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

Sunday, January 13, 2019

14013 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 10th January 2019



Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access
Livemint
In the most recent twist in the Aadhaar saga, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar Amendment Bill last week. This development has been met with ...

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill - The Hindu


House IT panel chief for restart of Aadhaar services at rural CSCs
Economic Times
The initial contract of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which administers the Aadhaar scheme, with the CSC ended in December ...





Emails from a World Bank official reveal why India shouldn't brag about $11 billion Aadhaar savings
Quartz
Government officials in India have often boasted that Aadhaar, the controversial national biometric identity programme, has saved the country billions ...





Aadhaar-CSCs need to be restored: IT Parliamentary Standing Committee head
MediaNama.com
It cited corruption complaints and violation of the Aadhaar enrolment process as the reason to not renew the MoU. The letter can be read here.





After Aadhaar card, this is what Nandan Nilekani is set to do for you
Zee Business
The Reserve Bank of India Tuesday constituted a high-level committee under Aadhaar card architect Nandan Nilekani to suggest measures to ...

Nilekani to head RBI's panel on e-payments - Times of India
Infosys's Nandan Nilekani to head RBI committee on digitisation of payments - Mumbai Mirror

Nandan Nilekani to head RBI's panel on e-payments - Times of India


FM Arun Jaitley is right on Aadhaar use; link it to all subsidies
Financial Express
Finance minister Arun Jaitley is absolutely right when, in a blog post, he wrote about how Aadhaar-based direct benefit transfer (DBT) had ...





Aadhaar linking with driving licence draws mixed reaction
The New Indian Express
However, others feel that the mobility offered in an Aadhaar card, where addresses can be updated, will negate the benefits of linking it to a driver's ...


Link Aadhaar-Bank Account for Student Scholarship
Star of Mysore
Pre-Matric students scholarship beneficiaries have been asked to link (SEED) Aadhaar number with their Bank account. The SEEDing is essential for ...





Cheque clearance, Aadhaar updation work hit on Day 2
Times of India
Nagpur: The strike in PSU banks and central government departments continued to hamper work for the second day. The two-day strike was held ...





State to use Aadhaar in property registration
OrissaPOST
Bhubaneswar, : The state Revenue and Disaster Management department has changed the existing rules to accommodate inclusion of Aadhaar for ...





Behind RBI's digital payments panel, a controversial firm's shadow, conflict of interest allegations
Scroll.in
First was its chairman, Nandan Nilekani – the architect of Aadhaar, India's controversial biometric identity database. The second was Sanjay Jain, ...





95% Of Mobile Wallets in India Can Shutdown In Next 50 Days – Is Your Digital Money In Danger?
Trak.in (blog)
Ever since Supreme Court struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, and banned private companies from using and storing Aadhaar data of Indians, ...





Wall of Kindness proves fruitful for needy
The Tribune
However, only Aadhaar cardholders could take benefit of the donated items. Migrants and beggars, who did not have an Aadhaar card, continued to ...





India's welfare system receives Modi's AAA rating
The Hans India
Aadhaar is the world's largest biometric ID system and World Bank chief economist Paul Romer described Aadhaar as the most sophisticated ID ...





Here's Why Your Mobile Wallets Might Stop Working From March 2019
The Quint
This hit an unexpected break post the Supreme Court verdict on use of Aadhaar without consent by deleting Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, an old ...





WhatsApp might introduce fingerprint authentication — But should you really trust Facebook with ...
Business Insider India
Trusting anyone with your biometrics data, regardless of whether it's WhatsApp or Aadhaar, should only be done once a person understand the full ...





Judicial evasion and the status quo: on SC judgments
The Hindu
In the Aadhaar challenge, for example, the case was finally heard six years after it was filed, effectively allowing the government to present a fait ...





At Bengal hospital, staff take ID proof as 'collateral' for trolleys
Telegraph India
Aadhaar card, voter identity card, driving licence.... I got back my Aadhaar card after returning the trolley,” the relative of a girl who had to get an X-ray ...





PCI voice concerns over lack of representation in RBI's digital payments committee
Financial Express
... that while data localisation was a good step, but the challenges for wallet companies remain in onboarding customers due to the Aadhaar ruling.





Nandan Nilekani to lead RBI's new committee for digital payments
ETtech.com
The Reserve Bank of India has set up a committee headed by Nandan Nilekani, the architect of the Aadhaar database and former chairman of the ...





Kabaddi trials on January 10
The Tribune
Players must carry their school/college identity cards/ Aadhaar cards/Chandigarh residence proof/AKFI registeration cards to take part in the trials.





Hacker Behind Germany's Massive Data Leak Identified, Arrested
LatestLY
EPFO Data Leak? Aadhaar Details of Employees' PF Stolen by Hackers Exploiting Vulnerabilities at aadhaar.epfoservices.com Claim Tweets.





Aspirants' files found in key accused's home
Times of India
Among the documents recovered were photocopies of admit cards, Aadhaar cards of some candidates and an excel worksheet with names and ...





'Bhanushali was travelling with fake identity'
Times of India
Interestingly, police reportedly also found an Aadhaar card, in the name of one Manish Nanda with an address of Bhayander in Mumbai, from the 'G' ...





Panaji-based duo held for forgery, duping youth
Times of India
The complainant, Nilesh Wagh from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, said on Tuesday afternoon the two accused allegedly used a copy of his Aadhaar card to ...





Consumer body urges bank to operate “Tiny Accounts”
The Hindu
Further, it was learnt that if the Aadhaar linkage had not happened, the conversion was not happening. The “Tiny Accounts” were mainly opened for ...
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