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

Thursday, November 22, 2018

13923 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 5th October 2018



Aadhaar Paperless Local e-KYC allows offline verification of identity, limits data sharing
Economic Times
Following the Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar and in order to address privacy concerns and limit data sharing, UIDAI has launched a 'Aadhaar ...

Aadhaar Confusion Has Killed Citizens: Report - findBIOMETRICS

Now, govt pushes offline tools to verify Aadhaar - Times of India

How telecom companies will verify new users without Aadhaar - Livemint





Telcos await telecom department view, unlikely to submit Aadhaar exit plan by October 15
Economic Times
“Till there is more clarity on how to destroy the data collected via Aadhaar or what does one do if the hard copies of subscriber details have already ...





Aadhaar, Pan & driving licence shown on digital locker valid ID for airport entry
Times of India
NEW DELHI: You can now show your Aadhaar, pan card and driving license from your digital locker as a valid identity proof to enter airports.





Supreme Court's Aadhaar Verdict Refutes the Modi Government's Arrogance
The Wire
The Supreme Court has possibly awarded a tactical victory to the Modi government, but between the majority and the minority, the judges have also ...





Aadhaar, voter ID of kin not mandatory for admission: Delhi High Court
The Indian Express
The Delhi High Court Monday ruled that it is not mandatory to give Aadhaar and voter ID details of students, along with that of their siblings and ...





Aadhaar judgment and hunger deaths: An unsettled debate
THE WEEK
A week after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, the debate over starvation deaths due to the 12-digit biometric ID, ...





What the majority missed
The Indian Express
The prolific majority judgement upholding Aadhaar fails to deal with the complexities of the issues that have emerged since Aadhaar received the ...





Banks continue to accept Aadhaar as they await regulator's interpretation of ruling
Biometric Update
Banks in India have begun notifying customers that using Aadhaar and one-time passwords (OTP) to meet know your customer (KYC) requirements ...





Aadhaar and the gradual collapse of India Stack
The Ken
When stars die, they go out with a whimper, not a bang. The really large ones often end up as black holes. Such seems to be the fate that awaits the ...





Aadhaar database helps lost children rescued from Delhi streets reunite with families
Hindustan Times
When we took their biometrics so as to issue an identity proof, their fingerprints matched with the Aadhaar card issued to them in their home states, ...





India: The Aadhaar Judgement - Implications On The Private Sector
Mondaq News Alerts
While upholding the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act in its recent judgement, the Supreme Court has read down provisions of the Aadhaar Act ...





For lack of Aadhaar, 52 starved to death across India
Free Press Journal
The common reason for the deaths was non-linking of ration cards to Aadhaar cards, as a result of which families were denied foodgrains by ration ...





Aadhaar not must for govt school admissions in Bihar
Times of India
“It must be ensured that no children are deprived of various schemes of state government, if they or their parents do not possess Aadhaar cards or ...





Meeting on Aadhaar on Oct 15
The Shillong Times
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Peoples' Committee on Aadhaar (MPCA) is convening a meeting at the Khasi National Durbar Hall, Mawkhar, Shillong on ...





New KYC Process Required To Delink Aadhaar From Mobile
Goodreturns
The Supreme Court last week cancelled Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which provided that private companies can ask for consumers aadhaar details ...







'Jan Gan Man Ki Baat' Episode 310: BJP Propaganda and Aadhaar Verdict
The Wire
Vinod Dua talks about Amit Shah's speech in Kota where he incited BJP social media workers to lie and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud's dissenting ...





Aadhaar not mandatory: Bengaluru & Hyderabad airports set to roll out digital passenger clearance ...
Economic Times
Bengaluru and Hyderabad international airports will have biometric based digital processing of passengers by February 2019 under the Digi Yatra ...





Aadhaar verdict: Lok Sabha has favoured use of money bills over the years
Business Standard
"The passing of Aadhaar Act as a money bill is a fraud on the Constitution,” said Justice DY Chandrachud in his dissenting judgement on the 2016 ...





MBT calls for linking Aadhaar to voter's list
The Hans India
Chanchalguda: In the light of SC judgement in Aadhaar case, MBT president Majidullah Khan Farhat demanded that the Central Election Commission ...





Aadhaar verdict 2018: Voter Id, Aadhaar details of students not mandatory for admission, says ...
India Today
The Delhi High Court on Monday, October 1 ruled that it is not mandatory to give Aadhaar and voter ID details of students, along with that of their ...
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