AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13172 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 2nd April 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

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

13172 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 2nd April 2018

Don't link Aadhaar with voter ID: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Times of India

The minister, however, strongly defended the linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts, saying it would bring in transparency in reaching the benefits of welfare schemes through direct benefit transfer (DBT). "There is a clear difference between the Aadhaar of Modi and the Aadhaar of Manmohan Singh.

Linking Aadhaar, voter ID not a good idea: Union IT minister - Times of India

Don't link Aadhaar with voter IDs, says Ravi Shankar Prasad - Moneycontrol.com

Government Is Not Ready For Being Accused Of Spying By Linking Voter Card And Aadhaar ... - Inc42 Media

Black money crackdown: Aadhaar card to be deployed to catch corrupt government employees

Zee Business

With Aadhaar being made mandatory for some financial transactions, Chowdary said it would be in a position to get data from a few centralised agencies and use the information for the purpose of determining a transaction made by an individual and to probe Disproportionate Assets (DA).

Top government watchdog plans to use Aadhaar to sniff out corrupt bureaucrats - India Today

Airtel gets reprieve from UIDAI over Aadhaar based e-KYC

CIOL

After a temporary ban, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has restored Bharti Airtel's authorization to perform Aadhaar based e-KYC verification with certain terms and conditions. According to UIDAI's conditions, the telecom operator will have to submit quarterly reports on compliance with ...

Aadhaar gets Virtual ID for security: All you need to know & how it works - Business Standard

Why CVC's move to track corrupt bureaucrats through Aadhaar will not work

DailyO

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recently indicated that as Aadhaar was being made mandatory for numerous financial transactions and property deals, it could be used effectively in tracking the ill-gotten wealth of corrupt bureaucrats. The anti-corruption watchdog is optimistic that ...

Urvashi Rautela-Aadhaar card saga: Woman claims she used actress' details to book hotel room ...

Firstpost

To Urvashi Rautela's relief, the Mumbai police has put an end to what could have been a second travesty for the actress. Too bad they can't undo Hate Story 4. The woman who used Rautela's Aadhar card to book a room in a plush Bandra hotel has been identified and an investigation is on into how she ...

Woman who booked room in Urvashi Rautela's name 'just wanted to relax - Mumbai Mirror

Bhayandar: Enrollment centre's irregular timings leave people Aadhaar-less

Free Press Journal

Bhayandar: Rocked by complaints of overcharging, Aadhaar enrollment centres in Bhayandar are now under the scanner for their irregular timings of operation causing tremendous hardship to local residents. At a time when only 6 out of the 12 approved centers are in a position to provide services, the ...

The answer to all our problems? Face ID introduced as a new method of Aadhaar authentication

Qrius

Aadhaar is used for identity authentication across several platforms such as banks, income tax companies, telecom companies and has an average of four crore authentications done on a daily basis. Recently, the UIDAI CEO, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, gave a presentation before a five-judge constitution ...

Aadhaar mandatory at TN hospitals?

News Today

Chennai: Amid reports that Aadhaar card has been made mandatory for admission into State-run-Siddha and Ayurveda hospitals, the government has denied implementing any such rule. This comes after reports claimed it is now necessary to produce the Unique Identification Card details while visiting ...

Rising Kashmir

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on Sunday said since Aadhaar was being made mandatory for numerous financial transactions and ... The anti-corruption watchdog was optimistic that information made available through a person's Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar cards could ...

Aadhaar card mandatory to play cricket in Bhopal

Cricket Country

This will be the first time that Aadhaar card has been made mandatory for any sporting event in MP. ... FYI, Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique-identity number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to all the residents of India based on their biometric and demographic data. Editorial team ...

Meet the French 'Hacker' Who Exposed Chinks in India's Cyber Security Armour

News18

It was in January 2018 that Alderson decided to look into Aadhaar. He acted on an anonymous tip, he told News18. He found a host of problems with mAadhaar, the Android application for the unique identity card, and went deeper and put forth tweets describing how third parties were using its data.

UIDAI's mAadhaar App: Things To Remember While Using It And Other Details Here

NDTV

Aadhaar card can be carried in digital form via mobile app-mAadhaar. mAadhaar is the official mobile application developed by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide an interface to Aadhaar card number holders to carry their demographic information namely, name, date of birth, ...