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, June 2, 2019

14148 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 29th May 2019


Thousands Of Farmers' Aadhaar Data Exposed In Andhra Pradesh
Inc42 Media
Aadhaar number is a 12-digit random number issued by the UIDAI to the residents of India after satisfying the verification process. The number is ...

Andhra Pradesh exposes Aadhaar of farmers - once again
MediaNama.com
The agriculture ministry of the Andhra Pradesh has exposed Aadhaar of thousands of farmers on their website. Baptiste Robert, a French security ...

RBI updates KYC requirements, permits Aadhaar only for DBT accounts
ETtech.com
The Reserve Bank of India has allowed banks to accept Aadhaar number as part of the original document to be submitted for completion of full Know ...

Lost your Aadhaar card? Here's how you can retrieve your 12-digit biometric number on UIDAI ...
Zee Business
An individual can enrol for Aadhaar card only once. This happens as the uniqueness is achieved through the process of demographic and biometric ...

Banks Can Use Aadhaar For Identity Verification With Customer's Consent: RBI
NDTV
Banks can use Aadhaar for KYC verification with the customer's consent, the Reserve Bank said on Wednesday as it updated its list of documents ...

Unfinished Task
Business Today
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, was necessitated after a Bill by the same name lapsed without the approval of both ...

Banks can use Aadhaar for KYC with customer's consent, says RBI
Business Standard
Banks can use Aadhaar for KYC verification with the customer's consent, the Reserve Bank said Wednesday as it updated its list of documents eligible

19 Bangladeshi illegal immigrants arrested with fake Aadhaar cards
Times of India
They have obtained fake Aadhaar cards by claiming themselves as Indian citizens in West Bengal, the officer said. Since October last, the city police ...

'Enumeration of urban homeless by June 10'
The Hindu
Addressing municipal commissioners, he asked them to have the data of the homeless ready so as to provide them birth certificates, Aadhaar cards, ...

Delhi High Court seeks Centre's response on making 'two child norm' as a criteria for government ...
The Hindu
Mr Upadhyay claimed that India's population has marched ahead of China, as about 20 per cent the population does not have Aadhaar and therefore, ...

Income Tax return filing: Here is how to e-verify your claims
Zee Business
One can e-verify their income tax return through Bank netbanking facility, ATM, Aadhaar OTP, bank account number, and demat account number.

How Narendra Modi conquered caste in 2019 elections
Hindustan Times
This was the actual rationale behind the idea of Aadhaar as welfare ... Even though Aadhaar was the brainchild of the United Progressive Alliance ...

In This Jharkhand Village, No One Can Come or Go Without the Army's Permission
The Wire
“Once I lost my Aadhaar card in college,” she recounts. “The military men did not allow me to enter. I told them that I live in Sugnu village and travel on ...

Conference on Social Protection by Artificial Intelligence: Decoding Human Rights in a Digital Age
Freedom to Tinker
... from the disastrous 'robo-debt' saga in Australia to the litigation and protest against the massive biometric identification system – Aadhaar – in India.

Fighting GI cancer with awareness
Deccan Herald
... sugars and blood pressure evaluation when he or she applies for Aadhaar or driving licence so that we make people aware about healthy life style ...

IT Grids Ashok Dakavaram Anticipatory Bail Plea Hearing Adjourned by Telangana HC
Sakshi Post
Preliminary investigation revealed that the company got illegal access to various personal and sensitive data of individuals such as Aadhaar, electoral ...

Plans in place for adequate seed supply for Kharif in Telangana
Telangana Today
Farmers can obtain seeds on subsidy by presenting their Aadhaar number and Pattadar Pass Books. Niranjan Reddy said it is estimated that ...

PM-SYM: Invest Rs 55 a month to get Rs 3000 as monthly pension
Times Now
Workers would require Aadhaar card and savings bank account while applying for this scheme. If the subscriber enters the scheme at an age of 18 ...

Man held with fake passport at IGI airport
Outlook India
An Aadhaar card in the name of Jaimin Patel and a fake passport in the name of Pradeep Kumar Agrawal were found from his bag, the official said, ...

Delhi CET Admit Card 2019 Releasing Today; Method to Download Hall Ticket & Important ...
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
The ID proof can be copy of anyone of the following: PAN card, Aadhaar card, Voters ID, Passport and Driving License. Students must note that those ...

CBI to investigate banks in the Himachal Pradesh Scholarship Scam
Brainbuxa
Of all the scholarship forms, 2095 scholarship forms have the same mobile number on them 500 other scholarship forms were missing the Aadhaar ...

Agriculture Department gears up for hassle-free distribution of seeds
The Hans India
He asked farmers to obtain online approval from the Agriculture Extension Officers by submitting their Aadhaar or Pattadar Passbooks to procure ...

Get your PAN card in just 48 hours: Here is what you need to do
Zee Business
For these documents, you can produce documents including your birth certificate, driving license, Aadhaarcard, passport, electricity bill and ration ...

Deprived of caste credentials tribals threaten to join Maoists
OrissaPOST
Meanwhile, the government provided them with all basic facilities like electricity, Indira Awas houses, labour cards, voter ID cards, Aadhaar cards, ...

Get your PAN card in just 48 hours! Here's how
Times Now
These documents could include your birth certificate, driving license, Aadhaar card, passport, electricity bill and ration card. Apart from this, you must ...

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