AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13067 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 23rd March 2018

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

Saturday, March 24, 2018

13067 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 23rd March 2018

Aadhaar is blind to purpose of validation: UIDAI CEO

Times of India

NEW DELHI: Aadhaar is blind to the purpose of authentication as it only establishes identity and nothing more, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told the Supreme Court on Thursday, countering apprehensions that Aadhaar would result in “virtual surveillance” of ...

Aadhaar robust, nationally on-line verifiable ID: UIDAI to SC - Times of India

SC: How many denied benefits due to Aadhaar authentication failure? - Times of India

UIDAI says Aadhaar makes exceptions to prevent exclusion, blames denials on corruption - Economic Times

What UIDAI chief told Supreme Court: 10 big points

Economic Times

Breaking the Aadhaar encryption may take more than the age of the universe for the fastest computer on earth, the UIDAI chief told SC. Unique Identification Authority of India CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey yesterday made a PowerPoint presentation in the Supreme Court to defend the government's ...

Aadhaar now world's largest biometric database: 5 facts from UIDAI CEO's presentation in ... - Financial Express

Aadhaar data unbreachable as UIDAI blind, CEO tells SC: Top 10 developments - Business Standard

Aadhaar hearing: UIDAI's presentation discusses Aadhaar enrolment, updation and authentication ... - Firstpost

SC is right to pull up government: Linking Aadhaar with pension is wrong

DailyO

The Supreme Court on March 21 raised an important question on the mandatory linking of Aadhaar card for drawing pension by retired government employees. The top court has rightly observed that pension is "not a subsidy but an entitlement of a person for years of service he/she has rendered to the ...

#Aadhaar: “100% successful authentication NOT possible,” UIDAI CEO admits in SC

Moneylife

The five-judge Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, comprising Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan on Wednesday resumed hearing in the Aadhaar case. In the beginning, the Bench decided to allow Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Chief Executive ...

Why I'm ready to homeschool my newborn but not enrol him under Aadhaar

DailyO

As we heaved a sigh of relief at the apex court deferring the March 31 deadline to link Aadhaar to bank accounts and mobile phones till it passes the final verdict on the matter, I realised that the need to enrol my child under this seemingly all-pervasive identity proof has only been postponed and not ...

5-foot-thick wall does not ensure Aadhaar security: A primer on how data can and does get hacked

Firstpost

In a bid to explain just how securely the Aadhaar data of millions of Indians is stored, Attorney-General KK Venugopal on Wednesday described to the five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court just how thick the walls of the data facility in Manesar were. The bench led by Chief Justice Dipak ...

FB data breach puts spotlight on Aadhaar

Economic Times

It's a 'Sorry' from Zuckerberg, finally! In an interview with CNN, the Facebook founder admitted that the social media networking platform may have grossly erred by its failure to protect personal data of its millions of subscribers. Facing fire for the massive data breach involving British data analytics firm ...

Aadhaar biometric identity system to make air travel paperless soon

India Today

"Leveraging India's national Aadhaar biometric identity system with our Smart Path technology, SITA will deliver a seamless biometric experience across all airlines and airports, both domestic and international, in India," said Maneesh Jaikrishna, SITA Vice President, Indian Subcontinent, Eastern and ...

Aadhaar and Income-Tax Returns: Legal Notes by Arvind Datar

Bar & Bench

On March 13, 2018, the deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile numbers, etc. was extended by the Supreme Court till the pronouncement of the judgment. However, there was no specific mention of income tax returns or PAN. The question that is repeatedly being asked is How do ...

IRDAI extends deadline for linking Aadhaar with insurance policies

Business Line

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has extended the deadline for linking of insurance policies with Aadhaarnumbers. As per an an earlier order, all insurers should complete linking of insurance policies with Aadhaar before March 31, 2018. The present direction has ...