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, May 11, 2019

14130 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 10th May 2019


Have An Aadhaar Card? Here's How To Access UIDAI Online Services
NDTV
While some of these online facilities are meant for Aadhaar applicants - those who have enrolled for an Aadhaar card but not received the ...

BSNL Chennai Circle launches Aadhaar enrolment and updation facility at customer care centres
Times of India
CHENNAI: Selected customer service centres (CSC) of state-run telecom operator BSNL in the city have doubled up as Aadhaar Service Kendras.

Mumbai: Govt directs SRA to link Aadhaar of slum scheme beneficiaries
The Indian Express
In a directive issued to the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) earlier this week, the state housing department has asked the agency to link Aadhaar ...

Telangana IT department exercises caution in storage of Aadhaar data
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: Following the IT grids case in which the data of 7.8 crore Aadhaar card holders was found to be in possession of a private firm, Telangana ...

Maha Govt orders SRA to link Aadhaar card details, photographs of beneficiaries to curb illegal ...
United News of India
The State Housing Department has directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to link Aadhaar card details and photographs of the beneficiaries ...

Mumbai: Government directs SRA to create Aadhaar-based database of slum scheme beneficiaries
Free Press Journal
The Maharashtra government has decided to create an Aadhaar-based database for beneficiaries of slum redevelopment schemes. This is being ...

Parents opt for address change in Aadhaar cards for RTE seats
The Hitavada
Parents are applying for change in address in Aadhaar card to get Right To Education(RTE) quota seats. The most sought after address are in some ...

View from India: India, still a hot market for smartphones
E&T Magazine
A case in point is Samsung, which is Aadhaar compliant. Aadhaar-approved phones allow users better access to government services, subsidies, ...

Over 2.25 Crore Farmers Receive Rs 2000 under PM-Kisan Scheme since April 1
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
A senior official said, “At first, Aadhaar was not compulsory for the PM-Kisan cash transfer to beneficiary bank accounts & the payment was made even ...

Are instant home loans as good as they sound?
Livemint
Aadhaar-based eKYC authentications for loans less than ₹60,000 which was in existence till the Supreme Court judgment was one of the core levers ...

Four years on, E-PDS still a non-starter in Kashmir
The Kashmir Monitor (press release)
About the Aadhaar linking, he said that “in almost all districts 70% or more consumer data has been linked with Aadhaar numbers.” “In Srinagar, only ...

Many unneeded govt posts still being occupied—Toy
Eastern Mirror
She said that the scheme would help in filtering duplicate records of Aadhaar cards and repetitive demographic data. She informed that a total of ...

Assam Rifles officer accused of torture
The Hindu
... and asked them to produce identity proof. While the others showed theirs, Mr. Konghay could not as he had lost his Aadhaar card a few days ago.

Top 7 Indian government apps you should have on mobile
Deccan Herald
Users can show Aadhaar card at the airport security point and also show a driving license when asked by the traffic police in any part of India.

Tahsildars told to expedite land purification works in Kothagudem
The Hans India
During the time, the Tahsildars raised the issues of linking Aadhaar, to which the Collector promised to solve the issues in a day or two. The Collector ...

Pressures for data protection grow in Asia
Warc
At the same time, however, marketers see great potential in leveraging Aadhaar, a digital identity framework set up by the government that aims to ...

'Create awareness on child marriage in tribal hamlets'
Deccan Herald
Necessary measures should be taken to provide Aadhaar card to the eligible so that it helps the people to avail the benefit of government schemes.

Vizag fishermen urge govt to hike aid to Rs 12000 during fishing ban
The New Indian Express
“Several fishermen did not get compensation last year as their bank accounts were not linked with the Aadhaar card,” he said. In the district, about ...

DDA housing scheme 2019: Draw date extended until June 10
Moneycontrol.com
... ration card, driving licence, telephone bill, electricity bill, water bill, house tax receipt, bank passbook (page carrying name and address) or Aadhaar ...

Bengaluru South election result 2019: Can young blood Tejasvi Surya retain BJP bastion in ...
Financial Express
Nilekani was also the man behind world's largest biometric identification programme — Aadhaar. However, he too failed to revive the grand old party's ...

Among India's most underprivileged tribes, but off Jharkhand poll map, they hope for attention
The Indian Express
Arun Behror, who works in Tamil Nadu, says he recently arrived to find that his wife was among those whose Aadhaar was not linked with schemes, ...

Central Warehousing Corporation Releases CWC Admit Card 2019 to fill in 571 vacancies
AglaSem News
The acceptable id proofs are passport, aadhaar card, driving license, voter id card. Other than the given items, do not carry anything else inside the ...

RRB JE Exam Date 2019: Exams for Junior Engineer Posts to start from May 22, check all details
Zee Business
The photo should be the same as that uploaded in the application form and the valid id card can be voter id card, passport aadhaar card of an ...

2 arrested in connection with forgery of Rs 1.75 cr
The Hitavada
With the help of fake Aadhaar card and other forged documents, Arvind by introducing him as one of the beneficiaries identified as Kamal Sai in ...

Visakhapatnam: Police busts kidney racket, two arrested
Deccan Chronicle
The accused allegdly morphed the Aadhaar card to that effect. The police commissioner said that the department will be informing the Medical Council ...

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