhaar cards to usurp land of two sisters, held
Times of India
Pune: The city police on Thursday night arrested a man from Junnar, about 102km from here on Pune-Nashik highway, for preparing fake Aadhaar cards of ... The police said Pansare, in the process of creating the fake Aadhaar cards, missed out on changing the residential addresses of the two women.


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HTET Candidates Asked To Complete Aadhaar Identification
NDTV
New Delhi: Haryana Board of Secondary Education (BSEH), the official organisor of Haryana Teacher Eligibility Examination (HTET), has asked the candidates who have not verified their Aadhaar based Biometric Attendance to complete the process in upcoming days. This year, the Haryana Board had ...
HTET 2017 results declaration delayed due to Aadhaar identification - The Indian Express
HTET Results 2017 delayed: All you need to know - India Today
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Varsity students can now access mark sheets online using Aadhaar card
Hindustan Times
“For the first time, all graduating students will be able to access their mark sheets digitally by simply sharing their Aadhaar details. Every student will have a personal username and password to access their individual certificates from the National Academic Depository (NAD),” said an official from MU.


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Nandan Nilekani may help build tech Infra for healthcare scheme
Economic Times
BENGALURU: Nandan Nilekani, chairman of IT services major Infosys and the architect of Aadhaar, will help the government in building the technology infrastructure for the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), the ambitious health insurance scheme announced by the government in the Budget.
Nandan Nilekani to develop IT infra for NDA's 'Modicare' health scheme - Hindustan Times
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Nandan Nilekani to Assist Government on IT Infrastructure for New Health Insurance Scheme
The Wire
The IT infrastructure for the healthcare scheme will be of a huge scale, as was required for Aadhaar, and will have to be scaled up gradually in view of the massive range of the programme, the official said. Former UIDAI chairman Nilekani – the brain behind the Aadhaar – is also a member of the Goods ...


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Nandan Nilekani may build IT infra for ModiCare
Moneycontrol.com
After building the IT infrastructure for Aadhaar and goods and services tax (GST) Network, Nanadan Nilekani could be involved in a new assignment with the government. This time, he could help build the infrastructure necessary to rollout the government's flagship announcement in the budget - The ...


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Now you can only update your address on Aadhaar Card online, rest at Enrollment centres
MakTechBlog (blog)
Aadhaar Card is mandatory for almost every government related work. There are many details on the Aadhaar card like Name, Address, Date of Birth, Gender, Photo. While enrolling for the identity our Fingerprints and Iris is also scanned and data is stored securely on the server. The 12 Digit unique ...
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