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

Friday, May 25, 2018

13568 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 24th May 2018



findBIOMETRICS
“…a citizen can walk up to an MOM ATM and scan their finger, and then the ATM will match their biometrics to their Aadhaar profile, and any ...






Inc42 Media
From Taxes To Regulation, The Indian Government Can Help Startups In Many Areas. And Then It Can Lend Aadhaar To Startups Quite Literally ...






NDTV
What if someone gets to know your Aadhaar card number? Can an unauthorized person having access to your Aadhaar number steal money from ...




Biometric Update
Indian passengers on domestic flights may soon be able to board without travel documents using a “DigiYatra” (DY) based on biometrics, after a ...






Times of India
ALLAHABAD: Children at an orphanage in Allahabd have their own Aadhaar card and now they can take benefit of all the government welfare ...






Headlines of Today
Aadhaar card has become one of the essential documents lately. It is used as a valid address and identity proof that is mandatory for getting a ...






The Hans India
Aasara pensioners asked to link bank accounts with Aadhaar ... of Aasara pensioners to link their bank passbooks with Aadhaar and submit the photo ...






thenortheasttoday.com
IMPHAL, May 24, 2018: Chief minister, Nongthombam Biren Singh on Wednesday announced that the state government will remove Common Service ...




Finextra
MoneyOnMobile's payment platform connects our retailers to our banking partners and the Aadhaar system making the entire transaction seamless.






Zee Business
He also said that no food grains on ration cards can be availed without linking the ration card to the Aadhaar card after the introduction of the AEPDS ...






Swarajya
People with vested interests have confused Aadhaar for a surveillance programme by the Indian government. While the government has been ...






Times of India
Activists say the state civil supplies department's claims of change caused by Aadhaar seeding are empty. This February, the state government found ...






Times of India
Few candidates were unable to complete the process as their mobile number was not linked to Aadhaar card. "I realised that I need to link my ...






Times of India
Rejecting reports that the young woman was a minor, a senior police officer said, “The woman is an adult as per her date of birth on her Aadhaar card.





Times of India (blog)
Aadhaar, now backed by a robust law unlike in the UPA proposal, is playing a significant role in linking the physical with the digital to facilitate ...






Times of India
This year aadhaar card and two passport size photographs were made compulsory for students and due to this mandatory rule. The students who had ...






Times Now
Secondly, an individual can also verify return using Aadhaar-based OTP. While the process has to be completed at the government's e-filing website.






India.com
The tax filing season has started. The new income tax return (ITR) forms have been notified. By now you must have been wondering how to begin the ...






The News Minute
Directed by debutant PS Mithran, Irumbu Thirai talks about the breach of information in the digital age and focuses on the recent Aadhaar card details ...






OpIndia
He has also asked the ministry's technical team to plug vulnerabilities on the portal aadhaar.epfoservices.com that has now been temporarily shut.






Live Law
The petitioner contended that right to privacy was available against non-state actors, and in view of the growing power of social media and software ...






The New Indian Express
Police found an Aadhaar card in his pocket and identified him. “We also got in touch with his family in Rajasthan and his elder brother was informed ...






Firstpost
The documents required for the application of the loan will be as basic as your PAN and Aadhaar card. Mi Credit will currently only list all the agents ...






Finance Minutes
The Modi Government made it mandatory to link the Aadhaar number to various important documents in order to continue their services in the Indian ...






DailyO
... Hyderabad, involved handing out personalised cheques and new pattadar passbooks with unique security features, including Aadhaar linkage.






ETTelecom.com
COAI comments come a day after the SC said it didn't mandate seeding of mobile numbers with Aadhaar. NEW DELHI: Telecom subscriber base in ...