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.

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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 20, 2019

14019 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 17th January 2019


Parents fret as schools insist on Aadhaar for students even after apex court verdict
Authorities of some schools are demanding Aadhaar from the students even when it is not mandatory. A city school on its website states that Aadhaar ...
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Pune: Parents fret as schools insist on Aadhaar
Eve n so, all pre-school and nursery admissions have been demanding Aadhaar card, he added. A city school on its website states that Aadhaar card ...
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Loan waiver: Eligible farmers' list in Gram Panchayat offices
District Cooperative Central Bank related loan waiver out of 25,745 farmers only 4,670 farmers have linked their Aadhaar Card with their account ...
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Opinion: Payment players' budget expections
The first piece of good news that came as music to the ears of the payment industry were the proposed amendments to the Aadhaar Law 2016 mooted ...
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What Enables the State to Disregard the Right to Privacy?
Furthermore, it also comes in the wake of the 2018 Aadhaar judgment where the Supreme Court ruled that private entities will not have access to ...
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India saw world's largest data breach in 2018 due to lax cyber security: WEF report
In India, the Aadhaar database reportedly suffered multiple breaches that potentially compromised the records of all 1.1 billion registered citizens, the ...
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14000 students in Karnal yet to receive uniform allowance
The authorities claim the allowance could not be transferred to the bank accounts of students because of their “non-activated” Aadhaar numbers.
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Pensioners face trouble to register biometrics
Rajahmundry: Pensioners are facing a tough time to register their biometrics, mainly a thumb impression, to get Aadhaar-based digital life certificate at ...
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Varanasi: Youth killed grandfather for New Year party
Apart from driving licence, Aadhaar and ATM cards of Premchand, some cash and gold ornaments were also recovered from them. Later, cops also ...
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Mee-Seva centres to go on strike from today
... caste and income certificates, in payment of power bills and Aadhaar card changes. Officials have yet to make any alternative arrangements to deal ...
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Attention SBI customers: You need to do this NOW or else you won't be able to do any bank ...
e-KYC is possible only for those who have Aadhaar numbers. While using e-KYC service, you have to authorise the Unique Identification Authority of ...
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Applications of 88 who fled Bangladesh due to religious persecution still pending
MHA had earlier relaxed norms for those staying on LTV, allowing them to buy property, open bank accounts and obtain PAN as well as Aadhaar ...
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Bru refugees in Tripura camps to get free ration, allowance till March 31
MBDPF leaders said the repatriation process could not take off as many heads of families could not obtain necessary documents like Aadhaar and ...
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Pilgrims get SBI's banking services at Kumbh Mela
... cash and do not have ATM cards, are withdrawing cash from their Aadhaar enabled SBI bank accounts by only producing their Aadhaar Cards.”.
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