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

13879 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 5th September 2018



Schools cannot deny admission for lack of Aadhaar: UIDAI
The Hindu
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has asserted that schools cannot refuse admission to students for lack of Aadhaar, and termed ...

Schools cannot refuse admissions over Aadhaar: UIDAI - The Siasat Daily

UIDAI says schools cannot deny admission due to lack of Aadhaar - India Today

UIDAI extends deadline to implement Aadhaar virtual ID till October-end - Business Standard


Deadline to implement Aadhaar virtual ID extended to Oct-end
Livemint
The move comes after certain entities requested the Aadhaar-issuing authority for more time to complete the migration to the new system as they were ...

Paytm & PhonePe Mobile Apps Not Accepting Aadhaar For KYC - The Quint


Soon, Aadhaar numbers on staff I-cards to be optional
Times of India
“We will issue a notification over the next one week to make sharing of Aadhaar numbers on employee ID cards optional,” Rajesh Kumar, principal ...





How Aadhaar helped this boy reunite with his family
MENAFN.COM
How Aadhaar helped this boy reunite with his family 04 Sep 2018 ... In July, Arun Tiwari finally got reunited with his family, courtesy Aadhaar. Notably ...





Aadhaar in PDS leads to N'pada locals' woes
Daily Pioneer
Ask any functionary in a panchayat office about whether the Aadhaar has brought anything good to the Public Distribution System (PDS), the answer ...





Major SC verdicts expected in 19 days, including Aadhaar, Ayodhya
MENAFN.COM
Verdicts are likely to be given on the validity of Aadhaar, the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case, restrictions on entry of menstruating women to the ...

From Aadhaar to Ayodhya, SC to decide on various matters in coming days - Times of India


State plugs loopholes in organ transplant programme
The Hindu
Aadhaar is now mandatory for Indian patients to register in the Tamil Nadu Network for Organ Sharing. As part of measures to streamline the ...





Aadhaar and Social Assistance in Jharkhand
Economic and Political Weekly
The Jharkhand government has made Aadhaar mandatory for social security pensions. It is claimed that this has resulted in the deletion of three lakh ...







Watch | Beyond Aadhaar: The History of Identification Documents in India
The Wire
Siddharth Varadarajan speaks to Tarangini Sriraman, faculty at the School of Liberal Studies in Azim Premji University, about her book 'In Pursuit of ...





Aadhar deadline: Government, RBI sit on IBA appeal against mandatory enrolment
Financial Express
“In the letter, it was said that Aadhaar enrolments are not covered under the business of banking as defined under the Banking Regulation (BR) Act.





Aadhaar Ventures India Ltd. - Annual General Meeting Of The Company To Be Held On 29Th ...
The Hindu BusinessLine
Pdf Link: Aadhaar Ventures India Ltd. - Annual General Meeting Of The Company To Be Held On 29Th September, 2018. Source : BSE ...





Aadhaar Ventures India Ltd. - Corporate Action- Fixes Book Closure For The Purpose Of Annual ...
The Hindu BusinessLine
This is to inform you that the Register of Members and the Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from 22nd September, 2018 to ...





An unequal balance
The Telegraph India
The primary reason for both these initiatives was the public controversy relating to the data breaches within the Aadhaar system and the clear signals ...





Section 377 to Sabarimala: 6 Crucial Cases CJI Dipak Misra Will Judge Before Retiring
The Better India
A five-judge constitution bench had heard the case on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and the judgment was reserved. In light of the right to ...





ATM fraudster arrested in Reasi
United News of India
''During inquiry it come to fore that one person namely Mohammad Ashraf, Dhanour who was earlier employed for enrollment of Aadhaar Cards and ...





EPFO's special KYC drive
The Tribune
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Regional Office, here, has started a special campaign to seed KYC data-Aadhaar, bank account ...





Tamil Nadu allowed to procure 4625 tonnes of green gram
The Hindu
... and “adangal,” besides details of their PAN and Aadhaar numbers, according to a release issued by Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Agricultural Production ...





Poor and unlettered, they sold IDs for Rs 1000, a glass of booze each
Times of India
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The accused in the multicrore Virudhunagar bank loan scam had cherry-picked their targets and made sure the victims were poor ...





An Express story writes another: Missing kid back home
The Indian Express
When the shelter home authorities attempted to make an Aadhaar card for him, his biometrics showed he was already enrolled in Mumbai. The staff at ...
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