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, April 7, 2019

14095 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 5th April 2019


SC refuses to hear plea challenging Aadhaar Ordinance
Deccan Herald
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the recent Aadhaar Ordinance brought by the Centre and asked the petitioners ...

Govt Mulls Rule To Link Social Media Accounts To Aadhaar: Report
Inc42 Media
The officials also said that verification through a one-time password, on similar lines to what Twitter is already offering to users, or linking it to Aadhaar, ...

Here Is How To Link Your SBI Account With PAN Card, Aadhaar Card
NDTV
State Bank of India enables its customers to add their PAN or Permanent Account Number and Aadhaardetails to their bank accounts online through ...

How To Update Aadhaar-Registered Mobile Number And Why You Need It
NDTV
The UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India, the issuer of 12-digit personal identification numbers under the Aadhaar programme, offers a ...

Aadhaar card: Easy steps to download, retrieve, print your Aadhaar
India TV
For an Indian citizen Aadhaar has become one of the most important identity proof in order to avail all the government benefits. Aadhaar acts as a one ...

Link Aadhaar with PAN Card: Know how to check PAN-AadhaarLink Status Online
NewsX
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on March 31, 2019, announced the extension to link Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar by six ...

SC refuses to entertain plea challenging validity of Aadhaar Ordinance, asks petitioners to ...
Devdiscourse
PTI new delhi. Updated: 05-04-2019 11:07 IST Created: 05-04-2019 11:07 IST. SC refuses to entertain plea challenging validity of Aadhaar Ordinance ...

How A Tribal Village's Digital Push Empowered Its Women
IndiaSpend
Manisha Naresh Guru, a housewife and gram sabha attendee from Tandulwadi, has an Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, a bank account in her own name ...

Pune's angioplasty wonder: 100-year-old farmer, oldest to survive
Hindustan Times
Gulabrao Waman Kakde, born in 1918 as per his Aadhaar card, is a farmer and had never visited a doctor before this procedure, according to his son ...

Lok Sabha election: A fact check of viral WhatsApp message on voting rights
Zee News
Firstly the text says that when the voter reaches the polling booth and find that your name is not in voter list, he or she can show their Aadhaar card or ...

State Bank of India's agri, rural credit scheme: Check who is eligible for it and what documents are ...
Zee Business
You need to submit your identity proof including Voter ID card/PAN card/Passport/ Aadhaar card,/Driving License etc, along with address proof through ...

How Reliance Jio outpacing its peers on all metrics
Financial Express
“A healthy 57%/65% of Jio users have linked their bank accounts/Aadhaar to their Jio number, while 76% have shared their Jio number with all their ...

Every vote counts!
Deccan Chronicle
Says a city-based entrepreneur, Jyothi Surana, who couldn't vote last time, “During the state elections, I had my voter ID and Aadhaar with me, ...

Mi Pay: How to register, setup and use Xiaomi's UPI-based digital payments app
BGR India
Along with the launch of Redmi Go smartphone in India, Xiaomi also officially announced the rollout of Mi Pay app, which marks the company's entry ...

Signature campaign on clean election at Mon
Morung Express
... insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Minister of Labour, Pension document with photograph, MGNREGA Job Card and Aadhaar Card.
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