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

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

13773 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 15th July 2018



Govt: Aadhaar 'desirable', not must for NHPS
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Clearing the air around requirement of Aadhaar to avail benefits under Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), ...

Aadhaar 'desirable but not must' to enrol for Ayushman Bharat scheme: Health Ministry - Moneycontrol.com

Aadhaar preferable, not 'must', for Ayushman Bharat: Health Ministry - Hindu Business Line (satire) (press release) (blog)

Ayushman Bharat: Use of Aadhaar only 'desirable, not must' - The Hindu


Aadhaar for newborns at 500 hospitals from August
Times of India
Around 500 hospitals and healthcare centres in Maharashtra will have trained staffers for initiating Aadhaar-linked birth registration from August.





UIDAI eases hiring of Aadhaar auditor
The Hindu
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has allowed Aadhaar authentication ecosystem partners such as banks and telecom firms to ...





Aadhaar data vulnerable to insider threat, UIDAI's unhackable claim a myth: Experts
Times of India
Speaking on the issues of Aadhaar, cyber security and data privacy at the Digital Identity Research Initiative conference at Indian School of Business ...

Over 1.21 billion enrolled onto Aadhaar, with 3.58 million in June 2018 - MediaNama.com


Aadhaar, PAN of no help to alleged illegal immigrant
Bangalore Mirror
She was booked under the Passport Act. She approached a trial court for bail and her counsel submitted Aadhaar and PAN cards to prove her ...





Aadhaar drive tomorrow
The Hindu
A special Aadhaar drive will be conducted by Madurai division of the Department of Posts at all its 48 post offices on July 14. Aadhaar services and ...





BSP functionary urges EC to maintain Aadhaar record of members of political parties
The Tribune
The Aadhaar linkage will curb alleged misuse of public funds in name of bogus members by them, including conversion of black money received by ...

'EC should direct parties to give Aadhaar numbers of members' - Hindu Business Line (satire) (press release) (blog)


Aadhaar Helped Govt. To Save Rs 90000 Crore; 3 Crore Indians Using Aadhaar Every Day!
Trak.in (blog)
As per some interesting reports coming in, Aadhaar has enabled massive savings of Rs 90,000 crore, ever since it came into the picture.





AADHAAR
The Hindu
In order to authenticate the identity of Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries, the use of Aadhaar card is preferable but is not a “must”, the Union Health ...





UID-at-birth at 500 Maharashtra hospitals soon
Daily News & Analysis
The state public health department will establish enrolment centres in around 500 of its hospitals for Aadhaar-linked birth registration to assign ...





An AP government website accused for leaking Aadhaar card details
YoVizag
Aadhaar Card information is termed to be one of the most personal pieces of information and is not meant to be leaked around. In the latest ...





LPG Subsidy fiasco: Airtel Bank gets RBI, UIDAI nod to resume taking new customers
Economic Times
RBI thereafter had directed Airtel Payments Bank not to on-board new customers while Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI had suspended the e-KYC ...

LPG subsidy: Airtel Payments Bank gets RBI nod to resume customer on-boarding - Financial Express

Airtel Payments Bank Gets RBI, UIDAI Nod To Resume Taking New Customers - BloombergQuint

RBI lifts ban on Airtel Payments Bank to enrol new customers - Hindu Business Line (satire) (press release) (blog)


In India, regulators are deciding the fate of sensitive data behind closed doors
Global Voices Online
This triggered consternation among civil society and privacy advocates, as it indicates that the data protection act will have no bearing on the Aadhaar ...





Aadhaar, "failure" of NREGA rural jobs guarantee scheme "main reason" for 13 starvation deaths in ...
COUNTERVIEW
Three persons starved to death due to the Aadhaar-based biometric authentication (ABBA) failure for their household members who could go to the ...





Hollowing out a promise
The Indian Express
Rejected payments were not unknown earlier but they have become endemic ever since the linking of NREGA wage payments with Aadhaar. Linking ...





Post office honoured
The Tribune
The General Post Office, Amritsar, was given Aadhaar excellence award for the best performing post office in the Punjab west postal region at a ...





Right to Food Campaign Protests Suspected Starvation Deaths, Lynchings in Jharkhand
The Wire
The Campaign has urged the state to initiate criminal proceedings in all cases of violence and demanded delinking of Aadhaar from all public services ...





Mass surveillance fears abound
Times of India
HYDERABAD: In the second session on Aadhaar and privacy, experts expressed apprehensions about Aadhaar being used as mass surveillance ...





Filing Income Tax Return? You must keep these key documents handy
Financial Express
Aadhaar: Just like your PAN card, you also need your Aadhaar number for easy ITR filing and e-verification using Aadhaar-based OTP.





ID documents of rescued minor girls raise suspicion
Times of India
Many of the identity proofs such as Aadhaar card of these minor girls are raising suspicion because of their non-conformity with their parents details.
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