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

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

14066 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 5th March 2019


Fintech not sure of Aadhaar KYC ordinance gains
Economic Times
BENGALURU: While the government's move to bring an ordinance to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar for KYC has come as a relief for the banking and ...

The recent Aadhaar ordinance undermines the democratic nature of our polity
Telegraph India
Last week, the Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, which will come into force ...

Less Than 4 Weeks Left To Link PAN With Aadhaar. Here's Why You Need To Do It
NDTV
Income tax assessees are required to link their PAN or Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar (Unique Identity Number) by the end of the month.

Proud to own Aadhaar card, want Indian passport next: Afzal Guru's son
Times of India
BARAMULLA: Ghalib, the son of hanged Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru- in whose name the Pulwama suicide bomber blew a CRPF convoy + on ...

TDP app with Aadhaar info found on Amazon cloud
Times of India
Cyberabad police commissioner V C Sajjanar said on Monday the app has Aadhaar data apart from electoral data, government scheme beneficiaries, ...

Afzal Guru's son Ghalib owns Aadhaar, hopes to get Indian Passport
The Siasat Daily
New Delhi: Afzal Guru's son Ghalib Guru is a proud Indian who owns a Aadhaar despite his convict father's execution in 2013 for his role in carrying ...

BJP website hacked | Decoding Aadhaar ordinance | Startup Central
Zoom
Also, we decode the Aadhaar amendments that the govt bought in with an ordinance. What changes for fintech companies with Sec 57 going away?

TDP app compromises on your security by saving Aadhaar info on Amazon cloud
MyNation
Amazon Web Services receives notice after investigations reveal that TDP app stores sensitive Aadhaarinformation on the cloud. Four people have ...

NEXT Biometrics fingerprint readers selected for World Bank project in India
Biometric Update
NEXT Biometrics announced today that it has been selected as the supplier of Aadhaar-certified fingerprint readers to the Maharashtra Department Of ...

Voter Data Exploitation in Andhra Pradesh. Should You be Worried?
Moneylife
Preliminary investigations revealed that IT Grids got access to personal information and sensitive data related to Aadhaar, electoral rolls and ...

How to secure your e- Tax Filing Accounts through e - Filing Vault
Economic Times
Using Aadhaar OTP, You need to link Aadhaar to the PAN before opting this login method. To link Aadhaar, go to My Profile option and click on Link ...

Rs 2000 TN govt aid meant for poor, but form distributed to middle class Chennaiites
The News Minute
"The instruction was that if you fill the form and submit it with your Aadhaar details, the money gets automatically credited to your bank account," he ...

UIDAI & ECI silent on data theft, YSRC targets Naidu man
Times of India
HYDERABAD: Both Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which governs Aadhaar data, and Election Commission of India, which is ...

Beat digital colonialism – What Digital India should mean: A tech policy for the Indian future
Times of India (blog)
This policy framework is nationalist: it seeks to architect “Digital India” around a public-private partnership in the “India Stack”, whose base is Aadhaar ...

PM Modi's pension scheme to bleed the poor
National Herald
This scheme can only be availed by those who own an Aadhaar card, a mobile phone and a savings bank account. And that's not all. This scheme has ...

Is the data of AP citizens shared or stolen?
The Hindu
The government collected details like the Aadhaar and ration cards, photographs and mobile phone numbers for providing financial benefits and ...

Indian fake news media target son of Afzal Guru
Kashmir Watch
... captioned its Oct 30, 2017 editorial as, Aadhaar overkill: Originally conceived as an empowerment tool, it is disempowering citizens now, In Kashmir, ...


TS, AP spar over data theft
The Hans India
... take necessary action against those involved in the theft of data pertaining to AP people's Aadhaar, voter ID and other demographic details, he said.

Over 3 lakh Belagavi farmers to benefit from Centre's farm scheme
Times of India
Farmers have to submit the following documents: land records, Aadhaar card, bank account details, caste certificate and a passport sized photo.

Regulate timings of recreation clubs: HC
Times of India
On another petition, the court also asked the government whether it could make it mandatory to produceAadhaar cards to buy liquor from Tasmac ...

QWrap: JeM Chief's Brother Detained; Air India's 'Jai Hind' Order
The Quint
Ghalib Guru, the son of Afzal Guru – who was executed in 2013 for his role in 2001 Parliament attack – said he owns an Aadhaar card and hopes that ...
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