AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13780 - AAdhaar Articles dated 21st July 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, July 24, 2018

13780 - AAdhaar Articles dated 21st July 2018

Govt serious about protecting Aadhaar data: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Times of India

"Aadhaar today is backed by a proper law passed by Parliament which contains robust security measures and protects privacy...The UIDAI continues ...

Serious About Security Of Aadhaar, Says IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad - NDTV

Data privacy cannot become plea of the terrorist and corrupt: Ravi Shankar Prasad in RS - United News of India

Discontinue Aadhaar-based payments through UPI and IMPS, NPCI tells banks

Financial Express

As the Supreme Court hears arguments over concerns around the Aadhaar database and the regulatory framework around it, the National Payments ...

Target of 20 lakh Aadhaar based PoS units not met due to supply crunch: Govt

Moneycontrol.com

The target of introducing 20 lakh Aadhaar-based Point of Sale (POS) terminals has not been met due to supply constraints and there are only 5.50 ...

Target of 20 lakh Aadhaar based PoS units not met due to supply crunch: Government - The New Indian Express

Supply crunch hit roll out of PoS terminals: Govt - United News of India

Remand prisoners set to get Aadhaar cards

The Hindu

M. Syed Mohammed, Deputy Manager, Tamil Nadu Cable TV Corporation, who is the Special Tahsildar for Aadhaar registration,said they would be ...

NPCI Asks Banks To Stop Aadhaar-Based Payments Via UPI, IMPS

BloombergQuint

The National Payments Corporation of India asked banks to discontinue Aadhaar-based payments through the real-time Unified Payments Interface ...

Stop Aadhaar-based payments through UPI and IMPS, National Payments Corporation of India ... - Scroll.in

NPCI tells Banks to discontinue Aadhaar-based payments through UPI, IMPS - MediaNama.com

NPCI Says No To Aadhaar-based Payments Via UPI, IMPS – What Is The Real Reason? - Trak.in (blog)

Aadhaar 'Biometric Lock' facility: All you need to know

NewsBytes

On July 18, in a official tweet, UIDAI announced the launch of a new online facility that allows users to "lock/unlock" their Aadhaar biometric data.

Aadhaar for JioPhone? Here's everything you need to know about JioPhone Monsoon Hungama ...

Times Now

First and foremost, you will need your Aadhaar card number in order to buy the JioPhone and while many might think that why do they need Aadhaar ...

Reliance Jio Phone Exchange Offer: JioPhone at Rs 501 and how to claim - The Indian Express

JioPhone Monsoon Hungama Offer: How to buy JioPhone effectively for free - Times Now

Fintech regulation at an inflection point: Shardul Amarchand's Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia

Livemint

The Supreme Court has been hearing the Aadhaar judgement and during the course of that it has made observations and expressed concerns on ...

ITR verification: Here are 6 ways to do it

Economic Times

To verify your ITR using the Aadhaar based one-time password (OTP), your mobile number must be linked to Aadhaar and registered as such in the ...

ICSE schools baulk at teacher data scrutiny

The Telegraph India

Some schools are also reluctant to provide the Aadhaar numbers of their teachers to the council, fearing this might reveal more information than they ...

NSF to verify documents of NEET selected candidates

United News of India

... size photograph, HSSLC admission card, Schedule Tribe certificate, 'Indigenous Certificate,' Aadhaar number and guardians' Election voter ID card.

Karnataka Bank launches DigiLocker facility

The Hindu

Indian citizens who sign up for a DigiLocker account get dedicated cloud storage space of 1 GB that is linked to their Aadhaar number. Karnataka ...

20-yr-old Ludhiana man found dead

Times of India

On searching the body, an Aadhaar card was found from the trousers of the victim in which his name and address was mentioned. The body was taken ...

A 1000CC car or 1200 sq.ft house may deny you pension

Times of India

Aadhaar verification has also been made mandatory for data entry of new applications and all those applicants without Aadhaar will not be eligible for ...

17-year-old student beaten to death outside govt school

The Hindu

After his mother left, a school official asked Gaurav to get a copy of his Aadhaar Card, which he was not carrying at that moment. Gaurav told his ...

17-year-old beaten to death outside government school in Delhi - International Business Times, India Edition

Satpathy bats for 'deterrents' in Economic Offenders Bill

HERE. NOW

The Dhenkanal MP also questioned the ordinance route for such issue and said it was akin to the Aadhaar row when the bill on Aadhaar was moved ...

The Ministry of India launches Cyber Surakshit Bharat Abhiyan to strengthen the Cybersecurity ...

Latest Industry News (press release) (blog)

Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology said, “With a billion plus mobile phone linked with Aadhaar ...