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

13924 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 6th October 2018



Economic Times
The Aadhaar-issuing body now plans to create an awareness around these verification methods, starting with an active engagement with technology ...



Economic Times
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said a Parliament approved legislation can restore mandatory linking of biometric ID Aadhaar with mobile phones and ...




Moneycontrol.com
Since the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on Aadhaar, there has been lot of discussion, some panic, and general confusion on what the judgment ...






findBIOMETRICS
The system will be linked to Aadhaar, India's ambitious biometric national ID program. It's confirmation of reports that emerged from the Pune airport ...






The Straits Times
In a landmark judgment last month, the Indian Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, the government's ambitious scheme of ...






Times of India
The Supreme Court on September 26 ruled that Aadhaar, is to be only used by the state to identify beneficiaries of welfare programs and disburse ...


NDTV
An employee working with Odisha's electrical department has threatened to commit suicide after he was unable to withdraw his Employee Provident ...



Times of India (blog)
My relief at possibly having seen the last of Aadhaar was rudely interrupted when I logged into my ICICI Bank mobile app today and found the irritating ...



The Wire
Aadhaar is now an additional hurdle to accessing benefits and varied sources confirm that technological failures at different points of the system are ...






The Wire
One of the many issues raised by the petitioners challenging the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act 2016, was the legality of the very act of collecting ...






Telegraph India
Along with the rest of the state, enrolment of Aadhar, the 12-digit unique identity number based on biometric and demographic data, will be launched ...






Firstpost
On 26 September, by a 4-1 vote, a bench led by the retiring Honourable Chief Justice affirmed the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act. With an analysis ...






Daily News & Analysis
A week after the Supreme Court (SC) barred private companies from using Aadhaar-based verification, telecom players and fintech companies are in ...






NewsBytes
The man, identified as Santosh Jena, said there is a discrepancy in his date of birth mentioned in the birth certificate and the Aadhaar card, due to ...






National Herald
By fudging the Aadhaar details, lakhs of poor people were deprived of their ration in almost half of the districts in the state. Many arrests have been ...






Newslaundry
The conversation starts with the discussion of dissenting voices in the Aadhaar, Sabarimala, and Bhima-Koregaon cases. The panel discusses how ...






United News of India
Chennai, Oct 6 (UNI) The Indian Overseas Bank has been adjudged as the second Best Performing Bank in terms of Aadhaar generation and ...






The Sentinel Assam
The Aadhaar applicants in Gangtok with their extraordinarily long queues in the Aadhaar enrolment centres are a common sight these days. People in ...








Moneycontrol.com
This week on The Moneycontrol Show, we discuss top 5 queries on the minds of investors. Sakshi Batra gets in conversation with Manoj Nagpal to ...






India Legal
According to circular issued by the Department of Education, Delhi Government, Aadhaar and Voter ID details must be corroborated by obtaining ...