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

Saturday, February 9, 2019

14039 - Aadhar Articles dated 7th Feb 2019



Linking PAN with Aadhaar mandatory for filing IT returns: SC
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Putting to rest all doubt, the Supreme Court has said that linking the permanent account number with Aadhaar is mandatory for filing ...

Aadhaar linking: Just 23 crore of 42 crore PAN cards linked ahead of March 31 deadline - Business Today

PAN-Aadhaar linkage mandatory for filing IT returns for AY 2019-20: SC - The Hindu BusinessLine

Aadhaar-PAN Linking Mandatory For Filing IT Return, Reiterates Supreme Court - BloombergQuint


Fintech bodies approach RBI with alternatives to Aadhaar-based eKYC
VCCircle
Industry bodies representing fintech companies have approached the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with alternatives to Aadhaar-based digital ...





Delhi HC Seeks UIDAI Response On Claims Of Tracing Missing Children Through Aadhaar ...
Live Law
Sahni has been stressing that when UIDAI claims that it has traced missing children through Aadhaar biometrics, why could not the unidentified bodies ...





Linking PAN with Aadhaar is mandatory, Supreme Court tells Centre
Zee News
There will be no concession to the rule of mandatory linking of Aadhaar with PAN card, ruled the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Watch this video to ...





Mahua Moitra Is The Only Politician Stopping Modi Govt From Creeping On Your Inbox
HuffPost India
The first one against UIDAI's attempts to gauge popular sentiment on Aadhaar by monitoring social media accounts, the second against the Ministry of ...







India's cybersecurity a joke for hackers, ranks among worst in the world
India Today
... the world due to "lax cybersecurity protocols". According to the report this resulted in data breach of the Aadhaar IDs of more than 1.1 billion citizens.





In 3 years, over 12L ration cards were deleted
Bangalore Mirror
Previously, Aadhaar numbers were not linked to ration cards. Karnataka has made an achievement by linking 99 per cent of the ration cards with ...





PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme Eligibility And Requirements
Goodreturns
For beneficiaries in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, J&K, where Aadhaar number has not been issued to most of the citizens, Aadhaar number shall ...





Swindlers pose as Army men online, dupe people
Economic Times
In one case, it was discovered that a CISF constable had himself been duped by a seller online, and he had shared a soft copy of his Aadhaar card ...





32-inch smart Android LED TV for Rs 4999 sounds good, but there's a catch
BGR India
Considering the fact that the Supreme Court ordered that Aadhaar will no longer be allowed to be used by private companies, the question is why ...





How to check your name on the voters' list online
The Hans India
The 17th Lok Sabha elections are upcoming and likely to be held in the next few months. As responsible citizens, it's important for all of us to cast our ...





Buy Central Depository Services; target of Rs 330: HDFC Securities
Moneycontrol.com
Discontinuation of OTP based Aadhaar e-KYC has led to lower volumes from the on-line channel. Margin contracted 1,245bps QoQ to 49.4% vs our ...





Pension for informal workers
The Hindu
Finance Ministry officials have suggested that the pension payouts could be made directly in the workers' accounts, which would be Aadhaar-linked.





City-level data analysis to boost governance – Here's why
Financial Express
All this builds over the behemoth of digital infrastructure—Aadhaar, payment banks, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and India Stack. With this solid ...





Gurugram home to nearly 25 lakh, but less than 11 lakh on voter list
Times of India
Voting should be made compulsory and linked with Aadhaar so that subsidy benefits linked with Aadhaar can be blocked if a person does not vote,” ...





Grameen Bank organises dFLAPs for women
Kashmir Reader
People were also educated about the Aadhaar Seeding and Mobile ... Net Banking, Mobile Banking services, IMPS, Aadhaar-based transactions, etc.

12 Financial Literacy Programmes by Grameen Bank held - Daily Excelsior


Farm loans only from co-op banks to be waived in first phase: Ashok Gehlot
Times of India
"Names of about 3.5 lakh farmers have so far been uploaded on the loan waiver portal and Aadhaar authentication has been done for 15,000 by ...





Elephant to Acrobat
The Statesman
You may not be able to get treatment at a private hospital if you do not have your Aadhaar Card readily available. Service providers, across the board, ...





Rajasthan: Good Samaritan guidelines needed to spread road safety awareness in public
Daily News & Analysis
He also suggested linking the licence to Aadhaar card so that whenever the traffic rules are broken , the penalty should be deducted from bank directly ...





Tax payers, MP/MLAs not to get Rs 6000 per yr cash dole for farmers
Outlook India
The government intends to release the first instalment before March 31, but will make Aadhaar mandatory for availing the second instalment in the ...





JEE Main 2019 April Application Form Releasing On 8 February; Checklist To Fill The Form Correctly
AglaSem News
#2 A valid Identification (ID) Proof: NTA has not made it mandatory to provide the Aadhaar Card number in the JEE Main 2019 Registration Form.
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