AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13876 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 2nd September 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

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

13876 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 2nd September 2018

Aadhaar authentication: 13 banks fined face penalties

The Hindu

UIDAI had directed to set up Aadhaar Enrolment and Update facility inside banks' premises at a minimum of one out of every 10 branches by August ...

Aadhaar Authority Eases Bank Deadlines For Minimum Enrollments, Updates - NDTV

Government eases Aadhaar update, enrolment targets for banks - Times of India

UIDAI relaxes minimum Aadhaar enrolment targets, related deadlines for banks - ETtech.com

UIDAI Extends Deadline For Banks To Enroll, Update Aadhaar By November 1

Inc42 Media

The UIDAI, an authority which is responsible for Aadhaar enrollment and authentication, has extended the deadline for banks to do minimum Aadhaar ...

Minimum Aadhaar Enrolment Targets and Related Deadlines Relaxed for Banks - Goodreturns

Issue Aadhaar to all disabled people: HC to Almora DM

Times of India

Nainital: Taking cognizance of a letter written to the court by a disabled man from Almora citing delay in issuance of Aadhaar card to him, the ...

More Than 60000 Students Denied Entitlements In Delhi Schools, Courtesy Aadhaar and Bank ...

NewsClick

Interestingly, one of the main reasons for not having bank accounts has been found to be the lack of Aadhaar cards. The responsibility of opening the ...

Link voter ID with Aadhaar; MP Simha tweets to PM Modi

citytoday

In a tweet on Friday, Pratap Simha tagged PM Modi requesting him to link voter ID with the Aadhaar card. He tweeted, “Beloved Prime Minister ...

Uttar Pradesh: Major ration scam surfaces in state, over 450 FIRs filed

India TV

Surprisingly, despite all these security measures, ration was obtained using a single ration card at several places in the state. 859 Aadhaar cards were ...

Delhi: No account, so no funds for 64600 kids

The Indian Express

A passport-sized photograph, a copy of the Aadhaar card and a letter from the school is all that is required to make a bank account. If a child has no ...

31 dealers booked over ration distribution fraud in Gautam Buddh Nagar

Business Standard

"Ration through the PDS is distributed by these dealers using the ePOS (point of sale) machine which is linked to the Aadhaar of the beneficiaries," ...

Future-safe! How to open National Payment System account online through eNPS - Step by step ...

Zee Business

OTP is sent to the mobile number registered with the Aadhaar of the subscriber. Also, demographic details and photo of the subscriber are fetched ...

PM Modi launches India Post Payments Bank: 10 things you should know about IPPB

Daily News & Analysis

It will use Aadhaar to open accounts, while a QR card and biometrics will drive authentication, transactions, and payments. Grameen Dak Sewaks will ...

PM Modi launches India Post Payments Bank, calls it his 'gift to nation' - THE WEEK

What is Indian Post Payments Bank - The Indian Express

India Post Payment Bank inaugurated - The Hindu

'Totalitarian' – Antonopoulos Slams India's Identity-Based Digital Currency Plans

Bitcoinist

Aadhaar is a biometric identity framework developed to track Indians' status through a 12-digit number for each citizen. It is the world's largest ...

India's cryptocurrency “dangerous” if backed by govt identity system: Antonopoulos - BCFocus

Jagat Prakash Nadda to attend India Post bank inaugural today

The Hans India

The paperless banking service which is Aadhaar-based would help the rural people in transacting banking services at their doorstep, manager ...

India gets it's first transgender cab driver

Daily News & Analysis

Waghela told the daily that she had finalized a few homes in Andheri, but when she produced her Aadhaar card, which states that she is transgender, ...

How the Rajasthan Govt Briefly Accessed Citizens' Twitter Accounts via RajSSO

The Wire

When signing in with Aadhaar, users are asked to consent to share their biometric. To capture the user's biometric, RajSSO provides for registered ...

IT companies have been playing crucial role in making digital inclusion: Ravi Shankar Prasad

United News of India

Kolkata, Sep 1 (UNI) Union Minister of Electronics, IT and Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said IT companies have been playing ...

Tech glitch: Father name printed as husband's in DLs

Times of India

Chennai: Several women from across the state who had applied for renewal of their driving licences through the government's web portal, were ...

#FinancialBytes: Know how to apply for a PAN card online

MENAFN.COM

Choose paperless facility (Option 1) and enter your Aadhaar details. Then ... process via an OTP sent to the mobile/e-mail linked to your Aadhaar.

India Can Lead The Way On How To Take The Bank To Every Home

Swarajya

India has done well – with Aadhaar, direct benefit transfer, and much else – in the realm of financial inclusion. Now it should look to go bigger and ...

Spreading itself thin

The Hindu

Though the trailer has, unfortunately, outed the nice play on Aadhaar, a few innocent viewers are still likely to come out of the film smiling, with a word ...