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

14150 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 31st May 2019


Lost your Aadhaar card? How to get a new one from UIDAI
Livemint
Unlike other vital ID cards, getting another copy of your Aadhaar card is easy in case it is lost or misplaced. The Unique Identification Authority of India ...

RBI allows banks to use Aadhaar for e-KYC with customer's consent
The News Minute
RBI has also said that banks should not store their Aadhaar numbers of customers who do want to avail DBT or govt subsidies and redact the numbers ...

Aadhaar linked to 90% beneficiaries in State: report
The Hindu
A recent Maharashtra government report has announced Aadhaar linkage with at least 90% of the State's beneficiaries of various social schemes.

RBI update allows offline Aadhaar for Indian bank KYC checks with customer consent
Biometric Update
Indian banks can now use customer Aadhaar numbers to verify them according to know your customer (KYC) guidelines, after the Reserve Bank of ...

All the questions around Aadhaar, answered
Yahoo News
31 May 2019: All the questions around Aadhaar, answered. Lately, there has been a lot of confusion about the status of Aadhaar card as a valid ...

Aadhaar Card back in reckoning for opening Bank Accounts - apherald.com - unit of India Herald Group Publishers [P] LIMITED

Aadhaar-Based Biometric At Assam Civil Secretariat In Janata Bhawan On Cards
The Sentinel Assam
The Aadhaar-based biometric system will ensure that the employees stick to the office schedule. In fact, show-cause notices have also been issued to ...

Tamil Nadu: Illegal Bangladeshis Arrested From Tirupur, 19 Caught With FakeAadhaar Cards
Swarajya
Tamil Nadu Police on Tuesday (28 May) arrested nineteen Bangladeshi nationals posing as Indians from Tirupur. The arrests were made during a ...

Tamil Nadu E-Sevai Workers Stage Hunger Strike, Demand Pending Salary
NewsClick
Nearly 1000 E-sevai workers and Aadhaar enrolment workers from Tamil Nadu conducted a hunger strike in 20 district centres across the state on ...

Villagers get nod for jallikattu after protests
Times of India
TRICHY: Over 500 villagers from Mettu Irungalur village in Manachanallur attempted to return their ration card and Aadhaar after the district ...

Jaitley: The new govt will miss the reformist Finance Minister
The Hindu BusinessLine
If the BJP managed to get the Aadhaar Bill passed in Parliament and defend it in the Supreme Court, it was only because of Jaitley. When Rafael ...

Hyderabad: 2BHK allottees may lose their houses
Deccan Chronicle
He said that the corporation and district collectorates will identify those who have already benefited from previous housing schemes, through Aadhaar ...

Cabinet clears pension scheme for traders
Narendra Modi (press release) (blog)
The scheme is based on self-declaration as no documents are required except Aadhaar and bank account. Interested persons can enrol themselves ...

Adieu Sushma Swaraj. Welcome Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
newsindiatimes.com
Swaraj suggested he apply for a passport for his 'dadi sa' with the documents she has, an aadhaar card and voter ID. It's not just the month of May that ...

Ravi Shankar Prasad retains IT ministry, tasked with sorting out telecom crisis too
ThePrint
Among other things, MeitY oversees the technological backbone of Aadhaar, the Unique ID meant to ease enrolment and registration across different ...

KSRTC to rein in students misusing concession facility
Onmanorama
They may submit copies of any of the address proof such as ration cards of parents or Aadhaar card. The new move comes in the wake of rampant ...

India's digital economy seen at $1 trillion by 2025: Official
Moneycontrol.com
India has the potential to reach $1 trillion size of digital economy by 2025, a commerce ministry official said Friday while highlighting the importance of ...

The Future of Internet policy in India - 2019
MediaNama.com
Lets not forget that businesses and industry bodies have litigated before: both in favor of retaining Aadhaar, and for strengthening safe harbor (Section ...

BJP leader moves court to penalise those with more than 2 kids: Experts say it's a bad idea
The News Minute
“There are 122 crore Aadhaar holders in India, while 20% do not have Aadhaar – which is around 25 crore. There are also four crore Bangaldeshis ...

U-15 Wrestling meet on June 2
Daily Excelsior
Those interested wrestlers have been advised to report at the given venue at 7 am on June 2 bringing along Date of Birth certificates, Aadhaar Cards ...

Politics | The takeaways from Modi's new Cabinet
Moneycontrol.com
If the past five years was spent on laying the foundation to deliver the basics, such as Aadhaar, Jan Dhan, Ayushman Bharat, the next five will be to ...

Selling online? Check the 'payment' request
Bangalore Mirror
To gain his trust, the man sent him an Aadhaar card and a CISF I-Card as a message on the phone. The two later negotiated and Gurmeet agreed to ...

ETtech Top 5: Club Factory's new India approach, Offline KYC may benefit fintechs & more
ETtech.com
This move has opened up opportunities for the fintech sector, with innovative means of leveraging the Aadhaar database. What is the significance?

Mobile connection verifiers from Pune held
ETTelecom.com
... have been arrested in the case and they had obtained a duplicate sim card for the complainant's phone number by submitting a fake Aadhaar card.

PM-KISAN Yojana extended to all farmers
Pragativadi
It may also be noted that certain operational issues like lack of updated land records in Jharkhand and lack of Aadhaar penetration in states of Assam, ...

Alert! Last day for PMJJBY renewal. Here's all you need to know
Times Now
People can subscribe to this scheme by simply linking their Aadhaar card with the participating bank account. As a government-backed insurance ...

Telangana Govt firm on decent living by homeless
The Hans India
Municipal Administration and Urban Development Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar at a review meeting regarding shelter of homeless, held on May ...
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