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

13877 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 3rd September 2018



Free Press Journal
The Aadhaar card has become perhaps the most important document for an Indian. Without Aadhaar card, nowadays it's pretty much hard to even get ...






Scroll.in
On a rainy July afternoon, Jainarayan Lalkaran, 65, sat in a chair at the Malviya Nagar Post Office in Delhi, facing a cubicle dedicated to Aadhaar ...






Moneylife
State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender has removed pay to Aadhaar functionality from its BHIM SBI Pay app citing regulatory guidelines.






ThePrint
More than five years after the first plea was filed, a five-judge Constitution bench reserved its order on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar — the ...





Firstpost
IPPB will leverage tech platforms — it will use Aadhaar to open accounts, while a QR card and biometrics will drive authentication, transactions, and ...






LatestLY
Mumbai, September 3: RBL Bank has started the Aadhaar Enrolment and updation activity at selected RBL Bank branches across several cities.






The Hindu
Officials cite linking of Aadhaar cards to bank accounts as one of the reasons; educational activists blame lack of facilities and teachers in the primary ...






The Telegraph India
Nair explained that as of now records on different documents were stored in different frames, such as Aadhaar data in one frame and voter card data in ...






Daily News & Analysis
It is something like the unique Aadhaar number. Along with this roll number, every lawyer has to get the mobile number registered so as to receive ...






The Telegraph India
For doing the registration work, the farmer would have to provide land details, in case of landowner, name, address, Aadhaar number, mobile number ...






Livemint
No, it is not mandatory to provide Aadhaar number for opening an account. Aadhaar is the primary KYC document for identification of beneficiaries, ...





The News Minute
As mentioned, the account opening will be through the Aadhaar card and transactions through the use of the QR Code or biometric ID. Postmen will ...





The Tribune
Misra is expected to deliver judgments in important cases pertaining to the legality of Aadhaar and whether to refer the issue of mosques being ...





Hindustan Times
“I even showed my Aadhaar card to the child welfare officer, but in vain,” he said. Joseph, who is a marginal farmer, had sent his son in 2011 and ...





The Hindu
“Everyone should have the papers like voter identity card, Aadhaar card, land records, property inheritance papers, etc. — in short every single ...





Times of India
The police launched an investigation and examined Shyamu's driving licence and Aadhaar card, which had an address of Gurgaon. However ...





The Hindu
There was 99% coverage of Aadhaar and mobile telephony in the district. This was an advantage as people could open their accounts with the help of ...





The Hindu
Recently, RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya made a case for setting up a Public Credit Registry (PCR), incorporating unique identifiers: Aadhaar for ...





The Hindu
... said a majority of applications they had recently processed within the Kozhikode taluk limits related to reissue of Aadhaar and voter identity cards.





The Hindu
All the 25 petitions for registration documents and 24 petitions for Aadhaar card were settled by reissuing the documents. As many as 32 ration cards ...





United News of India
'Using Aadhaar Database for consumer KYC will substantially lower the cost of consumer acquisition, a benefit which will be transferred to the ...





Daily News & Analysis
The STF recovered Rs 15 lakh, several mobile phones, Aadhaar cards, photographs of candidates, solved question papers from the possession of the ...





Deccan Chronicle
... banking credentials from gullible people on the pretext of securing their account or by claiming that they would link their bank details with Aadhaar.





The Arunachal Times
Postmen will provide doorstep banking through handheld devices, and all the customers will have Aadhaar enrollment facilities through them.