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

Monday, January 21, 2019

14022 - Aadhaar Related Articles Dated 20th January 2019


MHA tweaks travel norms: Indians over 65, under 15 can use Aadhaar to visit Nepal, Bhutan
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Aadhaar cards are now valid travel documents for Indians under 15 and over 65 travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, according to a home ...

Now, Aadhaar valid for Indians over 65, under 15 for visiting Bhutan, Nepal - Northeast Now

Teltumbde On Aadhaar: All theoretical rights enshrined in Constitution can be reduced to joke
The Indian Express
Teltumbde, who was speaking at the launch of the book 'Dissent on Aadhaar' edited by economist Reetika Khera, on Saturday said that the danger of ...

Link Aadhaar with PF account, directs EPFO
Times of India
A release by the regional PF commissioner stated that the New Delhi-based EPFO has directed the seeding of the KYC documents such as Aadhaar, ...

Youth forges birth date for marriage, held
Times of India
In the investigation, we came to know that he changed his date of birth on the Aadhaar card and submitted it in the office. According to the tampered ...

Gang running Army job racket in Punjab, Haryana busted
Times of India
He said the police recovered 29 Aadhaar cards, fake documents and Rs 8 lakh in cash from the arrested persons. Apart from this, 68 attestation and ...

Smuggler held at airport, 1.9 kilo gold seized
Times of India
The accused was carrying a fake Aadhaar card with him. Using the Aadhaar card, he booked the flight ticket to hoodwink law-enforcement agencies, ...

Rackets flourishing on illegal travel documents
The Hindu
... both; they all travelled using Indian passports and had Indian documents—Aadhaar card, voter's identity card, and Pan Card—none of them forged.

115 illegal Bangladeshis held in Mathura in a year
Times of India
They were found with Aadhaar and voter cards, which they had procured by submitting fake documents to government offices in order to “legalise” ...
115 illegal Bangladeshis held in Mathura in a yr - NYOOOZ

Dropped out students of unaided colleges to get post matric scholarship for the period they studied
Times of India
... students who were deprived of scholarship because of non-submission of acknowledgement and Aadhaarwould also be given the scholarship.

Nine solvers among 13 held
Daily Pioneer
The raid was conducted by three teams and the cops recovered seven mobile sets, Rs 6,100, 4 Aadhaarcards, four admit cards, 2 ATM cards and ...

नेपाळ, भूतानला जाण्यासाठी आधार ग्राह्य धरलं जाणार
Maharashtra Times
Marathi News · video · news; aadhaar becomes valid travel document for ... Travel | tourism | sneior citizens | Nepal | India | bhutan | Aadhaar card.

SHRC orders investigation against village officer
The Hindu
Because of some discrepancies in the name of his mother in the passport and Aadhaar, an affidavit that both were the same person was necessary to ...





Pilgrim list controversy leaves govt. red-faced
The Hindu
The officers said they had expected total confidentiality. However, the names, addresses, Aadhaar details and phone numbers had ended up in the ...





































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