AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13437 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 3rd May 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, May 3, 2018

13437 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 3rd May 2018

Aadhaar Enrolment Software not compromised with: UIDAI

Economic Times

NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has denied reports alleging that Aadhaar Enrolment Software is being tampered with and sold for some money in the underground market. As per the reports, these tampered machines bypassed operators biometric authentication and ...

Aadhaar Fraud is Not Only Real, But Also Deserves Far More Attention - The Wire

UIDAI Says Stringent Processes in Place, Slams Aadhaar Enrolment Software Breach Reports - NDTV

UIDAI says stringent processes in place, slams enrolment software breach reports - Economic Times

AG: Aadhaar Bill rightly categorised as Money Bill

Times of India

NEW DELHI": The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that provisions of Article 110 of the Constitution were adhered to while categorising Aadhaar as a Money Bill, which had enabled the NDA government to avoid the legislation being scuttled in Rajya Sabha where it lacked a majority.

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue: Bill Gates

Economic Times

WASHINGTON: India's Aadhaar technology does not pose any privacy issue and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the World Bank to take ... Nandan Nilekani, Infosys founder who is considered as the chief architect of Aadhaar, was consulting and helping the World Bank on the project.

Here's what Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has to say on Aadhaar - Gadgets Now

Aadhaar doesn't pose privacy issue, says Gates - Deccan Herald

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue, says Bill Gates - The Indian Express

SC does not seem to agree with Aadhaar law being termed a Money Bill

Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday did not seem to agree with the government's contention that the Aadhaar law was correctly termed as a Money Bill by the Lok Sabha Speaker as it dealt with "targeted delivery of subsidies" for which funds come from the Consolidated Fund of India.

Any ID proof sufficient for new SIM but Aadhaar linkage must later: Sources - Economic Times

Aadhaar was never a must for new SIMs, say telcos - Economic Times

SC questions government's justification for passing Aadhaar Act as Money Bill - The Hindu

Millions of Indians' financial information may have been stolen from an Aadhaar-linking site

Quartz

A data breach at the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), a retirement fund for salaried workers, may have exposed the personal information of millions of Indians. On May 01, a letter from the central provident fund commissioner, V P Joy, to Dinesh Tyagi, the CEO of the government's ...

EPFO says Aadhaar data is safe - Economic Times

Yet Another Aadhaar Data Breach But This Time Through EPFO - Inc42 Media

EPFO discontinues services with Aadhaar seeding portal amid reports of data theft - Times of India

Aadhaar not linked, no money for 519 beneficiaries in Ambala

Times of India

Ambala: Of the 1.2 lakh people receiving benefits from the state government in Ambala district, 519 are yet to submit details of their Aadhaar card to the social welfare ... A category-wise breakdown of beneficiaries who have not submitted their Aadhaar card information to the social welfare department:

LU rectifies rules, Aadhaar not needed for admission

Economic Times

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow University has amended a guideline that had made Aadhaar number mandatory for candidates filling online admission forms. ... Significantly, in March this year, the Supreme Court had put an interim stay on the requirement of Aadhaar for filing application forms of various ...

Karnataka police share Aadhaar details of housing scam victims on website

Times of India

BENGALURU: Even while the security and privacy of data secured by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) under its Aadhaar project is being questioned, Karnataka police have shared personal details — including Aadhaar numbers — of victims of the Gruha Kalyan housing scam on an ...

Aadhaar Enrolment Software is Being Sold Illegally for Rs 500 - The Quint

No breach into Aadhaar database, clarifies UIDAI - The New Indian Express

Aadhaar not linked, 519 go without benefits in Ambala

Times of India

AMBALA: Of the 1.2 lakh people receiving benefits from the state government in Ambala district, 519 are yet to submit details of their Aadhaar card to the social welfare department, failing to ... “The details of some had mismatched, while others did not update us with their Aadhaar numbers,” she said.

Aadhaar card not mandatory to get mobile SIM: Report

Zee Business

Aadhaar card not mandatory to get mobile SIM: Report. Updated: May 2, 2018 16:06 pm. Aadhaar could be a very important document for verification in various services, but it is not mandatory to get a mobile SIM, as per a newspaper report.