AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14018 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 16th January 2019

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, January 17, 2019

14018 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 16th January 2019

You can set Facebook account to delete in case you die, but Aadhaar is forever

India Today

Now that Aadhaar is coming back, let's talk about the longevity of Aadhaar. We aren't talking about the Aadhaar project helmed by UIDAI. We are ...

Have you lost your Aadhaar card? Here's what you can do - India Today

Why Aadhaar needs to be resurrected

ETtech.com

Designed as a national ID platform, Aadhaar has been reduced to a government utility. Given its transformational potential remedial action on the lines ...

All ration cards digitised, 80% linked with Aadhaar: PM Narendra Modi

Times Now

Balangir: All ration cards have been digitised and around 80 per cent of them have been linked with Aadhaar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on ...

All ration cards digitised, 80pc linked with Aadhaar: PM Modi - New Kerala

PM Modi says Opposition conspiring to oust him with false allegations as he stopped loot of public ... - NewsX

Aadhaar operators stage protest

Greater Kashmir

Scores of Aadhaar operators and supervisors on Tuesday held a protest accusing authorities of passing orders to replace them with government ...

Kartarpur corridor access: On Pakistan idea, Punjab says allow Aadhaar, waive passport need

The Indian Express

Punjab has contended that pilgrims should be allowed access on the basis of Aadhaar card, which is a valid legal document and nearly 99 per cent of ...

India to Invite Pakistan to Discuss Kartarpur Corridor - The Wire

Punjab CM seeks waiver of passport condition for Kartarpur visit - Daijiworld.com

Expedite work on Kartarpur corridor, Capt urges Centre - The Tribune

Link your Driving License with Aadhaar Card online in these 7 simple steps

NewsX

The government of India is soon going to make linking of Aadhaar card and Driving license mandatory, say reports. Union Minister Ravi Shankar ...

Fact Check: Modi Claims His Govt Saved Rs 90000 Crore. True or False?

The Wire

This statistic is often used by senior government ministers, usually in the context of Aadhaar-related savings, and has been hotly contested by civil ...

IRCTC next generation e-ticketing: 7 recent features on Indian Railways website you may not know

Financial Express

3) Increase in ticket booking limit through Aadhaar verification: In a bid to address the feedbacks from frequent rail users to increase the monthly limit ...

'People in Goa get holiday for polls, but I need leave to go from Bengaluru'

Times of India

"The Aadhaar card, which I obtained in Goa, could be used to get a gas connection in Bengaluru. Now, I am even allowed to move this gas connection ...

IT team of PM Modi's website takes Elliot Alderson's feedback, to fix security flaw

Business Today

He has also highlighted the vulnerability of Aadhaar in the past. Alderson also exposed mobile apps used by two of the biggest Indian political parties

Shivashish Chatterjee, Co-Founder & Joint MD, DMI, On How Digital Lending Is Changing The ...

Inc42 Media

Since lending companies can't access Aadhaar e-KYC anymore the .... Shivashish Chatterjee: E-KYC using Aadhaar was a boon to the credit ...

Kochi human trafficking: SIT constituted to track down people who left Munabam harbour to Australia

India Today

The addresses in Aadhaar cards indicate that they were from Ambedkar colony in Chhattarpur, New Delhi. Police have located the addresses of two ...

For Excellence In Leadership, PM Narendra Modi Given First-Ever Philip Kotler Award

The Logical Indian

The award also cites a few of Narendra Modi's initiative such as digital revolution (Digital India), including the Unique Identification Number, Aadhaar, ...

Fingerprints in Partnership with Identity Devices to Accelerate Biometric Adoption in Digital Identity ...

Newswire Today (press release)

... all-in-one pre-certified products with support for biometric authentication protocols such as those from the FIDO Alliance, India's Aadhaar and others.