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, February 24, 2019

14057 - Aadhaar Articles dated 22nd Feb 2019


Is your PAN card linked to your Aadhaar number? How to check
Livemint
NEW DELHI: For those of you who have not linked their Aadhaar number with PAN card yet, you have time till 30 March. After upholding the ...

As Aadhaar amendment Bill lapses, Indian policymakers should rethink the digital identity project
Scroll.in
Since its inception a decade ago, Aadhaar has been in the eye of several controversies and subject to prolonged hearings in the Supreme Court on ...

Data That Keeps Leaking
India Today
This was a qualified restriction of Aadhaar's remit because the judgment also upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar for the purposes of ...

Convicts denied govt insurance due to Aadhaar
Milbank Monitor
CHENNAI: With Aadhaar cards made mandatory to the central government's insurance schemes, more than 1,700 life and term convicts in central ...

Where are young voters? EC plans 2 special camps
Times of India
NEW DELHI: With fewer youngsters coming forward to get their names included in the voters' roll, the Delhi election office has decided to hold special ...

Man uses forged documents, stamps to make corrections in PAN cards, arrested
The Indian Express
A MAN has been arrested in Powai for allegedly helping people apply for Aadhaar cards and make corrections in PAN cards using forged documents ...

Fake voter IDs: CCS writes to apex poll body
Times of India
While obtaining the Voter IDs, the miscreants entered Aadhaar numbers while filling up Form-6 online. Police obtained an order from Nampally court ...

Mumbai: Man uses forged documents, stamps to make corrections in PAN cards, arrested
Daijiworld.com
Mumbai, Feb 22 (NIE): A man has been arrested in Powai for allegedly helping people apply for Aadhaarcards and make corrections in PAN cards ...

6000 Income Support For Farmers, Eligibility, Other Details
NDTV
The transfer of subsequent instalments will be done only on basis of Aadhaar-seeded database, and beneficiaries not having an Aadhaar card will ...

Game changer for PM Modi? More than 1 crore to receive PM-Kisan payout
Financial Express
The Centre has rejected as many as 43 lakh entries of farmers after first-level scrutiny in which the Aadhaarstatus is checked. The second level is ...

PayNearby Founder & CEO Anand Kumar Bajaj recognized as one of the '50 Most Influential ...
Inventiva
According to NPCI's database, around 37% of Aadhaar-enabled payments and banking is now being done through PayNearby in association with ...

How to check CIBIL credit score for FREE: Step-wise process inside
Times Now
Step 5: Enter personal information such as date of birth, identity proof (PAN card), Aadhaar card, etc. Step 6: Verify your identity: Enter the One-Time ...

8 lakh farmers in State apply for PM-KISAN
The Hindu
On the other hand, 2101 applications were rejected for discrepancies in Aadhaar card and bank account numbers and IFSC codes. As many as ...

NPCI strengthens its leadership ranks, hires new COO and CDO
YourStory.com
Today, the company houses various payments infrastructure -- Cheque Truncation System, National Automated Clearing House (NACH), Aadhaar ...

Cashier was killed by his astrologer
Times of India
The police recovered a car, victim's Aadhaar card and the sharp-edged weapon used in the murder. Santosh Dixit of Aliganj, who was a cashier at a ...

Delhi data breach: Details of 4,58388 people leaked, says report; don't do this, or you can be in ...
Zee Business
Delhi data breach: Even before the alleged Aadhaar data breach cases could have been resolved, another massive case of data leak has been ...

Bank fraudsters caught in Chennai!
apherald.com - unit of India Herald Group Publishers [P] LIMITED
... Aadhaar, PAN and even ATM card details and using CVV number on card, made duplicate cards and did transactions to rob money from accounts.
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