AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13139 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 29th 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

Thursday, March 29, 2018

13139 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 29th March 2018

Deadline for providing Aadhaar to avail govt subsidised services extended till June 30

Economic Times

The government has extended the deadline for providing Aadhaar to avail of various services under section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 by three months to June 30, 2018. These schemes are mainly subsidised government services and government funded welfare schemes such as LPG and kerosene, ...

Deadline for linking Aadhaar with welfare schemes extended to June 30

Times of India

An official source clarified that while there is a threemonth breather for linking of the 12-digit biometric identifier with welfare schemes (which include PDS, MGNREGA and pension schemes, among others), availing of benefits will still require either the Aadhaar number, the enrolment slip or request for ...

UIDAI CEO Gave The Supreme Court His Aadhaar Logs, Now Twitter Knows Everything About Him - HuffPost India

After Mandatory Aadhaar-PAN Linkage, Transgender Activist Moves SC For Third Gender Option In ... - Live Law

More time to include ration card holders in Aadhaar net - Times of India

Deadline for linking Aadhaar with welfare schemes extended by 3 months

Times of India

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday extended by three months the deadline of March 31 for linking of Aadhaar with the welfare schemes, ... The deadline for linking bank accounts and mobile phone numbers with 12-digit biometric identifier Aadhaar has already been extended indefinitely, ...

Deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN extended till June 30 - The News Minute

#Aadhaar: UIDAI CEO's presentation to SC shows one biometric authentication attempt, which too ... - Moneylife

Aadhaar linking deadline for govt schemes extended to 30 June - Livemint

What is Aadhaar Virtual ID and how you can generate one

Economic Times

Don't want to give your Aadhaar number out? Worried your 12-digit number and data might be misused or stolen? Well, for those of you don't want to share your unique biometric number now have an alternative in the form of the Aadhaar Virtual ID (VID). This VID will allow you to authenticate ...

Unable to File IT Return Without Aadhaar, SC Lawyer Alleges Contempt of Court

The Wire

New Delhi: Unable to file his income tax return (ITR) due to the non-submission of Aadhaar number, despite the Centre's assurance to the Punjab and Haryana high court that the deadline for linking Aadhaar to the PAN card has been extended to June 30, senior Supreme Court advocate and former law ...

Aadhaar's benefits for financial inclusion

Livemint

The public interest litigations (PILs) filed before the Supreme Court against compulsory linking of Aadhaar to bank accounts raise issues about the right to privacy, concerns of being treated on par with money launderers, and the right to be not deprived of property as a result of blocking of bank accounts.

Mapping Aadhaar Failures: X Marks the Spot

NewsClick

UIDAI'S Aadhaar has been attracting scathing criticism from various quarters, as the number of cases of denial of service, including rations under the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the most socio-economically disadvantaged people in society, is growing every day. This has prompted a group of ...

Interactive Map Illustrates The Denial Of Welfare For Those Without Aadhaar

The Citizen (press release)

NEW DELHI: The government of India's push to make Aadhaar mandatory across a range of welfare schemes has been met with criticism, with the Supreme Court finally stepping in. The court said that Aadhaar, while allowed to be used for certain welfare schemes, cannot be a mandatory requirement, ...

Actor Urvashi Rautela's fake Aadhaar card used to book hotel room

Times of India

MUMBAI: Bandra police on Tuesday registered a case of cheating, fraud and misusing the identity details of Bollywood actress Urvashi Rautela to book a hotel room in a starred hotel in Bandra (W). Preliminary probe revealed that the fraudsters used Rautela's fake Aadhaar card toID book the room ...

Fake Aadhaar card in name of Bollywood actor used to book hotel room - The Indian Express

Insights from CEO of UIDAI's Aadhaar authentication log

MediaNama.com

Among the submissions made by Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO of UIDAI to the Supreme Court on the 22nd day of ongoing hearings on the constitutional Validity of Aadhaar was his Aadhaar authentication history between November 1, 2017, and March 29, 2018. Here are some insights from ...

Courting Controversy: Protecting fair and democratic elections from Aadhaar's harvested data!!

Bar & Bench

Having held in K.S. Puttaswamy vs Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 1 (Puttaswamy) that the right to privacy is a fundamental right, the Supreme Court is in the midst of hearing arguments on the Aadhaar case, which is now wading into the government's submissions justifying the mandatory applicability of ...

Aadhaar Linking Deadlines For Social Welfare, Small Savings Schemes Extended

NDTV

The government on Wednesday extended the deadline to link Aadhaar card numbers with social welfare schemes as well as small savings schemes like public provident fund (PPF), National Savings Certificate (NSC) etc. Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identity number issued by the Unique Identification ...

Mr Alphons, Don't Lie About Aadhaar & NaMo App's Privacy Breaches

The Quint

In March, it was revealed that a simple Google search “mera aadhaar meri pehchan filetype:pdf” revealed the Aadhaar details of several individuals. These details were published online by various sites, including a government website and the official website of the All India Football Federation.